1 Thessalonians 2:15
New International Version
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone

New Living Translation
For some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity

English Standard Version
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind

Berean Standard Bible
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

Berean Literal Bible
who having killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and having driven us out, and not pleasing God, are also set against all men,

King James Bible
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

New King James Version
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,

New American Standard Bible
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all people,

NASB 1995
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men,

NASB 1977
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men,

Legacy Standard Bible
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and do not please God, and are hostile to all men,

Amplified Bible
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,

Christian Standard Bible
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us. They displease God and are hostile to everyone,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

American Standard Version
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;

Contemporary English Version
Those evil people killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and they even chased us away. God doesn't like what they do and neither does anyone else.

English Revised Version
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drave out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and who have persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God. They are enemies of the whole human race

Good News Translation
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to God! How hostile they are to everyone!

International Standard Version
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who have persecuted us, and who please neither God nor any group of people,

Majority Standard Bible
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

NET Bible
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

New Heart English Bible
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are hostile to all people;

Webster's Bible Translation
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

Weymouth New Testament
Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind;

World English Bible
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
who put to death both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and persecuted us, and they are not pleasing God, and [are] contrary to all men,

Berean Literal Bible
who having killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and having driven us out, and not pleasing God, are also set against all men,

Young's Literal Translation
who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men are contrary,

Smith's Literal Translation
They also having slain the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and having driven you out; and not pleasing God, and opposite to all men;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men;

Catholic Public Domain Version
who also killed both the Lord Jesus, and the Prophets, and who have persecuted us. But they do not please God, and so they are adversaries to all men.

New American Bible
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they do not please God, and are opposed to everyone,

New Revised Standard Version
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Who both killed the LORD Jesus Christ, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are against all men;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Those who murdered Yeshua The Messiah, and they have persecuted their own Prophets, and us, and they do not please God and have become opposed to all people.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,

Godbey New Testament
who even killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and are displeasing to God, and hostile to all men;

Haweis New Testament
who both murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all mankind;

Mace New Testament
the very men who have persecuted the Lord Jesus, and the prophets even to death; who have persecuted us; they who are regardless of pleasing the deity, and are enemies to all mankind;

Weymouth New Testament
Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind;

Worrell New Testament
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

Worsley New Testament
who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; who are displeasing to God, and contrary to all men:

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Audio Bible



Context
Paul's Ministry
14For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, 15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, 16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.…

Cross References
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

Matthew 23:31-37
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. / Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. / You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? ...

Luke 11:47-51
Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. / So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. / Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ ...

John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

Acts 2:23
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

Acts 3:14-15
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. / You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.

Acts 4:10
then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

Acts 13:27-29
The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. / And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed. / When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

Romans 11:3
“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?

Romans 11:28
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.

Galatians 1:13-14
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. / I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

Hebrews 11:36-38
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

Jeremiah 2:30
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”


Treasury of Scripture

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

killed.

Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Matthew 21:35-39
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another…

Matthew 23:31-35,37
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets…

persecuted us.

Amos 7:12
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

Acts 22:18-21
And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me…

please.

Acts 12:3
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

1 Corinthians 10:5
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

contrary.

Esther 3:8
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Luke 11:52,53
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered…

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1 Thessalonians 2
1. In what manner the gospel was brought and preached to the Thessalonians.
18. A reason is rendered both why Paul was so long absent from them, and also so desirous to see them.














who killed both the Lord Jesus
This phrase refers to the Jewish leaders and people who were instrumental in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Greek word for "killed" is "ἀποκτείνω" (apokteinō), which means to put to death or slay. Historically, this reflects the collaboration between the Jewish authorities and the Roman government in the execution of Jesus. Theologically, it underscores the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies regarding the Messiah's suffering and death (Isaiah 53). This act, while tragic, was part of God's redemptive plan for humanity.

and their own prophets
The phrase highlights the historical pattern of Israel rejecting and persecuting the prophets sent by God. The Greek word for "prophets" is "προφήτης" (prophētēs), meaning one who speaks forth by divine inspiration. Prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and others faced severe opposition and even death for delivering God's messages. This rejection is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, illustrating the people's resistance to divine correction and guidance.

