Luke 19:44 Meaning and Explanation
“And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The city and its children will be leveled, with not one stone left upon another, because it did not recognize the time of its visitation.
What Does Luke 19:44 Mean?
The prophecy reaches its terrible end: walls flattened, children caught inside, the temple so thrown down that not one stone rests upon another. In the year seventy it was fulfilled to the letter. The reason given is not military but spiritual: thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
A visitation is the season when God draws near to his people, and in Jesus, God had drawn near in person, teaching in the streets and weeping at the gate. The deepest tragedy is not the siege but the missed recognition. The verse asks each of us to know the hour when he comes close, and not to let it pass.
Luke 19:44 in the Original Language
episkope (ἐπισκοπή), 'visitation' -- the appointed time when God draws near to look upon his people.
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What does Luke 19:44 mean?
The city and its children will be leveled, with not one stone left upon another, because it did not recognize the time of its visitation.