Luke 19:1
Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
2 And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
- KJV
- And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
- WEB
- He entered and was passing through Jericho.
- ASV
- And he entered and was passing through Jericho.
- DARBY
- And he entered and passed through Jericho.
- BLB
- And having entered, He was passing through Jericho.
- ÅB
- Og han kom inn i Jeriko og dro igjennom byen.
- OTB
- Jesus kom inn i Jeriko og fortsatte på sin vei gjennom byen.
- B1930
- Og han kom inn i Jeriko og drog igjennem byen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 6:1–27
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
Read in contextLuke 18:35
As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
Read in context1 Kings 16:34
In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
Read in context2 Kings 2:18–22
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
Read in contextJoshua 2:1
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
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