Acts 7:52

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Which of

Which shewed

Acts 3:18

1 Peter 1:11

Revelation 19:10

The just one

Revelation 3:7

Of whom

General references

Bible References

Which of

The Lord said to Samuel, "Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

He answered, "I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life."

The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention.

But they mocked God's messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.

"Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."

When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord's temple.

But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the Lord has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!"

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

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem.'

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

Which shewed

But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets -- that his Christ would suffer -- he has fulfilled in this way.

They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.

So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said, "Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

The just one

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey -- on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.

(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,

"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open:

Of whom

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

saying, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood on us!"

General references

Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.

The Lord confronted Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

"I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.

As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;