Note 4 at Lu 19:43: "For the days shall come" indicates that Jesus foresaw the siege and final overthrow of Jerusalem by the Romans under Titus in A.D. 70. The Roman procurators faced the increased breakdown of law and order. The Jews revolted in A.D. 66 for approximately three and one-half years until Titus, the Roman general, forced his way into the city on August 6, A.D. 70. Titus burned the temple, which symbolized both the Jewish religion and the Jews' refusal to submit to Roman rule.

Herod's temple was a magnificent structure (see note 1 at Joh 2:20) that was covered with gold. When the Romans burned the temple, the gold melted and ran down between the cracks of stone in the building. Josephus described some of the stones of the city as being ninety-four feet long, ten and one-half feet high, and thirteen feet wide.

In an effort to get all of the gold that melted and ran down among the stones, every stone was removed and a plow run over the place, thus miraculously fulfilling the words of the Lord (Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 19:44, and 21:6) and the prophecy of Mic 3:12. The city was totally destroyed except for Herod's three western towers.