Luke 11:47

Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

In Context

46But he said, Also unto you, Sophree, woe! because you lade men with heavy burdens, and you with one of your fingers will not touch those burdens.

48thus you bear witness that you consent in the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their sepulchres.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:29WOE to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! because you rebuild the tombs of the prophets and beautify the sepulchres of the just; and say,

1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and the prophets who were of them, and ourselves have persecuted, and Aloha have not pleased,

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →

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