Luke 19:38-40

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 19:28-40

We have here the same account of Christ's riding in some sort of triumph (such as it was) into Jerusalem which we had before in Matthew and Mark; let us therefore here only observe, I. Jesus Christ was forward and willing to suffer and die for us. He went forward, bound in the spirit, to Jerusalem, knowing very well the things that should befal him there, and yet he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem, Luke 19:28. He was the foremost of the company, as if he longed to be upon the spot,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 19:28-40

19:28-40 When Jesus had said these things, he went on ahead on the way up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, which is near the mount called the Mount of Olives, he despatched two of his disciples. "Go to the village opposite," he said. "As you come into it, you will find tethered a colt upon which no man has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. And if any one asks you, 'Why are you loosing this colt?' you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'" Those who had been despatched... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 19:38

Saying, blessed be the King ,.... The King Messiah, the King of Israel, the son of David, the Christ of God; so the Ethiopic version adds, "blessed be the King of Israel"; they sung their "Hosannas" to him, as the other evangelists say: that cometh in the name of the Lord ; See Gill on Matthew 21:9 . peace in heaven ; all heavenly peace and prosperity attend him; or let peace be made with God in heaven, by the Prince of Peace on earth, for sinful men: and glory in the highest ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 19:39

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude ,.... Who had placed themselves there, to watch and observe what was said, and done, that they might have something to reproach Christ with, expose him for, or bring as a charge against him: said unto him, master, rebuke thy disciples : not being able to bear such high encomiums of Jesus, and such open and public declarations of his being the Messiah; and would insinuate, that it was blasphemy in them to say what they did, and pride and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 19:40

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you ,.... As a truth, which may be depended on, and you may be assured of; this he spake with great earnestness, fervour, and courage: that if these should hold their peace ; be silent, and not sing the praises of God, and ascribe glory to him, and profess the Messiah, and make this public acknowledgment of him: the stones would immediately cry out ; either against them, or in a declaration of the Messiah: by which expression our Lord means,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 19:29-38

See this triumphal entry into Jerusalem explained at large on Matthew 21:1-11 ; (note), and Mark 11:1-10 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 19:38

Glory in the highest - Mayst thou receive the uttermost degrees of glory! See on Matthew 21:9 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 19:40

If these should hold their peace, the stones would - cry out - Of such importance is my present conduct to you and to others, being expressly predicted by one of your own prophets, Zechariah 9:9 , as pointing out the triumph of humility over pride, and of meekness over rage and malice, as signifying the salvation which I bring to the lost souls of men, that, if this multitude were silent, God would give even to the stones a voice, that the advent of the Messiah might be duly celebrated. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:28-38

Christ's royalty. Something like a royal procession is here described. On the foal of an ass, on which it comported as well with Oriental ideas of honour as with Christian ideas of peace that he should ride, the "King came, meek," but not without attention and acclaim, into Jerusalem. A large company of the curious, the devout, and even the enthusiastic, welcomed him as "the King that came in the Name of the Lord." At last, thought his disciples, his hour is come; at last their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:28-44

From Jericho to Jerusalem. The last glimpse which we obtain of Moses presents him wending his way up the slope of Mount Nebo, thence to give one fond gaze towards the land he might not enter, and, having so done, then to lay himself down and die. Imagination has often attempted to portray the working of the great lawgiver's mind, the emotion of his heart, the thoughts which must have crowded on him as he took that last solitary journey to the sepulchre which no man must know, in which the... read more

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