Luke 19:47
And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
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48and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him to hear.
Cross References
Matthew 21:23And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him [as he was] teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
Matthew 26:55In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily [with you] teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.
Mark 11:27And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he walked about in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him,
Mark 14:1Now the passover and the [feast of] unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him.
John 7:19Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?
John 8:37I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:42-48
The Doom of Jerusalem Lamented; The Doom of Jerusalem Foretold. 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, 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. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not… Read the whole commentary →