Bible Strands
Luke 19:1
Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus enters Jericho and moves through the city just before encountering Zacchaeus, a wealthy chief tax collector.
The words — εἰσελθὼν (eiselthōn) means "having entered," and διήρχετο (diērcheto) means "He was passing through," describing Jesus' physical transit into and across the city.
The thread — Jericho appears earlier as a tightly shut city in Joshua 6:1 and as a location where Jesus heals a blind man in Luke 18:35.
Why it lands — The text states Jesus' physical movement into the city before any encounter occurs, requiring a reader to track how divine presence enters a place marked by economic control and prior divine judgment.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
Cross-references
- Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
- Luke 18:35 As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
- Joshua 2:1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- 1 Kings 16:34 In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
- 2 Kings 2:18 When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”