Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
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Gill's Exposition
Who both killed the Lord Jesus,.... For though Pilate condemned him to death, and the Roman soldiers executed the sentence, yet it was through the malice and envy of the Jews that he was delivered to…
Barnes' Notes
Who both killed the Lord Jesus - see the notes on Act 2:23. The meaning here is, that it was characteristic of the Jews to be engaged in the work of persecution, and that they should not regard it as…
Adam Clarke
Who hath killed the Lord Jesus, etc. - What a finished but just character is this of the Jews!
1. They slew the Lord Jesus, through the most unprincipled and fell malice.
2. They killed their own…
Here observe, I. The apostle makes mention of the success of his ministry among these Thessalonians (Th1 2:13), which is expressed,
1. By the manner of their receiving the word of God: When you…
Cambridge Bible
who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets Revised reading, simply the prophets.
Christ represented His death as the culmination of the murders of the ancient prophets (Luk 11:47-52; Luk…
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