and drove us out
This refers to the persecution faced by Paul and his companions from the Jewish community. The Greek word "ἐκδιώκω" (ekdiōkō) means to drive out or expel. Historically, Paul faced significant opposition from Jewish leaders who saw his message as a threat to their religious authority and traditions. This expulsion is part of the broader narrative of early Christian persecution, which served to spread the Gospel beyond Jewish boundaries, fulfilling the Great Commission.

they are displeasing to God
The phrase indicates that the actions of those who opposed Jesus, the prophets, and the apostles were contrary to God's will. The Greek word "ἀρέσκω" (areskō) means to please or be agreeable. In this context, it signifies that their actions were not in alignment with God's desires. This serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of aligning one's actions with divine will and the consequences of failing to do so.

and hostile to all men
This phrase suggests that the opposition faced by the apostles was not only against them but was a broader antagonism towards humanity. The Greek word "ἐναντίος" (enantios) means opposed or contrary. This hostility can be seen as a resistance to the spread of the Gospel, which is intended for the salvation and benefit of all people. It highlights the spiritual battle between the forces of darkness and the light of Christ, emphasizing the need for perseverance in the face of opposition.

(15) Who both killed.--A tremendous invective against the Jews, the purpose of which is (1) to show the deep sympathy of St. Paul with the persecuted Thessalonians, and his indignation against the persecutors; (2) to make them see still more deeply the value of their faith by the efforts made to keep it from them. Objection is often made to St. John's Gospel on the ground that no born Jew could have written of "the Jews" in the bitter way so common in that book, or viewed them so completely as a separate body from himself. This passage, in an indubitable epistle of "a Hebrew of the Hebrews." seems a satisfactory answer. The memories of St. Stephen's speech (Acts 7:52) seem to be waking in the mind of him who was once a persecuting Jew himself.

Have persecuted.--Take the marginal version, "chased" (not "have chased") "us violently out of Thessalonica."

They please not God--(though to serve and please Him was the special purpose for which the nation was set apart, ) "and are at cross purposes with all mankind." The historian Tacitus gives, as a characteristic of the race, "an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others." Juvenal makes the same accusation.

Verse 15. - Who both killed the Lord Jesus; emphatic, to point out the greatness of their wickedness. And their own prophets; or, as some manuscripts read, and the prophets. This crime was often laid to the charge of the Jews: thus, by our Lord, "Ye are witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets" (Matthew 23:31); and by the protomartyr Stephen, "Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?" (Acts 7:25.) And have persecuted us; literally, driven us out, as Paul and Silos were expelled from Thessalonica. And they please not God, but are contrary to all men. The hatred and contempt which the Jews bore to other nations is noticed by Tacitus, Juvenal, and other heathen writers. Thus Tacitus writes of them: "They are faithful to obstinacy, and merciful toward themselves, but toward all others are actuated by the most irreconcilable hatred (odium humani generis)." And Juvenal says, "They will not show the road to one who was not of their religion, nor lead the thirsty person if uncircumcised to the common spring." Perhaps, however, the apostle refers here, not to the enmity of the Jews to the human race in general, though perfectly cognizant of their bigotry and intolerance; as this enmity was a perversion of their peculiar distinction as he people of God; but rather to their opposition to his preaching the gospel to the Gentiles - to their extreme reluctance that the Gentiles along with themselves should be admitted into the kingdom of God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
who
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

killed
ἀποκτεινάντων (apokteinantōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 615: To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.

both
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord
Κύριον (Kyrion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

their own
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prophets,
προφήτας (prophētas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

drove us out {as well}.
ἐκδιωξάντων (ekdiōxantōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 1559: From ek and dioko; to pursue out, i.e. Expel or persecute implacably.

They are displeasing
ἀρεσκόντων (areskontōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 700: To please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve. Probably from airo; to be agreeable.

to God
Θεῷ (Theō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

hostile
ἐναντίων (enantiōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 1727: Opposite, opposed, contrary; the adversary. From enanti; opposite; figuratively, antagonistic.

to all
πᾶσιν (pasin)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

men,
ἀνθρώποις (anthrōpois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.


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