Luke 19 Footnotes

19:42-44 Jesus prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem, an event that would occur at the hands of the Romans forty years later. The vague language is typical of any siege (though it has precedents in the OT; e.g., Is 29:1-4), and this argues against a “prophecy after the fact.” One would expect more detail from the actual destruction of the city if the latter were the case.