Luke 19:47

Luke 19:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
• New International Version (NIV)Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,

Context of Luke 19:47

45Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there, 46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!” Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him, 48but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

Luke 19:47 word by word

καὶ ἦν διδάσκων τὸ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ· οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἀπολέσαι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦ λαοῦ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he taughtεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• he taughtδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
• dailyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• dailyκατάkata · according toG2596
• dailyἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• the chief priestsἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• the scribesγραμματεύςgrammateus · scribeG1122
• the chiefπρῶτοςprōtos · first: bestG4413
• of the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• to destroyἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 19:47

• Luke 21:37So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
• Matthew 21:23Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
• Mark 11:27They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him
• John 18:20Jesus replied, “I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.
• Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
• Mark 11:18The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.
• Mark 12:12Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.
• Mark 14:1Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
• John 7:19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”
• John 8:37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.
• John 10:39Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.
• John 11:53So from that day they planned together to kill him.

Commentaries on Luke 19:47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47And he taught daily in the temple - This he did for five or six days before his crucifixion. Some suppose that it was on Monday in the passion week that he thus entered into Jerusalem, and purified the temple; and on Thursday he was seized late at night: during these four days he taught in the temple, and lodged each night at Bethany. See the note on Matthew 21:17.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47Daily in the temple - That is, for five or six days before his crucifixion.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. 47The clearing of the temple increased opposition to Jesus and helped lead to his death on the cross (see study note on Mark 11:12–25). In Galilee, the main opponents of Jesus were the Pharisees and teachers of religious law. In Jerusalem, the leading priests also opposed him because they controlled the temple. The actions of Jesus against the buying and selling in the temple threatened their authority.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4747. sought--continued seeking, that is, daily, as He taught.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 19:47

• Instruction
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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