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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus finishes responding to the Pharisees. This is the end of this part of the story.
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# Jerusalem, Jerusalem
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Jesus speaks as if the people of Jerusalem are there listening to him. Jesus says this twice to show how sad he is for them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]])
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# who kills the prophets and stones those sent to you
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If it would be strange to address the city, you can make it clear that Jesus was really addressing the people in the city: "you people who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# those sent to you
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "those God has sent to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# How often I desired
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"I so often desired." This is an exclamation and not a question.
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# to gather your children
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The people of Jerusalem are described as her "children." Alternate translation: "to gather your people" or "to gather the people of Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# the way a hen gathers her brood under her wings
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This describes how a hen protects her young from harm by covering them with her wings. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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