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Luke 19:48 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 48. 48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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Role in This Section
Luke 19:48 keeps Luke 19:48's speaker, action, or description within Luke 19:45–19:48: “And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him”.
Read It With
- Luke 19:45–19:48
Read Luke 19:48 with 19:45–19:48. In isolation, this contribution—keeps Luke 19:48's speaker, action, or description within Luke 19:45–19:48: “And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him”—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus enters the temple, drives out sellers, joins Isaiah's house of prayer with Jeremiah's den-of-robbers charge, and teaches daily while leaders seek a way to destroy him and people listen closely.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Luke 19:45–19:48 — Jesus Challenges the Temple's Use while Teaching DailySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 19:45–19:48, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 19:45–19:48
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 19:45–19:48
Open source ↗