1 Thessalonians 2:15

“Who both killed the Lord Jesus, etc.] For though Pilate condemned him to death, and the Roman soldiers executed the sentence, yet it was through the malice and envy of the Jews that he was delivered to him, who brought charges against him, and insisted upon the crucifixion of him; and who are therefore said to have taken him with wicked hands, and crucified and slain him; and to have killed the Prince of life, and to have been the betrayers and murderers of him; and therefore it is no wonder that such persons should persecute the followers of Christ, whether in Judea or elsewhere: and their own prophets; whom God sent unto them; these they not only mocked and misused, and persecuted, but…”

“the Lord Jesus--rather as Greek, "Jesus THE LORD." This enhances the glaring enormity of their sin, that in killing Jesus they killed the LORD (Compare Act 3:14-15). their own--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. prophets-- (Mat 21:33-41; Mat 23:31-37; Luk 13:33). persecuted us--rather as Greek (see Margin), "By persecution drove us out" (Luk 11:49). please not God--that is, they do not make it their aim to please God. He implies that with all their boast of being God's peculiar people, they all the while are "no pleasers of God," as certainly as, by the universal voice of the world, which even they themselves cannot contradict, they are declared to be perversely "contrary to all men."…”

“Who both killed the Lord Jesus - see the notes on Acts 2:23. The meaning here is, that it was characteristic of the Jews to be engaged in the work of persecution, and that they should not regard it as strange that they who had put their own Messiah to death, and slain the prophets, should now be found persecuting the true children of God. And their own prophets - see the Matthew 21:33-40; Matthew 23:29-37 notes; Acts 7:52 note. And have persecuted us - As at Iconium Acts 14:1, Derbe, and Lystra Acts 14:6, and at Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea. The meaning is, that it was characteristic of them to persecute, and they spared no one. If they had persecuted the apostles themselves, who were…”

“Us - Apostles and preachers of the gospel. They please not God - Nor are they even careful to please him, notwithstanding their fair professions. And are contrary to all men - Are common enemies of mankind; not only by their continual seditions and insurrections, and by their utter contempt of all other nations; but in particular, by their endeavouring to hinder their hearing or receiving the gospel. 1 Thessalonians 2:16”

“2:15 Paul was not anti-Jewish; out of love for his own people, he prayed for their salvation (Rom 9:1-5; 10:1). But he was aware of the role some of the Jews had in the deaths of God’s messengers, including Jesus (1 Kgs 19:10; Acts 7:52). Now they had persecuted the apostolic messengers in Thessalonica (Acts 17:10; 2 Cor 11:26).”

“killed: Mat 5:12, Mat 21:35-39, Mat 23:31-35, Mat 23:37, Mat 27:25; Luk 11:48-51, Luk 13:33, Luk 13:34; Act 2:23, Act 3:15, Act 4:10, Act 5:30, Act 7:52 persecuted us: or, chased us out, Amo 7:12; Act 22:18-21 please: Act 12:3; Co1 10:5 contrary: Est 3:8; Luk 11:52, Luk 11:53 1 Thessalonians 2:16”