Matthew 23:31 KJV
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Words Then and Now
- Wherefore why; therefore Still heard today: the whys and wherefores, the reasons Webster’s 1828 · Wherefore
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- ye, yourselves more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Crimes of the PhariseesThe scribes and Pharisees were enemies to the gospel of Christ, and therefore to the salvation of the souls of men. It is bad to keep away from Christ...
Thompson Chains
- Self-condemnationSee the chain from Job 9:20 · 6 links
- Seed of the WickedSee the chain from Job 27:14 · 4 links
Harmony of the Gospels
- § 123 Woes against the Scribes and Pharisees. Lamentation over JerusalemAlso Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47
Passion Week
- Questioned in the TempleTuesday, the 13th, as Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell it
Cross References
- Acts 7:51–52 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. …
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16 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: …
- Joshua 24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
- Job 15:5–6 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. …
- Psalms 64:8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Luke 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
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Topics
- Church Corruption in
- Ecclesiasticism Jewish, rebuked by Jesus
- Hypocrisy General scriptures concerning
- Jesus, the Christ Exposes the hypocrisies of the scribes and Pharisees (in Jerusalem)
- Pharisees By Jesus
- Reproof Jesus, of the scribes and Pharisees
- Responsibility According to privilege
- Satire Of Jesus against hypocrites
- Self-condemnation General scriptures concerning
- Self-righteousness General scriptures concerning
- Teachers Admonition against
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 27–31 · The Ministry of Jesus Christ
Greek and Strong’s
- Wherefore Ὥστε Hōste ὥστε Conjunction
- ye be witnesses μαρτυρεῖτε martyreite μαρτυρέω Verb · present active indicative, second person plural
- unto yourselves ἑαυτοῖς heautois ἑαυτοῦ Pronoun · second person, dative masculine plural
- that ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
- ye are ἐστε este Verb · present active indicative, second person plural ἐστέ esté
- the children υἱοί huioi υἱός Noun · nominative masculine plural
- of them which killed τῶν tōn Pronoun · genitive masculine plural φονευσάντων phoneusantōn φονεύω Verb · aorist active participle, genitive masculine plural
- the prophets τοὺς tous Article · accusative masculine plural προφήτας prophētas προφήτης Noun · accusative masculine plural
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