What were these martyrs represented as doing?
Answer
"And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, 0 Lord, holy and true, does Thou not judge and
avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" Verse 10.
NOTE - The cruel treatment which they had received cried for vengeance, just as Abel's blood
cried to God from the ground. Gen. 4:10. They were not in heaven, but under the altar on which they had
been slain. On this point Dr. Adam Clarke says: "The altar is upon earth, not in heaven." See note under
next question.
What gracious promise does God make to His people?
What does he find who follows after righteousness?
How complete a Saviour is He?
By what are all men proved guilty?
How long will they sleep there?
What comes to all men as the result of the Fall?
What is one good evidence of genuine repentance?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle