31 On that very day some Pharisees
came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill
You.” 32 And He
said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out
demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall
be perfected.’ 33 Nevertheless
I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be
that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
34 “O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are
sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers
her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 See!
Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not
see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in
the name of the Lord!’ ”
Commentary
Vs. 31 On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.”
Now on that very same day when Jesus’ warned about striving to enter the Kingdom of God through the narrow gate and He concluded His saying by saying that the first will be last and the last first (Luke 13:22-30). Some of the Pharisees now come to Him and say to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.” Now they’re doing so was not because they were concerned for Jesus’ welfare, rather behind their words no doubt was some sort of scheme by which they thought they could either frighten the Lord, and thus stop Him from what He was then doing, (i.e. publicly preaching and teaching the Kingdom of God in their region) or if He heeded them and sought refuge or help from them they likely thought they could mislead Him into one of their own traps and plots which they were already working behind the scenes against Him. (Just like what happened to Nehemiah when Tobiah and Sanballat thought to frighten Nehemiah to make him stop working on the wall, and flee and take refuge in the Temple, by which they then could accuse him of violating the holy sanctuary, see Nehemiah 6:1-14).
Vs. 32-33 32 And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’ 33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
Now upon hearing from the Pharisees that Herod was seeking to kill Him, Jesus is neither frightened, nor moved to altar His own plans. And so Jesus tells them to go and tell that fox; for that was all that Herod was, a scheming and opportunistic fox; … “Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.” Thus, the Lord Jesus Christ was not going to stop doing and manifesting the mighty and glorious works of the Kingdom of God in Herod’s governed region or anyone else’s. Now in this Jesus also indirectly ties His own Crucifixion death and Resurrection from the dead on the third day in His rebuke of Herod to them, saying that on the third day He shall be perfected, however to them this would’ve only been veiled. Therefore, the Lord Jesus goes onto say that He must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following in order to fulfill His destiny with the Cross, “for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.” Therefore, no threats of death from Herod, or anyone else, was going to keep the Lord Jesus Christ from fulfilling His God given Mission and Purpose.
Vs. 34-35 34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
Having declared as much to them, Jesus’ heart now yearns for and mourns over Jerusalem (the city of God which David the man of God built and fortified to magnify God’s Glory on earth.) For Jesus knows that they will not receive Him, but they will kill Him, just as they and their rulers killed all of the prophets and righteous ones sent to testify against them (vs. 34). Even so Jesus’ heart still yearns for them, just as a mother hen who gathers her chicks under her brood to shield and protect them, so Jesus wanted to gather all of them to Himself to shield, protect, and nurture them, but they were not willing (vs. 34). Therefore the Lord Jesus tells them that they’re house will be left to them desolate (Spiritually devoid of the Person and Presence of God), until the time comes when they say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” Therefore, not until they receive Jesus Christ as their Lord, Savior, and King will they see Him for who He really is, they’re longed for Messiah.
Commentary
Vs. 31 On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.”
Now on that very same day when Jesus’ warned about striving to enter the Kingdom of God through the narrow gate and He concluded His saying by saying that the first will be last and the last first (Luke 13:22-30). Some of the Pharisees now come to Him and say to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.” Now they’re doing so was not because they were concerned for Jesus’ welfare, rather behind their words no doubt was some sort of scheme by which they thought they could either frighten the Lord, and thus stop Him from what He was then doing, (i.e. publicly preaching and teaching the Kingdom of God in their region) or if He heeded them and sought refuge or help from them they likely thought they could mislead Him into one of their own traps and plots which they were already working behind the scenes against Him. (Just like what happened to Nehemiah when Tobiah and Sanballat thought to frighten Nehemiah to make him stop working on the wall, and flee and take refuge in the Temple, by which they then could accuse him of violating the holy sanctuary, see Nehemiah 6:1-14).
Vs. 32-33 32 And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’ 33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
Now upon hearing from the Pharisees that Herod was seeking to kill Him, Jesus is neither frightened, nor moved to altar His own plans. And so Jesus tells them to go and tell that fox; for that was all that Herod was, a scheming and opportunistic fox; … “Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.” Thus, the Lord Jesus Christ was not going to stop doing and manifesting the mighty and glorious works of the Kingdom of God in Herod’s governed region or anyone else’s. Now in this Jesus also indirectly ties His own Crucifixion death and Resurrection from the dead on the third day in His rebuke of Herod to them, saying that on the third day He shall be perfected, however to them this would’ve only been veiled. Therefore, the Lord Jesus goes onto say that He must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following in order to fulfill His destiny with the Cross, “for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.” Therefore, no threats of death from Herod, or anyone else, was going to keep the Lord Jesus Christ from fulfilling His God given Mission and Purpose.
Vs. 34-35 34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
Having declared as much to them, Jesus’ heart now yearns for and mourns over Jerusalem (the city of God which David the man of God built and fortified to magnify God’s Glory on earth.) For Jesus knows that they will not receive Him, but they will kill Him, just as they and their rulers killed all of the prophets and righteous ones sent to testify against them (vs. 34). Even so Jesus’ heart still yearns for them, just as a mother hen who gathers her chicks under her brood to shield and protect them, so Jesus wanted to gather all of them to Himself to shield, protect, and nurture them, but they were not willing (vs. 34). Therefore the Lord Jesus tells them that they’re house will be left to them desolate (Spiritually devoid of the Person and Presence of God), until the time comes when they say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” Therefore, not until they receive Jesus Christ as their Lord, Savior, and King will they see Him for who He really is, they’re longed for Messiah.
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New King James Version (1982): Thomas Nelson
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