Section 5
Of all those in the crowd, He must have been the only one who lamented. All the others were celebrating, rejoicing, and shouting praises to God. The disciples may have said to one another, "What a celebration this is! Our King will soon take over the country. We are His followers, and we shall participate in His ruling." This may have been the thought of the Lord's followers, but it certainly was not His thought. "As He drew near, seeing the city, He wept over it" (Luke 19:41).
In 19:42-44 we see what the Lord said as He wept over the city: "If you knew in this day, even you, the things that are for your peace! But now it has been hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a rampart before you, and will encircle you, and will press you in on every side, and will level you to the ground, and your children within you, and they will not leave a stone upon a stone in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation." The peace in verse 42 will be in the restoration of Israel (Acts 1:6) after the Savior's return. The Greek word rendered "level" in Luke 19:44 may also be translated "dash." Jerusalem was leveled, dashed, to the ground in A.D. 70 by Titus with the Roman army. The word "visi tation" in verse 44 refers to the Savior's first