Matthew 21:11

Verse 11. The Prophet, and so forth It was amidst these acclamations that Christ wept, and foretold the destruction of the city. Luke 19:42. Witham.—It was not without great reason, that the whole city was so much disturbed with the triumphal entry of Jesus. Man was extolled as God, and God extolled in man. The elders, admiring his heavenly virtue, exclaimed, who is the king of glory! Origen.—This is Jesus, the prophet, (ουτος εστιν Ιησους ο προφητης,) the one promised by Moses, (Deuteronomy 18:15) was the answer of the simple and candid people. Jans.