Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Luke 11:48 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Luke 11:48 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 11 verse 48 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.”
Luke 11:48 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 11:48
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres (ἄρα μαρτυρεῖτε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν, ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς, ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα)—Jesus interprets their tomb-building as martureo (bearing witness) that they suneudokeō (approve, consent to) their fathers' prophet-killing. They think they're distancing from ancestral sin, but actually confirming it. The structure 'autoi men...humeis de' (they indeed...but you) presents building tombs as completing rather than repenting o...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 11:48
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“brothers”
“and despised his words”
“beat one”
“Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves”
“not accepting their deliverance”
“You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you Yahweh”
“Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son has done that which is lawful and right”
“So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.”
“and not I. Yes”