The Triumphal Entry
Luke 19:40
In 9 translations
- BSB
- “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
- KJV
- And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
- WEB
- He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
- ASV
- And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
- LSV
- and He answering said to them, “I say to you that if these will be silent, the stones will cry out!”
- YLT
- and he answering said to them, 'I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'
- DBY
- And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.
- DRC
- To whom he said: I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
- GNV
- But he answered, and sayd vnto them, I tell you, that if these should holde their peace, the stones would crie.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read σιωπήσουσιν (“will be silent”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read σιωπήσωσιν (“they shall be silent”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read κράξουσιν.¶ (“will cry out”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read κεκράξονται (“will cry out”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῖς (“to them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὅτι (“that”); NA28, NA27, Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: εἶπεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἶπεν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτοῖς.
- SBLGNT: ὅτι. Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ὅτι; Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: σιωπήσουσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σιωπήσουσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read σιωπήσωσιν.
- SBLGNT: κράξουσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κράξουσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read κεκράξονται.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσουσιν, οἱ λίθοι κράξουσιν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσωσιν, οἱ λίθοι κεκράξονται.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσωσιν, οἱ λίθοι κεκράξονται.
- SCR1894
- και αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις λεγω υμιν οτι εαν ουτοι σιωπησωσιν οι λιθοι κεκραξονται
Who and where
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Cross-references most cited first
- Habakkuk 2:11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
- Isaiah 55:12You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
- Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
- Psalms 98:7–9Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge…
- Psalms 114:1–8When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; the mountains skipped like…
- Matthew 27:51–54At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. After Jesus’…
- Matthew 21:15–16But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they…
- 2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
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