Matthew 23:30
28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
- KJV
- And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
- WEB
- and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
- ASV
- and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
- DARBY
- and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
- BLB
- And you⁺ say, ‘If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
- ÅB
- ‘Hadde vi levd på forfedrenes tid ville vi ikke ha vært medskyldige med dem i profetenes blod!’
- OTB
- Og dere sier: ‘Hadde vi levd i våre forfedres dager, ville vi ikke ha vært medskyldige med dem i å utgyte profetenes blod.’
- B1930
- Hadde vi levd i våre fedres dager, da hadde vi ikke vært medskyldige med dem i profetenes blod!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 23:34–35
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:30
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Read in contextMatthew 21:35–36
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:15
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
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