Luke 11:48

So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
Luke 11:48
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Original language (Greek)

ἄρα μάρτυρές ἐστε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν· ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς, ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε

  1. ἄραara“So”
    Conjunction · “therefore” · Strong's G0686
  2. μάρτυρέςmartures“witnesses”
    Noun, nominative, plural, masculine · from μάρτυς · “witness” · Strong's G3144
  3. ἐστεeste“you are”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  4. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  5. συνευδοκεῖτεsuneudokeite“you consent”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from συνευδοκέω · “to agree to” · Strong's G4909
  6. τοῖςtois“to the”
    Article, dative, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  7. ἔργοιςergois“works”
    Noun, dative, plural, neuter · from ἔργον · “work” · Strong's G2041
  8. τῶνtōn“of the”
    Article, genitive, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. πατέρωνpaterōn“fathers”
    Noun, genitive, plural, masculine · from πατήρ · “father” · Strong's G3962
  10. ὑμῶν·humōn“of you;”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  11. ὅτιhoti“For”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754H
  12. αὐτοὶautoi“they themselves”
    Personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  13. μὲνmen“indeed”
    Particle · from μέν · “on one hand” · Strong's G3303
  14. ἀπέκτεινανapekteinan“killed”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ἀποκτείνω · “to kill” · Strong's G0615
  15. αὐτούς,autous“them,”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  16. ὑμεῖςhumeis“you yourselves”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, nominative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  17. δὲde“however”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  18. οἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeite“build”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from οἰκοδομέω · “to build” · Strong's G3618
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)