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Luke 19:12 KJV
Luke · chapter 19 · verse 12
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.Luke 19:12 · King James Version
Luke 19:12 in context
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.
14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
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Key words (Strong's)
- noblemananthrōposa human being, whether male or female, generically, to include all human individuals, to…G444 →
- noblemaneugenēswell born, of a noble family, noble mindedG2104 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- countrychōrathe space lying between two places or limits, a region or countryG5561 →
- receivelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
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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