# Luke 19.45-47

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 43. <span class="rl-speech">For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">and shall dash thee to 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.</span>
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> **45. <span class="rl-speech">And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.</span> 47. And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:**
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> 48. and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening. (Luke 19:43-48, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 43. <span class="rl-speech">For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”</span>
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> **45. <span class="rl-speech">He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”</span> 47. He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.**
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> 48. They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said. (Luke 19:43-48, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 43. <span class="rl-speech">For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>
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> **45. <span class="rl-speech">And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.</span> 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,**
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> 48. And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. <sup>were: or, hanged on him</sup> (Luke 19:43-48, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 43. <span class="rl-speech">'Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'</span>
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> **45. <span class="rl-speech">And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers.'</span> 47. And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him, also the chiefs of the people**
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> 48. and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him. (Luke 19:43-48, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 19.40-46](/codex/luke-19-40-46/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.