Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Christ repeats Jerusalem's name to show His affection for that city and to upbraid it with its own dignity and privileges. He addresses not the building but the inhabitants, particularly the rulers and ecclesiastical governors, the great Sanhedrin, who held power to examine those claiming to be prophets and condemn the false. They are plainly distinguished from their children and subjects.
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Verse 36. Upon this generation. The destruction of Jerusalem took place about forty years after this was spoken. See the next chapter.
As the Amorites' iniquity accumulated until it was full and judgment fell at once, so Israel's guilt piled up generation after generation until in that final generation the whole weight of heaven's vengeance broke over its devoted head. The principle is terrible and exact: sin left to accumulate will be paid in full.
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