Luke 19:40

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι, ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσωσιν, οἱ λίθοι κεκράξονται.

Transliteration

And apokritheis he eipen to them, I legō to you that, if these siōpēsōsin, the lithoi will kekraxontai.

Grammar Details

• *apokritheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *eipen*: aorist active, 3rd person singular - said
• *legō*: present active, 1st person singular - I say
• *siōpēsōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - should be silent
• *lithoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - stones
• *kekraxontai*: future middle, 3rd person plural - will cry out

Word Meanings

• *apokritheis*: having answered/responded
• *legō*: I say/tell/declare
• *siōpēsōsin*: should be silent/keep quiet/become silent
• *lithoi*: stones/rocks
• *kekraxontai*: will cry out/shout/exclaim

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He answered, 'I tell you, if they were silent, the stones would cry out.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  He answered and sayde vnto the: I tell you yf these shuld holde their peace the stones wold crye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he answered and sayde vnto them: I tell you, yf these holde their peace, yet shal the stones crye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But he answered, and sayd vnto them, I tell you, that if these should holde their peace, the stones would crie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He saide vnto them: I tell you, that if these holde their peace, then shall the stones crye.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he answered and said unto them, ‹I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Hab 2:11 : 11 For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it.
• Isa 55:12 : 12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
• Matt 21:15-16 : 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were very displeased, 16 And said to him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise?
• Ps 96:11 : 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and all its fullness.
• Ps 98:7-9 : 7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world, and those who dwell in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness.
• Ps 114:1-8 : 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language; 2 Judah was His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. 3 The sea saw it and fled; Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What troubled you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you were driven back? 6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams; and O little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8 Who turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
• Matt 3:9 : 9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
• Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
• Matt 27:51-54 : 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many. 54 Now when the centurion, and those who were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.