Luke 19:48
Verse 48 of 48. The 19th of 24 chapters in Luke, in The Gospels.
44And 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.
45And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
47And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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Luke 19:48 in the World English Bible
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Matthew Henry on Luke 19:48
The great Ambassador from heaven is here making his public entry into Jerusalem, not to be respected there, but to be rejected; he knew what a nest of vipers he was throwing himself into, and yet see here two instances of his love to that place and his concern for it.
Read Matthew Henry on Luke 19:41–48: The Doom of Jerusalem Lamented; The Doom of Jerusalem Foretold.
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