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Luke 19:40

Cyprian Epistle IX

For besides the visions of the night, by day also, the innocent age of boys is among us filled with the Holy Spirit, seeing in an ecstasy with their eyes, and hearing and speaking those things whereby the Lord condescends to warn and instruct us.[9]

Origen Commentary on John Book X

And then the very great multitude strewing their garments in the way, while Jesus allows them to do so and does not rebuke them, as is clear from the words used in another passage,[79]

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 40. _IF THESE SHOULD HOLD THEIR PEACE, THE STONES WOULD - CRY_ _OUT._] Of such importance is my present conduct to you and to others, being expressly predicted by one of your own prophets, Zech...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE STONES WOULD ...CRY OUT - It is “proper” that they should celebrate my coming. Their acclamations “ought” not to be suppressed. So joyful is the event which they celebrate - the coming of the Mess...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    V. IN JERUSALEM -- CHAPTER 19:28-21:38 CHAPTER 19:28-48 _ 1. The Triumphal Entry in Jerusalem. (Luke 19:28 .)_ 2. Weeping over Jerusalem. (Luke 19:41 .) 3. The Purification of the Temple. (Luke 19...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (Mark 11:1 *, Matthew 21:1 *). There is nothing peculiar in Lk.'s narrative except Luke 19:28, which recalls Luke 9:51, till we come to...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE GUEST OF THE MAN WHOM ALL MEN DESPISED (Luke 19:1-10)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    When Jesus had said these things, he went on ahead on the way up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, which is near the mount called the Mount of Olives, he despatched two of his...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the stones would immediately cry out_ There seems to be an allusion to the passage "For the stone shall cry out of the wall," which occurs amid denunciations of destruction on covetousness and cruelt...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΚΡΆΞΟΥΣΙΝ. See note. 40. ἘᾺΝ … ΣΙΩΠΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ. Such a construction as ἐὰν with the indicative would of course be impossible in classical Greek. It is only explicable by excluding the conditional particl...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 37. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать. О семитском использовании _см._ МН, 453. ΈΆΝ (G1437) используется в _conj._ 1 типа, в котором уеловие считается реальным (RWP; BD,...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1567 OUR DUTY TOWARDS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Luke 19:40. _I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out_. THE exercise of the affections is not onl...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE STONES WOULD IMMEDIATELY CRY OUT.— This may signify either that God would by miracle raise up others to glorify his name; rather than silence should be kept on this occasion; or that it was a thin...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Praise (Luke 19:28-40) 28 And when he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Ol...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM - using this Pharisaic interruption...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    14 Compare Joh_1:11; Joh_19:15. 27 Compare Rev_19:11-21. 28-36 Compare Mat_21:1-8; Mar_1:1-8. 28 This entry into Jerusalem marks one of the most important days in the history of the holy people. The...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ZACCELEUS. THE POUNDS. CHRIST'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. HE CLEANSES THE TEMPLE 1-10. Zacchaeus (peculiar to Lk). The narrative shows that our Lord's familiar intercourse with publicans and si...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 19 JESUS AND ZACCHAEUS 19:1-10 V1 Jesus was walking through the city of Jericho. V2 The chief *tax-collector there was Zacchaeus. He was very rich. V...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IF THESE SHOULD HOLD THEIR PEACE. — Here, then, at the very moment when He foresaw most clearly His own approaching end, and the failure of all earthly hopes of the city over which He wept, our Lord a...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐὰν σιωπήσουσιν : ἐὰν with future indicative instead of subjunctive as in classic Greek, one of the divergent ways in which the N.T. expresses a future supposition with some probability (_vide_ Burton...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Pharisces murmur and Jesus weeps_, peculiar to Lk. ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου, from within the crowd, or on account of the crowd and what they had been saying = _prae turba_ as in Luke 19:3. Loesner cites from Ph...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE WELCOME OF THE KING Luke 19:28-40 This humble triumph is a further revelation of our Lord's character. The lowliness of it, which exposed Him to the sneers and ridicule of scribe and Pharisee, gr...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Zacchaeus was the last convert but one in the ministry of Jesus. Our Lord's method with him is very revealing. He asked for his hospitality, and after receiving it held an unrecorded conversation with...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The stones. This is a proverb, as if he had said: God has resolved to glorify me this day, in order to fulfil the prophecies. Nothing can hinder the execution of his decrees; if men were silent, he wo...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    TRIUMPHANT ENTRY John 12:12-19; Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-17; Luke 19:29-44;...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    2 _d. Luke 19:37-40_. _The Entry._ From the moment that Jesus seats Himself on the colt, He becomes the visible centre of the assemblage, and the scene takes a character more and more extraordinary. I...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    FIRST CYCLE: THE ENTRY OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM, LUKE 19:28-44. This narrative embraces: 1 _st._ The preparations for the entry (Luke 19:28-36); 2 _d._ The joy of the disciples and of the multitude on...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The history of His last approach to Jerusalem and intercourse with it now commences (Luke 19:35). Here then He presents Himself anew as the Son of David, and for the last time; laying on the conscienc...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, I TELL YOU,.... As a truth, which may be depended on, and you may be assured of; this he spake with great earnestness, fervour, and courage: THAT IF THESE SHOULD H...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When he had thus spoken_ When he had finished the preceding parable in Zaccheus's house; _he went before_ Continued his journey, and led the way as foremost of the company, thus showing his readiness...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Christ rides into Jerusalem. Matthew 21:1-16....

