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Luke 13:33-35
New English Translation
Luke 13:33-35
New English Translation
33 Nevertheless I must[a] go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible[b] that a prophet should be killed[c] outside Jerusalem.’[d] 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,[e] you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you![f] How often I have longed[g] to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but[h] you would have none of it![i] 35 Look, your house is forsaken![j] And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”[k]
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- Luke 13:33 tn This is the frequent expression δεῖ (dei, “it is necessary”) that notes something that is a part of God’s plan.
- Luke 13:33 tn Or “unthinkable.” See L&N 71.4 for both possible meanings.
- Luke 13:33 tn Or “should perish away from.”
- Luke 13:33 sn Death in Jerusalem is another key theme in Luke’s material: 7:16, 34; 24:19; Acts 3:22-23. Notice that Jesus sees himself in the role of a prophet here. Jesus’ statement, it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem, is filled with irony; Jesus, traveling about in Galilee (most likely), has nothing to fear from Herod; it is his own people living in the very center of Jewish religion and worship who present the greatest danger to his life. The underlying idea is that Jerusalem, though she stands at the very heart of the worship of God, often kills the prophets God sends to her (v. 34). In the end, Herod will be much less a threat than Jerusalem.
- Luke 13:34 sn The double use of the city’s name betrays intense emotion.
- Luke 13:34 tn Although the opening address (“Jerusalem, Jerusalem”) is direct (second person), the remainder of this sentence in the Greek text is third person (“who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her”). The following sentences then revert to second person (“your…you”), so to keep all this consistent in English, the third person pronouns in the present verse were translated as second person (“you who kill…sent to you”).
- Luke 13:34 sn How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her.
- Luke 13:34 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
- Luke 13:34 tn Grk “you were not willing.”
- Luke 13:35 sn Your house is forsaken. The language here is from Jer 12:7 and 22:5. It recalls exilic judgment.
- Luke 13:35 sn A quotation from Ps 118:26. The judgment to come will not be lifted until the Lord returns. See Luke 19:41-44.
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