You were patient with them for many years, and your Spirit warned them through your prophets, but they would not listen. Therefore, you handed them over to the surrounding peoples.
Mark 12:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; some they beat, and others they killed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he sent another, and that one they killed; then many others–some they beat, and some they put to death. American Standard Version (1901) And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some. Common English Bible He sent another one; that one they killed. The landlord sent many other servants, but the tenants beat some and killed others. Catholic Public Domain Version And again, he sent another, and him they killed, and many others: some they beat, but others they killed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And again he sent another, and him they killed: and many others, of whom some they beat, and others they killed. |
You were patient with them for many years, and your Spirit warned them through your prophets, but they would not listen. Therefore, you handed them over to the surrounding peoples.
while the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Again he sent another servant to them, and they hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.
He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, “They will respect my son.”
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written about him.’