Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Luke 19:12
A certain nobleman; this represented Jesus Christ. By his going to a far country is represented his ascending into heaven, which he must do before he would establish his kingdom on earth.
A certain nobleman; this represented Jesus Christ. By his going to a far country is represented his ascending into heaven, which he must do before he would establish his kingdom on earth.
Verse Luke 19:12. _A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN_] In the following parable there are _two_ distinct morals intended; let it be viewed in these two points of light. 1. The behaviour of the _citizens_ to the nobl...
A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN - A prince; a man descended from kings, and having a title, therefore, to succeed in the kingdom. WENT INTO A FAR COUNTRY ... - This expression is derived from the state of things i...
CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 19:1-27 _ 1. The Salvation of Zacchaeus. (Luke 19:1)_ 2. The Parable of the Ten Pounds. (Luke 19:11 .) Luke 19:1 When He drew near to Jericho the Lord healed the blind beggar. T...
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS (Matthew 25:14 *). There are some differences in the two versions. In Lk. the man of Mt. becomes a prince who (like the sons of Herod the Great) journeys (to Rome) to have his t...
As they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell them a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they were thinking that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. So he said,...
THE GUEST OF THE MAN WHOM ALL MEN DESPISED (Luke 19:1-10)...
A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN. This parable is peculiar to Luke. The point of it was that Herod the Great and his son Archelaus (App-109) had actually gone from Jericho (where the parable was spoken; and where t...
_A certain nobleman_, &c. This would seem a most unintelligible incident if we did not know what suggested it. The Evangelists throw no gleam of light upon it, and the fact that we can from contempora...
THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS...
ἌΝΘΡΩΠΌΣ ΤΙΣ ΕΥ̓ΓΕΝΉΣ. This would seem a most unintelligible incident if we did not know what suggested it. The Evangelists throw no gleam of light upon it, and the fact that we can from contemporary...
Ver 11. And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12. He said therefor...
ΕΥΓΕΝΉΣ (G2104) благородного происхождения. Важное заявление, так как принадлежность к аристократии очень высоко ценилась (Arndt; _см._ NDIEC, 2:58-60). ΈΠΟΡΕΎΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ...
DISCOURSE: 1562 THE POUNDS Luke 19:12. _A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and...
DISCOURSE: 1563 THE REBELLIOUS CITIZENS Luke 19:12; Luke 19:14. _A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return—But his citizens hated him, and sent a mes...
A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN, &C.— A certain noble lord took a long journey into another country, to be vested with and confirmed in his kingdom, and then to return, with all his honour and authority, to distri...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Persistence (Luke 19:11-27) 11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of...
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. HE SAID THEREFORE, A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN WENT INTO A FAR COUNTRY - said to put down the...
1 Compare Jos_6:26; 1Ki_16:34. 2 The case of Zaccheus meant much more to a patriotic Jew than we can possibly imagine. The most hated and unpopular class in the whole nation were the tax farmers, who...
ZACCELEUS. THE POUNDS. CHRIST'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. HE CLEANSES THE TEMPLE 1-10. Zacchaeus (peculiar to Lk). The narrative shows that our Lord's familiar intercourse with publicans and si...
PARABLE OF THE POUNDS (peculiar to Lk, but similar to the Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25:14, q.v.). It differs from that parable, (1) in the introduction of the rebellious citizens, Luke 19:14; Lu...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 19 JESUS AND ZACCHAEUS 19:1-10 V1 Jesus was walking through the city of Jericho. V2 The chief *tax-collector there was Zacchaeus. He was very rich. V...
A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN WENT INTO A FAR COUNTRY. — See Notes on Matthew 25:14, with which the parable that follows has many obvious points of resemblance. There are, however, many noticeable differences in...
CHAPTER 23 THE ESCHATOLOGY OF THE GOSPEL. COIFI, in his parable to the thanes and nobles of the North Humber country, likened the present life of man to the flight of a sparrow through one of their...
_The parable_. εὐγενὴς, wellborn, noble; of such rank and social position that he might legitimately aspire to a kingdom. The Herod family might quite well be in view. Herod the Great and his son Arch...
_Parable of the pounds, or of the nobleman who goes to find a kingdom_ (_cf._ Matthew 25:14-30). Into the vexed question of the connection between this parable and that of the talents in Mt. I cannot...
DOING BUSINESS FOR GOD Luke 19:11-27 In many respects this parable differs from that of the ten talents. In that, the servants are entrusted with different amounts; in this, the same amount is allott...
Zacchaeus was the last convert but one in the ministry of Jesus. Our Lord's method with him is very revealing. He asked for his hospitality, and after receiving it held an unrecorded conversation with...
This parable is an exact prophetic history of what happened to Archelaus Antipas, son of Herod the great, about thirty-six years afterwards. Judea being then tributary, he was obliged to go to Rome to...
THE RETURN OF JESUS WITH HIS GLORIOUS KINGDOM Luke 19:11-27. This wonderful, inspiring, conclusive, unmistakable, glorious parable was delivered to the multitude by our Savior, in front of the house o...
_The Probation._ A man of noble birth goes to ask from the sovereign of the country which he inhabits the government of his province. Before undertaking this journey, which must be a long one, for the...
