Luke 11:47

47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

Luke 11:47 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:47

Woe unto you
Meaning particularly the lawyers or Scribes, together with the Pharisees, and even the whole body of the people, who in general were of the cast and complexion here described:

for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets;
(See Gill on Matthew 23:29)

and your fathers killed them;
the prophets; "or whom your fathers killed", as read the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions; the one put them to death, and the other erected stately monuments over them, or adorned them; and yet both had the same malignant spirit against the faithful servants and messengers of God; and which showed their great hypocrisy.

Luke 11:47 In-Context

45 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us too."

46 And he said, "Woe also to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them.

47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

48 So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

49 Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'