Matthew 23:34

“Wherefore, behold I send unto you prophets, etc.] To try them, whether they would show the respect to prophets, they pretended to have for them; by building and beautifying their sepulchres; by exclaiming against their forefathers for shedding their blood; and by declaring, that had they lived in their days, they would not have joined with them in it; and to make it appear, that these were all empty words, and specious pretences; and that they had the same malicious and bloody principles in them; and would be guilty of the same practices, and so fill up the measure of their fathers’ sins; and bring upon them the punishment of everlasting burnings hereafter, as well as ruin and destruction on…”

“Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes--The I here is emphatic: "I am sending," that is, "am about to send." In Luk 11:49 the variation is remarkable: "Therefore also, said the wisdom of God, I will send them," &c. What precisely is meant by "the wisdom of God" here, is somewhat difficult to determine. To us it appears to be simply an announcement of a purpose of the Divine Wisdom, in the high style of ancient prophecy, to send a last set of messengers whom the people would reject, and rejecting, would fill up the cup of their iniquity. But, whereas in Luke it is "I, the Wisdom of God, will send them," in Matthew it is "I, Jesus, am sending them"; language…”

“I send unto you prophets ... - Jesus doubtless refers here to the apostles, and other teachers of religion. Prophets, wise men, and scribes were the names by which the teachers of religion were known among the Jews, and he therefore used the same terms when speaking of the messengers which he would send. “I send” has the force of the future, I “will” send. Some of them ye shall kill - As in the case of Stephen Acts 7:59 and James Acts 12:1-2. Crucify - Punish with death on the cross. There are no cases of this mentioned; but few historical records of this age have come down to us. The Jews had not the power of crucifying, but they had power to deliver those whom they condemned to death into…”

“Wherefore - That it may appear you are the true children of those murderers, and have a right to have their iniquities visited on you: Behold, I send - Is not this speaking as one having authority? Prophets - Men with supernatural credentials: Wise men - Such as have both natural abilities and experience; and scribes - Men of learning: but all will not avail. Luk 11:49. Matthew 23:35”

“I send: Mat 10:16, Mat 28:19, Mat 28:20; Luk 11:49, Luk 24:47; Joh 20:21; Act 1:8; Co1 12:3-11; Eph 4:8-12 prophets: Act 11:27, Act 13:1, Act 15:32; Rev 11:10 and wise: Pro 11:30; Co1 2:6, Co1 3:10; Col 1:28 scribes: Mat 13:52 ye: Mat 10:16, Mat 10:17; Joh 16:2; Act 5:40, Act 7:51, Act 7:52, Act 7:58, Act 7:59, Act 9:1, Act 9:2, Act 12:2, Act 14:19; Act 22:19, Act 22:20; Co2 11:24, Co2 11:25; Th1 2:16; Heb 11:37 Matthew 23:35”