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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 11:37-54

Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discourse in the temple (Matt. 23:1-39); for what he said in public and private was of a piece. He would not say that in a corner which he durst not repeat and stand to in the great congregation; nor would he give those reproofs to any sort of sinners in general which he durst not apply to them in particular as he met with them; for he was, and is, the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 11:45-54

11:45-54 A scribe answered, "Teacher, when you talk like that you are insulting us." Jesus said, "Woe to you scribes too! because you bind burdens upon men that are hard to bear and you yourselves do not lay a finger on the burdens. Woe to you! because you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed! So you are witnesses that you agree with the deeds of your fathers, because they killed them and you build them tombs. Because of this God in his wisdom said, 'I will send prophets... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:47

Woe unto you ,.... Meaning particularly the lawyers or Scribes, together with the Pharisees, and even the whole body of the people, who in general were of the cast and complexion here described: for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets ; See Gill on Matthew 23:29 . and your fathers killed them ; the prophets; "or whom your fathers killed", as read the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions; the one put them to death, and the other erected stately monuments over them, or adorned... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:48

Truly ye bear witness, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers ,.... Or "ye bear witness, and ye allow"; that is, they both witnessed that their fathers killed the prophets, and they consented to what they did, and approved of their actions: for they indeed killed them ; it must be owned, and not their sons: and ye build their sepulchres ; which was a bearing and keeping up a testimony against them, and a continuing a remembrance of their crimes; and which looked as though they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:49

Therefore also said the wisdom of God ,..... The Syriac version only reads "wisdom"; by which seems to be meant not the perfection of God's wisdom: though it is usual with the Jews to represent the divine perfections as speaking, as the justice and mercy of God. They say F2 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 94. 1. Vid. Targum in Eccl. x. 8. & in Lam. i. 1. & ii. 20. , that "when the holy blessed God sought to make Hezekiah the Messiah, and Sennacherib, Gog, and Magog, מידת הדין ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:50

That the blood of all the prophets ,.... The same with "all the righteous blood", or the blood of all the righteous men, in Matthew 23:35 , which was shed from the foundation of the world : for there were prophets from the beginning, which prophesied of Christ, Luke 1:70 and whose blood was shed very early; for Abel, the son of the first man, and who was the first whose blood was shed, was not only a righteous man, but a prophet; for by the sacrifice which he offered up, he gave a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:51

From the blood of Abel ,.... "Righteous Abel", as in Matthew 23:35 and so read the Arabic version here, and two manuscripts in the Bodleian library, and three of Stephens's copies; the Persic version renders it, "innocent Abel": he is mentioned because he was the first man that was slain, and he was slain because of his righteousness. Unto the blood of Zacharias ; in the Cambridge copy of Beza's, it is added, "the son of Barachias", as in Matthew 23:35 and so the Arabic version, "the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:47

Ye build the sepulchres - That is, ye rebuild and beautify them. See on Matthew 23:29 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:48

Truly ye bear witness - Ye acknowledge that those of old who killed the prophets were your fathers, and ye are about to show, by your conduct towards me and my apostles, that ye are not degenerated, that ye are as capable of murdering a prophet now, as they were of old. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:49

The wisdom of God - These seem to be Luke's words, and to mean that Jesus, the wisdom of God, (as he is called, 1 Corinthians 1:24 ;), added the words which follow here, on that occasion: and this interpretation of the words is agreeable to that of Matthew, who makes Jesus speak in his own person: Wherefore behold, I send you prophets, etc., Matthew 23:34 . See the note there, and see Bishop Pearce. read more

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