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Luke 21 mentions the "Temple of the City and stone upon stone" in this passage [as does Matt and Mark]
Luke 21:
5 And certain saying about the Temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things It hath been adorned, He said,
6 ‘These things that ye behold —
days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.’
20 ‘And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that come nigh did her desolation; 21 then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not come in to her;
In Luke 19, the author goes into greater detail concerning Luke 21:20 and the 70 ad destruction of Jerusalem [as described by Josephus]:
Luke 19:
41 And as He nears, beholding the City and He laments/eklausen <2799> (5656) on Her, 42 saying,
"That if Thou-knew, and thou, even indeed in the day, this, the toward Peace of Thee, now yet it was hid from Thy eyes.
43 That shall be arriving days upon Thee, and Thy enemies shall be casting up a rampart/siege-work to Thee,
and shall be encompassing Thee, and pressing Thee every which place.
44 And they shall be leveling Thee and Thy offspring in thee,
and not shall be leaving stone upon stone in Thee, instead which not thou knew the time of thy visitation/episkophV <1984>".
In Revelation, the same greek word #2799 is also used concerning the great City in Revelation:
Revelation 18:19
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried<2896>, weeping<2799> and wailing<3996>, saying, "Alas, alas, that great City!
wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of Her preciousness!
for in one hour is She made desolate.
The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD
The day on which Titus encompassed Jerusalem, was the feast of the Passover.........
The city was at this time crowded with Jewish strangers, and foreigners from all parts, so that the whole nation may be considered as having been shut up in one prison, preparatory to the execution of the Divine vengeance ; and, according to Josephus this event took place suddenly.............
Before their final demolition, however, Titus took, a. survey of the city and its fortifications ; and, while contemplating their impregnable strength, could not help ascribing his success to the peculiar interposition of the ALMIGHTY HIMSELF. "Had not God himself (exclaimed he) aided out operations, and driven the Jews from their fortresses, it would have been absolutely impossible to have taken them ;
for what could men, and the force of engines, have done against such towers as these?"
There was left standing, also, a small part of the western wall; as a rampart for a garrison, to keep the surrounding country in subjection........................
In executing the command of Titus, relative to the demolition of Jerusalem, the Roman soldiers not only threw down the buildings, but even dug up their foundations, and so completely leveled the whole circuit of the City, that a stranger would scarcely have known that it had ever been inhabited by human beings.
This fact is confirmed by Eusebius, who asserts that he himself saw the city lying in ruins ; and Josephus introduces Eleazer as exclaiming "Where is our great city, which, it was believed, GOD inhabited ? It is altogether rooted and torn up from its foundations ; and the only monument of it that remains, is the camp of its destroyers pitched amidst its reliques !"
Luke 21:
5 And certain saying about the Temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things It hath been adorned, He said,
6 ‘These things that ye behold —
days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.’
20 ‘And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that come nigh did her desolation; 21 then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not come in to her;
In Luke 19, the author goes into greater detail concerning Luke 21:20 and the 70 ad destruction of Jerusalem [as described by Josephus]:
Luke 19:
41 And as He nears, beholding the City and He laments/eklausen <2799> (5656) on Her, 42 saying,
"That if Thou-knew, and thou, even indeed in the day, this, the toward Peace of Thee, now yet it was hid from Thy eyes.
43 That shall be arriving days upon Thee, and Thy enemies shall be casting up a rampart/siege-work to Thee,
and shall be encompassing Thee, and pressing Thee every which place.
44 And they shall be leveling Thee and Thy offspring in thee,
and not shall be leaving stone upon stone in Thee, instead which not thou knew the time of thy visitation/episkophV <1984>".
In Revelation, the same greek word #2799 is also used concerning the great City in Revelation:
Revelation 18:19
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried<2896>, weeping<2799> and wailing<3996>, saying, "Alas, alas, that great City!
wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of Her preciousness!
for in one hour is She made desolate.
The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD
The day on which Titus encompassed Jerusalem, was the feast of the Passover.........
The city was at this time crowded with Jewish strangers, and foreigners from all parts, so that the whole nation may be considered as having been shut up in one prison, preparatory to the execution of the Divine vengeance ; and, according to Josephus this event took place suddenly.............
Before their final demolition, however, Titus took, a. survey of the city and its fortifications ; and, while contemplating their impregnable strength, could not help ascribing his success to the peculiar interposition of the ALMIGHTY HIMSELF. "Had not God himself (exclaimed he) aided out operations, and driven the Jews from their fortresses, it would have been absolutely impossible to have taken them ;
for what could men, and the force of engines, have done against such towers as these?"
After this he commanded that the City should be commanded razed to its foundations, excepting only the three lofty towers Hippocos, Phasael, and Mariamne, which he suffered to remain as evidences of its strength, and as trophies of his victory.
There was left standing, also, a small part of the western wall; as a rampart for a garrison, to keep the surrounding country in subjection........................
In executing the command of Titus, relative to the demolition of Jerusalem, the Roman soldiers not only threw down the buildings, but even dug up their foundations, and so completely leveled the whole circuit of the City, that a stranger would scarcely have known that it had ever been inhabited by human beings.
Thus was this great City, which only five months before, had been crowded with nearly two millions of people, who gloried in its impregnable strength, entirely depopulated, and levelled with the ground. And thus, also was our LORD'S prediction, that her enemies should "lay her even with the ground," and "should not leave in her one stone upon another, " (Luke xix. 44.) most strikingly and fully accomplished ! --
This fact is confirmed by Eusebius, who asserts that he himself saw the city lying in ruins ; and Josephus introduces Eleazer as exclaiming "Where is our great city, which, it was believed, GOD inhabited ? It is altogether rooted and torn up from its foundations ; and the only monument of it that remains, is the camp of its destroyers pitched amidst its reliques !"
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