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saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
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Christ's Heartbreaking Lament
Scholars emphasize that Jesus' words are not a calm statement but a passionate, broken-hearted cry. The incomplete sentence, "If you had only known..." reveals the depth of His sorrow over Jerusalem's rejection. This moment shows a compassionate God who grieves when people turn away from the salvation and peace He offers.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
If thou hadst known (ε εγνως). Second aorist active indicative of γινωσκω. Secondclass condition, determined as unfulfilled.
19th Century
Anglican
If thou hadst known, even thou.—The emphatic repetition of the pronoun, as in Isaiah 48:15; Isaiah 51:12;[Refe…
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
O if even you had known! The discourse is pathetic and therefore abrupt, for we know that those who are under the influence of vehement pa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying, if you had, known, even you As well as other cities; or who have been so long a flourishing city, the metrop…
Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about…
