Luke 19:48

Luke 19:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.

Context of Luke 19:48

46He said to them, “Scripture says, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a gathering place for thieves.” 47Jesus taught in the temple courtyard every day. The chief priests, the experts in Moses’ Teachings, and the leaders of the people looked for a way to kill him. But they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

Luke 19:48 word by word

καὶ οὐχ εὕρισκον τὸ τί ποιήσωσιν· ὁ λαὸς γὰρ ἅπας ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ ἀκούων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• couldεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• notοὐou · noG3756
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• they might doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• allἅπαςhapas · allG537
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• were very attentiveἐκκρεμάννυμιekkremamai · to hang uponG1582
• to hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 19:48

• Luke 20:19The experts in Moses’ Teachings and the chief priests wanted to arrest him right there, but they were afraid of the people. They knew that he had directed this illustration at them.
• Luke 22:2The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings were looking for some way to kill Jesus. However, they were afraid of the people.
• Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went away and planned to trap Jesus into saying the wrong thing.
• Nehemiah 8:3From daybreak until noon, he read from it in the courtyard in front of Water Gate to the men, women, and ⌞children⌟ who could understand it. All the people listened to the Book of Moses’ Teachings.
• John 7:46The temple guards answered, “No human has ever spoken like this man.”
• Acts 16:14A woman named Lydia was present. She was a convert to Judaism from the city of Thyatira and sold purple dye for a living. She was listening because the Lord made her willing to pay attention to what Paul said.

Commentaries on Luke 19:48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Were very attentive to hear him - Or, They heard him with the utmost attention, , literally, They hung upon him, hearing. The same form of speech is used often by both Greek and Latin writers of the best repute. - Ex vultu dicentis, pendet omnium vultus. The face of every man hung on the face of the speaker. - Pendetque iterum narrantis ab ore. Virg. Aen. iv. 79 And she hung again on the lips of the narrator. The words of the evangelist mark, not only the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48Could not find … - Were not able to accomplish their purpose; they did not know “how” to bring it about. Very attentive - literally, “hung upon him” to hear him. The word denotes an anxious desire, a fixed attention, a cleaving to him, and an unwillingness to “leave” him, so that they might hear his words. This is always the case when people become anxious about their salvation. They manifest it by hanging on the preaching of the gospel; by fixed…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-48Verses 41-48 Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about to be shed, without seeing that the likeness of God in the believer, consists much in good-will and compassion? Surely those cannot be right who take up any doctrines of truth, so as to be hardened towards their fellow-sinners. But let every one remember, that though Jesus wept over Jerusalem, he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45-48After entering Jerusalem as the Christ, Jesus performed an action that showed he was the Christ (see Malachi 3:1). He began to drive out from the temple those who exchanged money and merchants selling animals for offerings. This action was meant to restore true worship in the temple. It also symbolized the judgment that Jesus had just announced against Israel (19:41–44).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4848. were very attentive to hear him--hung upon His words.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 19:48

• Jesus Continued
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In the dictionaries

• Cast
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• Occupy
• Rebuke
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• Salvation
• Tiller
• Wept
• Attent; Attentive

Commentaries on Luke 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings