Luke 19 · Verse 45

Luke 19:45

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
Luke 19:45, King James Version

Luke 19:45 in other translations

BSBThen Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
WEBHe entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
ASVAnd he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,
YLTAnd having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,
DARBYAnd entering into the temple, he began to cast out those that sold and bought in it,
BBEAnd he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there,
WebsterAnd he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold in it, and them that bought,

What does Luke 19:45 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 19:45-46

Lu 19:45-48. Second Cleansing of the Temple and Subsequent Teaching.

45-46. As the first cleansing was on His first visit to Jerusalem (Joh 2:13-22), so this second cleansing was on His last. den of thieves--banded together for plunder, reckless of principle. The mild term "house of merchandise," used on the former occasion, was now unsuitable.

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Barnes' Notes
Verses 45, 46. Mt 21:12,13

(g) "went into the temple" Mt 21:12,13, Mk 11:15-17, Jn 2:15,17

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 45 Went into the temple - See all this transaction explained, Mat 21:12-16 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 19:41-48

Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about to be shed, without seeing that the likeness of God in the believer, consists much in good-will and compassion? Surely those cannot be right who take up any doctrines of truth, so as to be hardened towards their fellow-sinners. But let every one remember, that though…

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Luke 19:45 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
εἰςeisintoG1519
τὸtotheG3588
ἱερὸνhi'erontempleG2411
ἤρξατοērxatoHe beganG757
ἐκβάλλεινekballeinto cast outG1544
τοὺςtousthoseG3588
πωλοῦνταςpōlountassellingG4453
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀγοράζονταςagorazontasbuyingG59

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Cross references for Luke 19:45

  • Matthew 21:12-13

    And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

  • Mark 11:15-17

    And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

  • John 2:13-17

    And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. …

  • Deuteronomy 14:25-26

    Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
went.
Mt 21:12,13; Mr 11:15-17; Joh 2:13-17
sold.
De 14:25,26

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Context

  • Luke 19:44

    And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Luke 19:45

    And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

  • Luke 19:46

    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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Luke 19:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y entrando en el templo, comenzó á echar fuera á todos los que vendían y compraban en él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il entra au temple, et se mit à chasser dehors ceux qui y vendaient et qui y achetaient,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als er in den Tempel eingetreten war, fing er an auszutreiben, die darin verkauften und kauften,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ingressus in templum, cœpit ejicere vendentes in illo, et ementes,