Luke 19:31

19:31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs ¹  it.’”

Luke 19:42

19:42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, ²  even you, the things that make for peace! ³  But now they are hidden ⁴  from your eyes.

¹ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

² sn On this day. They had missed the time of Messiah’s coming; see v. 44.

³ tn Grk “the things toward peace.” This expression seems to mean “the things that would ‘lead to,’ ‘bring about,’ or ‘make for’ peace.”

⁴ sn But now they are hidden from your eyes. This becomes an oracle of doom in the classic OT sense; see Luke 13:31-35; 11:49-51; Jer 9:2; 13:7; 14:7. They are now blind and under judgment (Jer 15:5; Ps 122:6).