Luke 19:48
New International Version
Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

New Living Translation
But they could think of nothing, because all the people hung on every word he said.

English Standard Version
but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

Berean Standard Bible
Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

Berean Literal Bible
And they did not find what they might do; for all the people are listening, hanging on His words.

King James Bible
And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

New King James Version
and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.

New American Standard Bible
and yet they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.

NASB 1995
and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.

NASB 1977
and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging upon His words.

Legacy Standard Bible
and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people hung upon every word He said.

Amplified Bible
and they could not find anything that they could do, for all the people [stayed close to Him and] were hanging on to every word He said.

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

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

American Standard Version
and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they could not find what they might do to him, for all the people were hanging on him to hear him.

Contemporary English Version
But they could not find a way to do it, because everyone else was eager to listen to him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

English Revised Version
and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

Good News Translation
but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people kept listening to him, not wanting to miss a single word.

International Standard Version
but they couldn't find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

Literal Standard Version
and they were not finding what they will do, for all the people were hanging on Him, hearing Him.

Majority Standard Bible
Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

New American Bible
but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.

NET Bible
but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

New Revised Standard Version
but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were spellbound by what they heard.

New Heart English Bible
They could not find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

Webster's Bible Translation
And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

Weymouth New Testament
But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.

World English Bible
They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

Young's Literal Translation
and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
47Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him. 48Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

Cross References
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.

Luke 20:1
One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.


Treasury of Scripture

And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

could.

Luke 20:19,20
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them…

Luke 22:2-4
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people…

Matthew 22:15,16
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk…

were very attentive to hear him.

Nehemiah 8:3
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

John 7:46-49
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man…

Acts 16:14
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

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Luke 19
1. Of Zacchaeus a tax collector.
11. The ten minas.
28. Jesus rides into Jerusalem with triumph;
41. weeps over it;
45. drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
47. Teaching daily in it. The rulers seek to destroy him, but fear the people.














(48) All the people were very attentive to hear him.--Literally, hung upon him as they heard. The Greek phrase is another of the words characteristic of St. Luke. Its force may be gathered by its use in the Greek version of Genesis 44:30, where it stands for "his life is bound up in" (or, hangs upon) "the lad's life."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Yet
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they could not find
εὕρισκον (heuriskon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

a way
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

to do [so],
ποιήσωσιν (poiēsōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

because
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

all
ἅπας (hapas)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 537: All, the whole, altogether. Absolutely all or every one.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people
λαὸς (laos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.

hung
ἐξεκρέματο (exekremato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1582: To hang out, mid: I hang upon. Middle voice from ek and kremannumi; to hang upon the lips of a speaker, i.e. Listen closely.

on His words.
ἀκούων (akouōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.


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