Luke 19:46 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 19:46

He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

BSB

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ASV

saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

KJV

Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Commentary on Luke (397)

God does not want his temple to be a trader's lodge but the home of sanctity. He does not preserve the practice of the priestly ministry by the dishonest duty of religion but by voluntary obedience. Consider what the Lord's actions impose on you as an example of living.… He taught in general that worldly transactions must be absent from the temple, but he drove out the moneychangers in particular. Who are the moneychangers, if not those who seek profit from the Lord's money and cannot distinguish between good and evil? Holy Scripture is the Lord's money.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Saying unto them, it is written,.... In Isa 56:7 my house is the house of prayer; built and devoted for that service: but ye have made it a den of thieves; which clause is not written in the above prophecy, but are the words of Christ referring to Jer 7:11. The Ethiopic version adds, "and robbers"; and the Persic version adds, "and a place of cut-purses"; See Gill on Mat 21:13.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγων	legōn	saying	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
γέγραπται,	gegraptai	It has been written:	G1125 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἔσται	estai	will be	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
οἶκός	oikos	house	G3624 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
οἶκος	oikos	a house	G3624 →
προσευχῆς·	proseuchēs	of prayer’;	G4335 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	You yourselves	G4771 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
αὐτὸν	auton	it	G846 →
ἐποιήσατε	epoiēsate	made	G4160 →
σπήλαιον	spēlaion	a den	G4693 →
λῃστῶν.	lēstōn	of robbers.’	G3027 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 56:7
I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called…
leads to
- Mark 11:17
  Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 21:13
  And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 2:2–3
  In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to…
- Malachi 1:11
  For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Micah 4:1–2
  In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to…
Through
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
leads to
- Luke 11:52
  Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
Through
Psalms 93:5
Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
leads to
- Psalms 119:111
  Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Through
Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
leads to
- Isaiah 56:7
  I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called…