SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:42
diciendo: ¡Oh si tambin t conocieses, a lo menos en este tu día, lo que toca a tu paz! Mas ahora est encubierto a tus ojos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 19:42
Verse 42. The things which belong unto thy peace!] It is very likely that our Lord here alludes to the meaning of the word Jerusalem, ylwry from hry yereh, he shall see, and wl shalom, peace or prosperity. Now, because the inhabitants of it had not seen this peace and salvation, because they had refused to open their eyes, and behold this glorious light of heaven which shone among them, therefore he said, Now they are hidden from thine eyes, still alluding to the import of the name.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 42. Saying, if thou hadst, known, even thou , etc.] As well as other cities; or who hast been so long a flourishing city, the metropolis of the nation, the seat of the ancient kings of Judah; yea, the city of the great God, the place of divine worship, whither the tribes came up, time after time, to serve the Lord; a city so highly honoured of God and man: or, who hast despised the messages of the servants of God, mocked and misused the prophets in time past, beat one, killed another, and stoned another: if such a city, after all this, had but known its true interest, at least in this thy day ; the day of thy visitation, the last day thou art to have, though it is so late: the things [which belong] unto thy peace ; meaning, not peace with God, and the things belonging, or conducing to that, which are not men's works of righteousness, nor tears of repentance, nor even faith itself, but the obedience and righteousness, the blood, sacrifice and death of Christ; nor spiritual peace, or internal peace of conscience, which comes in a Gospel way, through believing, in a course of obedience, and all from Christ, the peacemaker, and peace giver; nor eternal peace hereafter, which the grace of God gives a meetness for, and the righteousness of Christ a right unto; the knowledge of all which is not natural to men, or to be obtained of themselves, but is the gift of God's grace, and the operation of his Spirit: but supposing such a peace, and such things relating to it, were intended, nothing more can be inferred from hence, than that if the Jews had known these things, they had been happy; and since they had the means of knowing them, they were, of all men, inexcusable; and that Christ, as man, and one of their nation, and as a minister of the circumcision, had a passionate concern for their welfare: but not that these Jews, or any men, can of themselves, and without the unfrustrable grace of God working upon their hearts, and enlightening their understanding, know these things; or that Christ acted any insincere part in wishing for these things for them, as man, and a minister of the word, when he knew, as God, it was not consistent with the will of God that they should have them; since Christ, as man, sometimes earnestly prayed for that, which he, as God, knew could not be, as in the case of his own sufferings and death; nor is this irreconcilable to his dying intentionally only for those who are actually saved: but after all, these words are, only spoken of Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of that city, and not of all mankind, and regard only their temporal peace and welfare, whose destruction Christ knew was near at hand; and of which he afterwards speaks in the following verses: but now they are hid from thine eyes ; their eyes were blinded; they were given up to a judicial blindness, and hardness of heart; a spirit of slumber and stupidity had seized them; they could not discern the signs of the times and so disbelieved Jesus as the Messiah, and rejected him as such; whom, had they received only in a notional way, though they had not believed in him spiritually, to the saving of their souls, they would have been secured from outward calamities, and would have enjoyed peace and prosperity, and the things belonging to it our Lord speaks of. Christ alludes to the name of Jerusalem, which signifies the vision of peace; or they shall see peace; but her name and case now did not agree. His wish is the same the Psalmist encourages in ( <19C206> Psalm 122:6) which, in the Septuagint version, is rendered, pray for the things that belong to the peace Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 41-48 - Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries tha awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious bloo was about to be shed, without seeing that the likeness of God in the believer, consists much in good-will and compassion? Surely thos cannot be right who take up any doctrines of truth, so as to be hardened towards their fellow-sinners. But let every one remember, tha though Jesus wept over Jerusalem, he executed awful vengeance upon it Though he delights not in the death of a sinner, yet he will surel bring to pass his awful threatenings on those who neglect his salvation. The Son of God did not weep vain and causeless tears, no for a light matter, nor for himself. He knows the value of souls, the weight of guilt, and how low it will press and sink mankind. May he then come and cleanse our hearts by his Spirit, from all that defiles May sinners, on every side, become attentive to the words of truth an salvation __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
λεγων 3004 5723 V-PAP-NSM οτι 3754 CONJ ει 1487 COND εγνως 1097 5627 V-2AAI-2S και 2532 CONJ συ 4771 P-2NS και 2532 CONJ γε 1065 PRT εν 1722 PREP τη 3588 T-DSF ημερα 2250 N-DSF σου 4675 P-2GS ταυτη 3778 D-DSF τα 3588 T-APN προς 4314 PREP ειρηνην 1515 N-ASF σου 4675 P-2GS νυν 3568 ADV δε 1161 CONJ εκρυβη 2928 5648 V-2API-3S απο 575 PREP οφθαλμων 3788 N-GPM σου 4675 P-2GS
Vincent's NT Word Studies
42. Wept (eklausen). With audible weeping.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
19:42 {If thou hadst known} (ei egnws). Second aorist active indicative of ginwskw. Second-class condition, determined as unfulfilled. {Even thou} (kai su). Emphatic position of the subject. {But now} (nun de). Aposiopesis. The conclusion is not expressed and the sudden breaking off and change of structure is most impressive. {They are hid} (ekrube). Second aorist passive indicative of kruptw, common verb, to hide.
