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¹ Build the sepulchres: This is not blamed, as if it were in itself evil to build or adorn the monuments of the prophets: but the hypocrisy of the Pharisees is here taxed; who, whilst they pretended to honour the memory of the prophets, were persecuting even unto death the Lord of the prophets.

² Adorn. Christ blameth not the Jews for adorning the sepulchres of the Prophets, entwitteth them of their malice toward him, and of that which by his divine know-ledge he foresaw, that they would accomplish the wickedness of their fathers in shedding his blood, as their fathers did the blood of the Prophets. Hilar.