that had seen the first house] As well some of them might, it being but about sixty yeers since the former was destroyed, which was done in the eleventh yeer after the captivity of Jeconiah, 2 King. 25. wept with a loud voice] Because they saw by the foundation, that the temple was not like to so glorious, as Solomons had been. But Haggai comforts them with the coming of Christ into this very temple, which shall make it more glorious then the former, Haggai 2:4, &c.