Luke Chapter 19 verse 39 Holy Bible
And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.
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And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.
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And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.
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And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
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Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
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And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, `Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 39, 40. - And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. These Pharisees were probably some of that great and influential sect who had all along listened with respect and attention to the Master, looking upon him as a most able and powerful Rabbi, but refusing to entertain any of the growing Messianic conceptions respecting his person. Godet graphically paints the scene in his suggestion that the words, "Rebuke thy disciples," were accompanied with an irritated and anxious look towards the frowning citadel of Antonia, where the Roman garrison of Jerusalem lay. It was there in full view of Jesus and the crowds. The anxious look seemed to say that the Romans were on the watch for any signs of disaffection on the part of the hated and suspected Jews. The answer of Jesus, continues the same writer, has a terrible majesty. "If I could silence all these," looking round on the impassioned faces of the multitude as they waved their palm branches in homage to their King, "the very stones on the ground would cry aloud." This striking imagery was a memory of our Lord of the prophecy of Habakkuk: "The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it" (Habakkuk 2:11).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(39) And some of the Pharisees.--The comparative brevity of St. Luke's description is more than compensated by the interest of the two narratives that follow, and which are found in his Gospel only. The section of the Pharisees that spoke was probably that which had all along more or less acknowledged our Lord as a "Master" (i.e., Teacher or Rabbi), and were willing to give Him what they thought a fair share of respect as such. To go beyond that, to receive Him as the promised "He that cometh," as "the king of Israel, the Christ," seemed to them but the wild frenzy of the disciples, which the Master ought to check.
