The Jewish Tanakh

Have you ever wondered why Jesus used the phrase from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah (Mt. 23:35) when He excoriated the scribes and Pharisees for their sin? He was telling them that, from the beginning of the Tanakh to the end of it, they were as guilty of shedding blood as their forefathers. The Jewish Bible is arranged differently from the Old Testamen