Luke 19:43 — Community Reflections

LUKE 19:43 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“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,”

The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side — the prediction of the 70 CE siege is remarkably precise: embankment built (the Roman circumvallation that surrounded Jerusalem), encircled, hemmed in on every side. The specific military tactics of Titus's siege are described in terms that match the historical record.

Church Fathers on Luke 19:43

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

Read all 13 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain

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