Matthew 23:35
Douay-Rheims
That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
This is thought by some to be Zacharias son of Baruch, whose eminent integrity, mock trial, and atrocious murder in the midst of the temple are recorded by Josephus, Jewish War, 1. 1, c. 1. Our Lord is supposed to speak prophetically, pointing to him as the last of just men who should fall before vengeance would overtake the guilty city. Many, however, refer it to a past event. II. Par. xxiv. 22.
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1863 · Matthew 23:35
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