Luke 19:46

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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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Saying	λέγων legōn	G3004	properly · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
them	αὐτοῖς· autois	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine
It is written	γέγραπται, gegraptai	G1125	to "grave" · verb — perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular
My	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
house	οἶκός oikos	G3624	a dwelling (more or less extensive · noun — nominative singular masculine
is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
the house	οἶκος oikos	G3624	a dwelling (more or less extensive · noun — nominative singular masculine
of prayer	προσευχῆς· proseuchēs	G4335	prayer (worship) · noun — genitive singular feminine
but	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
ye	ὑμεῖς hymeîs	G5210	you (as subjective of verb)
have made	ἐποιήσατε epoiēsate	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural
it	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
a den	σπήλαιον spēlaion	G4693	a cavern · noun — accusative singular neuter
of thieves	λῃστῶν. lēstōn	G3027	a brigand · noun — genitive plural masculine

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Cross-references

Isaiah 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be…
Jeremiah 7:11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
Psalms 93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
Ezekiel 43:12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law o…
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neit…
Hosea 12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 19:41–end

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. I. The tears he shed for the approaching ruin of the city (Luk 19:41): When he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it. Probably, it was when he was coming down the descent of the hill from the mount of Olives, where he had a full view of the city, the large extent of it, and the many stately structures in it, and his eye affected his heart, and his heart his eye again. See here, 1. What a tender spirit Christ was o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 19:45

SECOND CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE AND SUBSEQUENT TEACHING. (Luk 19:45-48) As the first cleansing was on His first visit to Jerusalem (Joh 2:13-22), so this second cleansing was on His last. den of thieves--banded together for plunder, reckless of principle. The mild term "house of merchandise," used on the former occasion, was now unsuitable.

Adam Clarke on Luke 19:45

Went into the temple - See all this transaction explained, Mat 21:12-16 (note).

John Gill on Luke 19:46

Saying unto them, it is written,.... In Isaiah 56:7 my house is the house of prayer; built and devoted for that service: but ye have made it a den of thieves; which clause is not written in the above prophecy, but are the words of Christ referring to Jeremiah 7:11. The Ethiopic version adds, "and robbers"; and the Persic version adds, "and a place of cut-purses"; See Gill on Matthew 21:13.

John Calvin on Luke 19:41–end

Luke 19:41-44 Luke 19:41-44 41. And when he came near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, 42. O if even thou, and at least in this thy day, hadst known and considered the things which belong to thy peace! but now they are hid from thy eyes. 43. For the days will come upon thee, and thy enemies will encompass thee with a rampart; [720] and will enclose thee, and will shut thee in on all sides; 44. And will level thee with the ground, and thy children who are within thee; and will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou didst not know the time of thy visitation. 41. And wept over it. As there was nothing which Christ more ardently desired than to execute the office…

The Church Fathers

For God wishes not His temple to be a house of traffic, but the dwelling-place of holiness, nor does He fix the priestly service in a saleable performance of religion, but in a free and willing obedience.
— Ambrose of Milan ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

She has none to whom to make such a promise; and if she have had, she does not make it; since even the earthly temple of God can sooner have been called by the Lord a "den of robbers," than of adulterers and fornicators.
— Tertullian, On Modesty

And having entered the temple, He began to cast out those who sold and bought in it, saying to them: It is written, My house is a house of prayer. He who announced the evils to come and immediately entered the temple to cast out those who sold and bought in it, surely showed that the ruin of the people was chiefly due to the fault of the priests. Describing the overthrow and striking those who sold and bought in the temple, He showed in the very act of His work from where the root of destruction originated.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Luke

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Dictionary and topics

Temple, Herod’s — The temple erected by the exiles on their return from Babylon had stood for about five hundred years, when Herod the Great became king of Judea. The building had suffered considerably from natural…
House Of God · A place of prayer — A place of prayer
Theft And Thieves · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 19:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 19:45

Adam Clarke on Luke 19:45

John Gill on Luke 19:46

John Calvin on Luke 19:41–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 19:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 19:45

Adam Clarke on Luke 19:45

John Gill on Luke 19:46

John Calvin on Luke 19:41–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 19:45-48