O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate,.... That is, would be in a little time, both city and temple; See Gill on Mat 23:38.
and verily I say unto you; affirm in the strongest manner:
ye…
See the notes at Mat 23:37-39. From the message which Jesus sent to Herod we may learn: That our lives are safe in the hands of God, and that wicked people can do no more to injure us than he shall…
Adam Clarke
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem - See the note on Mat 23:37-39 (note), where the metaphor of the hen is illustrated from the Greek Anthology.
Here is, I. A suggestion to Christ of his danger from Herod, now that he was in Galilee, within Herod's jurisdiction (Luk 13:31): Certain of the Pharisees (for there were those of that sect dispersed…
Cambridge Bible
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem The words were perhaps spoken again in the Great Denunciation of the Tuesday in Passion Week, Mat 23:37.
which killest the prophets "It was full of judgment; righteousness…
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