Luke 19:14

And it came to pass that when he was returned,.... Which return was either in power to Jerusalem, in the destruction of that city; or which will be in person to this earth, at the end of the world;…

But his citizens - His “subjects,” or the people whom he was desirous of ruling. Hated him - On account of his character, and their fear of oppression. This was, in fact, the case with regard to…

His citizens - Or countrymen - the Jewish people, who professed to be subjects of the kingdom of God.

Hated him - Despised him for the meanness of his birth, his crucifixion to the world, and for the…

Our Lord Jesus is now upon his way to Jerusalem, to his last passover, when he was to suffer and die; now here we are told,

I. How the expectations of his friends were raised upon this occasion: They…

hated him And this was not strange, seeing that the very beginning of his reign had been signalised by a hideous massacre of his subjects. (Jos. Antt.xvii. 9, § 3.)

and sent a message after hint…