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.
Remigius of Auxerre
It should be enquired too how He says, to the blood of Zacharias, since the blood of many more saints was afterwards shed. This is thus explained. Abel a keeper of sheep was killed in the field, Zacharias a priest was slain in the court of the temple. The Lord therefore names these two, because by these all holy martyrs are denoted, both of lay and priestly order.
Source details
A.D. 908 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 23:32-36
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.