Luke 11:47
Luke · New Testament · Chapter 11
“Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.”Luke 11:47
What Does Luke 11:47 Mean?
Luke 11:47 is found in the book of Luke, chapter 11, verse 47 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Luke 11:47 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Acts 7:51“Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”Acts 7:52“Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:”1 Thessalonians 2:15“Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:”Matthew 5:12“Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”Matthew 23:29“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,”Mark 12:3“And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.”2 Chronicles 24:19“Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.”Psalms 49:13“This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.”Jeremiah 2:30“In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.”Lamentations 4:13“For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,”Ezekiel 20:4“Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:”Ezekiel 20:18“But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:”Daniel 9:16“O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.”Luke 20:10“And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.”Revelation 18:24“And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.”
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