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Luke 19:40 Cross-References
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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.”
Luke 19:40 (KJV)
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Commentary on Luke 19:40
Jesus' response to Pharisees: 'And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.' The Pharisees demanded Jesus silence the crowd (v. 39), but Jesus declares this impossible. The phrase 'if these should hold their peace' (ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσωσιν, ean houtoi siōpēsōsin, a hypothetical condition) introduces the startling claim: 'the stones would immediately cry out' (οἱ λίθοι κράξουσιν, hoi lithoi kraxousin). Creation itself would testify to Christ's glory if humans remained silent. This echoes Habakkuk 2:11 where stones cry ...
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Cross-References for Luke 19:40
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“and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.”
“and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.”
“'We have Abraham for our father”
“and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar”
“and those who dwell therein.”
“the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;”
“the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.”
“and the children who were crying in the temple and saying”
“condemned them to destruction”