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Luke 13:35

Luke 13:35
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Luke 13:34-35

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Your house - Ὁ οικος, the temple - called here your house, not my house - I acknowledge it no longer; I have abandoned it, and will dwell in it no more for ever. So he said, Ch2 36:17, when he…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 13:31-35

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate The authenticity of the word -desolate" is very doubtful, as it is omitted in א, A, B, K, L, &c. The words therefore mean -The Shechinah has vanished from…