the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Matthew 23:31
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So you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
Wherefore ye bee witnesses vnto your selues, that yee are the children of them which killed the Prophets.
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
But you give proof that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
"So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
"So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
But you prove that you really are the relatives of the ones who killed the prophets.
In this you testify against yourselves that you are worthy descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:
So you give proof that you are descendants of those who killed the prophets.
So then ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophets.
Now you testify concerning yourselves, that you are the children of those who killed the prophets.
So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!
Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets!
So you witness to yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.
Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.Acts 7:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 2:15;">[xr]
thus bearing witness against yourselves, that you are the sons of them who killed the prophets.
Wherefore ye are witnesses, against yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets.
And so ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the chyldren of them which kylled the prophetes.
Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.
Wherefore ye testify against yourselves, that ye are the sons of them who killed the prophets.
"So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets.
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Therefore you witness to yourselves, that you are sons of those that slew the prophets.
Wherefore ye are witnesses to yourselves, that ye are the children of them who killed the prophets.
By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
"Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
"But in saying that, you testify against yourselves that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
In this way, you are showing that you are the sons of those who killed the early preachers.
Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are, sons, of them who murdered the prophets.
Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.
Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
So then ye be witnesses vnto youre selfes that ye are the chyldren of them which killed the prophetes.
So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;
Therfore ye be wytnesses vnto youre selues, that ye are the children of them, which slew the prophetes.
whereby you yourselves own that ye are indeed the children of those who killed the prophets,
But you are proof that you are the sons of those posse riders.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
witnesses: Joshua 24:22, Job 15:5, Job 15:6, Psalms 64:8, Luke 19:22
that: Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:16
Reciprocal: Numbers 12:6 - a prophet Numbers 32:14 - an increase Numbers 35:33 - it defileth 2 Kings 21:16 - Manasseh Job 21:19 - for his Psalms 69:27 - Add Psalms 78:8 - as their Psalms 109:14 - Let the Isaiah 30:9 - this is Isaiah 59:7 - and they Isaiah 65:7 - Your iniquities Jeremiah 26:8 - the priests Lamentations 4:13 - that Daniel 9:16 - for the Hosea 5:5 - testify Hosea 10:9 - did Zechariah 11:3 - a voice Matthew 5:12 - for so Matthew 21:35 - General Luke 3:20 - General Luke 6:23 - for in Romans 9:22 - fitted Hebrews 6:6 - they crucify
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves,.... Or "against yourselves", as the Syriac reads; for what they said was a plain acknowledgment, and a full confession, what their fathers had done, and whose offspring they were; and from whom better things were not to be expected; since they were their fathers' own children, and of the same temper and disposition with them:
that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets. They plainly owned, that their fathers killed the prophets, and that they descended from them; though they meant not so much to reproach, their ancestors, as to give themselves a greater character; yet it did not with those, that knew them; not with our Lord: for as their own words testified against them, that they were a seed of evildoers; their practices showed them to be of the same spirit and principles with their progenitors.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye be witnesses unto yourselves - The emphasis, here, lies in the words “to yourselves.” It is an appeal to their conscience. It was not by their building the tombs that they were witnesses that they were the children of those who killed the prophets; but that, in spite of all this pretence of piety, under all this cloak of profession, they knew in their consciences, and were witnesses to themselves, that it was mere hypocrisy, and that they really approved the conduct of those who slew the prophets.
Children of them ... - Resembling them; approving their conduct; inheriting their feelings. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. They not only showed that they were descended from them, but that they possessed their spirit, and that, in similar circumstances, they would have done as they did.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 31. Ye be witnesses — Ye acknowledge that ye are the children of those murderers, and ye are about to give full proof that ye are not degenerated.
There are many who think that, had they lived in the time of our Lord, they would not have acted towards him as the Jews did. But we can scarcely believe that they who reject his Gospel, trample under foot his precepts, do despite to the Spirit of his grace, love sin, and hate his followers, would have acted otherwise to him than the murdering Jews, had they lived in the same times.
