Matthew 23:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Upon

The blood of righteous

Unto

2 Chronicles 24:20

Zechariah 1:1

Luke 11:51

General references

John 10:31

Bible References

Upon

For surely your blood which is your souls I will require; at the hand of every animal I will require it and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will require the soul (or life) of man.

So ye shall not pollute the land where ye are, for this blood shall defile the land; and the land cannot be reconciled of the blood that is shed therein except by the blood of the one that shed it.

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another besides his sin with which he made Judah sin so that they would do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

and also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.

For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against himself: the earth also shall disclose her blood and shall no longer cover her slain.

I have smitten your children in vain; they have received no correction; your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and upon its inhabitants; for of a truth the LORD has sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

Mem For the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all that were slain upon the earth.

The blood of righteous

And Cain talked with Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and by it he being dead yet speaks.

and to Jesus, the mediator of the new testament and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better than that of Abel.

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, That we should love one another.

Unto

And the Spirit of God clothed himself in Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, the priest, who being over the people, said unto them, Thus hath God said, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the LORD? Ye shall not prosper in this; for because ye have forsaken the LORD, he shall also forsake you.

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple; verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

General references

And the LORD spoke by his slaves, the prophets, saying,

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

Moreover, those enemies of mine, who were unwilling that I should reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.