except in a secondary sense. It is not to be supposed that every person in the land of Judea, would so connect the calamities and downfall of the nation with the crucifixion of Jesus, as to mourn because of him. But in their terrible sufferings, many would discern the tokens of his avenging presence, whom they or their fathers had caused to be crucified. No figure of speech is more common than that, by which the whole is taken for the part. Compare Rev. 1:7, which is regarded by the best interpreters