The Fate of Jerusalem

37. Jerusalem, Jerusalem From Luke 13:34, it appears that our Lord spoke these words in a different connection at an earlier period of His ministry. For the pathetic reiteration of the name, cp. ch. Matthew 27:46. The Aramaic form for Jerusalem in the text appears here only in Matthew; it is the usual form in Luke. Probably the very form Aramaic, not Greek employed by our Lord is retained.

killest … stonest Recalling the precise expressions of ch. Matthew 21:35.

as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings Schöttgen ad loc.observes that converts to Judaism were said to come "under the wings of the Shechinah." That thought may be contained in the words of Christ. Many times by His prophets He called the children of Jerusalem to Himself the true Shechinah through whom the glory of the latter house was greater than that of the former.

ye would not Note the change to the plural.

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