Luke 19:37-40 ESV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:28-40

A. The Triumphal Entry 19:28-40 (cf. Matthew 21:1-9; Mark 11:1-10; John 12:12-19)Luke did not record Jesus’ actual entrance into the city of Jerusalem. He stressed Jesus’ approach to Jerusalem and His lamentation over it (Luke 19:41-44). This presentation has the effect of eliminating the triumphant spirit of Jesus’ coming and replacing it with sadness over Jesus’ rejection.Until now, Jesus typically discouraged people from proclaiming that He was the Messiah. Now He not only allowed people to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:37

Luke alone specified that Jesus descended from the Mount of Olives toward Jerusalem. He may have done so to associate Jesus with the prophecy of Messiah standing on that mountain (Zechariah 14:4). However this was not a fulfillment of that prophecy. Fulfillment will come at the Second Coming. Jesus had predicted His entrance into Jerusalem (Luke 13:35). Perhaps Luke pictured Jesus descending toward Jerusalem as stage setting for His weeping over the city (Luke 19:42-44).Luke continued to focus... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:38

Luke omitted "Hosanna" from the disciples’ praise. His Greek readers probably would not have understood it. The repetition of Psalms 118:26 from Luke 13:35 points to one fulfillment of that messianic prophecy here. There will be another fulfillment at the Second Coming. Luke noted that the King rather than the kingdom (Mark 11:10) was the focus of the disciples’ praise. The kingdom was not yet to appear (Luke 19:11), but the King was at hand.The words "peace in heaven and glory in the highest"... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:39

Some of the Pharisees did not like the disciples using messianic terminology of Jesus and suggesting that He fulfilled messianic prophecy (cf. Matthew 21:14-16). They asked Jesus to silence them. Obviously they thought He would agree that they were going too far. This verse occurs only in this Gospel. It provides a background for Jesus’ strong statement in the next verse."The story strongly emphasizes the tension between the scribes-Pharisees and Jesus. Study of the references to scribes and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:40

However, Jesus refused to silence the disciples. They spoke the truth. The figure of stones crying out (personification) stresses the appropriateness of the disciples crying out. If the disciples kept silence, the stones would need to declare who Jesus was instead of them. This clear messianic claim is unique to Luke. It shows the blatant rejection of Israel’s leaders in the face of indisputable evidence that Jesus was the Messiah."All history had pointed toward this single, spectacular event... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 19:38

19:38 Lord. (a-12) 'Jehovah.' see Psalms 118:26 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 19:1-48

Zacceleus. The Pounds. Christ’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. He Cleanses the Temple1-10. Zacchaeus (peculiar to Lk). The narrative shows that our Lord’s familiar intercourse with publicans and sinners was justified by its results. Zacchaeus became a convert, surrendered half of his great wealth to the poor, and made restitution for his past misdeeds2. The chief] RV ’a chief publican.’ ’There must have been at Jericho one of the principal custom-houses, both on account of the exportation of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 19:29-38

(29-38) When he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany.—On the general narrative, see Notes on Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11. In details we note (1) that St. Luke unites the “Bethphage” of St. Matthew with the “Bethany” of St. Mark; (2) that, as a stranger to Judæa, he speaks of the “mountain that was called the Mount of Olives. Possibly, indeed, both here and in Luke 21:37, as certainly in Acts 1:12, he uses the Greek equivalent for Olivet (the Latin Olivetum, or “place of Olives”) as a proper... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 19:37

(37) The descent of the mount of Olives.—The Greek word for “descent” is not used by any other New Testament writer. As being a technical geographical word, it was one that might naturally be used by one who may have been a pupil of Strabo, or a student of his works. (See Introduction.)To praise God.—The Greek verb is another instance of a word used by St. Luke (seven times) and St. Paul (twice), and by them only in the New Testament.All the mighty works . . .—Literally, powers, and so works of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 19:38

(38) Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. The substitution of “glory” for the “Hosanna” of St. Matthew and St. Mark is characteristic of the Gentile Evangelist. The parallelism between the shouts of the multitude before the Passion, and the song of the angels at the Nativity (Luke 2:14) is, in many ways, suggestive. There the voices spoke of “peace on earth;” here the multitude, prophesying unconsciously, speak of “peace in heaven.” read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:28-40

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:37

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:38

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:39

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 19:40

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 19:38

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 19:1-48

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 19:29-38

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 19:37

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 19:38

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