Luke 13:31-35

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+title = "Luke 13:31-35"
+date = "2022-12-26"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk13.31-35)
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+Considering how some of the Pharisees had been looking for a way to kill Jesus
+by this point, it is interesting that some of them would warn Him about Herod
+threatening His life. As with any group, it is made up of individiuals who are
+not necessarily all going to believe in the same things and act the same way.
+However, Jesus doesn't respond like they are genuinely concerned for Him. While
+we know Herod wanted to meet Jesus, we don't know that he wanted to put Him to
+death, either.
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+Instead, Jesus tells the Pharisees to send a message to Herod (but really it's
+for them, I expect). He emphasizes that His ministry has supernatural effects
+but it also has a definite end. He also alludes to the fact that it will end
+because He will be killed at Jerusalem, just like the prophets of old. That
+make me wonder what the Pharisees thought when they heard that.
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+The parallel passage for Luke 13:34&endash;35 is Matthew 23:37&endash;38, which
+tells us Jesus said this lament as He was debating with the Pharisees in
+Jerusalem during Passion Week. Whenever He said it, it tells us that the people
+of Jerusalem had rejected Him time and again.
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+Shelter us under Your wings, so that we may live in the safety of Your love.