Luke 10:24

24 I can guarantee that many prophets and kings wanted to see and hear what you've seen and heard, but they didn't."

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 "My Father has turned everything over to me. Only the Father knows who the Son is. And no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him."

23 He turned to his disciples in private and said to them, "How blessed you are to see what you've seen.

24 I can guarantee that many prophets and kings wanted to see and hear what you've seen and heard, but they didn't."

25 Then an expert in Moses' Teachings stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

26 Jesus answered him, "What is written in Moses' Teachings? What do you read there?"