“The wisdom of God is Christ. The words indeed in Matthew are, Behold I send unto you prophets and wise men.”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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49Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
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47Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
— Luke 11:49 —
50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.