New Revised Standard Version
and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Contemporary English Version
And you claim you would not have taken part with your ancestors in killing the prophets.

New American Bible
and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

And say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

the blood.

Matthew 23:34,35 Therefore behold I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify: and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city. . . .

Matthew 21:35,36 And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and killed another and stoned another. . . .

2 Chronicles 36:15 And the Lord the God of their fathers sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising early, and daily admonishing them: because he spared his people and his dwelling place.

Jeremiah 2:30 In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.