Matthew Chapter 23 verse 32 Holy Bible
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
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Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.
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and *ye*, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
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Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
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Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
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and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 32. - Fill ye up then; καὶ ὑμεῖς πληρώσατε: do ye also (as well as they) fill up. An imperative, expressive of Divine irony, containing virtually a prophecy. Complete your evil work, finish that which your fathers began (comp. John 13:27). The measure. There is a certain limit to iniquity; when this is reached, punishment falls. The metaphor is derived from a full cup, which a single drop more will make overflow. This added drop would be the death of Christ and the persecution of his followers. Then vengeance must follow (comp. Genesis 15:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:16).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(32) Fill ye up then . . .--The English fails to give the pathetic abruptness of the original: And ye--fill ye up the measure of your fathers. The thought implied is that which we find in Genesis 15:16, and of which the history of the world offers but too many illustrations. Each generation, as it passes, adds something to the ever-accumulating mass of evil. At last the penalty falls, as though the long-suffering of God had been waiting till the appointed limit had been reached, and the measure of iniquity was at last full.