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Luke 11:48

46 “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

47 Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

50 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

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BSB
So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
KJV
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
WEB
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
ASV
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].
DARBY
Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build [their sepulchres].
BLB
So you⁺ are witnesses and consent to the works of your⁺ fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you⁺ build the tombs.
ÅB
Så gir dere da deres fedres gjerninger vitnesbyrd og samtykke; for de slo dem ihjel, og dere bygger.
OTB
Så dere vitner om at dere godkjenner deres forfedres gjerninger; de drepte profetene, og dere bygger deres gravsteder.
B1930
Så gir I da eders fedres gjerninger vidnesbyrd og samtykke; for de slo dem ihjel, og I bygger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • James 5:10

    Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

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  • Matthew 23:31

    So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

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  • Matthew 21:35–38

    But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

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  • Acts 7:51–52

    You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

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  • Hebrews 11:35–38

    Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

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  • Ezekiel 18:19

    Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

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  • Joshua 24:22

    Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

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