The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:35
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate . The older authorities omit "desolate." The sentence will then read, "your house is left unto you." Their house from henceforth, not his . Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. "Ye shall not see me." Van Oosterzee comments here: "Their senses are still blinded. The veil of the Talmud that hangs over their eyes is twice as heavy as the veil of Moses." The promise which... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:34
Divine emotion, etc. These words are full of— I. DIVINE EMOTION . They are charged with sacred feeling, The heart of Jesus Christ was evidently filled with a profound and tender regret as he contemplated the guilt and the doom of the sacred city. Strong emotion breathes in every word of this pathetic and powerful lament, And manifesting to us the Divine Father as Jesus did, we gather therefrom that our God is not one who is unaffected by what he witnesses in his universe, by what... read more