Keraia
Luke 11

Luke 11:52

Woes to Pharisees and Experts in the Law · Luke 11:37–54
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Translations

Modern
Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
Traditional
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Literal
Woe to you, the lawyers, because you took away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those entering.”
Latin
Væ vobis, legisperitis, quia tulistis clavem scientiæ: ipsi non introistis, et eos qui introibant, prohibuistis.

Original

Greek
English
Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

Notes

Luke 11:52

the key to knowledge: See Matthew 16:19; 23:13.

Luke 11:42–52

Woe to you Pharisees! Woes are the opposite of blessings (see study note on 6:24–26). Jesus pronounced six woes. Three were against the Pharisees (11:42, 43, 44) and three were against the teachers of religious law (11:46, 47, 52).

Events

Parallels

Matthew 23:1–36

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Binding and Loosing Hypocrisy Luke, Gospel of

Topics

Blindness: Spiritual Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Jesus, the Christ: Denounces the Pharisees and Other Hypocrites (In Galilee) Key: Figurative Keys Knowledge: Key of Lawyer: Jesus' Remarks Against Pharisees: Hypocrisy of, Reproved by Jesus Reproof: Faithfulness in Jesus, of the Scribes and Pharisees Satire of Jesus Against Hypocrites Science: The Key of Knowledge Self-Righteousness: Pharisees Stumbling: R. V. Teachers: False: Admonition Against