Mat 23:27 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 27. For ye are like ] παρομοιαζετε, ye exactly resemble -the parallel is complete. Whited sepulchres ] White-washed tombs . As the law considered those unclean who had touched any thing belonging to the dead, the Jews took care to have their tombs white-washed each year, that, being easily discovered , they might be consequently avoided .

‏ Matthew 23:27

Verse 27. For ye are like] παρομοιαζετε, ye exactly resemble-the parallel is complete.

Whited sepulchres] White-washed tombs. As the law considered those unclean who had touched any thing belonging to the dead, the Jews took care to have their tombs white-washed each year, that, being easily discovered, they might be consequently avoided.