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Luke 19:40 KJV
Luke · chapter 19 · verse 40
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.Luke 19:40 · King James Version
Luke 19:40 in context
38Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
39And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- stoneslithosa stone, of small stones, of building stones, metaph. of ChristG3037 →
- peacesiōpaōto be silent, hold one's peace, used of one's silence because dumb, metaph. of a calm…G4623 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- telllegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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We have here the same account of Christ's riding in some sort of triumph (such as it was) into Jerusalem which we had before in Matthew and Mark; let us therefore here only observe, I. Jesus Christ was forward and willing to suffer and die for us.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 28-40