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
It was by faith that Abel offered God a richer sacrifice than Cain did, and thus won from God the record of being 'just,' on the score of what he gave; he died, but by his faith he is speaking to us still.
Hebrews 12:24
to Jesus who mediates the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood whose message is nobler than Abel's.
1 John 3:12
we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.
Zacharias
Matthew 23:35
it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
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Luke 21:32
I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.