Luke 19:38

19:38Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

Luke 19:42

19:42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

sn Luke adds the title king to the citation from Ps 118:26 to make clear who was meant (see Luke 18:38). The psalm was used in looking for the deliverance of the end, thus leading to the Pharisees’ reaction.

sn A quotation from Ps 118:26.

sn On this day. They had missed the time of Messiah’s coming; see v. 44.

tn Grk “the things toward peace.” This expression seems to mean “the things that would ‘lead to,’ ‘bring about,’ or ‘make for’ peace.”

sn But now they are hidden from your eyes. This becomes an oracle of doom in the classic OT sense; see Luke 13:31-35; 11:49-51; Jer 9:2; 13:7; 14:7. They are now blind and under judgment (Jer 15:5; Ps 122:6).