Mateus 23
Charles Spurgeon · Citado em PreceptAustin
Mateus 23
Spurgeon wrote that "This is one of the most terrible sentences that ever fell from Christ’s lips. It is like his message to Judas, ‘That thou doest, do quickly’…This crowning sin would fill up the measure of their fathers’ guilt and bring down upon them the righteous judgment of God.” David
Mateus 23
Spurgeon reminds us that "Behold is a word of wonder; it is intended to excite admiration. Wherever you see it hung out in Scripture, it is like an ancient sign-board, signifying that there are rich wares within, or like the hands which solid readers have observed in the margin of the older Puritanic books, drawing attention to something particularly worthy of observation." I would add, behold is like a divine highlighter, a divine underlining of an especially striking or important text. It says in effect "Listen up, all ye who would be wise in the ways of Jehovah!" Matthew 23:35 so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. KJV Matthew 23:35 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. BGT Matthew 23:35 ὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου, ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου. NET Matthew 23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. CSB Matthew 23:35 So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. ESV Matthew 23:35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. NIV Matthew 23:35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. NLT Matthew 23:35 As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time-- from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar. YLT Matthew 23:35 that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar: MIT Matthew 23:35 Consequently, you are liable for all the blood of the righteous soaking the ground from the blood of that righteous man, Abel, to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the sacrificial altar. NJB Matthew 23:35 and so you will draw down on yourselves the blood of every upright person that has been shed on earth, from the blood of Abel the holy to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. NRS Matthew 23:35 so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. upon: Ge 9:5,6 Nu 35:33 De 21:7,8 2Ki 21:16 24:4 Isa 26:21 Jer 2:30,34 26:15,23 La 4:13,14 Rev 18:24 of righteous: Ge 4:8 Heb 11:4 12:24 1Jn 3:11,12 to: 2Ch 24:20-22 Zec 1:1 Lu 11:51 Related Passages: Genesis 4:8-11+ Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground. 11 “Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. Luke 11:51+ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.’ Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying, 2 Chr 24:20-22+ Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus God has said, ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.’” 21 So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as he died he said, “May the LORD see and avenge!” VENGEANCE FOR ALL KILLED FROM A TO Z So that (term of purpose/result) - The result of sending men who the Jews rejected and even killed. Upon you may fall (erchomai) the guilt of all the righteous (dikaios) blood (haima) shed (ekcheo) on earth (ge), from the blood (haima) of righteous (dikaios) Abel to the blood (haima) of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered (phroneuo) between the temple (naos - sanctuary) and the altar (thusiasterion) - This is quite a verdict against the religious leaders of Jesus' day. He is saying that the generation of religious leaders in His day would bear the accumulated responsibility for the rejection and murder of God’s righteous messengers throughout history! God is not being unfair -- they inherited guilt not by bloodline, but because they were walking in the same murderous footsteps as their fathers. John