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Luke 19:11 KJV
Luke · chapter 19 · verse 11
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.Luke 19:11 · King James Version
Luke 19:11 in context
9And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
10For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
11And 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.
12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- immediatelyparachrēmaimmediately, forthwith, instantlyG3916 →
- JerusalemierousalēmJerusalem = " set ye double peace" , denotes either the city itself or the…G2419 →
- parableparabolēa placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle…G3850 →
- thoughtdokeōto be of opinion, think, suppose, to seem, to be accounted, reputed, it seems to me, I…G1380 →
- kingdombasileiaroyal power, kingship, dominion, rule, not to be confused with an actual kingdom but…G932 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
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Our Lord Jesus is now upon his way to Jerusalem, to his last passover, when he was to suffer and die; now here we are told, I. How the expectations of his friends were raised upon this occasion: They thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear, Luk 19:11.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-27