He Saw And Wept Over It

“Flevit super illam” (“He wept over it.”); by Enrique Simonet, 1892. Source: Wikipedia. Public domain.

When He came near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.”

~ Luke 19:41-42

According to Wikipedia ~ where this photo of a masterpiece was included on a webpage dedicated to Palm Sunday, “The 19th chapter of the Gospel of Luke, as Jesus approaches Jerusalem, He looks at the city and weeps over it (Luke 19:41) …, foretelling the suffering that awaits the city. The event took place on the Mount of Olives, {in} the background the Second Temple.

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