Matthew 23:34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

I send

Prophets

And wise

1 Corinthians 2:6

1 Corinthians 3:10

Colossians 1:28

Scribes

Matthew 13:52

Ye

General references

Luke 12:11

Luke 19:27

John 17:18

Bible References

I send

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

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

and that a change of mind and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Then he said to them again, Peace be to you; as the Father has sent me, I also send you.

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

I assure you, therefore, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus an accursed thing, and no one can call Jesus Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

Wherefore he says, When he ascended on high, he took captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.

Prophets

And in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch;

And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas and Simeon called Niger [the black], and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen the foster brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.

And Judas and Silas being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brothers with much argument, and confirmed them.

And those that dwell on the earth shall be glad, and rejoice over them, and shall send gifts one to another, because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth.

And wise

But we speak wisdom among the perfect, but not the wisdom of this life, nor of the rulers of this life, who are destroyed;

According to the grace of God given me as a wise architect I have laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one see how he builds on it.

whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Scribes

And he said to them, Every scribe therefore that is instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder who casts out of his treasury things new and old.

Ye

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming when every one that kills you will think he renders God a service.

And they were persuaded by him, and calling the apostles and scourging them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

Stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always fight against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, you also do.

BUT Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in the synagogues those who believed on you;

five times I received of the Jews forty [stripes] lacking one,

forbidding us to speak to the gentiles that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always; and the wrath has come on them to the utmost.

they were stoned, they were cut to pieces with saws, they were tried, they died with the death of the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,

General references

And when they bring you to the synagogues, and powers, and authorities, be not anxious how you shall defend yourselves, or what you shall say;

but those my enemies that wished me not to reign over them, bring hither and kill them before me.

As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world: