O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,.... These words, with what follow, as they stand in Mt 23:37 were delivered by Christ, when he was in the temple at Jerusalem; but here they were spoken by him when in Galilee, in Herod's jurisdiction; so that it appears, that the same words were spoken by Christ at different times, in different places, and to different persons: unless it can be thought, that Luke transcribed them from Matthew, and inserts them here, on occasion of Christ's having mentioned the perishing of a prophet in Jerusalem; where many had been killed and put to death, in one way or another, and particularly in the following:and stonest them that are sent unto thee; as Zechariah, 2Ch 24:20how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not?
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Luke 13:34
Luke 13:34
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