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Mat 23:37. Ἱερουσαλὴμ, Ἱερουσαλὴμ, Jerusalem, Jerusalem!) A most solemn repetition.[1018]-ἡ ἀποκτένουσα, thou that killest) The participle has the force of a noun.[1019]-λιθοβαλοῦσα, that stonest) Such was the fate of Christ’s protomartyr, Stephen, recorded in Act 7:58-59.-τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους, them that are sent) Although ambassadors are considered inviolable by the law of nations.-πρὸς αὐτὴν, to her) i.e. πρός σε, to thee. Cf. Luk 1:45; Isa 47:10.-ποσάκις, κ.τ.λ., how often, etc.) As often especially as Jesus entered Judea, Jerusalem, or the Temple. See my Harmony of the Four Evangelists, and Gnomon on ch. Mat 21:1.-καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσατε, and ye would not) although I was willing. Cf. Isa 30:15.
[1018] “Epizeuxis.” See Appendix.-ED.
[1019] i.e. “Thou that art the Murderess of.”-(I. B.)
Full of compassion and horror alike.-V. g.