Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Bible References
The blood
Matthew 23:34
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
2 Chronicles 36:15
And the LORD God of their fathers sent word to them by his messengers, sending them time and again; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.