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"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
O Jerusalem, etc. See Barnes on Luke 19:41-42.
Would have gathered. Would have protected and saved.
Your childr…
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19th Century
Anglican
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Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
Jerusalem, Jerusalem. By these words, Christ shows more clearly what good reason He had for indignation: that Jerusalem, which Go…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
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 …
