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MARTYRS IN THE BIBLE
ABEL, THE
FIRST MARTYR

GENESIS 4

FARMER CAIN and SHEPHERD ABEL

Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

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RODOLFO AMOEDO
"Abel's Offering"

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JUAN ANTONIO DE FRÍAS Y ESCALANTE
"Sacrificio de Abel"

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"Cain and Abel"

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"Sacrifice of Cain and Abel"

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"Caïn et Abel"

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ARSÈNE ROBERT
"The Sacrifice of Abel"

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ÉDOUARD DIDRON
"Abel Offre un Sacrifice à Dieu"

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SIEGFRIED DETLER BENDIXEN
"The Sacrifice of Cain and Abel"

ABEL DIES FOR HIS FAITH

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

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JAMES TISSOT
"Cain Leading His Brother Abel Astray in Order to Kill Him"

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LORENZO GHIBERTI
"Cain and Abel"

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CORNELIS CORNELISZ VAN HAARLEM
"Cain Killing Abel"

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V. LEFEBVRE
"Cain Slaying Abel"

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ALBRECHT DÜRER
"Cain Killing Abel"

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ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT
"Murder of Abel"

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NICCOLÒ TORNIOLI
"Caino e Abele"

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GIOACCHINO ASSERETO
"Cain Kills Abel"

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CAMILLO BOCCACCINO
"Cain and Abel"

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PABLO PERNICHARO
"Cain Killing Abel"

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DANIELE CRESPI
"Cain Killing Abel"

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HUGO VOGEL
"Cain Slays Abel"

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PETER PAUL RUBENS
"Cain Slaying Abel"

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SVEND RATHSACK
"Cain et Abel"

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"Cain and Abel"

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JAN and HUBERT VAN EYCK
"The Killing of Abel"

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VITTORIO GIUNTI
"The Struggle between Cain and Abel"

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SEBASTIANO RICCI
"Cain Smiting Abel, with God's Expulsion of Cain"

MOURNING FOR ABEL

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ANTONIO BALESTRA
"The Death of Abel "

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CAMILLE-FÉLIX BELLANGER
"Abel"

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THOMAS COLE
"The Dead Abel"

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CARL JOHAN BONNESEN
"Adam and Eve with the Body of Abel"

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MATTHIAS STOM
"Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Body of Abel"

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NICOLA VACCARO
"Adam and Eve"

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NICOLA VACCARO
"The Lamentation of Adam and Eve over Abel's Body"

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BATTISTELLO CARACCIOLO
"Lamentation of Adam and Eve on the Dead Abel"

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA BENASCHI
"Crying for Dead Abel"

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FRANS FLORIS I
"Adam and Eve Grieve over the Dead Body of Abel"

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HEINRICH FÜGER
"Adam and Eve Mourn the Dead Abel"

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JEAN DÉSIRÉ DE FIENNES
"Adam and Eve at the corpse of Abel"

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JOHANN LISS
"Adam and Eve Mourning for Abel"

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PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE
"Lamentation of Abel"

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"Mourning for Abel"

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WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU
"The First Mourning"

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HEBREWS 11:4:
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

New International Version ©1984, Abrgd, EMPHASES added
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[NorthMountain]

Trying to cheat God never ends well.

See also Annanias and Sapphira ...

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Trying to cheat God never ends well.

Truer words ne'er have been spake.

[No name given]

Unique and interesting paintings.

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A success, then.

[Red Badger]

I can’t recall who it was, Jackie Mason probably, but a Jewish comedian said that whenever you see the words ‘burnt offering’ or ‘sacrifice’ in the Old Testament, think ‘BBQ’!.......

Abel had a BBQ and Cain burned some fruit....................

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Yes, but Abel’s Que was more costly to him than Cain’s was to him, and thus more honoring of God, because Abel burnt his best.

[Red Badger]

It’s like David said when he was offered the oxen at no cost, “I will not sacrifice to the Lord that which costs me nothing!”...........

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Good association--although my memory is he was offered the land, too:

But David answered, “No! I have to pay you what they're worth. I can't offer the Lord my God a sacrifice that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing place and the oxen for 50 pieces of silver.
2 Samuel 24:24

And I won't even begin to discuss the wholehearted personal sacrifice which Jesus offered.

[Red Badger]

Yes, and the ‘threshing floor’ is the site of the original Temple.................

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Which is why the land is significant..............................

[InkStone]

Hello Dan, and good Monday to all.

A terrible event and copied for millennia. But again, God’s Word always speaks truth.

Look forward to your new series; thank you Dan.

[InkStone]

Hello Dan, and good Monday to all.

A terrible event and copied for millennia. But again, God’s Word always speaks truth.

Look forward to your new series; thank you Dan.

[Maudeen]

Just to let you know I am beginning a “Women of the Bible” series for our church’s women’s small group the second Sunday evening in October. Using your wonderful posts will definitely help in lesson preparation! May God richly bless you for your faithfulness.

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copied for millennia

Both in thought and in deed, as Jesus noted.

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The Holy Spirit is on the job! May you and the others receive great blessing from the Spirit, both directly from Him and indirectly from Him through one another!

[SisterK]

his blood cried out from the ground

yet
God, in His infinite mercy, marked Cain that he would be protected

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God, in His infinite mercy, marked Cain that he would be protected

Good for you, K.

Except where Scripture is explicit that someone is hellbound, I try to be careful to avoid assuming it. I know how unworthy I have been, but He saved me--and there's plenty more of His infinite mercy to go around.