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Luke 19:46 KJV
Luke · chapter 19 · verse 46
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.Luke 19:46 · King James Version
Luke 19:46 in context
44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
45And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
47And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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Key words (Strong's)
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- Sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- prayerproseuchēprayer addressed to God, a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer, a…G4335 →
- houseoikosa house, an inhabited house, home, any building whatever, of a palace, the house of God…G3624 →
- madepoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- denspēlaiona cave, denG4693 →
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The great Ambassador from heaven is here making his public entry into Jerusalem, not to be respected there, but to be rejected; he knew what a nest of vipers he was throwing himself into, and yet see here two instances of his love to that place and his concern for it. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-48