Luke 11:47

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Ye build the sepulchres - That is, ye rebuild and beautify them. See on Matthew 23:29 (note).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. (15) Hypocrites honour those saints when they are dead...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Condemnation of Pharisees and Scribes. Cf. (though the arrangement is different) Matthew 23*, where the Jerusalem setting is more suitable (perha...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ye build . ye are building. sepulchres . tombs. See Matthew 23:29 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Ver. 47. See Matthew 23:29 .
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Woeful State of Those Whose Light Is Darkness, And Who Therefore Come Under His Woes (11:37-52). But sadly there are those whose eyes turn awa...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. So are you witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers, fo...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Ye build the sepulchres of the prophets Building the tombs of the prophets The Jews, whilst honouring the prophets and reproaching their father...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The insulted lawyer:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woe unto you! For ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:15 ; Acts 7:51 ; Matthew 23:29-33

⁴⁷ Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Related Commentaries of Luke 11:47

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 11:47