Luke 11:50

50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

Luke 11:50 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
English Standard Version (ESV)
50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
New Living Translation (NLT)
50 “As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world—
The Message Bible (MSG)
50 What it means is that every drop of righteous blood ever spilled from the time earth began until now,.
American Standard Version (ASV)
50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
50 So the people living now will be charged with the murder of every prophet since the world was made.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
50 so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world -
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
50 So the people of today will be punished. They will pay for all the prophets' blood spilled since the world began.

Luke 11:50 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:50

That the blood of all the prophets
The same with "all the righteous blood", or the blood of all the righteous men, in ( Matthew 23:35 ) ,

which was shed from the foundation of the world:
for there were prophets from the beginning, which prophesied of Christ, ( Luke 1:70 ) and whose blood was shed very early; for Abel, the son of the first man, and who was the first whose blood was shed, was not only a righteous man, but a prophet; for by the sacrifice which he offered up, he gave a prophetical hint of the sacrifice of Christ, in that he spoke beforehand of it, as being dead he yet speaks: and now the Lord was about to send apostolical prophets, whom the Jews would slay, and he would suffer them to slay, that so the blood of all the former ones,

may be required of this generation;
and they be punished for it: just as in Babylon will be found, when God makes inquisition for blood, as he sooner or later always does, the blood of the prophets and saints, and of all that are slain upon earth, ever since Rome papal has been in power, ( Revelation 18:24 ) .

Luke 11:50 In-Context

48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
49 Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’
50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.
52 “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
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