...of persecuting ancestors were visited upon that generation who persecuted Christ and His apostles. " Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and...from city to city ; THAT upon you may come all the righteoi»* blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias,...

...fadiers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell ?* 34 Wherefore behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and...some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and 35 persecute them from city to city : That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the...

...oblige by giving your opinion on the subject. Again, it is said in Matt. xxiii., 35, — " That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth,...Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar." As there is no historical evidence of Zacharias having been thus slain, you will oblige by explaining...

...prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, &c., that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth,...blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar." Upon this our objector remarks : " The divine interpretation...

...this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. The Gospel. St.Matt.xxiii.34. BEHOLD, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and...Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, them...

...of them ye will kill and crucify; and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; that upon you may come all the...Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou...

...synagogues, and persecute from city to city; 35. So that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the...Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36. Verily, I tell you, All these things shall come upon this generation, (which adopts their sins...

...purpose, when he tells the Jews, That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth,from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias,...Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar, Matth. xxiii. 35. These instances, and others of the like nature, prove that it is no unheard of thing,...

...his nation ! In this persecution and cruelty was fulfilled that saying of Christ, Matt. 23 : 34, " Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and...synagogues, and persecute them from city to city." III. The judgments executed on those enemies of Christ, the persecuting Jews. 1. The bulk of the people...

...have been partakers with them " in the blood of the prophets," says to them; " Wherefore, " behold / send unto you, prophets and wise men and scribes;...synagogues, and persecute " them from city to city."-*- What is this but saying: You are vehement in these protestations ; you disavow the bloody * Jer. sxix....