Acts 7:52

⁵⁰ Hath not my hand made all these things?

⁵¹ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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:

⁵³ Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

⁵⁴ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

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.

Compare

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 exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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1 Kings 19:10
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
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1 Thessalonians 2:15
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:
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Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
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Luke 11:47–51
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
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Acts 3:14–15
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
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Matthew 23:31–37
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
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