Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” New Living Translation For I tell you this, you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord !’” English Standard Version For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Berean Standard Bible For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ” Berean Literal Bible For I say to you, you shall not see Me from now until you say, 'Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord.'" King James Bible For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. New King James Version for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ ” New American Standard Bible For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’” NASB 1995 “For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’” NASB 1977 “For I say to you, from now on you shall not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’” Legacy Standard Bible For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’” Amplified Bible For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, ‘BLESSED [to be celebrated with praise] IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’” Christian Standard Bible For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord ’! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!” American Standard Version For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For I say to you that you will not see me from now on, until you will say, 'Blessed is he who has come in the name of THE LORD JEHOVAH.'” Contemporary English Version You won't see me again until you say, "Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord." Douay-Rheims Bible For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. English Revised Version For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. GOD'S WORD® Translation I can guarantee that you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'" Good News Translation From now on, I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord.'" International Standard Version I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'" Literal Standard Version for I say to you, you may not see Me from now on, until you may say, Blessed [is] He who is coming in the Name of the LORD.” Majority Standard Bible For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” New American Bible I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ” NET Bible For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'" New Revised Standard Version For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’” New Heart English Bible For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" Webster's Bible Translation For I say to you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Weymouth New Testament For I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.'" World English Bible For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Young's Literal Translation for I say to you, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye may say, Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Lament over Jerusalem…38Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Cross References Psalm 118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. Matthew 21:9 The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: "Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Hosanna in the highest!" Treasury of Scripture For I say to you, You shall not see me from now on, till you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Ye shall not. Hosea 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: Luke 2:26-30 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ… Luke 10:22,23 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him… Blessed. Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. Psalm 118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. Isaiah 40:9-11 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! … Jump to Previous Blessed Blessing Henceforth Time WiseJump to Next Blessed Blessing Henceforth Time WiseMatthew 23 1. Jesus admonishes the people to follow good doctrine, not bad examples5. His disciples must beware of their ambition. 13. He denounces eight woes against their hypocrisy and blindness, 34. and prophesies of the destruction of Jerusalem. (39) Till ye shall say.--There is obviously a reference to the fact that the words quoted from Psalm 118:26, had been uttered by the crowd but a few days before on His solemn entry into Jerusalem. Not till those words should be uttered once again--not in a momentary burst of excitement, not with feigned Hosannas, but in spirit and in truth--would they look on Him as they looked now. There can be little doubt that our Lord points to the second Advent, and to the welcome that will then be given Him by all the true Israel of God. For that generation, and for the outward Israel as such, the abandonment was final. Verse 39. - Ye shall not see me henceforth. Christ explains the denunciation just given. In a few days he will be separated from them by death and burial; and, though he appeared to certain chosen witnesses after his resurrection, he was seen no more by the people (Acts 10:41); their house was deserted. Some take the word "see" in the sense of know, recognize; but it seems rather weak to say, "Ye shall not know me till ye acknowledge me as Messiah," as the knowing and acknowledging are practically identical or simultaneous. Till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord! The words which had greeted his triumphal entry a few days before (Matthew 21:9). The clause, "till ye shall say," does not shut the door of hope forever; it looks forward to a happier prospect. The time intended is that when Israel shall repent of its rejection of the Messiah, and in bitter contrition look on him whom it pierced, owning and receiving Jesus with glad "Hosannahs!" Then shall they behold him coming in power and glory, and shall regain their old position as beloved of God (see Hosea 3:4, 5; Zechariah 12:10). Then "all Israel shall be saved" (Romans 11:26). Thus this terrible chapter, so dark and menacing, closes with a glow of hope and a promise, indefinite but certain, of final restoration. |
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