Luke 19:38

19:38 “Blessed is the king ¹  who comes in the name of the Lord! ²  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

Luke 19:42

19:42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, ³  even you, the things that make for peace! ⁴  But now they are hidden ⁵  from your eyes.

[19:38]  ¹ sn Luke adds the title king to the citation from Ps 118:26 to make clear who was meant (see Luke 18:38). The psalm was used in looking for the deliverance of the end, thus leading to the Pharisees’ reaction.

[19:38]  ² sn A quotation from Ps 118:26.

[19:42]  ³ sn On this day. They had missed the time of Messiah’s coming; see v. 44.

[19:42]  ⁴ tn Grk “the things toward peace.” This expression seems to mean “the things that would ‘lead to,’ ‘bring about,’ or ‘make for’ peace.”

[19:42]  ⁵ 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).