23:29 “Woe to you, experts in the law 3 and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You 4 build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves 5 of the righteous.
1 tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
2 tn Grk “people.”
3 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
4 tn Grk “Because you.” Here ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated.
5 tn Or perhaps “the monuments” (see L&N 7.75-76).