Luke 19:43

19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build ¹  an embankment ²  against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

Luke 23:11

23:11 Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, ³  dressing him in elegant clothes, ⁴  Herod ⁵  sent him back to Pilate.

[19:43]  ¹ sn Jesus now predicted the events that would be fulfilled in the fall of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. The details of the siege have led some to see Luke writing this after Jerusalem’s fall, but the language of the verse is like God’s exilic judgment for covenant unfaithfulness (Hab 2:8; Jer 6:6, 14; 8:13-22; 9:1; Ezek 4:2; 26:8; Isa 29:1-4). Specific details are lacking and the procedures described (build an embankment against you) were standard Roman military tactics.

[19:43]  ² sn An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.

[23:11]  ³ tn This is a continuation of the previous Greek sentence, but because of its length and complexity, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying “then” to indicate the sequence of events.

[23:11]  ⁴ sn This mockery involved putting elegant royal clothes on Jesus, either white or purple (the colors of royalty). This was no doubt a mockery of Jesus’ claim to be a king.

[23:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.