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Matthew 23:38

Matthew 23:38
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For I say unto you, ye shall not see me henceforth,.... Meaning in a very little time after the passover, from the time of his crucifixion and death; otherwise they saw him many times after this, as…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Your house - The temple. The house of worship of the Jews. The chief ornament of Jerusalem. Desolate - About to be desolate or destroyed. To be forsaken as a place of worship, and delivered into the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

your house i. e. Jerusalem, rather than the Temple.

desolate Omitted in the Vatican Codex, but too strongly supported to be removed from the text.