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47And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Luke 19:47

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 41-48)

The great Ambassador from heaven is here making his public entry into Jerusalem, not to be respected there, but to be rejected ; he knew what a nest of vipers he was throwing himself into, and yet see here two instances of his love to that place and his concern for it. I. The tears he shed for the approaching ruin of the city (Luke 19:41): When he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over i...

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