Luke 19:41
in Luke 19As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,
KJV
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
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This verse in Luke 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd when he was come near, he beheld city,.... Of Jerusalem; being now nearer, and in a situation to take a full view of it, he lift up his eyes, and looking wistfully on it, and beholding the grandeur and magnificence of it, the number of the houses, and the stately structures in it, and knowing what calamities, in a few years, would come upon it; with which being affected, as man, he looked upon it, and wept over it; touched with a tender concern for it, his natural passions moved, and tears fell plentifully from his eyes.
This site's exposition
he beheld the city, and wept over it
on Luke 19:41-44
He beheld the city, and wept over it turns the triumphal shout of the previous verses into grief within a sentence, the same king welcomed as coming in the name of the Lord weeping over the city that will reject him within the week. If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace, but now they are hid from thine eyes names a missed opportunity rather than an unconditional decree, sorrow over a chance that was real and is now closing. Clarke and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown both read thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and lay thee even with the ground as language later readers have matched in detail to the Roman siege of AD 70, a specific fulfillment the text itself frames as judgment for not knowing the time of thy visitation rather than as a final word on Jerusalem's whole future.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Probably, it was when he was coming down the descent of the hill from the mount of Olives, where he had a full view of the city, the large extent of it, and the many stately structures in it, and his eye affected his heart, and his heart his eye again. What a tender spirit Christ was of; we never read that he laughed, but we often find him in tears.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
ON three occasions we are told that Jesus wept. You know them well, but it may be worth while to refresh your memories. The first was when our Lord was about to raise Lazarus from the dead. He saw the sorrow of the sisters and He meditated upon the fruit of sin in the death and corruption of the body and He groaned in spirit and it is written that "Jesus wept." Those who divided the chapters did well to make a separate verse of that simple sentence.
The words behind it
9 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὡς | hos | as | G5613 → | 500 times |
| ἤγγισεν, | engisen | He drew near, | G1448 → | 42 times |
| ἰδὼν | idon | having seen | G1492 → | 374 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πόλιν | polin | city | G4172 → | 163 times |
| ἔκλαυσεν | eklausen | He wept | G2799 → | 39 times |
| ἐπ᾽ | ep᾽ | over | G1909 → | 883 times |
| αὐτὴν | auten | it | G846 → | 5565 times |
ΚαὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὡςas
hosG5613 →500 times
ἤγγισεν,He drew near,
engisenG1448 →42 times
ἰδὼνhaving seen
idonG1492 →374 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
πόλινcity
polinG4172 →163 times
ἔκλαυσενHe wept
eklausenG2799 →39 times
ἐπ᾽over
ep᾽G1909 →883 times
αὐτὴνit
autenG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 11:35Jesus wept.
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- John 11:33
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- Psalms 119:136
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
- Jeremiah 13:17
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Hebrews 4:15
Through
Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 9:1
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 14:17
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 9:4
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- Jeremiah 9:1
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1570: “The Lamentations of Jesus” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.