Luke 19:44 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 19:44

They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

BSB

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ASV

and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

KJV

And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

But our Jerusalem is also wept over, because after sin enemies surround it, (that is, wicked spirits,) and cast a trench round it to besiege it, and leave not a stone behind; especially when a man after long continency, after years of chastity, is overcome, and enticed by the blandishments of the flesh, has lost his fortitude and his modesty, and has committed fornication, they will not leave on him one stone upon another, according to Ezekiel, His former righteousness I will not remember. (Ezek 18:24.)

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 39 (604)

"They shall not leave in you a stone upon a stone"—even the very relocation of that city now testifies, because while it is now built in the place where the Lord had been crucified outside the gate, that former Jerusalem, as it is said, was utterly destroyed. From what fault the punishment of its destruction was inflicted upon it is added: "Because you did not know the time of your visitation." For the Creator of all things deigned to visit it through the mystery of his incarnation, but it did not remember the fear and love of him.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The manner of speaking is abrupt: If thou hadst known! O that thou hadst, so some take it; like that O that my people had hearkened unto me, Ps. lxxxi.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐδαφιοῦσίν	edaphiousin	will level to the ground	G1474 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
τέκνα	tekna	children	G5043 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἐν	en	within	G1722 →
σοὶ	soi	you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἀφήσουσιν	aphēsousin	will leave	G863 →
λίθον	lithon	a stone	G3037 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
λίθον	lithon	a stone	G3037 →
ἐν	en	within	G1722 →
σοί,	soi	you,	G4771 →
ἀνθ᾽	anth᾽	because	G473 →
ὧν	hōn	which	G3739 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔγνως	egnōs	you knew	G1097 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
καιρὸν	kairon	season	G2540 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
ἐπισκοπῆς	episkopēs	of visitation	G1984 →
σου.¶	sou	of you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:16
  keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
- Matthew 5:16
  In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Titus 2:7–8
  In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- Philippians 2:15–16
  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- 2 Corinthians 8:21
  For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
Through
Lamentations 1:8
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
leads to
- Isaiah 59:2–13
  But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Lamentations 1:20–22
  See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
Through
Luke 21:6
“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
leads to
- Matthew 24:2
  “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”