He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!” But as He came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, He began to weep. “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to …
Luke's Addition Gems
These five Gems related to the temple cleansing will give you a clue as to what Luke is doing with this passage when you realise the significance of Luke addition to what the other two Synoptic writers include.
Bible Gem 1148 – The Chronology of the Temple Cleansing (Luke 19:40-48)
He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!” But as He came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, He began to weep. “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to …
Bible Gem 1149 – One Temple Cleansing or Two? The Big Picture (Luke 19:40-48)
He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!” But as He came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, He began to weep. “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to …
Bible Gem 1150 – The significance of the stones theme in Luke (Luke 19:40-48)
You can see from the above layout that Luke follows the lead of the other two synoptic gospels in positioning the Cleansing of the Temple at the end of Jesus ministry. Mark’s is a chronological account. So it is most likely that the cleansing of …
Bible Gem 1151 – The Symbolism in the Cleansing of the Temple (Luke 19:45-48)
Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices. He said to them,”The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.” After that, He taught daily …