Luke 19:42 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)42 saying, “If [only] you people realized today those things which [could] lead [you] to peace! But now they are [being] hidden from your sight. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176942 saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition42 Exclaiming, Would that you had known personally, even at least in this your day, the things that make for peace (for freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin and upon which your peace–your security, safety, prosperity, and happiness–depends)! But now they are hidden from your eyes. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)42 saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. See the chapterCommon English Bible42 He said, “If only you knew on this of all days the things that lead to peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version42 "If only you had known, indeed even in this your day, which things are for your peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes. See the chapter |
They will throw you and your children, [who are] within your walls, to the ground and they will not allow one stone to remain on top of another in your city because you did not recognize that [God was] visiting you.” [Note: This “visitation” refers either to the redemption which they had rejected or to the punishment of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70].
But Paul and Barnabas [continued to] speak out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the message of God be delivered to you [Jews] first. But since you have rejected it and [thereby] consider yourselves to be unworthy of [receiving] never ending life, we [i.e., Paul and Barnabas] will now begin proclaiming it to the [unconverted] Gentiles.