Luke 19:48
Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- could
- Luke 20:19, 20; Luke 22:2–4; Matthew 22:15, 16
- were very attentive to hear him
- or, hanged on him.[Kremannumi autou akouo ,] literally, "they hung upon him hearing;" which is beautifully expressive of their earnest attention, and high gratification.
- Nehemiah 8:3; John 7:46–49; Acts 16:14