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. He said therefore, A certain...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
12._A certain nobleman. Matthew _interweaves this parable with others, without attending to the order of time; but, as his intention was, in the twenty-second chapter, to make a collection of Christ’s...
The history of His last approach to Jerusalem and intercourse with it now commences (Luke 19:35). Here then He presents Himself anew as the Son of David, and for the last time; laying on the conscienc...
HE SAID THEREFORE,.... The following parable, with the above said design and view: A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN; the son of a great family, as the Syriac version renders it; of noble descent, of an illustrious...
Luke 19:12 Luke 19:12. "He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return." Such a representation in this parable was the more familiar to t...
_A certain nobleman_ Or, a certain king's son; _went into a far country to receive a kingdom_, &c. In order to be confirmed in his father's kingdom, he went into a distant country to do homage unto a...
HE SAID THEREFORE, A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN WENT INTO AFAR COUNTRY TO RECEIVE FOR HIMSELF A KINGDOM, AND TO RETURN....
THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS. The departure of the nobleman:...
ZACCHAEUS RECEIVING THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-10) There was yet another man to be rescued from Jericho, the city of the curse (Joshua 6:26). The Lord, in faithful grace, passed through that city, an avail...
11-27 This parable is like that of the talents, Luke 19:25. Those that are called to Christ, he furnishes with gifts needful for their business; and from those to whom he gives power, he expects serv...
Ver. 12-27. The parable of the talents, which we had, MATTHEW 25:14, is of great cognation to this parable, and the doctrine of it in many things is the very same; but the circumstances of that and th...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV which (in the parable) "He went away into a far country to receive for Himself," leaving money to His servants wherewithal to trade and get increase[1567] Origen C...
Luke 19:12 Therefore G3767 said G2036 (G5627) certain G5100 nobleman G444 G2104 went G4198 (G5675) into...
‘He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.”' The stress on ‘far country' is an indication that they must not expect His immediate...
THE PARABLE OF THE RECEIVING OF THE KINGDOM, THE TESTING OUT OF THE SERVANTS AS TO THEIR SUITABILITY FOR HIGH POSITION, AND THE FATE OF REBELS (19:11-27). . We come now to the end of this sixth sectio...
THE PARABLE OF THE TEN POUNDS. Probably spoken in the house of Zaccheus. The parable resembles that of the ‘talents' (Matthew 25:14-30) sufficiently to make the careless reader confound the two, but t...
Luke 19:12. THEREFORE, with this purpose, in view of this improper expectation. A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN. This ‘well-born' man represents the Lord Jesus; an indirect intimation of His kingly descent and d...
TO TAKE TO HIMSELF A KINGDOM (λαβειν εαυτω βασιλειαν). Second aorist active infinitive of λαμβανω with the dative reflexive εαυτω where the middle voice could have been used. Apparently this parabl...
Luke 19:1. And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was;...
Luke 19:1. _And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich._ Many of those tax-gatherers were ric...
CONTENTS: Conversion of Zaccheus. Parable of the pounds. Triumphal entry. Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. Purification of the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Zacchaeus, Abraham, disciples. CONCLUSION: Th...
Luke 19:11. _He spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem,_ to correct the fond error of those who thought he would reign on earth. This parable therefore differs from that of the talents, in...
THERE WAS A NOBLEMAN. This is a lot like the parable of the Three Servants in Matthew 25:14-30. But this one has a different purpose. TO BE MADE KING. Christ would leave earth and return to heaven bef...
_A certain nobleman went into a far country_ PARABLE OF THE POUNDS I. CHRIST’S ABSENCE IS A PERIOD OF PROBATION. II. THE NATURE OF THE PROBATION IS TWOFOLD. 1. The obligation to loyalty involved i...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 19:12 TO RECEIVE FOR HIMSELF A KINGDOM means to receive authority over a kingdom. The kingdom that he is going to receive is not the FAR COUNTRY to which he is traveling but the land...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 19:11 This parable concludes Luke’s account of Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem (begun in Luke 9:51). It is different from the parable of the talents in...
Jesus teaches of the wicked tenants: Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12 and Luke 20:9-19 Parables of Stewardship Matthew 25:14-30
CHAPTER 19 VER. 1. _And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho._ S. Luke continues the account of the journey to Jerusalem. I have spoken of this in the preceding chapter, verse 35....
_He said therefore, A certain nobleman._ Syriac, "The son of a great stock." This nobleman is Christ in His human nature. For as S. Basil says in the _Catena_, Christ is noble not only in His Godhead,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 19:11. HE ADDED.—This parable is thus distinctly connected with the words spoken in the house of Zacchæus. It is, therefore, not to be confused with the parable of the Talents,...
EXPOSITION LUKE 19:1 _Jesus lodges in the house of Zacchaeus, _"_the_ _chief among the publicans_"_ at Jericho. _This episode, which took place at Jericho just before the Lord's entry into Jerusalem...
Now Jesus has entered into Jericho (Luke 19:1). And as He is passing through the city, Behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans (Luke 19:2), The city of Jeric...
1 Corinthians 15:25; 1 Peter 3:22; Acts 1:10; Acts 1:11; Acts 1:9;...
He went into a far country to receive a kingdom — Christ went to heaven, to receive his sovereign power as wan, even all authority in heaven and earth. Matthew 25:14; Mark 13:34....