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 και συ και γε εν τη ημερα σου ταυτη και συ τα προς ειρηνην σου 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 παρ εν εαυτοις φρονιμοι οτι πωρωσις απο μερους τω ισραηλ γεγονεν αχρις 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.
