Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute,

King James Version

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

That is why the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles. They will kill some of them and persecute others,'

A Conservative Version

Because of this also the wisdom of God said, I will send to them prophets and apostles. And some of them they will kill and persecute,

American Standard Version

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and'some of them they shall kill and persecute;

Amplified

For this reason also the wisdom of God said [in the Scriptures], ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will put to death and some they will persecute,

An Understandable Version

Therefore, the wisdom of God said, [Note: Is this a reference to Jesus? See I Cor. 1:30 and Matt. 23:34-36], 'I will send prophets and apostles to them [i.e., the Jewish people] and they will kill and persecute some of them,

Anderson New Testament

For this reason also the Wisdom of God said: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and persecute,

Bible in Basic English

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

Common New Testament

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

Daniel Mace New Testament

agreeably to this, in the Wisdom of God 'tis said, "I will send them prophets and apostles: some they will kill, and others they will persecute:

Darby Translation

For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,

Godbey New Testament

Therefore the wisdom of God said, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will slay and persecute.

Goodspeed New Testament

This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'??50 so that this age may be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the creation of the world,

John Wesley New Testament

Therefore also the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will slay, and persecute the rest.

Julia Smith Translation

And for this said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and the sent, and of them shall they kill and drive out:

King James 2000

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

Lexham Expanded Bible

For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'

Modern King James verseion

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Therefore said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute:

Moffatt New Testament

This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some they will kill and some they will persecute';

Montgomery New Testament

"For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;

NET Bible

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

New Heart English Bible

Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

Noyes New Testament

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute;

Sawyer New Testament

Therefore also the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

The Emphasized Bible

For this cause, the Wisdom of God hath said - I will send forth, unto them, prophets and apostles, - and, some from among them, will they slay, and, some persecute:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Therefore also the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill, and shall persecute:

Twentieth Century New Testament

That is why the Wisdom of God said--"I will send to them Prophets and Apostles,

Webster

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will slay and persecute:

Weymouth New Testament

"For this reason also the Wisdom of God has said, 'I will send Prophets and Apostles to them, of whom they will kill some and persecute others,'

Williams New Testament

This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will persecute';

World English Bible

Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

Worrell New Testament

On this account also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them will they slay, and some will they persecute;

Worsley New Testament

And therefore the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute:

Youngs Literal Translation

because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

the wisdom
σοφία 
Sophia 
Usage: 45

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

I will send
ἀποστέλλω 
Apostello 
Usage: 73




Usage: 0
Usage: 0

προφήτης 
Prophetes 
Usage: 105

and





and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἀπόστολος 
Apostolos 
Usage: 78

some of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

ἀποκτείνω 
Apokteino 
Usage: 40

References

Context Readings

Jesus Talks To Experts On The Law

48 So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute, 50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:30

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Colossians 2:3

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

1 Corinthians 1:24

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Proverbs 1:2-6

To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,

Proverbs 8:1-12

Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?

Proverbs 9:1-3

Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.

Matthew 22:6

while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

Luke 21:16-17

You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Acts 7:57-1

But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him.

Acts 8:3

But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

Acts 9:1-2

But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

Acts 12:1-2

About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.

Acts 22:4-5

I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,

Acts 22:20

And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.'

Acts 26:10-11

And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.

Ephesians 4:11

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

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