Luke 11:47

Woe to{you}, that you-are-house-building the memorials of{the prophets}; moreover, the fathers of{you} kill-off/away same.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

46Moreover, the says, "Also to{you, the lawyers}, woe, that you-are-load-izing the men hard-to-bear loads, and same are_not_toward-touching to{one} of{the fingers} of{you} to{the loads}.

48Consequently, you-are-witnessing and you-are-being-well-esteemed-together to{the works} of{the fathers} of{you}, that same on-one-hand kill-off/away same; on-the-other-hand, you are-house-building the memorials of{same}.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:29Woe to{you}, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders, that you-are-house-building the graves of{the prophets} and you-are-putting-in-order the memorials of{the just},

1 Thessalonians 2:15the kill[ing]-off/away} also the Lord Jesus and the prophets and of{chase[ing]-out} us and to{God} not of{pleasing} and to{all men} of{in-opposition},

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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