Lucas 19:46 RVR1960

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 19:1-48

Now Jesus has entered into Jericho ( Luke 19:1 ).And as He is passing through the city,Behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans ( Luke 19:2 ),The city of Jericho was an oasis. It was a resort town; it was the Palm Springs, except even more lush. The winters can get quite cold in Jerusalem. They get even an occasional snow. But down in Jericho in the wintertime the weather is just really perfect. The days are usually clear. You get less than two inches of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 19:1-48

Luke 19:11 . He spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, to correct the fond error of those who thought he would reign on earth. This parable therefore differs from that of the talents, in Matthew 25:0., which was spoken in the temple to denounce judgment on those who had leagued to take away his life. That respected the high endowment of talents, one, two, and five in number. This speaks only of pounds, one of which, the sixtieth part of a talent, was given to each. Yet the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 19:45-46

Luke 19:45-46My house is the house of prayerThe purified templeRegarding the Church as an institution, with its possessions, its laws, its days of worship, its rulers, its teachers, its outward services, we may find for ourselves a lesson in this incident.And that lesson is, that the spiritual character of the Church is everything, and that its first object is to deepen in men’s hearts the sense of the Divine and the spiritual. When that great end is lost sight of, the Church has parted with... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 19:46

46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. Ver. 46. See Matthew 21:12-13 , &c.; See Trapp on " Joh 2:14 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 19:46

Psalms 93:5, Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11, Ezekiel 43:12, Hosea 12:7, Matthew 23:14 Reciprocal: Isaiah 1:23 - companions Ezekiel 28:16 - the multitude Matthew 21:12 - and cast Matthew 21:13 - ye Mark 11:17 - Is it Luke 18:10 - into Luke 20:2 - Tell John 2:14 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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.Isaiah 56:7. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 19:45-48

§ 112. CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE, Luke 19:45-48 . See our notes on Matthew 21:12-13. That there were a first and second cleansing, see notes on the parallel in Matthew and on John 2:13-17. read more