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Luke 19:42

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

Luke 19:42 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 19:42

Theological / Devotional

The things. That is, the things that leaders and people needed to know in order to avert calamity and assure peace and prosperity. These “things” were the requirements God expected the Jews to fulfill so that He could fully honor them as a nation and make them His representatives to the nations of earth. For an outline of the glorious destiny God had marked out for Israel see Vol. IV, pp. 26-30. On the one hand Jesus saw clearly what might have been, and on the other, what was to be (see DA 576).

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