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;
Luke 11:50 in other translations
| 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, |
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| WEB | 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; |
| YLT | that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation; |
| DARBY | that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, |
| BBE | So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days; |
| Webster | That the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; |
What does Luke 11:50 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:49-51
49-51. said the wisdom, &c.--a remarkable variation of the words in Mt 23:34, "Behold I SEND." As there seems plainly an allusion to ancient warnings of what God would do with so incorrigible a people, so here Christ, stepping majestically into the place of God, so to speak, says, "Now I am going to carry all that out." Could this be other than the Lord of Israel in the flesh?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 11:37-54
We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we…
Luke 11:50 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 11:50
- Genesis 9:5-6
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. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- 2 Kings 24:4
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.
- Revelation 18:20-24
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. …
- Numbers 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.
- Isaiah 26:21
For, 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.
- Jeremiah 51:56
Because 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.
- Jeremiah 7:29
Cut 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.
- Psalms 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- Exodus 20:5
Thou 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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Context
- Luke 11:49
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
- 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;
- Luke 11:51
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Luke 11:50 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para que de esta generación sea demandada la sangre de todos los profetas, que ha sido derramada desde la fundación del mundo; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | afin que le sang de tous les prophètes qui a été versé depuis la fondation du monde soit redemandé à cette génération, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | auf daß das Blut aller Propheten, welches von Grundlegung der Welt an vergossen worden ist, von diesem Geschlecht gefordert werde: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut inquiratur sanguis omnium prophetarum, qui effusus est a constitutione mundi a generatione ista, |