Psalm 118:26

Hebrew Bible

24 This is the day the Lord has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it. 25 Please, Lord, deliver! Please, Lord, grant us success! 26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord be blessed. We will pronounce blessings on you in the Lord’s temple. 27 The Lord is God, and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks.You are my God and I will praise you.

Matthew 23:38

New Testament

36 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it! 37 Look, your house is left to you desolate! 38 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!’

 Notes and References

"... the tradition in Syriac Baruch emphasizes that the voice emanated from the inner part of the sanctuary - i.e., the Holy of Holies in which the veil is found - and that it was heard only after the wall had fallen down, that is, after Jesus had breathed out his soul on the cross. This idea already appears in the Gospels: in his prophecy of the destruction of the temple, Jesus states, “Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’ ” (Matthew 23:38–39 and Luke 13:35, based on Psalm 118:26) ..."

Nir, Rivḳah The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Idea of Redemption in the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (pp. 81-82) Society of Biblical Literature, 2002

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