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1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Thessalonian church, identifying the Jewish opponents who persecuted his missionary team while they were establishing the gospel in the region.
The words — The participle ἀποκτεινὸντων (apokteinantōn) literally means "having killed," specifying the completed violent act against Jesus and the prophets.
The thread — The verse extends the prophetic persecution pattern found in Matthew 5:12, Luke 11:48, and Acts 7:52, showing how opposition to God's messengers culminates in the rejection of the Messiah.
Why it lands — The text records that these opponents killed Jesus and the prophets, drove out the apostles, and became displeasing to God and hostile to all people. Readers must acknowledge that sustained opposition to divine revelation accumulates wrath and requires spiritual discernment.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Matthew 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- Luke 11:48 So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
- Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- Acts 2:23 He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
- Luke 13:33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
- Matthew 23:31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
- Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Matthew 27:25 All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Luke 24:20 Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
- Acts 3:15 You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.