Verse (Click for Chapter) 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. 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. 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. Majority Standard Bible So you bear witness and consent to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. 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 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThen you testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, 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. 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; Smith's Literal Translation Surely ye testify and assent to your fathers works: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their tombs. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTruly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres. Catholic Public Domain Version Clearly, you are testifying that you consent to the actions of your fathers, because even though they killed them, you build their sepulchers. 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. 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTherefore you are witnesses, and you approve the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and yet you 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.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentTherefore you attest and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament Ye do indeed bear witness to, and with pleasure concur in your fathers? deeds; for they truly killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Mace New Testament they were guilty of slaughter, and you raise monuments to their memory. 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. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible 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 23:29-32 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.’ / So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. ... Acts 7:51-52 You 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 coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— Romans 11:3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? 1 Thessalonians 2:15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, Hebrews 11:36-38 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground. 1 Kings 19:10 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” 1 Kings 19:14 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” Nehemiah 9:26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. Jeremiah 2:30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.” Jeremiah 26:20-23 Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did. / King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt. / Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men. ... Jeremiah 44:4-5 Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’ / But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods. Ezekiel 2:3-5 “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. Ezekiel 11:6 You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead. Zechariah 1:4-6 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD. / Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? / But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’” 2 Chronicles 24:20-22 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’” / But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. / Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.” 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: … Jump to Previous Actions Allow Approval Approve Bear Build Consent Death Deeds Fathers Follows Forefathers Fully Indeed Killed Last Pleased Prophets Sepulchers Sepulchres Slew Testify Testimony Thereof Tombs Witness Witnesses Work WorksJump to Next Actions Allow Approval Approve Bear Build Consent Death Deeds Fathers Follows Forefathers Fully Indeed Killed Last Pleased Prophets Sepulchers Sepulchres Slew Testify Testimony Thereof Tombs Witness Witnesses Work WorksLuke 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. So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers So you are witnesses The Greek word for "witnesses" is "μάρτυρες" (martyres), which implies not only observing but also testifying to what one has seen or heard. In the context of this verse, Jesus is addressing the Pharisees and experts in the law, pointing out their complicity in the actions of their ancestors. Historically, the role of a witness in Jewish culture was significant, as it was through the testimony of witnesses that truth was established in legal matters. Here, Jesus is highlighting their acknowledgment and silent approval of their forefathers' actions, which were often contrary to God's will. consenting to the deeds of your fathers Greek Soἄρα (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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