Lucas 13:34

34 ¡Jerusalén, Jerusalén! Que matas a los profetas, y apedreas a los que son enviados a ti, ¡cuántas veces quise juntar tus hijos, como la gallina sus pollos 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 les dijo: Id, y decid a aquella zorra: He aquí, echo fuera demonios y hago sanidades hoy y mañana, y al tercer día soy perfeccionado.

33 Pero es necesario que hoy, y mañana, y pasado mañana camine; porque no es posible que profeta muera fuera de Jerusalén.

34 ¡Jerusalén, Jerusalén! Que matas a los profetas, y apedreas a los que son enviados a ti, ¡cuántas veces quise juntar tus hijos, como la gallina sus pollos debajo de sus alas, y no quisiste!

35 He aquí, os es dejada vuestra Casa desierta; y os digo que no me veréis hasta que venga tiempo cuando digáis: Bendito el que viene en nombre del Señor.