Luke 19:42 — Community Reflections

LUKE 19:42 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”

And said, if you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace — but now it is hidden from your eyes — if you had only known on this day: the lament over the missed moment. What would bring you peace (ta pros eirēnēn, the things toward peace): the peace — the shalom — that Jesus offered and that Jerusalem will refuse. Now it is hidden from your eyes: the judicial hiding of the revelation from those who have persistently rejected it.

Church Fathers on Luke 19:42

All the blessings which Jesus pronounced in His Gospel He confirms by His own example, as having declared, Blessed are the meek; He afterwards sanctions it by saying, Learn of me, for I am meek; and because He had said, Blessed are they that weep, He Himself also wept over the city.
Origen · 3rd century

For Christ had compassion upon the Jews, who wills that all men should be saved. Which had not been plain to us, were it not revealed by a certain mark of His humanity. For tears poured forth are the tokens of sorrow.
Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

The merciful Redeemer wept then over the fall of the false city, which that city itself knew not was about to come upon it. As it is added, saying, If you had known, even you (we may here understand) would weep. You who now rejoice, for you know not what is at hand. It follows, at least in this your day. For when she gave herself up to carnal pleasures, she had the things which in her day might be her peace. But why she had present goods for her peace, is explained by what…
Gregory the Great · 6th century

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