Luke 19:27
Context19:27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, 1 bring them here and slaughter 2 them 3 in front of me!’”
Luke 19:43
Context19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build 4 an embankment 5 against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.
1 tn Grk “to rule over them.”
2 tn This term, when used of people rather than animals, has some connotations of violence and mercilessness (L&N 20.72).
3 sn Slaughter them. To reject the king is to face certain judgment from him.
4 sn Jesus now predicted the events that would be fulfilled in the fall of Jerusalem in
5 sn An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.