Lucas 11:48

48 De cierto dais testimonio que consentís en los hechos de vuestros padres; porque a la verdad ellos los mataron, mas vosotros edificáis sus sepulcros

Lucas 11:48 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:48

Truly ye bear witness, that ye allow the deeds of your
fathers
Or "ye bear witness, and ye allow"; that is, they both witnessed that their fathers killed the prophets, and they consented to what they did, and approved of their actions:

for they indeed killed them;
it must be owned, and not their sons:

and ye build their sepulchres;
which was a bearing and keeping up a testimony against them, and a continuing a remembrance of their crimes; and which looked as though they approved of them, or otherwise they should have been content to have the prophets lie buried in silence, and not erected stately monuments over them, which seemed to be raised more for the honour of those that put them to death, than of the prophets themselves. Or, whereas they did this under specious pretences of disliking their fathers' sins, which yet secretly they loved, and were of the same wicked disposition against the ministers of the word, and which they would quickly show; this discovered their hypocrisy, and confirmed the character Christ had before given of them; for it follows,

Lucas 11:48 In-Context

46 Y él dijo: ¡Ay de vosotros también, doctores de la ley! Que cargáis a los hombres con cargas que no pueden llevar; mas vosotros ni aun con un dedo tocáis las cargas

47 ¡Ay de vosotros! Que edificáis los sepulcros de los profetas, y los mataron vuestros padres

48 De cierto dais testimonio que consentís en los hechos de vuestros padres; porque a la verdad ellos los mataron, mas vosotros edificáis sus sepulcros

49 Por tanto, la sabiduría de Dios también dijo: Enviaré a ellos profetas y apóstoles; y de ellos a unos matarán y a otros perseguirán

50 para que de esta generación sea demandada la sangre de todos los profetas, que ha sido derramada desde la fundación del mundo