Lukas 13:34

13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ¹  you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! ²  How often I have longed ³  to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but ⁴  you would have none of it! ⁵ 

Lukas 14:32

14:32 If he cannot succeed, ⁶  he will send a representative ⁷  while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace. ⁸ 

Lukas 19:42

19:42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, ⁹  even you, the things that make for peace! ¹⁰  But now they are hidden ¹¹  from your eyes.

[13:34]  ¹ sn The double use of the city’s name betrays intense emotion.

[13:34]  ² 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”).

[13:34]  ³ 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.

[13:34]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[13:34]  ⁵ tn Grk “you were not willing.”

[14:32]  ⁶ tn Grk “And if not.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated; “succeed” is implied and has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:32]  ⁷ tn Grk “a messenger.”

[14:32]  ⁸ sn This image is slightly different from the former one about the tower (vv. 28-30). The first part of the illustration (sit down first and determine) deals with preparation. The second part of the illustration (ask for terms of peace) has to do with recognizing who is stronger. This could well suggest thinking about what refusing the “stronger one” (God) might mean, and thus constitutes a warning. Achieving peace with God, the more powerful king, is the point of the illustration.

[19:42]  ⁹ sn On this day. They had missed the time of Messiah’s coming; see v. 44.

[19:42]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the things toward peace.” This expression seems to mean “the things that would ‘lead to,’ ‘bring about,’ or ‘make for’ peace.”

[19:42]  ¹¹ sn But now they are hidden from your eyes. This becomes an oracle of doom in the classic OT sense; see Luke 13:31-35; 11:49-51; Jer 9:2; 13:7; 14:7. They are now blind and under judgment (Jer 15:5; Ps 122:6).