<p>11:51 <i>From the blood of Abel- </i>If that generation were guilty of Abel&rsquo;s murder, this associates them with Cain. The Jewish false teachers are likened to Cain (1 Jn. 3:12; Jude 11); and the Lord says that the Jews seeking to kill Him are the sons of the one who was a &ldquo;murderer from the beginning&rdquo; (Jn. 8:44). Cain was the first murderer.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><i>To the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation</i>- The prophet Zechariah would fit this description, but there&rsquo;s no record of him being murdered. Josephus in&nbsp;<i>The Jewish War</i>&nbsp;4.5.4 speaks of a Zacharias ben Baruch (as in Mt. 23:35) who was assassinated by the Zealots in the Sanhedrin. But he was not a prophet, and this event was still future. And he wasn&rsquo;t killed in the temple. However, there was a prophet Zechariah who was stoned to death in the temple (2 Chron. 24:19-22). He was the son or grandson of Jehoiada, so it&rsquo;s feasible he was the son of a Baruk. The Hebrew Bible ended with 2 Chronicles, and so the mention of this murder would form an appropriate inclusio with the first murder, of Abel. All the murders of the faithful, from the first to the last as recorded in the Hebrew Bible, were going to have their judgment exacted from the generation who crucified God&rsquo;s Son.&nbsp;</p>