Acts 7:52

50 Has not My hand made all these things?’

51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

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—

53 you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

54 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

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
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—
KJV
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
WEB
Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
ASV
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
DARBY
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers!
BLB
Which of the prophets did your⁺ fathers not persecute? And they killed those having foretold about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you⁺ have now become betrayers and murderers,
ÅB
Hvem av profetene forfulgte ikke deres fedre? De drepte dem som forut forkynte at den rettferdige skulle komme, han som dere nå har forrådt og myrdet,
OTB
Hvilke av profetene unngikk deres forfedre å forfølge? De drepte dem som kunngjorde den Rettferdiges komme, og nå har dere blitt Hans forrædere og mordere—
B1930
Hvem av profetene forfulgte ikke eders fedre? De drepte dem som forut forkynte at den rettferdige skulde komme, han som I nu har forrådt og myrdet,

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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  • 1 Kings 19:10

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15

    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,

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  • Jeremiah 2:30

    “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

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  • Luke 11:47–51

    Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

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  • Acts 3:14–15

    You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

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  • Matthew 23:31–37

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

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