...appears to have thus sighed over the city; O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which hillest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee ; how often would...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! (Luke xiii. 34; Matt, xxiii. 37.) But when they had rejected him ; when they had cried, Away with him,...

...and to-morrow, and the day following : for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 34 О Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...is left unto you desolate. And verily, I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name...

...giving vent to the compassionate feelings of his soul in language of moving, melting tenderness, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!" Hence his word, in which he assures us that he loves holiness and hates sin; that he has no pleasure...

...to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following : for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not !" The whole passage shows that Christ, in the words which he spake, had reference to a temporary continuance...

...that wail of disappointed benevolence, which might well nigh pierce this listening mountain's heart : "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, but ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate : and verily I say unto you, ye shall...

...that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which 34 killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Be- 35 hold, your house is left unto you desolate. And verily, I say unto you, Ye shall not see me,...

...ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?" Then turning to Luke xiii. 34, she made him read, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold your house is left unto you desolate : and verily I say unto you, you shall not see me, until...

...ways ; for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? " Then turning to Luke xiii. 34, she made him read, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold your house is left unto you desolate : and verily I say unto you, ye shall not see me, until...

...Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that arc sent unto thee ; how often would 1 have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather...is left unto you desolate : and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, ° Blessed is he that cometh in the...

...looked down from Olivet upon the devoted city and wept over it. On another occasion he exclaimed, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!" What an inimitable scene is that presented by the apostle John in the llth chapter of his Gospel. The...