With full knowledge that he was soon to be put to death, Jesus lamented: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer of the prophets and stoner of those sent forth to her, ​ — how often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks together under her wings!
Labi zinādams, ka drīz viņu nogalinās, Jēzus ar nožēlu sacīja: ” Jeruzāleme, Jeruzāleme, kas nokauji praviešus un nomētā ar akmeņiem tos, kas pie tevis sūtīti!