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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 19:41-48

41-48 Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about to be shed, without seeing that the likeness of God in the believer, consists much in good-will and compassion? Surely those cannot be right who take up any doctrines of truth, so as to be hardened towards their fellow-sinners. But let every one remember, that though Jesus wept over Jerusalem, he executed awful vengeance upon it. Though he... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 19:1-99

Luke 19 ONLY LUKE TELLS us about the conversion of Zacchaeus, which fits in so strikingly with the theme of his Gospel. The publican, though so despised by the leaders of his people, was a fit subject for the grace of the Lord, and he was marked by the faith which is ready to receive it. Zacchaeus had no physical or material needs; his was a case of spiritual need only. The people flung the epithet, “sinner,” at him. It was a true epithet, and Zacchaeus knew it, yet it provoked him into an... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 19:45-48

The purging of the Temple: v. 45. And He went into the Temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, v. 46. saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. v. 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, v. 48. and could not find what they might do; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him. It was on the next... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 19:41-48

2. The Manifestation of the Glory of the King in Word and Deed (Luke 19:41-48)41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42Saying, If thou [also] hadst known, even10 thou [om., even thou], at least in this thy day, the things 43which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the [om., the] days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench [embankment] about thee, and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side, 44And shall lay... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 19:37-48

Luke A NEW KIND OF KING Luk_19:37 - Luk_19:48 . ‘He went on before.’ What concentrated determination, and almost eagerness, impelled His firm and swift steps up the steep, weary road! Mark tells that the disciples followed, ‘amazed’-as they well might be-at the unusual haste, and strange preoccupation on the face, set as a flint. Luke takes no notice of the stay at Bethany and the sweet seclusion which soothed Jesus there. He dwells only on the assertion of royalty, which stamped an... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 19:41-48

the Doom of the Royal City Luke 19:41-48 Our Lord loved the city of His race; and when it finally rejected His appeals, He knew that nothing could avert its downfall. Hence His tears! Each nation, city and individual has one day which is the crisis of existence. We cross the equator without knowing it. There is one hour in each God-forsaken life when, as in the Temple before its fall, watchers hear the words, “Let us depart,” and there is the rustle of wings! Notice that God visits us in... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 19:1-48

Zacchaeus was the last convert but one in the ministry of Jesus. Our Lord's method with him is very revealing. He asked for his hospitality, and after receiving it held an unrecorded conversation with him which resulted in the complete revolution of the man's outlook and his activity. It was in this connection that our Lord uttered that supreme word of His ministry, "The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." In close connection He uttered the parable of the pounds.... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 19:28-46

The Magnificat to the King Luke 19:28-46 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Step by step Christ moved on fulfilling prophecy. The whole life of the Lord Jesus Christ, from the cradle to the ascension, was a marvelous fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. He was born as the Prophets wrote of Him; born of a virgin; born in Bethlehem; born a Child, given a Son; born of the lineage of David; His Name was called Immanuel. He was brought up as the Prophets wrote of Him. An alien to His mother's children;... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:45-46

CLEANSING THE TEMPLE‘And He went into the Temple … den of thieves.’ Luke 19:45-1 Corinthians : Our Lord twice had to cleanse the Temple. The profane practice grew up gradually until He put it down in His authoritative way. What is its counterpart now? I. The encroaching spirit of worldliness.—God is practically dethroned. Think of the Sunday trading, Sunday travelling, Sunday excursions, in simple disregard of the day. II. The growth of irreligion gives birth to all new forms of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:46

A HOUSE OF PRAYER‘It is written, My house is the house of prayer.’ Luke 19:46 A house of prayer—this is what the Jewish Temple ought to have been, this is what the Church of the living God is.Why is it that we fail so miserably to use our churches as the houses of prayer which God designed them to be? It is obvious to say that we are deficient in faith. But ‘faith’ is one of those words which we think we understand when we really do not. I. What do we mean by faith?—Surely without entering... read more

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