37-41. It is the manner of this Evangelist alone to record his own
reflections on the scenes he describes; but here, having arrived at what
was virtually the close of our Lord's public ministry, he casts an
affecting glance over the fruitlessness of His whole ministry on the
bulk of the now doomed people.
though he had done so many miracles--The word used suggests their
nature as well as number.
JFB.
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