Matthew 23:39
I tell you this: you won't see me from now on until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
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In Context
38Now look—your house is left abandoned, totally empty.
Cross References
Psalms 118:26May the one who comes in the power of the Lord by blessed! We bless you from the house of the Lord!
Hosea 3:4For the people of Israel shall be without a king or a prince, without a sacrifice or a stone pillar or a pagan image or an idolatrous shrine for a long time.
Matthew 21:9The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed were all shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
Luke 10:22My Father has handed over everything to me. No one understands the Son except the Father, and no one understands the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
John 8:21Jesus told them again, “I'm leaving, and you'll search for me, but you'll die in your sin. You can't come where I'm going.”
John 8:56Your father Abraham was delighted as he looked forward to see my coming, and was so happy when he saw it.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:35-39
The Doom of the Pharisees; The Guilt and Doom of Jerusalem. 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall… Read the whole commentary →