SEV Biblia, Chapter 23:38
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Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:38
Verse 38. Behold, your house] o oikov, the temple:-this is certainly what is meant. It was once the Lord's temple, God's OWN house; but now he says, YOUR temple or house-to intimate that God had abandoned it. See the note on ver. 21; see also on Luke xiii. 35.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 38. Behold your house is left unto you desolate .] Signifying that the city in which they dwelt, where they had their ceiled houses, and stately palaces, would, in a little time, within the space of forty years, be destroyed, and become a desert; and the temple, formerly the house of God, but now only theirs, and in which they trusted, would be abandoned by God, he would grant his presence no more in it; and the Messiah, the proprietor of it, and who was now in it, would then take his leave of it, and never more return to it; and that also should share the same fate as the city, and at the same time. Our Lord seems to have in view those passages in ( Jeremiah 12:7 22:5) and which the Jewish writers understood of the temple. The author of the apocryphal the second book of Esdras has much such an expression as this: Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Your house is desolate, I will cast you out as the wind doth stubble. (2 Esdras 1:33) Ver. 39. For I say unto you, ye shall not see me henceforth , etc.] Meaning in a very little time after the passover, from the time of his crucifixion and death; otherwise they saw him many times after this, as in the palace of the high priest, in Pilates judgment hall, and on the cross; but not after his resurrection. This shows the reason of their house being desolate, and in what sense it should be so, and immediately became so; namely, by being then directly, and ever after, destitute of his presence: and though they might afterwards seek for, and expect the Messiah in it, yet they would never be able to see him, nor throughout their long captivity: till ye shall say, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; that is, until the time comes, that the fulness of the Gentiles shall be brought in, and all Israel shall be saved, the Jews shall be converted, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; when they shall readily and cheerfully say these words to Christ, who will then appear in his glory; which they were now displeased at in the multitude that followed him, and the children in the temple. Though some think this is said by way of threatening, since the rest that is spoken to them by Christ is of that sort, and regards the men of that generation; and is given as a reason of their house being left desolate: and the sense is, that they should never see him with joy and pleasure; since, though they would be obliged to confess that he was Lord and Christ, they would never say the above words to him in faith, and holy reverence of him. The Cambridge exemplar of Bezas, and the Persic versions, read, in the name of God.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 34-39 - Our Lord declares the miseries the inhabitants of Jerusalem were abou to bring upon themselves, but he does not notice the sufferings he wa to undergo. A hen gathering her chickens under her wings, is an ap emblem of the Saviour's tender love to those who trust in him, and his faithful care of them. He calls sinners to take refuge under his tende protection, keeps them safe, and nourishes them to eternal life. The present dispersion and unbelief of the Jews, and their futur conversion to Christ, were here foretold. Jerusalem and her children had a large share of guilt, and their punishment has been signal. But ere long, deserved vengeance will fall on every church which i Christian in name only. In the mean time the Saviour stands ready to receive all who come to him. There is nothing between sinners an eternal happiness, but their proud and unbelieving unwillingness __________________________________________________________________
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