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That = So that.
upon. Greek. epi.
blood. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Subject) for blood-guiltiness (App-6).
righteous Abel = Abel the righteous [one]. Gen_4:4. Compare Heb_11:4.
Zacharias son of Barachias. Not the son of Jehoiada (2Ch_24:20, 2Ch_24:21) but Zechariah the prophet (Zec_1:1, Zec_1:7), who, we here learn (by Figure of speech Hysteresis, App-6) was killed in the same way. And why not? Are there not many examples of historical coincidences? Why should the Lord single out "Zacharias the son of Jehoiada" then Neh 800 years before, instead of the later Zacharias (the prophet) some 400 years before? And why may it not he prophetic of another "Zechariah, the son of Baruch" who was thus martyred some thirty-six years after? See Josephus (Wars, iv. 5. 4.)
ye slew. This may be taken as the Figure of speech Prolepsis (Ampliatio), App-6, speaking of future things as present. See Mat_26:2. Psa_93:1; Psa_97:1; Psa_99:1. Isa_37:22; Isa_48:5-7. Luk_3:19, Luk_3:20. Compare Mat_11:2, &c.