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Luke 11:48
New International Version
So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

New Living Translation
But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments!

English Standard Version
So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

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

Berean Literal Bible
So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers; for indeed they killed them, and you build their tombs.

King James Bible
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

New King James Version
In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.

New American Standard Bible
So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

NASB 1995
“So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

NASB 1977
“Consequently, you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

Legacy Standard Bible
So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

Amplified Bible
So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers, because they [actually] killed them, and you repair or build their tombs.

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.

American Standard Version
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“You testify therefore and you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they murdered them and you build their tombs.”

Contemporary English Version
You must think that was the right thing for your people to do, or else you would not have built monuments for the prophets they murdered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres.

English Revised Version
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So you are witnesses and approve of what your ancestors did. They murdered the prophets for whom you build monuments.

Good News Translation
You yourselves admit, then, that you approve of what your ancestors did; they murdered the prophets, and you build their tombs.

International Standard Version
So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed those for whom you are building monuments.

Literal Standard Version
Then you testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs;

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

New American Bible
Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building.

NET Bible
So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

New Revised Standard Version
So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

New Heart English Bible
So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Webster's Bible Translation
Truly ye bear testimony, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.

Weymouth New Testament
It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.

World English Bible
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Woes to Religious Leaders
47Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. 48So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. 49Because 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.’…

Cross References
Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of impurity.

Luke 11:47
Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

Luke 11:49
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.'

Romans 1:32
Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.


Treasury of Scripture

Truly you bear witness that you allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers.

ye bear.

Joshua 24:22
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Psalm 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

for.

2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

Matthew 21:35-38
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another…

Hebrews 11:35-38
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: …

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Luke 11
1. Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;
11. assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him.
14. He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees;
27. and shows who are blessed;
29. preaches to the people;
37. and reprimands the outward show of holiness.














(48) Truly ye bear witness that ye allow.--The better MSS. give, Truly are ye witnesses, and ye allow. The word "allow" has, as always in the English Bible, the meaning of "approving of," "consenting to," "having pleasure in." The last phrase is the rendering of the same Greek word in Romans 1:32, and would express the meaning here. The derivation of "allow" from the French allouer and the Latin adlaudare, shows this to be the true sense. On the rest of the verse, see Note on Matthew 23:31.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
ἄρα (ara)
Conjunction
Strong's 686: Then, therefore, since. Probably from airo; a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive.

you are
ἐστε (este)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

witnesses [who]
μάρτυρές (martyres)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3144: A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a 'martyr'.

consent
συνευδοκεῖτε (syneudokeite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4909: From sun and eudokeo; to think well of in common, i.e. Assent to, feel gratified with.

to the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

deeds
ἔργοις (ergois)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.

of
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

fathers:
πατέρων (paterōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

They
αὐτοὶ (autoi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

killed
ἀπέκτειναν (apekteinan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 615: To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.

[the prophets],
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

build [their tombs].
οἰκοδομεῖτε (oikodomeite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3618: From the same as oikodome; to be a house-builder, i.e. Construct or confirm.


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