Matt.23.35

Matthew 23:35

KJV Jesus

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Woes to Scribes and Pharisees

Eight Woes

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

KJV

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Cain and Abel

The First Murder

2 Chronicles 24:21

KJV

And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.

The Wickedness of Joash

Joash Murders Son of Jehoiada

Isaiah 14:21

KJV

Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

The Fall of the King of Babylon

Jeremiah 26:8

KJV

¶ Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

Jeremiah Threatened with Death

Zechariah 1:1

KJV

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

A Call to Repentance

Acts 5:28

KJV

Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

The Apostles before the Sanhedrin

Hebrews 11:4

KJV

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

The Faith of Abel, Enoch, Noah

Revelation 18:24

KJV GOD

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.