Luke 19:40

Jesus answered and said, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”

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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 multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

41When Jesus approached the city, he wept over it,

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Cross References

Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; 1 let the sea roar and that which fills it shout with joy. 1

Psalms 114:1When Israel left Egypt, 1 the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language, 1

Habakkuk 2:11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters of timber will answer them, 1

Matthew 21:15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things that he did, and when they heard the children shouting in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became very angry.

Matthew 27:51Behold, the curtain of the temple was split in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks split apart.

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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