Luke 19:40

Luke 19:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
• New International Version (NIV)“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”

Context of Luke 19:40

38“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He answered, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!” 41Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it, 42saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

Luke 19:40 word by word

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν λέγω ὑμῖν ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσουσιν, οἱ λίθοι κράξουσιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• youσύsu · youG4771
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• should hold their peaceσιωπάωsiōpaō · be quietG4623
• the stonesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the stonesλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• would immediately cry outκράζωkrazō · to cryG2896

Cross-references for Luke 19:40

• Psalms 96:11Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!
• Psalms 98:7Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!
• Psalms 114:1When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,
• Isaiah 55:12Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.
• Habakkuk 2:11For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.
• Matthew 3:9and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
• Matthew 21:15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant
• Matthew 27:45Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.
• 2 Peter 2:6and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,

Commentaries on Luke 19:40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40If 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, Zechariah 9:9, as pointing out the triumph of humility over pride, and of meekness over rage and malice, as signifying the salvation which I bring to the lost souls of men, that, if this multitude were silent, God would give even to the stones a voice, that the advent of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40The 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 Messiah - that it is not fit that I should attempt to impose silence on them. The expression here seems to be “proverbial,” and is not to be taken literally. Proverbs are designed to express the truth “strongly,” but are not to be taken to signify as much as if…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-40Verses 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 proud Pharisees, who are enemies to him and to his kingdom. But Christ, as he despises the contempt of the proud, so he accepts the praises of the humble. Pharisees would silence the praises of Christ, but they cannot; for as God can out of stones raise up…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40Compare Isaiah 55:12, in which nature is said to rejoice at the coming of God’s salvation, and Habakkuk 2:11, in which the stones of the walls cry out against Babylon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4040. the stones, &c.--Hitherto the Lord had discouraged all demonstrations in His favor; latterly He had begun an opposite course; on this one occasion He seems to yield His whole soul to the wide and deep acclaim with a mysterious satisfaction, regarding it as so necessary a part of the regal dignity in which as Messiah He for this last time entered the city, that if not offered by the vast multitude, it would have been wrung out of the stones rather than…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 19:40

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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