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; become ye, therefore, as wise as the serpents and as innocent as doves.

going, therefore, disciple ye all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

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;

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Jesus, therefore, said to them again, "Peace be to you! As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you."

but ye shall receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and to the utmost limit of the earth."

Wherefore, I make known to you that no one speaking in the Spirit of God, says, "Jesus is accursed"; and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except in the Holy Spirit.

Wherefore, He saith, "Having ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."

Prophets

And in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch;

Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas and Symeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And Judas and Silas, themselves also being prophets, exhorted the brethren in many words, and confirmed them.

And those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry, and they will send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented those dwelling on the earth.

And wise

But we speak wisdom among the perfect; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought;

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master-builder, I laid a foundation; and another builds thereon. But let each one take heed how he builds thereon;

Whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Scribes

and He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe, having been made a disciple to the Kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old."

Ye

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; become ye, therefore, as wise as the serpents and as innocent as doves.

They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, an hour is coming, that every one who kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

And to him they assented; and calling the apostles to them, beating them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go,

Ye stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.

And Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going to the high priest,

And he slew James, the brother of John, with the sword;

But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; and, having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, they drew him outside the city, supposing him to have died.

And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that I was imprisoning and beating, throughout the synagogues, those believing on Thee;

from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one;

forbidding us to speak to the gentiles, that they might be saved, for the filling up of their sins always; and the wrath came upon them to the uttermost.

they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they perished in the slaughter of the sword; they went about in sheep-skins, in goat-skins, being destitute, suffering tribulation, maltreated

General references

And, when they bring you in before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

But, these my enemies, who did not wish me to be king over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.'"

As Thou didst send Me into the world, I also sent them into the world;