Verse | Translation | Text |
Mt 23:30 | Strong Concordance | And [2532] say [3004], If [1487] we had been [2258] in [1722] the days [2250] of our [2257] fathers [3962], we would [302] not [3756] have been [2258] partakers [2844] with them [846] in [1722] the blood [129] of the prophets [4396]. |
King James | And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And say ... - This they professed to say by rebuilding their tombs. They also, probably, publicly expressed their disapprobation of the conduct of their fathers. All this, in building and ornamenting tombs, was a profession of extraordinary piety. Our Lord showed them it was mere pretence. |