12/20/2007

Loud stones

Luke 19:37-40 - When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

"I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."

I wonder what the sound of a stone crying out is. Would it have been human-like so the people could understand them? Would it have been in a language all its own? Stonese? Would it have been the sounds stones normally make when they clatter together?

I wonder how many Pharisees said or thought, "Yeah, right!"

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