Luke 19 · Verse 1

Luke 19:1

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
Luke 19:1, King James Version

Luke 19:1 in other translations

BSBThen Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
WEBHe entered and was passing through Jericho.
ASVAnd he entered and was passing through Jericho.
YLTAnd having entered, he was passing through Jericho,
DARBYAnd he entered and passed through Jericho.
BBEAnd he went into Jericho, and when he was going through it,
WebsterAnd Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

What does Luke 19:1 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 1. And Jesus entered, &c. Mt 20:29.

This means, perhaps, he was passing through Jericho when Zaccheus saw him. His house was in Jerico.

(b) "Jericho" Josh 6:26, 1Kgs 16:34

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The conversion of Zaccheus, Luk 19:1-10. The parable of the nobleman, his ten servants, and the ten pounds, vv. 11-27. Christ sends his disciples for a colt on which he rides into Jerusalem, Luk 19:28-40. He weeps over the city, and foretells its destruction, Luk 19:41-44. Goes into the temple, and casts out the buyers and sellers, Luk 19:45, Luk 19:46. The chief priests and the scribes seek to destroy him, but are afraid of the people, who hear him attentively, Luk 19:47, Luk 19:48. Verse 1 Entered and passed through - Was passing through. Our Lord had not as yet passed through Jericho - he was only passing through it; for the house of Zaccheus, in which he was to lodge, Luk 19:5, was in it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 19:1-10
Those who sincerely desire a sight of Christ, like Zaccheus, will break through opposition, and take pains to see him. Christ invited himself to Zaccheus' house. Wherever Christ comes he opens the heart, and inclines it to receive him. He that has a mind to know Christ, shall be known of him. Those whom Christ calls, must humble themselves, and come down. We may well receive him joyfully, who brings all good with him. Zaccheus gave proofs publicly that he was become a true convert. He does not look to be justified by his works, as the Pharisee; but by his good works he will, through the grace of God, show the sincerity of his faith and repentance. Zaccheus is declared to be a happy man, now he is turned from sin to God. Now that he is saved from his sins, from the guilt of them, from the power of them, all the benefits of salvation are his. Christ is come to his house, and where Christ comes he brings salvation with him. He came into this lost world to seek and to save it. His design was to save, when there was no salvation in any other. He seeks those that sought him not, and asked not for him.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Luke 19:1 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
εἰσελθὼνeiselthōnhaving enteredG1525
διήρχετοdiērchetoHe was passing throughG1330
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
Ἰεριχώ.IerichōJericho.G2410

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 19:1

  • Joshua 6:1-27

    Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. …

  • Luke 18:35

    And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

  • 1 Kings 16:34

    In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

  • 2 Kings 2:18-22

    And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. …

  • Joshua 2:1

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Of Zacchaeus a publican.
11 The ten pieces of money.
28 Christ rides into Jerusalem with triumph;
41 weeps over it;
45 drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
47 teaching daily in it. The rulers seek to destroy him, but fear the people.

Jericho.
Jos 2:1; 6:1-25,26,27; 1Ki 16:34; 2Ki 2:18-22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 19:1

    And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

  • Luke 19:2

    And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

Read all of Luke 19

Luke 19:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y HABIENDO entrado Jesús, iba pasando por Jericó;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il entra dans Jéricho, et traversa la ville.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er ging hinein und zog durch Jericho.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ingressus perambulabat Jericho.