April 19

One-Year Bible Notes

Read / Listen
Joshua 19:1-20:9
Luke 19:28-48
Psalm 88:1-18
Proverbs 13:12-14

New Testament

Luke 19:28-48

Summary

The Triumphal Entry, Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem, Jesus Cleanses the Temple

And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ~ Luke 19:41-42

Only Luke recorded the weeping of Jesus over the city of Jerusalem. Christ grieved over Jerusalem on at least two other occasions (Luk_13:34; Mat_23:37). The timing of this lament may seem incongruous with the triumphal entry, but it reveals that Jesus knew the true superficiality of the peoples’ hearts, and His mood was anything but giddy as He rode into the city. The same crowd would soon cry for his death (Luk_23:21). ~ MacArthur Bible Commentary