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    THE STONES WOULD IMMEDIATELY CRY OUT; a proverbial expression, denoting the strong reasons there were for praising him, and the necessity that such priase should be offered to him. The character and w...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The joyful reception by the people:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, I TELL YOU THAT, IF THESE SHOULD HOLD THEIR PEACE, THE STONES WOULD IMMEDIATELY CRY OUT. As a snowball which begins to roll at the top of a mountain soon grows to a...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ZACCHAEUS RECEIVING THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-10) There was yet another man to be rescued from Jericho, the city of the curse (Joshua 6:26). The Lord, in faithful grace, passed through that city, an avail...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    28-40 Christ has dominion over all creatures, and may use them as he pleases. He has all men's hearts both under his eye and in his hand. Christ's triumphs, and his disciples' joyful praises, vex pro...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 19:39...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 19:40 But G2532 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) them G846 tell G3004 (G5719) you...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And he answered and said, “I tell you that, if these hold their peace, the stones will cry out.” ' Jesus' reply was simple and striking. If these men held their peace, the very stones would be constr...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RESPONSE OF THE PHARISEES: GOD'S COMING JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM (19:39-46). It was not to be expected that this hearty welcome of Jesus would please the Pharisees. Perhaps they were afraid of the re...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AFTER INITIAL PREPARATIONS JESUS RIDES INTO JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH ON A COLT (19:29-40). Jesus here deliberately fulfils the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 (Matthew 21:4) by riding into Jerusalem on an ass's...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Luke agrees closely with the other Evangelists in the account of the entry to Jerusalem. He mentions in addition a murmur of the Pharisees and our Lord's reply (Luke 19:39-40), as well as the fact tha...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    IF THESE SHALL HOLD THEIR PEACE (εαν ουτο σιωπησουσιν). A condition of the first class, determined as fulfilled. The use of εαν rather than ε cuts no figure in the case (see Acts 8:31; 1 Thessalonia...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 19:1. And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Conversion of Zaccheus. Parable of the pounds. Triumphal entry. Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. Purification of the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Zacchaeus, Abraham, disciples. CONCLUSION: Th...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 19:11. _He spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem,_ to correct the fond error of those who thought he would reign on earth. This parable therefore differs from that of the talents, in...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    AND THEN WENT ON TO JERUSALEM. The road from Jericho to Jerusalem climbs 3,000 feet in eighteen miles. All four Gospels give this. See notes on Matthew 21:1-16. DOWN THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. The city of J...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ascending up to Jerusalem_ CHRIST JOURNEYING TO JERUSALEM I. THE MANNER IN WHICH HE WENT. The only occasion on which we find Him riding. Fulfilment of a prophecy. II. THE RECEPTION HE MET WITH. I...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 19:39 The Pharisees’ actions illustrate v. Luke 19:14. THE VERY STONES WOULD CRY OUT. All creation was made to worship this King who is Lord of all.

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 19 VER. 1. _And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho._ S. Luke continues the account of the journey to Jerusalem. I have spoken of this in the preceding chapter, verse 35....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 19:28. WENT BEFORE.—_I.e._, at the head of the disciples. Cf. Mark 10:32. ASCENDING.—The road from Jericho to Jerusalem is one long ascent. Luke 19:29. BETHPHAGE.—A village appa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 19:1 _Jesus lodges in the house of Zacchaeus, _"_the_ _chief among the publicans_"_ at Jericho. _This episode, which took place at Jericho just before the Lord's entry into Jerusalem...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Jesus has entered into Jericho (Luke 19:1). And as He is passing through the city, Behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans (Luke 19:2), The city of Jeric...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 2:6; Habakkuk 2:11; Isaiah 55:12; Matthew 21:15; Matthew 21:16

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE MAGNIFICAT TO THE KING Luke 19:28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Step by step Christ moved on fulfilling prophecy. The whole life of the Lord Jesus Christ, from the cradle to the ascension, was a marvel...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    If these should hold their peace, the stones, which lie before you, would cry out — That is, God would raise up some still more unlikely instruments to declare his praise. For the power of God will no...

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