Luke 19
Luke 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records Jesus' arrival in Jericho and his meeting with Zacchaeus, a parable and his arrival in Jerusalem. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles.Text
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 48 verses.Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
Zacchaeus of Jericho was wealthy, a chief tax collector, mentioned only in the Gospel of Luke. A descendant of Abraham, he was a poster child for Jesus' personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost. Tax collectors were despised as traitors, and as being corrupt.Jesus' entry to Jerusalem
As he drew near to the city, Jesus wept, anticipating the destruction of the Temple.
Lutheran biblical scholar Johann Bengel contrasts Jesus' reaction with the immediately preceding scene of rejoicing:
See also how Jesus wept at the death of his friend Lazarus.Jesus cleanses the Temple
Verse 46
Jesus' words draw from both and in, which is a parallel verse to this verse and.
