Luke 19:41-44 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,… I. WHAT OUR LORD DID: "He beheld the city, and wept over it." 1. He wept for the sins they had committed, and the evil treatment which He Himself should receive at their hands. 2. He foresaw the calamities which were coming upon them, and desired not the woful day. 3. Spiritual judgments also awaited them, and this was matter of still greater lamentation. 4. The final consequence of all this also affected the compassionate Saviour; namely, their everlasting ruin in the world to come. II. Consider WHAT OUR LORD SAID AS WELL AS DID, when He came near and beheld the city — "If thou hadst known," etc. Here observe — 1. The whole of religion is expressed by knowledge. Not speculative, but such as sanctifies the heart and influences the conduct — the holy wisdom that cometh from above. 2. That which it chiefly concerns us to know is, "the things which belong to our peace." 3. There is a limit to which this knowledge is confined. "This thy day." 4. When this time is elapsed, our case will be for ever hopeless: Now the things which belong unto thy peace "are hid from thine eyes!" Improvement. (1) did Christ weep for sinners; and shall they not weep for themselves? Does not God call us to weeping; and does not our case call for it? (2) Let us beware of rejecting the gospel, and trifling with our privileges, lest we be given up to final impenitence. Insensibility is the forerunner of destruction:(3) Let those who are truly acquainted with the things which belong to their peace be thankful, and adore the grace which has made them to differ. (B. Beddome, M. A.). Parallel Verses KJV: And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, |
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