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!
و با اینکه کاملاً می‌دانست که بزودی به دست یهودیان به قتل خواهد رسید با افسوس و تأسف گفت :‏ « ای اورشلیم ،‏ اورشلیم ،‏ قاتل انبیا و سنگسارکنندهٔ مرسلان خود !‏