Luke 13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. [kjv]
πλην δει με σημερον και αυριον και τη εχομενη πορευεσθαι οτι ουκ ενδεχεται προφητην απολεσθαι εξω ιερουσαλημ [gnt]
13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! [kjv]
ιερουσαλημ ιερουσαλημ η αποκτεινουσα τους προφητας και λιθοβολουσα τους απεσταλμενους προς αυτην ποσακις ηθελησα επισυναξαι τα τεκνα σου ον τροπον ορνις την εαυτης νοσσιαν υπο τας πτερυγας και ουκ ηθελησατε [gnt]
The verse in Luke 13:33 ends with "
Jerusalem" and then repeats that word twice more at the start of the next verse.
This is one of three places in the
GNT (Greek New Testament) where a word is repeated three times.
Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, [kjv]
19:42 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. [kjv]
λεγων οτι ει εγνως εν τη ημερα ταυτη και συ τα προς ειρηνην νυν δε εκρυβη απο οφθαλμων σου [gnt]
Jesus then makes a prophetic statement which echoes Daniel's sixty-nine week prophecy in Danial 9.
19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, [kjv]
19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. [kjv]
Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. [kjv]
ου γαρ θελω υμας αγνοειν αδελφοι το μυστηρ ιον τουτο ινα μη ητε εν εαυτοις φρονιμοι οτι πωρωσις απο μερους τω ισραηλ γεγονεν αχρι ου το πληρωμα των εθνων εισελθη [gnt]
Paul was usually writing to a Greek audience who would have the background of the meaning of the word "
mystery" as connected with a somewhat secret society and of initiation into that group to get that knowledge and benefits.
Part of the "
mystery" involves the "
blindness" of the Jews, until the time of the Gentiles is complete. That is, until the time of the Kingdom of Heaven, or age of the church, is complete.
This "
blindness" appears to be stated by Jesus in Luke 13:34-35.
