The beloved physician Luke wrote how, “there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get you out, and depart from here: for Herod will kill you. And he said unto them, Go you, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected”, and in chapter thirteen and verse thirty-three of his book Luke shared how Jesus said, “Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following” where we read:
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following:
for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
The verse reads, “Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following:” Luke began with the word, “Nevertheless” or “moreover, besides and except” “I must walk to day and to morrow” which means “I, Jesus, need to amble and be mobile on this particular sunrise to sunset and the following sunrise to sunset”, “and the day following” or “and upon the third sunrise to sunset after”. Luke shared how Jesus told the Pharisees He was going to be traveling and journeying on the current day, the day after and the day after that one.
The verse continues, “for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.” Luke added the words, “for it cannot be” or “because, since and on account that there is no way allowed, approved and possible” “that a prophet” which means “for one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation” “perish” which means “to be put out of the way entirely, abolished, put to an end and rendered useless” “out of Jerusalem” or “without, outside and away from Jerusalem which means set you double peace and was the capital of Palestine”. Luke shared how Jesus said it would not do for a “prophet” to be “killed” except in Jerusalem.
When we think through Luke's words in this verse, we see how Jesus implicated Jerusalem as the city in which “prophets” are “killed”. Jesus was on His mission and performing it according to His own time table. No one would alter what He planned, and because God purposed to have a personal relationship with every person through Jesus, Jesus knew where and when He was going. Many “prophets” of the Lord were destroyed or belittled within the city of Jerusalem, and even though God employed that city to be the dwelling place of the King of King and Lord of Lords, the city will answer for those “prophets” and for resisting those who had a relationship with His Son Jesus.
Next time Luke shares how Jesus says, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem … how often would I have gathered your children together”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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