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Text -- Luke 19:30-48 (NET)
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19:30 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden . Untie it and bring it here.
19:31 If anyone asks you , ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say , ‘The Lord needs it .’”
19:32 So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them .
19:33 As they were untying the colt , its owners asked them , “Why are you untying that colt ?”
19:34 They replied , “The Lord needs it .”
19:35 Then they brought it to Jesus , threw their cloaks on the colt , and had Jesus get on it.
19:36 As he rode along , they spread their cloaks on the road .
19:37 As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives , the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen :
19:38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord ! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest !”
19:39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him , “Teacher , rebuke your disciples .”
19:40 He answered , “I tell you , if they keep silent , the very stones will cry out !”
Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment
19:41 Now when Jesus approached and saw the city , he wept over it ,
19:42 saying , “If you had only known on this day , even you , the things that make for peace ! But now they are hidden from your eyes .
19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side .
19:44 They will demolish you – you and your children within your walls– and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another , because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
Cleansing the Temple
19:45 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,
19:46 saying to them , “It is written , ‘My house will be a house of prayer ,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers !”
19:47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts . The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him ,
19:48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
KING, CHRIST AS |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF |
OLIVES, MOUNT OF |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
MILLENNIUM, PREMILLENNIAL VIEW |
Shouting |
Temple, Herod's |
Jerusalem |
JESUS CHRIST, 4B |
SIEGE |
Praise |
Zeal |
PEACE |
Greed |
Temple |
Unbelief |
Theft |
Israel |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Luk 19:30; Luk 19:30; Luk 19:30; Luk 19:30; Luk 19:31; Luk 19:32; Luk 19:32; Luk 19:33; Luk 19:33; Luk 19:35; Luk 19:35; Luk 19:35; Luk 19:35; Luk 19:36; Luk 19:36; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:38; Luk 19:38; Luk 19:39; Luk 19:39; Luk 19:39; Luk 19:40; Luk 19:40; Luk 19:40; Luk 19:41; Luk 19:41; Luk 19:41; Luk 19:42; Luk 19:42; Luk 19:42; Luk 19:43; Luk 19:43; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:46; Luk 19:46; Luk 19:46; Luk 19:47; Luk 19:47; Luk 19:47; Luk 19:47; Luk 19:48; Luk 19:48; Luk 19:48
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NET Notes: Luk 19:31 The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:32 Exactly as he had told them. Nothing in Luke 19-23 catches Jesus by surprise. Often he directs the action.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:35 Although ἐπεβίβασαν (epebibasan) is frequently translated “set [Jesus] on it” or “...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:36 The disciples initiated this action (since in 19:35 and 37 they are the subject) but the other gospels indicate the crowds also became involved. Thus ...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:37 Grk “they had seen, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary Engli...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:39 Teacher, rebuke your disciples. The Pharisees were complaining that the claims were too great.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:40 This statement amounts to a rebuke. The idiom of creation speaking means that even creation knows what is taking place, yet the Pharisees miss it. On ...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:41 When Jesus approached and saw the city. This is the last travel note in Luke’s account (the so-called Jerusalem journey), as Jesus approached an...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:42 But now they are hidden from your eyes. This becomes an oracle of doom in the classic OT sense; see Luke 13:31-35; 11:49-51; Jer 9:2; 13:7; 14:7. They...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:43 An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:44 You did not recognize the time of your visitation refers to the time God came to visit them. They had missed the Messiah; see Luke 1:68-79.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:45 Matthew (21:12-27), Mark (11:15-19) and Luke (here, 19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:46 A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels....
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NET Notes: Luk 19:47 The action at the temple was the last straw. In their view, if Jesus could cause trouble in the holy place, then he must be stopped, so the leaders we...
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