Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” New Living Translation He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!” English Standard Version He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” Berean Standard Bible “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.” Berean Literal Bible And answering He said, "I say to you that if these will be silent, the stones will cry out." King James Bible And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. New King James Version But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” New American Standard Bible Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these stop speaking, the stones will cry out!” NASB 1995 But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!” NASB 1977 And He answered and said, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!” Legacy Standard Bible But Jesus answered and said, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones will cry out!” Amplified Bible Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!” Christian Standard Bible He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out.” Holman Christian Standard Bible He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!” American Standard Version And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He said to them, “I say to you that if these would be silent, the stones would be crying out loud.” Contemporary English Version But Jesus answered, "If they keep quiet, these stones will start shouting." Douay-Rheims Bible To whom he said: I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. English Revised Version And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jesus replied, "I can guarantee that if they are quiet, the stones will cry out." Good News Translation Jesus answered, "I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting." International Standard Version He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!" Literal Standard Version and He answering said to them, “I say to you that if these will be silent, the stones will cry out!” Majority Standard Bible “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.” New American Bible He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!” NET Bible He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!" New Revised Standard Version He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.” New Heart English Bible He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out." Webster's Bible Translation And he answered and said to them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. Weymouth New Testament "I tell you," He replied, "that if *they* became silent, the very stones would cry out." World English Bible He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.” Young's Literal Translation and he answering said to them, 'I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Triumphal Entry…39But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!” 40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.” 41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it… Cross References Habakkuk 2:11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork. Luke 19:41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it Treasury of Scripture And he answered and said to them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. Psalm 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Psalm 98:7-9 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein… Psalm 114:1-8 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; … Jump to Previous Cry Crying Hold Immediately Jesus Peace Quiet Silent StonesJump to Next Cry Crying Hold Immediately Jesus Peace Quiet Silent StonesLuke 19 1. Of Zacchaeus a tax collector.11. The ten minas. 28. Jesus rides into Jerusalem with triumph; 41. weeps over it; 45. drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple; 47. Teaching daily in it. The rulers seek to destroy him, but fear the people. (40) If these should hold their peace.--Here, then, at the very moment when He foresaw most clearly His own approaching end, and the failure of all earthly hopes of the city over which He wept, our Lord accepted every word that disciples or multitude had uttered of Him as being in the fullest sense true. The stones would immediately cry out.--The startling imagery had a precedent in the language of Habakkuk (Habakkuk 2:11), "The stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it." Greek “I tellΛέγω (Legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you,” ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. He answered, ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “if ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. they οὗτοι (houtoi) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. remain silent, σιωπήσουσιν (siōpēsousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 4623: To keep silence, be silent, either voluntarily or involuntarily. From siope; to be dumb; figuratively, to be calm. the very οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. stones λίθοι (lithoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone. will cry out.” κράξουσιν (kraxousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2896: To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to 'croak' or scream, i.e. to call aloud. 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