Luke 19:46

46 and He said, "It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves !" ^[a]

Luke 19:46 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:46

Saying unto them, it is written
In ( Isaiah 56:7 )

my house is the house of prayer;
built and devoted for that service:

but ye have made it a den of thieves;
which clause is not written in the above prophecy, but are the words of Christ referring to ( Jeremiah 7:11 ) . The Ethiopic version adds, "and robbers"; and the Persic version adds, "and a place of cut-purses"; (See Gill on Matthew 21:13).

Luke 19:46 In-Context

44 They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation."

45 He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling,

46 and He said, "It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves !"

47 Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

48 but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.

Footnotes

• [a] Isaiah 56:7; Jr 7:11