But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Adonai rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
Luke 11:48 - Tree of Life Version So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers, for indeed they killed them and you are building their tombs. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So you bear witness and give your full approval and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they actually killed them, and you rebuild and repair monuments to them. American Standard Version (1901) So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs. Common English Bible In this way, you testify that you approve of your ancestors’ deeds. They killed the prophets, and you build memorials! 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres. |
But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Adonai rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
Your own mouth condemns you—not I; your own lips testify against you.
But God will shoot them with an arrow— suddenly their wounds will appear.
Yet you say, ‘Why does the son not bear the iniquity of the father with him?’ When the son has done what is lawful and right, has kept all My statutes and has done them, he will surely live.
“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
“Woe to you, for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your own fathers killed!
“For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and emissaries, and some of them they will kill and persecute,
Though they know God’s righteous decree—that those who practice such things deserve death—they not only do them but also approve of others who practice the same.
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses to yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves Adonai, to worship Him.” “We are witnesses,” they responded.