Mateus 23:30

30 E dizem: ‘Se tivéssemos vivido no tempo dos nossos antepassados, não teríamos tomado parte com eles no derramamento do sangue dos profetas’.

Mateus 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.

Mateus 23:30 In-Context

28 Assim são vocês: por fora parecem justos ao povo, mas por dentro estão cheios de hipocrisia e maldade.

29 “Ai de vocês, mestres da lei e fariseus, hipócritas! Vocês edificam os túmulos dos profetas e adornam os monumentos dos justos.

30 E dizem: ‘Se tivéssemos vivido no tempo dos nossos antepassados, não teríamos tomado parte com eles no derramamento do sangue dos profetas’.

31 Assim, testemunham contra vocês mesmos que são descendentes dos que assassinaram os profetas.

32 Acabem, pois, de encher a medida do pecado dos seus antepassados!