Luke 10:24

24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see [the things] which you see, and did not see [them], and to hear [the things] which you hear, and did not hear [them]."

Luke 10:24 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:24

For I tell you that many prophets and kings
As Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, who were prophets, as well as patriarchs, and David, Solomon, and others:

have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen
them, and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them,
meaning himself, doctrines, and miracles; (See Gill on Matthew 13:17).

Luke 10:24 In-Context

22 All [things] have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father and who the Father is except the Son, and [anyone] to whom the Son wants to reveal [him]."

23 And turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed [are] the eyes that see [the things] which you see!

24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see [the things] which you see, and did not see [them], and to hear [the things] which you hear, and did not hear [them]."

25 And behold, a certain legal expert stood up to test him, saying, "Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

26 And he said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read [it]?"

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation