And you say, ‘If we’d lived back in those days, we wouldn’t have helped kill the prophets.’
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the godly.
But you’re being witnesses against yourselves. You’re admitting that you’re descended from the people who murdered the prophets.
Think about the people of Israel. Don’t those who eat the offerings share in the worship that takes place at the altar?
Even though you’re suffering just as we are, we’re confident that God will comfort you, just as he’s comforting us.