Matthew 23:38

“Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 29–38.

“Wherefore your house shall be left unto you desolate.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 37, 38.

“Wherefore hating their deeds He departed, saying, Your house shall be left unto you desolate; (Matt. 23:38.) but now He must needs stay at the house of the weak Zacchæus, that is, by the grace of the new law brightly shining, He must take rest in the hearts of the lowly nations.” — the author cites it

“…was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; for not a particle of it was left; for since the Master said, Behold, your house is left unto you desolate, the house brake all in pieces.” — editor's note: Ib. xxiii. 38.

“Behold there is left to you your house forsaken.”…” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 37, 38.

“Hence was it said, “Thou hast made his strongholds a terror.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 38.

“For Jerusalem also was called: and the first Jerusalem refused to hear, and it was said unto her, “Behold, thy house shall be left unto the desolate.”…But that Jerusalem, of whom it was written, “Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear,” “She hath answered Him.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 38.

“Whence He saith, “Father, let their temple be made desolate; for they have persecuted Him whom Thou didst of Thine own will smite for the salvation of the world;” that is, they have persecuted me with a violent and unjust death, “and they have added to the pain of my wounds.”” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxiii. 38.

“But this Grace was stinted and departed and failed from off the earth, from the day in which it was said, “Your house is left unto you desolate” ( Matt. xxiii. 38 ); and even before that day its dearth had begun, for there was no longer any prophet among them, nor did Grace visit their holy things.” — the author cites it

“This also Esaias declareth, “He shall give the wicked in return for His burial” ( Isa. liii. 9 , LXX.); and David, “Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath” ( Ps. ii. 5 ); and Christ Himself, “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” ( Matt. xxiii. 38.)” — the author cites it

“This the rending of the veil declared, and the voice of Christ which said, “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” ( Matt. xxiii. 38.)” — the author cites it

““Behold your house is left desolate,”stripped of the succor which cometh from me.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 38.

“Where money is counted, where doves are sold, where simplicity is stifled where, that is, a virgin’s breast glows with cares of this world; straightway the veil of the temple is rent, the bridegroom rises in anger, he says: “Your house is left unto you desolate.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 38.

“Behold your house is left unto you desolate.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 37, 38.

“The Saviour Himself speaking to His disciples in the temple said: “arise, let us go hence,” and to the Jews: “your house is left unto you desolate.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 38.

“Wherefore He says, “Your house is left desolate; for I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall not see Me, till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 37–39.

“Behold, your house shall be left unto you desolate.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 37, 38.

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By “Jerusalem” He means not the stones and buildings, but the dwellers there, over whom He laments with the feeling of a Father.

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Then He threatens the punishment of which they were ever in fear, to wit, the overthrow of the city and temple, saying, “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.”

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Otherwise; In this He covertly alludes to His second coming, when surely they shall worship Him. “Henceforth,” means from the time of His crucifixion.

Matthew 23:38 and Luke 13:35 share the same wording (8 words).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 23:37–39 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Luke 19:1–10 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.7.

Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.7.

Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.7.