Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 11:50 - 11:50

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Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 11:50 - 11:50


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That ... may be required (hina ... ekzētēthēi). Divinely ordered sequence, first aorist passive subjunctive of ekzēteō, a late and rare verb outside of lxx and N.T., requiring as a debt the blood of the prophets.

Which was shed (to ekkechumenon). Perfect passive participle of ekcheō and ekchunnō (an Aeolic form appearing in the margin of Westcott and Hort here, ekchunnomenon, present passive participle). If the present passive is accepted, it means the blood which is perpetually shed from time to time.

From the foundation of the world (apo katabolēs kosmou). See also Mat 25:34; Joh 17:24; Eph 1:4, etc. It is a bold metaphor for the purpose of God.