Luke 19:40

He answered, ¹  “I tell you, if they ²  keep silent, the very stones ³  will cry out!”

Ps 96:11; Ps 98:7-9; Ps 114:1-8; Isa 55:12; Hab 2:11; Mt 3:9; Mt 21:15,16; Mt 27:45,51-54; 2Pe 2:6

¹ tn Grk “and answering, he said.” This has been simplified in the translation to “He answered.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “these.”

³ sn This statement amounts to a rebuke. The idiom of creation speaking means that even creation knows what is taking place, yet the Pharisees miss it. On this idiom, see Gen 4:10 and Hab 2:11.