Luke 19:40

But Jesus answered, “I tell you that if they are silent, the stones will call out.”

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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

39Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, restrain your disciples.”

41When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said,

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Cross References

Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice, let the sea and its fulness thunder.

Psalms 114:1When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,

Habakkuk 2:11the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber will answer it.

Matthew 21:15But, when the chief priests and the teachers of the Law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts “God save the Son of David!”, they were indignant,

Matthew 27:51Suddenly the Temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were torn asunder,

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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