48. Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49. For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,
50. that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
51. from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.