13:31 正當那時,有幾個法利賽人來對耶穌說:「離開這裡去吧,因為希律想要殺你。」
13:32 耶穌說:「你們去告訴那個狐狸說:『今天、明天我趕鬼治病,第三天我的事就成全了。』
13:33 雖然這樣,今天、明天、後天,我必須前行,因為先知在耶路撒冷之外喪命是不能的。
13:34 耶路撒冷啊!耶路撒冷啊!你常殺害先知,又用石頭打死那奉差遣到你這裡來的人。我多次願意聚集你的兒女,好像母雞把小雞聚集在翅膀底下;只是你們不願意。
13:35 看哪,你們的家成為荒場留給你們。我告訴你們,從今以後你們不得再見我,直等到你們說:『奉主名來的是應當稱頌的。』」
31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”
32 He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’ 33 In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!
34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’[b]”
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法利賽人要用「死」來恐嚇主耶穌,不要讓祂去耶路撒冷。然而主耶穌不但沒有害怕,更是為耶路撒冷來感到難過!因為耶路撒冷殺害了許多先知,變成不公義的地方!
然而主耶穌卻清楚自己必在耶路撒冷受害,並且在第三日復活!所以,祂不害怕反而更積極的去耶路撒冷,為要成就上帝的旨意,使我們一切信主耶穌的人,因為主耶穌獻上自己為祭而得拯救,享受上帝豐盛的恩典!
因此,我們要為主耶穌的勇敢面對耶路撒冷而感謝上帝,因為上帝預備在基督裡的救恩,是真實且可靠,更是有能力和果效的!
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