<p>23:30&nbsp;<em>And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers</em>- The Lord takes their use of this phrase and reasons that they were thereby calling themselves the descendants of those who had killed the prophets, and were therefore guilty. That may seem a very harsh analysis and judgment. But the Lord has the power to see meaning in words for good or for bad. All&nbsp;<em>we</em>&nbsp;hear are the words, and we cannot judge words alone, because we cannot see the background motivation behind them. See on 23:29&nbsp;<em>You build</em>.</p><p><em>We would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets</em>- Blood is here put by metonymy for &lsquo;death&rsquo;, and this explains how the term &ldquo;The blood of Christ&rdquo; refers not so much to the red liquid of His blood, but to His death.</p>