Woes to Pharisees and Experts in the Law
Luke 11:48
In 9 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- Then you testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs;
- YLT
- Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
- DBY
- Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and ye build [their sepulchres].
- DRC
- Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres.
- GNV
- Truely ye beare witnesse, and allowe the deedes of your fathers: for they killed them, and yee build their sepulchres.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μάρτυρές (“witnesses”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μάρτυρεῖτε (“bear witness”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτῶν (“of them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μνημεῖα (“monuments”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ἐστε (“you are”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὰ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: μάρτυρές ἐστε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μάρτυρές ἐστε; Robinson–Pierpont read μάρτυρεῖτε.
- SBLGNT: οἰκοδομεῖτε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οἰκοδομεῖτε; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἄρα μάρτυρές ἐστε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτοὺς ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε.
- RP2018
- Ἄρα μαρτυρεῖτε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν· ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς, ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἄρα μαρτυρεῖτε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν· ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς, ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα.
- SCR1894
- αρα μαρτυρειτε και συνευδοκειτε τοις εργοις των πατερων υμων οτι αυτοι μεν απεκτειναν αυτους υμεις δε οικοδομειτε αυτων τα μνημεια
Who and where
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LawyerSatireAllow; AllowanceTeachersMarthaPhariseesSelf-RighteousnessLuke, the Gospel ofReproofHypocrisy
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Cross-references most cited first
- James 5:10Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But 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.
- Acts 7:51–52You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the…
- Matthew 21:35–38But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them. Finally, he sent his son to them.…
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
- Hebrews 11:35–38Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and…
- Ezekiel 18:19Yet 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.
- Joshua 24:22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
- Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
- Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
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