Luke 19:48 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 19:48

Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

KJV

And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

But the people held Christ in far higher estimation than the Scribes and Pharisees, and chiefs of the Jews, who not receiving the faith of Christ themselves, rebuked others. Hence it follows, And they could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentire to hear him.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 132 (444)

As one who possessed authority over the temple, he took care of it.… Their duty was to worship him, as One who with God the Father was Lord of the temple. In their great folly, they did not do this, but rather being savagely eager for hatred, they set up the sharp sting of wickedness against him and hurried to murder, which is the neighbor and brother of envy. It says that they sought to destroy him but could not, because all the people were hanging on him to hear him.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And could not find what they might do,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, and so Beza's most ancient copy, add, "to him"; they could not find an opportunity of seizing him, nor any advantage against him; they knew not what steps to take, nor how to bring about their wicked design of destroying him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Were very attentive to hear him - Or, They heard him with the utmost attention, εξεκρεματο αυτου ακουων, literally, They hung upon him, hearing. The same form of speech is used often by both Greek and Latin writers of the best repute. - Ex vultu dicentis, pendet omnium vultus. The face of every man hung on the face of the speaker. - Pendetque iterum narrantis ab ore. Virg. Aen. iv. 79 And she hung again on the lips of the narrator.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
οὐχ	ouch	not	G3756 →
εὕρισκον	heuriskon	they were finding	G2147 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
ποιήσωσιν·	poiēsōsin	they may do;	G4160 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
λαὸς	laos	people	G2992 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἅπας	hapas	all	G537 →
ἐξεκρέματο	exekremato	were hanging on	G1582 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	His [words]	G846 →
ἀκούων.¶	akouōn	listening.	G191 →

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
Acts 16:14
Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
leads to
- Luke 24:45
  Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- Ephesians 1:17–18
  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
- John 6:44–45
  “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- Isaiah 50:5
  The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
- Revelation 3:20
  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
Through
Nehemiah 8:3
So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people…
leads to
- Revelation 3:22
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
- Luke 4:16–20
  Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
- Hebrews 2:1–3
  We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.