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Lucas 11:48

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48 Assim vocĂȘs dĂŁo testemunho de que aprovam o que os seus antepassados fizeram. Eles mataram os profetas, e vocĂȘs lhes edificam os tĂșmulos.

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,

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Lucas 11:48 In-Context

46 “Quanto a vocĂȘs, peritos na lei”, disse Jesus, “ai de vocĂȘs tambĂ©m!, porque sobrecarregam os homens com fardos que dificilmente eles podem carregar, e vocĂȘs mesmos nĂŁo levantam nem um dedo para ajudĂĄ-los.
47 “Ai de vocĂȘs, porque edificam os tĂșmulos dos profetas, sendo que foram os seus prĂłprios antepassados que os mataram.
48 Assim vocĂȘs dĂŁo testemunho de que aprovam o que os seus antepassados fizeram. Eles mataram os profetas, e vocĂȘs lhes edificam os tĂșmulos.
49 Por isso, Deus disse em sua sabedoria: ‘Eu mandarei a vocĂȘs profetas e apĂłstolos, dos quais eles matarĂŁo alguns, e a outros perseguirĂŁo’.
50 Pelo que, esta geração serå considerada responsåvel pelo sangue de todos os profetas, derramado desde o princípio do mundo:

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