Matthew 23:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Woe, &c. Compare Matthew 5:9, and see App-126.

tombs. Greek. taphoi. There are four at the base of Olivet: those of Zechariah, Absalom, Jehoshaphat, and St. James; but there is no authority for these names.

garnish. adorn or decorate. Perhaps being whitened just then, before the Passover.

sepulchers. mnemia = monuments.

Matthew 23:29

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,