Luke 11:47–48

Footnotes

1. 147 The effect of what the experts in the law were doing was to deny the message of the prophets and thus honor their death by supporting those who had sought their removal. The charge that this is what previous generations did shows the problem is chronic. As T. W. Manson said, the charge here is “The only prophet you honor is a dead prophet!”( The Sayings of Jesus, 101).
2. 148 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
3. 149 Grk “you are witnesses and approve of.”
4. 150 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
5. 151 Grk “them”; the referent (the prophets) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6. 152 “Their,” i.e., the prophets.
7. 153 The majority of list a specific object (“their tombs”), filling out the sentence (although there are two different words for “tombs” among the , as well as different word orders: αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα (autōn ta mnēmeia; found in A C W Θ Ψ 33 𝔐) and τοὺς τάφους αὐτῶν (tous taphous autōn; found in f1, [13] 2542 ). This suggests that early copyists had no term in front of them but felt the verb needed an object. But since a wide distribution of early Alexandrian and Western lack these words (𝔓75 א B D L 579 1241 it sa), it is likely that they were not part of the original text of Luke. Nevertheless, the words “their tombs” are inserted in the translation because of requirements of English style.