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   What does the Bible say about whitewashing sepulchres?

   • 27. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whited sepulchres—or, whitewashed sepulchres. (Compare Ac 23:3). The process of whitewashing the sepulchres, as Lightfoot says, was performed on a certain day every year, not for ceremonial cleansing, but, as the following words seem rather to imply, to beautify them.

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   When was a sepulchre white-washed?

   • Contact with a sepulchre brought with it ceremonial uncleanness, and all burial-places were accordingly white-washed once a year, on the 15th day of the month Adar— i.e., about the beginning of March—that passers-by might be warned by them, as they were of the approach of a leper by his cry, “Unclean, unclean!” ( Leviticus 13:45 ).

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   What are the woes of the 'whited sepulchres'?

   • I. The woe of the ‘whited sepulchres.’ The first four woes are directed mainly to the teachings of the scribes and Pharisees; the last three to their characters. The two first of these fasten on the same sin, of hypocritical holiness.

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   Why did the Samaritans remove the whitewash from sepulchres?

   • One of the spiteful devices of the Samaritans against the Jews was to remove the whitewash from sepulchres in order that the Jews might be contaminated by walking over them. Matthew 23:27. Ὅτι, κ. τ. λ ., for, etc.) In this verse the especially distinctive characteristic of hypocrites is described: for hypocrisy is named in Matthew 23:28. Cf.

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   American Standard Version. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English.

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     Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but...

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     Woes to Scribes and Pharisees (Luke 11:37-54)1 Then spake...

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     for ye are like unto whited sepulchres; or "covered with...

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     New Living Translation “What sorrow awaits you teachers of...

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     English Standard Version “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,...

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     Woes to Scribes and Pharisees … 26 Thou blind Pharisee,...

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     Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. Then...

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   Aug 16, 2018 · There is a rather famous, yet somewhat misunderstood, warning in the Gospels: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.

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   In Acts 23:3 Paul called the high priest a whited wall. When Jesus spoke the sepulchres had been freshly whitewashed. We today speak of whitewashing moral evil. [source] Not the rock-tombs, belonging mostly to the rich, but the graves covered with plastered structures.

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   Matthew 23:27. Verse Concepts. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Ezekiel 13:10-15. It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace.

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   1. What is whitewash in the biblical sense? (Ezekiel 13:10–12, 14–15) 10 “‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, 11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and ...