Luke 11:47 meaning and explanation

Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

Luke 11:47, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is still at the Pharisee's table, and these words are aimed at the experts in the law who objected to his earlier woes. Honoring dead prophets with fine tombs while resisting the living word of God is the contradiction he exposes.

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