Luke 19:40
38 “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
42 and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
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
- “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
- KJV
- And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
- WEB
- He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
- ASV
- And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
- DARBY
- And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.
- BLB
- And answering, He said, “I say to you⁺ that if these will be silent, the stones will cry out.”
- ÅB
- Men han svarte og sa til dem: Jeg sier dere: Om disse tier, skal steinene rope.
- OTB
- Han svarte: “Jeg sier dere, hvis de tier, vil steinene rope.”
- B1930
- Men han svarte og sa til dem: Jeg sier eder: Om disse tier, skal stenene rope.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Habakkuk 2:11
For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:12
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Read in contextMatthew 3:9
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
Read in contextPsalms 96:11
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
Read in contextPsalms 98:7–9
Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
Read in contextPsalms 114:1–8
When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Read in contextMatthew 27:51–54
At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Read in contextMatthew 21:15–16
But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
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