³⁴所以 我 差遣 先知 和智慧人 并 文士 到 你们 这里来，有的 你们要杀害 ，要钉十字架 ；有的 你们 要在会堂 里 鞭打 ，从 这城 追逼 到 那城 ，

³⁴ ¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

³⁴ Verse 34. Wherefore] To show how my prediction, Ye will fill

up the measure of your fathers, shall be verified, Behold, I send

(I am just going to commission them) prophets, &c. and some ye

will kill, (with legal process,) and some ye will crucify, pretend

to try and find guilty, and deliver them into the hands of the

Romans, who shall, through you, thus put them to death. See on

Lu 11:49. By prophets, wise men, and scribes, our Lord intends

the evangelists, apostles, deacons, &c., who should be employed in

proclaiming his Gospel: men who should equal the ancient prophets,

their wise men, and scribes, in all the gifts and graces of the

Holy Spirit.