Luke 11:49

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

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διὰ dia Because of G1223 τοῦτο touto this G3778 καὶ kai also G2532 ἡ hē the G3588 σοφία sophia Wisdom G4678 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 θεοῦ theou of God G2316 εἶπεν eipen said G2036 ἀποστελῶ apostelō I will send G649 εἰς eis to G1519 αὐτοὺς autous them G846 προφήτας prophētas prophets G4396 καὶ kai and G2532 ἀποστόλους apostolous apostles G652 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐξ ex [some] of G1537 αὐτῶν autōn them G846 ἀποκτενοῦσιν apoktenousin they will kill G615 καὶ kai and G2532 διώξουσιν diōxousin will pursue G1377

The early church

The wisdom of God is Christ. The words indeed in Matthew are, Behold I send unto you prophets and wise men.
Ambrose of Milan · d. 397Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
But if the same Wisdom of God sent prophets and Apostles, let heretics cease to assign to Christ a beginning from the Virgin; let them no longer declare one God of the Law and Prophets, another of the New Testament. For although the Apostolic Scripture often calls by the name of prophets not only those who foretell the coming Incarnation of Christ, but those also who foretell the future joys of the kingdom of heaven, yet I should never suppose that these were to be placed before the Apostles in the order of enumeration.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 37–54

We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for Christ's sake, and that thy Holy Spirit may rest upon us.

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