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.
Luke 19:46 in other translations
| BSB | He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” |
|---|---|
| WEB | saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” |
| ASV | saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers. |
| YLT | saying to them, ‘It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer--but ye made it a den of robbers.' |
| DARBY | saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers. |
| BBE | Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves. |
| Webster | Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. |
What does Luke 19:46 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.
Barnes' Notes
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…
Luke 19:46 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.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Luke 19:46
- Isaiah 56:7
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
- Jeremiah 7:11
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.
- Psalms 93:5
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
- Ezekiel 43:12
This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
- Matthew 23:13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
- Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- 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.
- Luke 19:47
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
Luke 19:46 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Diciéndoles: Escrito está: Mi casa, casa de oración es; mas vosotros la habéis hecho cueva de ladrones. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | leur disant: Il est écrit: « Ma maison est une maison de prière »; mais vous, vous en avez fait une caverne de voleurs. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | indem er zu ihnen sprach: Es steht geschrieben: "Mein Haus ist ein Bethaus"; "ihr aber habt es zu einer Räuberhöhle gemacht". |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | dicens illis: Scriptum est: Quia domus mea domus orationis est: vos autem fecistis illam speluncam latronum. |