Luke 19:40
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New International Version (©1984)
"I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."

New Living Translation (©2007)
He replied, "If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!"

International Standard Version (©2008)
He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Jesus replied, "I can guarantee that if they are quiet, the stones will cry out."

King James Bible
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

American King James Version
And he answered and said to them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

American Standard Version
And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Bible in Basic English
And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To whom he said: I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Darby Bible Translation
And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.

English Revised Version
And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he answered and said to them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Weymouth New Testament
"I tell you," He replied, "that if *they* became silent, the very stones would cry out."

World English Bible
He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

Young's Literal Translation
and he answering said to them, 'I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

Geneva Study Bible

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Wesley's Notes

19:40 If these should hold their peace, the stones, which lie before you, would cry out - That is, God would raise up some still more unlikely instruments to declare his praise. For the power of God will not return empty.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

40. the stones, &c.-Hitherto the Lord had discouraged all demonstrations in His favor; latterly He had begun an opposite course; on this one occasion He seems to yield His whole soul to the wide and deep acclaim with a mysterious satisfaction, regarding it as so necessary a part of the regal dignity in which as Messiah He for this last time entered the city, that if not offered by the vast multitude, it would have been wrung out of the stones rather than be withheld (Hab 2:11).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

19:28-40 Christ has dominion over all creatures, and may use them as he pleases. He has all men's hearts both under his eye and in his hand. Christ's triumphs, and his disciples' joyful praises, vex proud Pharisees, who are enemies to him and to his kingdom. But Christ, as he despises the contempt of the proud, so he accepts the praises of the humble. Pharisees would silence the praises of Christ, but they cannot; for as God can out of stones raise up children unto Abraham, and turn the stony heart to himself, so he can bring praise out of the mouths of children. And what will be the feelings of men when the Lord returns in glory to judge the world!


Habakkuk 2:11 "Surely the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework. (NASB ©1995)

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And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Ps 96:11 98:7-9 114:1-8 Isa 55:12 Hab 2:11 Mt 3:9 21:15,16 Mt 27:45,51-54 2Pe 2:6

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