SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:44
y te derribarn a tierra, y a tus hijos dentro de ti; y no dejarn sobre ti piedra sobre piedra; por cuanto no conociste el tiempo de tu visitacin.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 19:44
Verse 44. The time of thy visitation.] That is, the time of God's gracious offers of mercy to thee. This took in all the time which elapsed from the preaching of John the Baptist to the coming of the Roman armies, which included a period of above forty years.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 44. And shall lay thee even with the ground , etc.] Beat down all the houses in it, the stately edifices, and even the temple itself; (see Gill on Matthew 24:2) and thy children within thee ; that is, the inhabitants of the place should be slain with the sword of the enemy, and so fall to the ground, and lie upon it; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon anther ; such a consummate, and entire desolation shall be made, as was foretold by Daniel, ( Daniel 9:27) because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation ; in which the dayspring from on high had visited them with his personal presence, preaching among them, and working miracles; and yet they knew him not, but despised and rejected him; yea, after that they had put him to death, and he was risen again, he ordered his disciples to begin their ministry, and preach the Gospel, at Jerusalem; and they continued for some time only preaching to them, or at least rarely elsewhere, till they put away the Gospel from them. The time of the ministry of John the Baptist, of Christ, and his apostles in Judea, was the time of Jerusalem's visitation in a way of mercy; which not being taken notice of, and observed, brought another kind of visitation upon them, even in a way of wrath and vengeance. The Jews pretend to assign other causes of Jerusalem's destruction; but the true cause was their rejection of Jesus, as the Messiah. Says Abai, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because they profaned the sabbath, as it is said, ( Ezekiel 22:26) and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, etc. Says R. Abhu, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because they ceased reading the Shema (hear, O Israel, etc.) morning and evening, as it is said, ( Isaiah 5:11-13) woe to them that rise up early, etc. Says Rab. Hamenuna, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because there ceased in it the children of the school of Rabban, (children were not put to school,) as it is said ( Jeremiah 6:11) I will pour it out upon the children, etc. Says Ula, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because there was no shame among them, as it is said, ( Jeremiah 6:15) were they ashamed, etc. Says R. Isaac, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because small and great were put upon a level, as it is said, ( Isaiah 24:2,3) as with the people, so with the priest, etc. Says R. Amram, the son of R. Simeon bar Aba, R. Chanina said, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because they did not reprove one another, as it is said, ( Lamentations 1:6) her princes are become like harts, etc. Says R. Judah, Jerusalem was not destroyed, but because they despised the disciples of the wise men, as it is said; ( 2 Chronicles 36:16) but they mocked the messengers of God, etc. f644 .
Thus they shifted off the true cause of their ruin, and ascribed it to other things.
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
και 2532 CONJ εδαφιουσιν 1474 5692 V-FAI-3P-ATT σε 4571 P-2AS και 2532 CONJ τα 3588 T-APN τεκνα 5043 N-APN σου 4675 P-2GS εν 1722 PREP σοι 4671 P-2DS και 2532 CONJ ουκ 3756 PRT-N αφησουσιν 863 5692 V-FAI-3P εν 1722 PREP σοι 4671 P-2DS λιθον 3037 N-ASM επι 1909 PREP λιθω 3037 N-DSM ανθ 473 PREP ων 3739 R-GPM ουκ 3756 PRT-N εγνως 1097 5627 V-2AAI-2S τον 3588 T-ASM καιρον 2540 N-ASM της 3588 T-GSF επισκοπης 1984 N-GSF σου 4675 P-2GS
Vincent's NT Word Studies
44. Lay thee even with the ground (ejdafiousin). Only here in New Testament. Primarily, to beat level, like a threshing-floor or pavement. The Septuagint uses it in the sense of dashing down to the ground (Psalms cxxxvii. 9, and elsewhere). So Rev., from the succeeding reference to the children, and in allusion to the Psalm.Visitation. See on 1 Pet. ii. 12.
45-48. Compare Matt. xxi. 12-19; Mark xi. 12-19.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
19:44 {Shall dash to the ground} (edafiousin). Attic future of edafizw, to beat level, to raze to the ground, a rare verb from edafos, bottom, base, ground (#Ac 22:7), here alone in the N.T. {Because} (anq' hwn). "In return for which things." {Thou knewest not} (ouk egnws). Applying the very words of the mourn in the condition in verse #42. this vivid prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem is used by those who deny predictive prophecy even for Jesus as proof that Luke wrote the Gospel after the destruction of Jerusalem. But it is no proof at all to those who concede to Jesus adequate knowledge of his mission and claims.
