Mateo 23:30

30 Y dicen: “Si hubiéramos vivido nosotros en los días de nuestros antepasados, no habríamos sido cómplices de ellos para derramar la sangre de 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 Así también ustedes, por fuera dan la impresión de ser justos pero por dentro están llenos de hipocresía y de maldad.

29 »¡Ay de ustedes, maestros de la ley y fariseos, hipócritas! Construyen sepulcros para los profetas y adornan los monumentos de los justos.

30 Y dicen: “Si hubiéramos vivido nosotros en los días de nuestros antepasados, no habríamos sido cómplices de ellos para derramar la sangre de los profetas”.

31 Pero así quedan implicados ustedes al declararse descendientes de los que asesinaron a los profetas.

32 ¡Completen de una vez por todas lo que sus antepasados comenzaron!