Lucas 13:34

34 ¡Jerusalén, Jerusalén, la que mata a los profetas y apedrea a los que le son enviados! ¡Cuántas veces quise juntar a tus hijos, como la gallina a sus pollitos debajo de sus alas, y no quisiste!

Lucas 13:34 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets
These words, with what follow, as they stand in ( Matthew 23:37-39 ) were delivered by Christ, when he was in the temple at Jerusalem; but here they were spoken by him when in Galilee, in Herod's jurisdiction; so that it appears, that the same words were spoken by Christ at different times, in different places, and to different persons: unless it can be thought, that Luke transcribed them from Matthew, and inserts them here, on occasion of Christ's having mentioned the perishing of a prophet in Jerusalem; where many had been killed and put to death, in one way or another, and particularly in the following:

and stonest them that are sent unto thee;
as Zechariah, ( 2 Chronicles 24:20-22 )

how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen
doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not?
and therefore ought not to have been condemned as a false prophet by their sanhedrim, as he suggests he should be, and as he afterwards was; (See Gill on Matthew 23:37).

Lucas 13:34 In-Context

32 Y El les dijo: Id y decidle a ese zorro: "Yo expulso demonios, y hago curaciones hoy y mañana, y al tercer día cumplo mi propósito."

33 Sin embargo, debo seguir mi camino, hoy, mañana y pasado mañana; porque no puede ser que un profeta muera fuera de Jerusalén.

34 ¡Jerusalén, Jerusalén, la que mata a los profetas y apedrea a los que le son enviados! ¡Cuántas veces quise juntar a tus hijos, como la gallina a sus pollitos debajo de sus alas, y no quisiste!

35 He aquí, vuestra casa se os deja desierta; y os digo que no me veréis más, hasta que llegue el tiempo en que digáis: "BENDITO EL QUE VIENE EN NOMBRE DEL SEÑOR."