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Abel and Jesus Christ
How Abel and Jesus Christ are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Scripture links Jesus Christ back to Abel.
Abel's blood cried to God from the ground. Hebrews sets it beside Jesus the mediator and "the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel".
the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground
Genesis 4:10, King James Version
to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel
Hebrews 12:24, King James Version
Where they cross: Hebrews 12:24
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 4:10
10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Hebrews 12:24
24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
King James Version