King James Version
What Does Luke 19:46 Mean?
“Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
Context
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And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
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And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein , and them that bought;
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Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
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And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
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And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. were: or, hanged on him
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Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**22. lackest ... one thing--**Ah! but that a fundamental, fatal lack.
**sell, &c.--**As riches were his idol, our Lord, who knew if from the first, lays His great authoritative grasp at once upon it, saying, "Now give Me up that, and all is right." No general direction about the disposal of riches, then, is here given, save that we are to sit loose to them and lay them at the feet of Him who gave them. He who does this with all he has, whether rich or poor, is a true heir of the kingdom of heaven.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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