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<DIV><FONT size=4>How do vv. 33-35 foreshadow Jesus’ royal entry in
19:28-40?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.ltsg.edu/special/greekprep/c-2lent2004.htm"><FONT
size=4>http://www.ltsg.edu/special/greekprep/c-2lent2004.htm</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Richard Carlson</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>This is no mere prelude to Palm Sunday; it is a promise from
God to the people. God will once again engage and pursue the very city
that kills God’s prophets and stones those whom God sends. It will serve
not only as the final drum beat in Jesus’ journey to the cross, but also the
setting of God’s greatest triumph. It is the people of Jerusalem who will
see God’s own willingness to suffer and die for them face-to-face. It is
an extraordinary statement on the grace of God, and also a compelling
proclamation that no place stands exempt from God’s tender compassion and
persistent love. Those who seek to follow Jesus must learn to view the
world with no less compassion, no less forgiveness, and no less
love.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://reflectious.com/2010/02/21/first-look-luke-1331-35/"><FONT
size=4>http://reflectious.com/2010/02/21/first-look-luke-1331-35/</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Lee Koontz, 2010</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I'd be curious to know if "fox" in Jesus' day might be closer
to "weasel" or "rat" in our day. Certainly, Herod was a collaborator with the
Romans.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.holytextures.com/2010/02/luke-13-31-35-year-c-lent-2-sermon.html"><FONT
size=4>http://www.holytextures.com/2010/02/luke-13-31-35-year-c-lent-2-sermon.html</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>David Ewart, 2010</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The name ‘Jerusalem’ means ‘house of peace’ and yet, it has
never been a house of peace. It is supposed to be the happy home of God’s people
but it has always been conflicted and, sadly, tragically, remains so today.
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<DIV><A href="http://teamnoah.info/Stirred/regretful.html"><FONT
size=4>http://teamnoah.info/Stirred/regretful.html</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#000000>Sarah </FONT></SPAN>M.
Foulger</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Matthew 23:37-39, Luke 13:[34]-35</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=4>We know by now that whenever we have exact parallels in Matthew
and Luke and no similar verses in Mark, we know that this section of Scripture
is from an earlier document that we call Q. Q is the earliest/oldest layer of
Christian literature within the New Testament. Q is the 200 Bible verses
common to Matthew and Luke but not found in Mark. Q antedates the letters of
Paul and the Gospel of Mark. </FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_jesus_lament_over_jerusalem_GA.htm"><FONT
size=4>http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_jesus_lament_over_jerusalem_GA.htm</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Edward F. Markquart</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Our expectations are a huge driver in what we are able to
perceive. Are the Pharisees warning Jesus for his sake or their own?
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<DIV><A
href="http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/2007/03/second-sunday-in-lent-c4.html"><FONT
size=4>http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/2007/03/second-sunday-in-lent-c4.html</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Wesley White, 2007</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>In his two-volume work, Luke has what we might call a
"geographical strategy" to it all. <STRONG>We begin in obscure locations in the
Holy Land and then gradually we are brought to Jerusalem, the center of the
Jewish world.</STRONG> Then, as the Book of Acts opens, we are in Jerusalem but
we are told that the process of the Gospel will be from Jerusalem to Judea and
Samaria and then to the ends of the earth (1:8). The Book of Acts unfolds in
that pattern.<STRONG></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.drbilllong.com/Lectionary/Lk13.html"><FONT
size=4>http://www.drbilllong.com/Lectionary/Lk13.html</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>William R. Long</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Joel Green has suggested that the image of "fox" here
is meant to suggest a sort of outsider, one that wanders through uninhabited
places and is sort of a false terror to people.</STRONG> Certainly a fox can eat
the crops and occasionally hurt the unwary, but the fox is basically an outcast,
an outsider, one who never can challenge the societal structures or powers.
<STRONG>If this is true, then Jesus' calling Herod a fox would mean that he is
only playing at being a king--that he really doesn't have the power which he
thinks he does.</STRONG> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.drbilllong.com/Lectionary/Lk13II.html">http://www.drbilllong.com/Lectionary/Lk13II.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>William R. Long</FONT></DIV>
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