John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 19:45
And he went into the temple ,.... Being come into the city, he alighted from the colt he rode on, and having committed it to the care of a proper person to return it to the owner, he went up directly to the temple, of which he was the Lord and proprietor, and where he had some work to do the few days he had to live. And began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought ; that traded in sheep, and oxen, and doves; see John 2:15 . The Ethiopic version adds here, as there,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground ,.... Beat down all the houses in it, the stately edifices, and even the temple itself; See Gill on Matthew 24:2 . and thy children within thee ; that is, the inhabitants of the place should be slain with the sword of the enemy, and so fall to the ground, and lie upon it; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon anther ; such a consummate, and entire desolation shall be made, as was foretold by Daniel, Daniel 9:27 because thou... read more