Luke 19:1

Luke 19:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He entered Jericho and was passing through.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

Context of Luke 19:1

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. 3Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and he was unable due to the crowd, because he was short in stature.

Luke 19:1 word by word

Καὶ εἰσελθὼν διήρχετο τὴν Ἰεριχώ.Read the interlinear

• enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• and was passingδιέρχομαιdierchomai · to pass throughG1330

Cross-references for Luke 19:1

• Joshua 2:1Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and rested there.
• Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in.
• Joshua 6:26Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates.”
• 1 Kings 16:34In his days Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
• 2 Kings 2:18They returned to him while he was staying in Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”

Commentaries on Luke 19:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Entered and passed through - Was passing through. Our Lord had not as yet passed through Jericho - he was only passing through it; for the house of Zaccheus, in which he was to lodge, Luke 19:5, was in it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And Jesus entered … - See the notes at Matthew 20:29. This means, perhaps, “he was passing” through Jericho when Zacchaeus saw him. His house was “in” Jericho.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The conversion of Zaccheus. (1-10) The parable of the nobleman and his servants. (11-27) Christ enters Jerusalem. (28-40) Christ laments over Jerusalem. (41-48) Verses 1-10 Those who sincerely desire a sight of Christ, like Zaccheus, will break through opposition, and take pains to see him. Christ invited himself to Zaccheus' house. Wherever Christ comes he opens the heart, and inclines it to receive him. He that has a mind to know Christ, shall be known…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The story of Zacchaeus is a fitting high point to the ministry of Jesus among those treated badly in Israel while he traveled to Jerusalem (9:51–19:44). Many see the final verse of this episode as the main theme of Luke's Gospel (19:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-10The name is Jewish. 2-4. chief among the publicans--farming a considerable district, with others under him. rich--Ill-gotten riches some of it certainly was. (See on Lu 19:8.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 19:1

• Hospitality
• Jericho
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Zacchaeus (Zaccheus)

In the dictionaries

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• Rebuke
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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