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1 Thessalonians 2:15

Jesus

13 And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

16 hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

17 Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
KJV
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
WEB
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
ASV
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;
DARBY
who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and [are] against all men,
BLB
who, having killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and having driven us out; and [they are] not pleasing God and contrary to all men,
ÅB
som og slo den Herre Jesus og profetene ihjel og forfulgte oss og ikke tekkes Gud og står alle mennesker imot,
OTB
som både drepte Herren Jesus og profetene, og drev oss ut. De er ikke til behag for Gud, men er fiendtlige mot alle mennesker,
B1930
som og slo den Herre Jesus og profetene ihjel og forfulgte oss og ikke tekkes Gud og står alle mennesker imot,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 5:12

    Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

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  • Luke 11:48–53

    So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

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  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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  • Acts 2:23

    He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

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  • Luke 13:33–34

    Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

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  • Matthew 23:31–35

    So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

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  • Acts 3:15

    You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

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  • Matthew 27:25

    All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

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