Luke 19:40

and He answering said to them, “I say to you that if these will be silent, the stones will cry out!”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

In Context

39And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples”;

41And when He came near, having seen the city, He wept over it,

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Cross References

Psalms 96:11The heavens rejoice, and the earth is joyful, || The sea and its fullness roar.

Psalms 114:1In the going out of Israel from Egypt, || The house of Jacob from a strange people,

Habakkuk 2:11For a stone cries out from the wall, || And a beam from the wood answers it.

Matthew 21:15and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” were much displeased;

Matthew 27:51and behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,

Matthew Henry on Luke 19:29-41

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. 28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. 31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath… Read the whole commentary →

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