Luke 19:47

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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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
taught	διδάσκων didaskōn	G1321	to teach (in the same broad application) · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
daily	ἡμέραν hēmeran	G2250	day · noun — accusative singular feminine
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
temple	ἱερῷ· hi'erō	G2411	a sacred place · noun — dative singular neuter
But	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
priests	ἀρχιερεῖς archiereis	G749	the high-priest (literally · noun — nominative plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
scribes	γραμματεῖς grammateis	G1122	scribe · noun — nominative plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
chief	πρῶτοι prōtoi	G4413	foremost (in time · adjective — nominative plural masculine
people	λαοῦ, laou	G2992	a people (in general · noun — genitive singular masculine
sought	ἐζήτουν ezētoun	G2212	to seek (literally or figuratively) · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural
destroy	ἀπολέσαι apolesai	G622	to destroy fully (reflexively · verb — aorist active infinitive
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine

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Cross-references

Mark 11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonishe…
Matthew 26:55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with y…
Mark 11:27-33 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
Luke 21:37-38 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
Mark 12:12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and…
John 7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
John 8:37-40 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
John 10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

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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 19:47

sought--continued seeking, that is, daily, as He taught.

Adam Clarke on Luke 19:47

And he taught daily in the temple - This he did for five or six days before his crucifixion. Some suppose that it was on Monday in the passion week that he thus entered into Jerusalem, and purified the temple; and on Thursday he was seized late at night: during these four days he taught in the temple, and lodged each night at Bethany. See the note on Mat 21:17.

John Gill on Luke 19:47

And he taught daily in the temple,.... Every day till the passover came, and only in the day; for at night he went out of the city to Bethany, or to the Mount of Olives: some of his discourses in the temple, the parables he delivered, and his disputations with the doctors, are recorded in Matthew 21:27, but the chief priests, and the Scribes, and the chief of the people; or "the elders of the people", as the Syriac version renders it; that is, the whole sanhedrim: sought to destroy him; met and consulted together how to get him into their hands, and what charges to bring against him, in order to put him to death.

John Calvin on Luke 19:41–end

The Church Fathers

And he was teaching daily in the temple. For when he skillfully instructs the minds of the faithful to guard against evil, Truth teaches daily in the temple.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Luke

Either because He daily taught in the temple, or because He had cast the thieves therefrom, or that coming thereto as King and Lord, He was greeted with the honour of a heavenly hymn of praise.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Now from what Christ had said and done it was meet that men should worship Him as God, but far from doing this, they sought to slay Him; as it follows, But the chief priests and scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him.
— Cyril of Alexandria ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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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…
Persecution · OF JESUS — OF JESUS

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 19:47

Adam Clarke on Luke 19:47

John Gill on Luke 19:47

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 19:47

Adam Clarke on Luke 19:47

John Gill on Luke 19:47

John Calvin on Luke 19:41–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 19:47