Matthew 23:34

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Matthew 23:34

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Summary

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

I send

Prophets

And wise

Scribes

Matthew 13:52

Ye

General references

John 17:18

Bible References

I send

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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

and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

For it says:

When He ascended

on high,

He took prisoners into captivity;

He gave gifts to people.

Prophets

In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

In the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and strengthened them with a long message.

Those who live on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets brought judgment to those who live on the earth.

And wise

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
but violence takes lives.

However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it.

We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Scribes

“Therefore,” He said to them, “every student of Scripture instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who brings out of his storeroom what is new and what is old.”

Ye

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest

and he killed James, John’s brother, with the sword.

Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

“But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in You imprisoned and beaten.

Five times I received 39 lashes from Jews.

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

They were stoned,

they were sawed in two, they died by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, and mistreated.

General references

The Lord spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

A righteous person who yields to the wicked
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say.

But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”

As You sent Me into the world,

I also have sent them into the world.