31 Just at that time some Pharisees approached , saying to Him, "Go away , leave here , for Herod wants to kill You." 32 And He said to them, "Go and tell that fox , 'Behold , I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow , and the third day I reach My goal .' 33 "Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot e be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem . 34 " O Jerusalem , Jerusalem , the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together , just e as a hen gathers her brood under her wings , and you would not have it! 35 "Behold , your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say , ' BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE Lord !' "
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 13:31-35
Commentary on Luke 13:31-35
(Read Luke 13:31-35)
Christ, in calling Herod a fox, gave him his true character. The greatest of men were accountable to God, therefore it became him to call this proud king by his own name; but it is not an example for us. I know, said our Lord, that I must die very shortly; when I die, I shall be perfected, I shall have completed my undertaking. It is good for us to look upon the time we have before us as but little, that we may thereby be quickened to do the work of the day in its day. The wickedness of persons and places which more than others profess religion and relation to God, especially displeases and grieves the Lord Jesus. The judgment of the great day will convince unbelievers; but let us learn thankfully to welcome, and to profit by all who come in the name of the Lord, to call us to partake of his great salvation.