Luke 11:50
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
KJV
ἵνα ἐκζητηθῇ τὸ αἷμα πάντων τῶν προφητῶν τὸ ἐκχυννόμενον ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης,
Greek NT
ut inquiratur sanguis omnium prophetarum, qui effusus est a constitutione mundi a generatione ista,
Vulgate
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
ASV
That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
γενεά
genea
noun · 43×
καταβολή
katabole
noun · 11×
κόσμος
kosmos
noun · 184×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκζητέω
ekzeteo
verb · 7×
ἐκχέω
ekcheo
verb · 27×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§579This principle of integral observance of the Law not only in letter but in spirit was dear to the Pharisees. By giving Israel this principle they had led many Jews of Jesus' time to an extreme religious zeal.334 This zeal, were it not to lapse into "hypocritical" casuistry,335 could only prepare the People for the unprecedented intervention of God through the perfect fulfilment…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 2:16 — Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
- 2Kgs 24:4 — And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
- Acts 5:33 — When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
- Ezek 3:18 — When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity
- Gen 9:5 — And 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.
- Gen 42:22 — And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
- Luke 21:32 — Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
- Matt 24:34 — Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
- Num 35:33 — So 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.
- Num 35:33 — So 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.
- Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- Rev 18:20 — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.