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Luke 19:20 KJV
Luke · chapter 19 · verse 20
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:Luke 19:20 · King James Version
Luke 19:20 in context
18And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- poundmnain the OT, a weight of 300 shekels was one pound, In the NT, a weight and sum of money…G3414 →
- cameerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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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