That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Parallel translations
- WEB that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
- BSB As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
- ESV so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
- NKJV that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
- NASB so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
- NLT “As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world—
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Quick answer
The guilt for all the prophets' blood, shed since the world's foundation, will be required of this generation. It warns that persistent, climactic rejection of God's messengers brings accumulated judgment.
Overview
Jesus declares that the generation rejecting Him would face the reckoning for the long history of murdered prophets, because in spurning the Son they bring the rebellion to its head. This is not arbitrary but the just consequence of refusing the fullest revelation of God. It underscores the seriousness of rejecting Christ, who is the climax of all God had been saying through His prophets.
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Cross-references · 9
- Gen 9:5–6And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
- Rev 18:20–24Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
- 2 Kgs 24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
- Num 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
- Jer 7:29Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
- Isa 26:21For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Jer 51:56Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
- Ps 9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- Exod 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
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