Luc 19:39

39 Quelques pharisiens, du milieu de la foule, dirent à Jésus: Maître, reprends tes disciples.

Luc 19:39 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:39

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude
Who had placed themselves there, to watch and observe what was said, and done, that they might have something to reproach Christ with, expose him for, or bring as a charge against him:

said unto him, master, rebuke thy disciples:
not being able to bear such high encomiums of Jesus, and such open and public declarations of his being the Messiah; and would insinuate, that it was blasphemy in them to say what they did, and pride and vanity in him to allow of it; and that the consequence might be sedition, and tumult; and therefore it became him to check such a disorderly, noisy, evil, and dangerous practice.

Luc 19:39 In-Context

37 Et lorsque déjà il approchait de Jérusalem, vers la descente de la montagne des oliviers, toute la multitude des disciples, saisie de joie, se mit à louer Dieu à haute voix pour tous les miracles qu'ils avaient vus.

38 Ils disaient: Béni soit le roi qui vient au nom du Seigneur! Paix dans le ciel, et gloire dans les lieux très hauts!

39 Quelques pharisiens, du milieu de la foule, dirent à Jésus: Maître, reprends tes disciples.

40 Et il répondit: Je vous le dis, s'ils se taisent, les pierres crieront!

41 Comme il approchait de la ville, Jésus, en la voyant, pleura sur elle,