Luke 19:40
He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
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In Context
39Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
41When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
Cross References
Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
Psalms 114:1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,
Habakkuk 2:11For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
Matthew 21:15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,
Matthew 27:51Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 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 →