422 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XI. 48. Truly ye bearwitnessthatye allowthe deeds of your fathers: fortheyindeedkilledthem, and ye buildtheirsepulchres. 49. Thereforealsosaidthe wisdom of God, I will send them prophetsand apostles,and some ofthem theyshallslayand persecute: 50. That the blood ofallthe prophets,which was shed from the foundationof the world,may be re quiredofthisgeneration; 51. From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias,which perishedbetween the altarand the temple: verilyI say unto you,It shallbe requiredof thisgeneration. 52. Woe unto you, Lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye enternot in your selves,and them thatwere enteringinye hindered. 53. And as He saidthesethingsunto them, the Scribesand Phariseesbegan to urge Him vehemently, and to provokeHim to speakofmany things: 54. Laying wait for Him, and seeking to catch somethingout of His mouth, thattheymight accuse Him. CYRIL.A reproofwhich exaltsthe meek is generally hatefulto the proud man. When thereforeour Saviour was blaming the Phariseesfortransgressingfrom theright path,the body of Lawyers were struckwith consternation. Hence it is said,Then answeredone of theLawyers,and saiduntoHim, Master,thussayingThou reproachestus also. BEDE. In what a grievousstateisthatconscience,which hearingtheword ofGod thinksita reproachagainstitself, and in the accountof the punishmentof the wicked per ceivesitsown condemnation. TIIEOPHYL.Now the Lawyers were differentfrom the Pharisees.For thePhariseesbeingseparatedfrom therest had the appearanceof a religioussect; but those skilled in the Law werethe Scribesand Doctorswho solvedlegal