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29 lines
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title = "Luke 13:31-35"
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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
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by this point, it is interesting that some of them would warn Him about Herod
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threatening His life. As with any group, it is made up of individiuals who are
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not necessarily all going to believe in the same things and act the same way.
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However, Jesus doesn't respond like they are genuinely concerned for Him. While
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we know Herod wanted to meet Jesus, we don't know that he wanted to put Him to
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death, either.
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Instead, Jesus tells the Pharisees to send a message to Herod (but really it's
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for them, I expect). He emphasizes that His ministry has supernatural effects
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but it also has a definite end. He also alludes to the fact that it will end
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because He will be killed at Jerusalem, just like the prophets of old. That
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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
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tells us Jesus said this lament as He was debating with the Pharisees in
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Jerusalem during Passion Week. Whenever He said it, it tells us that the people
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of Jerusalem had rejected Him time and again.
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* * *
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Shelter us under Your wings, so that we may live in the safety of Your love.
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