Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
The blood of abel
Zacharias
General references
Bible References
The blood of abel
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered unto God a sacrifice of more excellence than Cain, by which he received a testimony that he was a righteous man, God bearing witness upon his gifts: and by this, though dead, he still speaketh.
Hebrews 12:24
and to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel.
1 John 3:12
Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and slew his brother: and wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.
Zacharias
Matthew 23:35
that upon you may come all the righteous blood which hath been poured out upon the earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
General references
Luke 21:32
Verily I say unto you, That this generation shall in nowise pass away, until all these things come to pass.