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1 Thessalonians 2:15
15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,
1 Thessalonians 2:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- New International Version (NIV)who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone
- English Standard Version (ESV)who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
- New King James Version (NKJV)who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,
Context of 1 Thessalonians 2:15
13And we also thank God continually for this, that when you received the word of God [concerning salvation] which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its inherent, supernatural power in those of faith]. 14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same [kind of] persecution from your own countrymen, as they did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people, 16forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles (non-Jews) so that they may be saved. So, as always, they fill up [to the brim] the measure of their sins [allotted to them by God]. But [God’s] wrath has come upon them at last [completely and forever]. 17But since we were taken away from you, believers, for a little while—in person, but not in heart—we endeavored, with great longing to see you face to face.
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τῶν καὶ τὸν κύριον ἀποκτεινάντων Ἰησοῦν καὶ τοὺς προφήτας καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐκδιωξάντων καὶ θεῷ μὴ ἀρεσκόντων καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐναντίων,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Whoὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- bothκαίkai · andG2532
- killedἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
- the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- their ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
- prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
- have persecutedἐκδιώκωekdiōkō · to persecuteG1559
- usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- they pleaseἀρέσκωareskō · to pleaseG700
- notμήmē · notG3361
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- contraryἐναντίοςenantios · hostileG1727
- to allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:15
- Matthew 5:12Be glad and exceedingly joyful, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- Matthew 21:35But the tenants took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- Matthew 27:25And all the people answered, “Let [the responsibility for] His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Luke 11:48So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers, because they [actually] killed them, and you repair or build their tombs.
- Luke 13:33Nevertheless I must travel on today and tomorrow and the day after that—for it cannot be that a prophet would die outside of Jerusalem.
- Acts 2:23this Man, when handed over [to the Roman authorities] according to the predetermined decision and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross and put to death by the hands of lawless and godless men.
- Acts 3:15But you killed the Prince (Author, Originator, Source) of life, whom God raised [bodily] from the dead. To this [fact] we are witnesses [for we have seen the risen Christ].
- Acts 4:10let it be known and clearly understood by all of you, and by all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you [demanded be] crucified [by the Romans and], whom God raised from the dead—in this name [that is, by the authority and power of Jesus] this man stands here before you in good health.
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross [and you are responsible].
- Acts 7:52Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;
- Amos 7:12Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go, you seer, run for your life [from Israel] to the land of Judah [your own country] and eat bread and live as a prophet there!
- Acts 22:18and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’
- Acts 12:3and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to have Peter arrested as well. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread [the Passover week].
- 1 Corinthians 10:5Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death].
- Esther 3:8Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered [abroad] and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not observe the king’s laws. Therefore it is not in the king’s interest to [tolerate them and] let them stay here.
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Who hath killed the Lord Jesus, etc. - What a finished but just character is this of the Jews! They slew the Lord Jesus, through the most unprincipled and fell malice. They killed their own prophets; there was no time in which the seed of the serpent did not hate and oppose spiritual things, they slew even their own prophets who declared to them the will of God. They persecuted the apostles; showing the same spirit of enmity to the Gospel which they had…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Who both killed the Lord Jesus - see the notes on Acts 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 strange that they who had put their own Messiah to death, and slain the prophets, should now be found persecuting the true children of God. And their own prophets - see the Matthew 21:33-40; 23:29-37 notes; Acts 7:52 note. And have persecuted us - As at…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 13-16 We should receive the word of God with affections suitable to its holiness, wisdom, truth, and goodness. The words of men are frail and perishing, like themselves, and sometimes false, foolish, and fickle; but God's word is holy, wise, just, and faithful. Let us receive and regard it accordingly. The word wrought in them, to make them examples to others in faith and good works, and in patience under sufferings, and in trials for the sake of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Paul was not opposed to the Jewish people. Out of love for them, he prayed for their salvation (Romans 9:1–5; 10:1). However, he knew some Jews had a role in the deaths of God’s messengers, including the Lord Jesus and some prophets (1 Kings 19:10; Acts 7:52). Some Jews had also persecuted the apostles in Thessalonica (Acts 17:10; 2 Corinthians 11:26).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. the Lord Jesus--rather as Greek, "Jesus THE Lord." This enhances the glaring enormity of their sin, that in killing Jesus they killed the Lord (Compare Ac 3:14, 15). their own--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. prophets--(Mt 21:33-41; 23:31-37; Lu 13:33). persecuted us--rather as Greek (see Margin), "By persecution drove us out" (Lu 11:49). please not God--that is, they do not make it their aim to please God. He implies that with all their boast of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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