Luke 11:49-51

Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers

⁴⁹ Therefore also _c the Wisdom of God said, _d 'I will send them _e prophets and apostles, _f some of whom they will _g kill and persecute,' ⁵⁰ so that _h the blood of all the prophets, shed _i from the foundation of the world, may be _j charged against this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of _k Abel to the blood of _l Zechariah, who perished between _m the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be _j required of this generation.

1. Cross References
   Luke 7:35
   Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.
   Proverbs 8:12
   I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find know...
   Proverbs 8:22 - 23
   The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his w...
   Proverbs 8:30
   Then I was beside him, like a master workman, a...
   Matthew 11:19
   The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and th...
   1 Corinthians 1:24
   But to those who are called, both Jews and Gree...
   1 Corinthians 1:30
   And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who...
   Colossians 2:3
   In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom ...
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 11:49 - 51
   Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute.
   Matthew 23:34 - 36
   Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
   
3. Cross References
   Acts 13:1
   Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
   1 Corinthians 12:28
   And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 21:35
   And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 2:15
   Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
   
6. Cross References
   Revelation 18:24
   And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.
   
7. Cross References
   Matthew 13:35
   This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.
   
8. Cross References
   Genesis 42:22
   And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.
   2 Chronicles 24:22
   Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, "May the Lord see and avenge!
   Ezekiel 3:18
   If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
   
9. Cross References
   Genesis 4:4
   And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering.
   Genesis 4:8
   Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
   Hebrews 11:4
   By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
   1 John 3:12
   We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
   
10. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:20 - 21
    Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.'
    
11. Cross References
    Exodus 40:6
    You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
    2 Kings 16:14
    And the bronze altar that was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from the place between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.
    Ezekiel 40:47
    And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.
    
12. Cross References
    Luke 11:50
    So that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation.