Luke Chapter 19 verse 40 Holy Bible
And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
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And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.
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And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.
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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.
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He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."
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and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'
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Luke 19 : 40 Bible Verse Songs
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) If these should hold their peace.--Here, then, at the very moment when He foresaw most clearly His own approaching end, and the failure of all earthly hopes of the city over which He wept, our Lord accepted every word that disciples or multitude had uttered of Him as being in the fullest sense true.The stones would immediately cry out.--The startling imagery had a precedent in the language of Habakkuk (Habakkuk 2:11), "The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it."Parallel Commentaries ...Greek“I tellΛέγω (Legō)Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularStrong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you,”ὑμῖν (hymin)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralStrong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.He answered,ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis)Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.“ifἐὰν (ean)ConjunctionStrong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.theyοὗτοι (houtoi)Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3778: This; he, she, it. remain silent,σιωπήσουσιν (siōpēsousin)Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 4623: To keep silence, be silent, either voluntarily or involuntarily. From siope; to be dumb; figuratively, to be calm.the veryοἱ (hoi)Article - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.stonesλίθοι (lithoi)Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.will cry out.”κράξουσιν (kraxousin)Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 2896: To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to 'croak' or scream, i.e. to call aloud.Jump to PreviousCry Crying Hold Immediately Jesus Peace Quiet Silent Stones
