Matthew 23:30
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
KJV
καὶ λέγετε· εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, οὐκ ἂν ἤμεθα κοινωνοὶ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν.
Greek NT
et dicitis : Si fuissemus in diebus patrum nostrorum, non essemus socii eorum in sanguine prophetarum !
Vulgate
and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
ASV
And say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἤμεθα — SBLGNT
- ἤμεθα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἦμεν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἤμεθα — SBLGNT
- ἤμεθα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἦμεν — Robinson-Pierpont
- αὐτῶν κοινωνοὶ — SBLGNT
- αὐτῶν κοινωνοὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- κοινωνοὶ αὐτῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 1:10 — Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
- Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
- Matt 27:25 — Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
- Rev 16:6 — For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.