Luke 19:41-48 - Weeping and Cleansing
41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
43 “For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,
44 “and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
45 Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”
47 And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,
48 and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
Main Topics/Questions
1. What are the two events at the end of Chapter 19?2. What are some things told in Luke 19:41-44 that the other three Gospels do not mention?
3. Why did Jesus weep over Jerusalem?
4. What does this say about the people’s knowledge of God’s Word? How is this like people of today? What is the reason for this?
5. How does the Great Commission apply to all of us? Why is what we do important?
6. How does verse 43 match what happened during the Roman siege of Jerusalem that occurred 37 years later in 70 AD?
7, What does “the stones will cry out!” signify about the Roman siege?
8. What were the renovations on the temple that Herod the Great made? For what reason did Jewish religious leaders welcome the use of the marketplace?
9. Why was Jesus upset with how it was being used? How does this lesson relate to us?
10. Beside knowing what God's Word says, what others things do we need to do to help us live as we ought to live? What can we do to help others?
Conclusion:
Are you captivated by the Word of God? Do you see the Bible for what it really is: Words of life? Do you see in Jesus the forgiveness of sins and the hope of conquering death? You need to.
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