Luke 11:48

Luke 11:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
• New International Version (NIV)So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.

Context of Luke 11:48

46Jesus replied, ‘It will be very bad for you as well, teachers of God's Law. You give rules to people to obey. Those rules are like things that are too heavy for people to carry. You do not even help people to carry them. Not even with one finger do you help them! 47Yes, it will be very bad for you! A long time ago, your ancestors killed God's prophets. Now, you build up beautiful stones to show the place where they buried them. You know that your ancestors killed the prophets. Now you build up the places where they buried them. So you show that you agree with your ancestors. You agree with what they did. 49God is wise. Because you do not obey what is true, he said, “I will send my prophets and apostles to go to them. But they will kill some of my servants. They will hurt others of them.” 50Since the beginning of the world, people have killed God's prophets. But God will punish the people who are alive today for all those murders.

Luke 11:48 word by word

ἄρα μάρτυρές ἐστε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν· ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς, ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτεRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Trulyἄραara · thereforeG686
• ye bear witnessμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• thatκαίkai · andG2532
• ye allowσυνευδοκέωsuneudokeō · to agree toG4909
• the deedsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the deedsἔργονergon · workG2041
• ofπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• indeedμένmen · on the other handG3303
• killedἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• andδέde · thenG1161
• buildοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
• sepulchresμνημεῖονmnēmeion · graveG3419

Cross-references for Luke 11:48

• Joshua 24:22Joshua said to them, ‘You yourselves have chosen to serve the Lord. Agree now that you have done that.’ They replied, ‘Yes, we agree!’
• Job 15:6I do not need to show that you are guilty. Your own words show that you are wrong.
• Psalms 64:8Their own evil words will turn against them and make them fall. Everyone who sees them will shake their heads.
• Ezekiel 18:19You should not say, “Surely the son should receive punishment because of his father's sins.” If the son does what is good and right, and he obeys my laws and my rules, he will continue to live.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they laughed at the men that God sent to them. They did not think that his messages were important. They insulted his prophets. Finally, the Lord became very angry with his people. Nothing could stop him from punishing them.
• Matthew 21:35But the farmers took hold of the servants. They hit one of them with sticks. They killed another one. They threw stones at another servant and killed him.
• Hebrews 11:35Some women who trusted God received their friends and family back from death. God raised those people who had died to become alive again. Other people refused to turn against God so that their enemies would not hurt them. As a result, their enemies killed them. These people agreed to die because they were sure that they would live again with God. They knew that would be better for them.
• James 5:10Think about how God's prophets were also patient. They spoke messages on behalf of the Lord. Many troubles happened to them but they were patient. So, my Christian friends, you should copy their example.

Commentaries on Luke 11:48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Truly ye bear witness - Ye acknowledge that those of old who killed the prophets were your fathers, and ye are about to show, by your conduct towards me and my apostles, that ye are not degenerated, that ye are as capable of murdering a prophet now, as they were of old.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47-51Verses 47-51 See the notes at Matthew 23:29-36. Luke 11:49 The wisdom of God - By the “wisdom of God,” here, is undoubtedly meant the Saviour himself. What he immediately says is not written in the Old Testament. Jesus is called “the word of God” John 1:1, because he is the medium by which God “speaks” or makes his will known. He is called “the wisdom of God,” because by him God makes his wisdom known in creation (Colossians 1:13-18 and in redemption 1…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-54Verses 37-54 We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 48They killed the prophets: See 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Nehemiah 9:26; Jeremiah 2:30; 26:20–24. Luke presents Jesus as the suffering prophet (Luke 4:22–24). The suffering prophet is a prophet sent by God who is rejected and suffers. Luke shows that Jesus fits this pattern.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 47-4847-48. ye build, &c.--Out of pretended respect and honor, they repaired and beautified the sepulchres of the prophets, and with whining hypocrisy said, "If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets," while all the time they "were witnesses to themselves that they were the children of them that killed the prophets" (Mt 23:29, 30); convicting themselves daily of as exact a resemblance in…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 11:48

• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lawyer
• Minister, Christian
• Pharisees
• Reproof
• Satire
• Self-Righteousness
• Teachers

In the dictionaries

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• Judgment
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• Seek
• Sign
• Teach
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Commentaries on Luke 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings