Text -- Luke 19:40 (NET)

19:40 He answered, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 19:40

¹ tn Grk “and answering, he said.” This has been simplified in the translation to “He answered.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “these.”

³ sn 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 this idiom, see Gen 4:10 and Hab 2:11.