Luke 11:50 “As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the…”

Luke 11:50

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,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

World English Bible

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,

American Standard Version

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

Geneva Bible 1599

That the blood of all the Prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,

Darby Translation

that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

Young's Literal Translation

that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

Bible in Basic English

So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;

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Cross references

“the blood”

2 Kings 24:4 Revelation 18:20–24 Numbers 35:33 Psalm 9:12 Isaiah 26:21 Genesis 9:5

2 Kings 24:4 · BSB

and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

Revelation 18:20–24 · BSB

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

Numbers 35:33 · BSB

Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Psalm 9:12 · BSB

For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Isaiah 26:21 · BSB

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Genesis 9:5 · BSB

And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

“may”

Jeremiah 7:29 Jeremiah 51:56 Exodus 20:5

Jeremiah 7:29 · BSB

Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

Jeremiah 51:56 · BSB

For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

49Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

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