Bible Strands
Luke 19:47
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus teaches daily in the temple courts during the final days of His ministry, immediately after confronting the religious authorities over the temple's corruption. The chief priests, scribes, and people's leaders respond to this public instruction by plotting His death.
The words — διδάσκων (didaskōn) means "teaching" and ἡμέραν (hēmeran) means "day," together with καθ᾽ (kath᾽) to form the phrase "every day." ἦν (ēn) anchors this continuous action as the immediate context for the leaders' hostility.
The thread — The priests' search for a way to kill Jesus appears in Mark 11:18 and Matthew 26:55, while Mark 11:27 records their arrival at the temple to confront Him. These passages trace the escalating opposition that follows His public teaching and temple actions.
Why it lands — The text states that Jesus taught daily in the temple while the religious leaders sought His death, a fact the following verse explains was temporarily thwarted by the crowd's attention. It demands the reader recognize that public proclamation of truth directly triggers institutional hostility before drawing any application.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
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 26:55 At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
- Mark 11:27 After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.
- Luke 21:37 Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
- Mark 12:12 At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
- 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 8:37 I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
- John 10:39 At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
- John 11:53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
- John 18:20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.