Luke 19:47
He was teaching in the Temple every day. The chief priests, the religious teachers, and the leaders of the people were trying to kill him.
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48But they couldn't find a way to do it because everyone appreciated him, hanging on his every word.
Cross References
Matthew 21:23Jesus went into the Temple. The chief priests and the ruling elders of the people came to him while he was teaching and asked, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority?”
Matthew 26:55Then Jesus told the mob, “Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I was some kind of dangerous criminal? Every day I sat in the Temple teaching and you didn't arrest me then.
Mark 11:27They returned to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the Temple, the chief priests, religious teachers, and the leaders approached him.
Mark 14:1It was now two days before Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the religious leaders were trying to find a surreptitious way to arrest Jesus and have him killed.
John 7:19Moses gave you the law, didn't he? Yet none of you keeps the law! Why are you trying to kill me?”
John 8:37I know you're Abraham's descendants, yet you're trying to kill me because you refuse to accept my words.
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 →