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God's Tender, Protective Love
Commentators emphasize that Jesus' comparison of himself to a hen gathering her chicks is a powerful image of His tender, protective, and maternal love. Like a hen shielding her young from danger, Christ longed to gather the people of Jerusalem to offer them safety, nourishment, and rest. This reveals a deep, affectionate, and personal aspect of God's heart for His people.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 23:37
18th Century
Theologian
O Jerusalem, etc. See Barnes on Luke 19:41-42.
Would have gathered. Would have protected and saved.
Your childr…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 23:37
How often would I have gathered (ποσακις ηθελησα επισυναγειν). More exactly, how often did I long to gather to myself (double comp…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 23:37–38
19th Century
Preacher
What a picture of pity and disappointed love the king's face must have presented when, with flowing tears, he spoke these words! It was the utteran…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 23:37
Verses 37–39 preserve Jesus’ last recorded public words to Israel. Jerusalem, the city of David, the city where God revealed himself in his temple,…
John Calvin
On Matthew 23:37
16th Century
Theologian
Jerusalem, Jerusalem. By these words, Christ shows more clearly what good reason He had for indignation: that Jerusalem, which Go…
John Gill
On Matthew 23:37
17th Century
Pastor
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem
The metropolis of Judea, the seat of the kings of Judah, yes, the city of the great king; t…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 23:34–39
17th Century
Minister
Our Lord declares the miseries the inhabitants of Jerusalem were about to bring upon themselves, but He does not mention the sufferings He was to u…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 23:34–39
13th Century
Philosopher
In this part, He recounts their cruelty, and He adds their earthly punishment. To begin with, He does the first thing; and secondly, He adds their …