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No Longer God's House
Commentators emphasize Jesus' use of the phrase "your house." By calling it theirs, He signifies it is no longer God's house. The primary desolation was not the future physical destruction by Rome, but the immediate spiritual emptiness caused by the departure of Jesus, who is "Immanuel, God with us." The temple became a hollow shell once its divine inhabitant left.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 23:38
18th Century
Theologian
Your house. The temple. The house of worship of the Jews. The chief ornament of Jerusalem.
Desolate. About to be desolate, …
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 23:38–39
19th Century
Preacher
Nothing remained for the King but to pronounce the solemn sentence of death upon those who would not come to Him that they might have life: Beh…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 23:38
This verse may allude to both Jer 12:7 and 22:5. “Your house” (GK 3875) in this context could refer to Jerusalem, to Israel, or to the temple in wh…
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John Calvin
On Matthew 23:38
16th Century
Theologian
Behold, your house is left to you desolate. He threatens the destruction of the temple and the dissolution of the whole frame of civil gov…
John Gill
On Matthew 23:38
17th Century
Pastor
Behold your house is left unto you desolate. Signifying that the city in which they dwelt, where they had their ceiled houses, and …
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 …