Matthew 23:31
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Of their sins; for there were bounds and limits set how far they should proceed, and no further; as yet they had not got to the end of their iniquity:…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
witnesses unto yourselves You call yourselves children, and indeed you arechildren of those who slew the prophets. You inherit their wickedness in compassing the death of the Prophet of the Lord.
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