Shall cast up a bank (παρεμβαλουσιν χαρακα). Future active indicative of παρεμβαλλω, a double compound (παρα, εν, βαλλω) of long u…

He wept over it. Showing His compassion for the guilty city, and His strong sense of the evils that were about to come upon it (see Barnes…

The days shall come upon thee. We again come upon a cluster of words peculiar, as far as the New Testament is concerned, …

For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, a…

Origen of Alexandria: Jesus confirms all the blessings He pronounced in His Gospel with His own example. For having declared,…

Jesus is still outside the city of Jerusalem as he utters this lament. Once more Luke focuses on Jesus’ concern for the city (cf. 13:34) and adds h…

For the days shall come upon thee. He now assumes, as it were, the character of a judge, and addresses Jerusalem with greater severity. In…

For the days shall come upon you
Suddenly, and very quickly, as they did within forty years after this: