Luke 19:40 — Community Reflections

LUKE 19:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”

I tell you, he replied, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out — if the disciples are silent, the stones will cry out: the cosmic witness to the entry that cannot be suppressed. The stones are the last resort of the divine proclamation — if humanity refuses to acknowledge the king's entry, creation itself will speak.

Church Fathers on Luke 19:40

As long as our Lord was in the mount His Apostles only were with Him, but when He began to be near the descent, then there came to Him a multitude of the people.
Origen · 3rd century

He calls by the name of disciples not only the twelve, or the seventy-two, but all who followed Christ, whether for the sake of the miracles, or from a certain charm in His teaching, and to them may be added the children, as the other Evangelists relate. Hence it follows, For all the mighty works which they had seen.
Theophylact · 11th century

They beheld indeed many of our Lord’s miracles, but marveled most at the resurrection of Lazarus. For as John says, For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. For it must be observed that this was not the first time of our Lord’s coming to Jerusalem, but He came often before, as John relates.
Bede · 8th century

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