Mateo 23:30

30 Luego dicen: “Si hubiéramos vivido en los días de nuestros antepasados, jamás nos habríamos unido a ellos para matar a los profetas”.

Mateo 23:30 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 23:30

And say, if we had been in the days of our fathers
Their ancestors and predecessors: signifying, that if they had lived in the times they did, or had been in the same post and office with them, they should have opposed, at least not consented to their measures: we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the
prophets;
would not have joined them in persecuting the prophets, and in shedding their blood, and putting them to death; but would have received them as the prophets of the Lord, have hearkened to their advice and message, and have honoured and obeyed them as such; and this they thought they sufficiently declared, by building and adorning their tombs.

Mateo 23:30 In-Context

28 Por fuera parecen personas rectas, pero por dentro, el corazón está lleno de hipocresía y desenfreno.

29 »¡Qué aflicción les espera, maestros de la ley religiosa y fariseos! ¡Hipócritas! Edifican tumbas a los profetas que sus antepasados mataron, y adornan los monumentos de la gente justa que sus antepasados destruyeron.

30 Luego dicen: “Si hubiéramos vivido en los días de nuestros antepasados, jamás nos habríamos unido a ellos para matar a los profetas”.

31 »Así que al decir eso, dan testimonio en contra de ustedes mismos, que en verdad son descendientes de aquellos que asesinaron a los profetas.

32 Sigan adelante y terminen lo que sus antepasados comenzaron.