Luke 19:47
New International Version
Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.

New Living Translation
After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him.

English Standard Version
And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

Berean Literal Bible
And He was teaching every day in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the foremost of the people were seeking to destroy Him.

King James Bible
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

New King James Version
And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,

New American Standard Bible
And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to put Him to death,

NASB 1995
And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

NASB 1977
And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

Legacy Standard Bible
And He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

Amplified Bible
He was teaching day after day in the temple [porches and courts]; but the chief priests and scribes and the leading men among the people were seeking [a way] to put Him to death,

Christian Standard Bible
Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to kill him,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

American Standard Version
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:

Contemporary English Version
Each day, Jesus kept on teaching in the temple. So the chief priests, the teachers of the Law of Moses, and some other important people tried to have him killed.

English Revised Version
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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus taught in the temple courtyard every day. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people looked for a way to kill him.

Good News Translation
Every day Jesus taught in the Temple. The chief priests, the teachers of the Law, and the leaders of the people wanted to kill him,

International Standard Version
Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

Majority Standard Bible
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

NET Bible
Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

New Heart English Bible
He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leaders among the people sought to destroy him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scribes, and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Weymouth New Testament
And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of the people.

World English Bible
He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
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—

Berean Literal Bible
And He was teaching every day in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the foremost of the people were seeking to destroy Him.

Young's Literal Translation
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 --

Smith's Literal Translation
And he was teaching in the day in the temple. And the chief priests and scribes and the first of the people sought to destroy him,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he was teaching in the temple daily. And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, and the leaders of the people were seeking to destroy him.

New American Bible
And every day he was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death,

New Revised Standard Version
Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he taught every day in the temple. But the high priests and the scribes and the elders of the people sought to get rid of him;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He was teaching everyday in The Temple, but the Chief Priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people were seeking to destroy him.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scribes, and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Godbey New Testament
And He was teaching daily in the temple, and the chief priests and scribes and the first men of the people were seeking to destroy Him.

Haweis New Testament
And he continued daily teaching in the temple. Then the chief priests and the scribes sought to destroy him, with the heads of the people,

Mace New Testament
and he instructed the people daily in the temple, while the chief priests, the Scribes, and the rulers of the people, were contriving to take away his life.

Weymouth New Testament
And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of the people.

Worrell New Testament
And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the high priests and the scribes and the chief men of the people were seeking to destroy Him;

Worsley New Testament
And He was teaching daily in the temple: but the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy Him;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
46He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ ” 47 Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him. 48Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.…

Cross References
Mark 11:18
When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

Matthew 21:45-46
When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them. / Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

John 7:19
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

John 11:47-53
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. / If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” / But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! ...

Acts 4:1-3
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, / greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. / They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

Acts 5:17-18
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out / and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Acts 6:12-14
So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin, / where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. / For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

Acts 9:23
After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

Acts 17:5
The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

Acts 21:27-31
When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, / crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.” / For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple. ...

Jeremiah 26:8-11
and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die! / How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. / When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate. ...

Jeremiah 18:18
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

Nehemiah 4:7-8
When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious, / and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.

Psalm 2:1-2
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:


Treasury of Scripture

And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

taught.

Luke 21:37,38
And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives…

Matthew 21:23
And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Mark 11:27
And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

the chief priests.

Matthew 26:3,4
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, …

Mark 11:18
And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

Mark 12:12
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

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Luke 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.














Every day
This phrase emphasizes the consistency and dedication of Jesus' ministry. In the Greek, "καθ' ἡμέραν" (kath' hēmeran) suggests a continual, daily action. Jesus was not sporadic in His teaching; He was committed to reaching the people regularly. This daily teaching underscores the importance of persistence in ministry and the need for constant engagement with God's Word. Historically, this reflects the Jewish tradition of daily temple activities, aligning Jesus with the practices of devout worship and instruction.

He was teaching
The Greek word "ἐδίδασκεν" (edidasken) is an imperfect tense verb, indicating an ongoing action. Jesus' role as a teacher was central to His earthly ministry. He was not merely a miracle worker or a prophet; He was a rabbi, imparting wisdom and understanding of the Scriptures. This teaching was authoritative and transformative, challenging the existing religious norms and offering a deeper understanding of God's kingdom.

In the temple
The temple in Jerusalem was the heart of Jewish religious life, a place of worship, sacrifice, and teaching. By teaching in the temple, Jesus positioned Himself at the center of Jewish faith and tradition. This location was significant because it was where the presence of God was believed to dwell, and it was a place of pilgrimage for Jews from all over the world. Jesus' presence in the temple symbolized the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, as He brought new revelation and understanding to the people.

But the chief priests
The chief priests were the religious leaders responsible for temple worship and sacrifices. They held significant power and influence within Jewish society. Their opposition to Jesus was rooted in a fear of losing their authority and control over the people. Historically, the chief priests were often seen as collaborators with the Roman authorities, which added a political dimension to their opposition to Jesus.

The scribes
Scribes were experts in the Law, responsible for copying and interpreting the Scriptures. They were highly respected for their knowledge and understanding of Jewish law and tradition. However, their focus on the letter of the law often led to a legalistic approach to faith, which Jesus frequently challenged. The scribes' opposition to Jesus was based on His radical interpretation of the Scriptures and His challenge to their authority.

And the leaders of the people
This phrase refers to the broader group of Jewish leaders, including elders and influential community figures. Their opposition to Jesus was not only religious but also social and political. Jesus' teachings threatened the established social order and called for a radical rethinking of power and leadership. The leaders' resistance to Jesus highlights the tension between the new kingdom He proclaimed and the existing structures of power.

Were seeking to kill Him
The Greek word "ἐζήτουν" (ezētoun) indicates an active, ongoing effort to find a way to eliminate Jesus. This phrase reveals the depth of the leaders' hostility and their determination to silence Him. Their desire to kill Jesus was driven by fear, jealousy, and a refusal to accept His message. This opposition ultimately led to the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, demonstrating that even human schemes cannot thwart God's purposes.

(47) And he taught daily in the temple.--Literally, He was teaching.

The chief of the people.--Literally, the first of the people. The word is the same as in Mark 6:21, for "the chief estates" of Galilee. Here, apparently, it denotes those who, whether members of the Sanhedrin or not, were men of mark--notables, as it were--among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. As to the purpose ascribed to them, see Note on Mark 11:18.

Verse 47. - And he taught daily in the temple. This and the following verses give, after the manner of St. Luke, both in his Gospel and in the Acts, a general picture of the Lord's life in these last days of his public ministry in Jerusalem; anal of the effect of his last teaching (l) upon the priests and scribes, etc., and

(2) upon the mass of the people. The Greek word rendered "very attentive to hear (him)" is an expressive one, and describes the intense attention with which the people generally listened to the last solemn public utterances of the Master. It means literally, "they hung upon his lips."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[Jesus] was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

teaching
διδάσκων (didaskōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1321: To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.

at
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

temple
ἱερῷ (hierō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2411: Neuter of hieros; a sacred place, i.e. The entire precincts of the Temple.

every
καθ’ (kath’)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

day,
ἡμέραν (hēmeran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
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.

chief priests,
ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

scribes,
γραμματεῖς (grammateis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1122: From gramma. A writer, i.e. scribe or secretary.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

leaders
πρῶτοι (prōtoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people
λαοῦ (laou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.

were intent
ἐζήτουν (ezētoun)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

on killing
ἀπολέσαι (apolesai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.

Him.
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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