Luke 11:49-51

Contemporary English Version

⁴⁹Because of your evil deeds, the Wisdom of God said, “I will send prophets and apostles to you. But you will murder some and mistreat others.” ⁵⁰You people living today will be punished for all the prophets who have been murdered since the beginning of the world. ⁵¹^(A) This includes every prophet from the time of Abel to the time of Zechariah,^[a] who was murdered between the altar and the temple. You people will certainly be punished for all of this.

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11.51 from the time of Abel … Zechariah: Genesis is the first book in the Jewish Scriptures, and it tells that Abel was the first person to be murdered. Second Chronicles is the last book in the Jewish Scriptures, and the last murder that it tells about is that of Zechariah.