Luke chapter 13

vs 33

This certainly makes it sound like Jesus' goal after two days was to get to Jerusalem, where all the prophets died.

Just a very interesting little historical addendum here - there is a great deal of debate over whether Jonah died in Jerusalem or in Nineveh. If you take Jesus' words literally, then you would have to say he died in Jerusalem.

vs 34

Jesus here, speaking in a very prophetic style (that is, he sounds like one of the prophets of old), talks about the desire of God to gather his chosen children to himself. It's interesting - we did a quick study of the 12 minor prophets at college yesterday, and our lecturer said that the simplest message that they all share is "God is here for you". And yet Israel never really gets that message into their thick heads. They were too busy stoning the messengers.

vs 35

That is, that their house does not stand - it will not continue forever. Just as when God promised David that a king from his line would rule forever, now God is saying that the house of Israel lies barren.

Now, here is a very important question - is Jesus saying that the prophetic tradition ends with him? That not another prophet will be seen until Jesus returns? Which, of course, may very well be too late for all those still making up their mind whether to stone him or not.