Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 19:13
Trade till I come — To visit the nation, to destroy Jerusalem, to judge the world: or, in a more particular sense, to require thy soul of thee.
Trade till I come — To visit the nation, to destroy Jerusalem, to judge the world: or, in a more particular sense, to require thy soul of thee.
Verse Luke 19:13. _TEN SERVANTS_] All those who professed to receive his doctrine. _Ten_ was a kind of sacred number among the Hebrews, as well as _seven_. See Luke 14:31; Luke 15:8;...
TEN SERVANTS - Nothing in particular is denoted by the number “ten.” It is a circumstance intended to keep up the narrative. In general, by these servants our Saviour denotes his disciples, and intend...
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)...
HIS TEN SERVANTS. ten servants of his. SERVANTS. bond-servants. POUNDS. Greek. _mna._ See App-51. Archelaus did thus actually leave money in trust with his servants, Philippus being in charge of his...
_his ten servants_ Rather, ten servants of his own; for such a noble would count his servants by hundreds. _ten pounds_ The _mina_was 100 drachmas (Luke 15:8), and was worth _£3. 6s._8 _d._in nominal...
THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS...
ἘΝ ὯΙ, אABDL, &c. ἕως is an incorrect gloss. See note. 13. ΔΈΚΑ ΔΟΎΛΟΥΣ ἙΑΥΤΟΥ͂. ‘Ten slaves of his own;’ for such a noble would count his servants by hundreds. The men being slaves the sums entruste...
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...
ΚΑΛΈΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать, призывать, ΈΔΩΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΜΝΆ (G3414) мина. Греческая денежная единица. Аттическая мина в обычное время с...
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...
AND HE CALLED HIS TEN SERVANTS,— By the _ten servants_ we may understand the apostles and first preachers of the gospel; to whom Jesus gave endowments, fitting them for their work, and from whom he ex...
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...
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. AND HE CALLED HIS TEN SERVANTS, AND DELIVERED THEM TEN POUNDS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, OCCUPY, ...
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...
19:13 bondmen, (a-7) Or 'ten bondmen of his.' minas, (b-13) Mina. see Note, Ezekiel 45:12 . coming. (c-22) The same sense as 'till I come;' he was to go and return (ver. 12); while he was away and not...
SERVANTS] lit. 'slaves.' Pounds] lit. _mince._ The _mina_ was the sixtieth part of a talent, i.e. 100 _denarii_, or £4....
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...
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...
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...
AND DELIVERED THEM TEN POUNDS. — In this, again, we have a noticeable difference. Here we begin with equality; in Matthew 25:15 the servants start with unequal amounts, “according to their several abi...
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...
_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...
δέκα δ., ten, a considerable number, pointing to an extensive household establishment. δέκα μνᾶς, ten pounds, not to each but among them (Luke 19:16). A Greek pound = about £3 or £4; a Hebrew = nearly...
_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...
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...
(5) And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. (5) There are three sorts of men in the Church: the one sort fall from Christ whom they do no...
_Ten pieces of money, each of which was called a mna. To translate pounds, gives the English reader a false notion, the Roman coin called a mna not corresponding to our pound. (Witham) --- A mna was 1...
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...
_A MOTTO FOR LIFE_ ‘Occupy till I come.’ Luke 19:13 The words have a threefold course: A constant, daily, life-long work; a sweet end, when that work is done; and the highest and most loving motive...
13._And having called his ten servants. _We must not inquire anxiously into the number of the servants, or into the sums of money. For Matthew, by expressing various sums, includes a more extensive do...
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...
AND HE CALLED HIS TEN SERVANTS,.... By whom are meant, not all mankind; for though these are all his servants of right, yet not in fact; nor the elect of God, who are called by grace; for though these...
_And he called his ten servants_ This translation implies, he had neither more nor fewer than ten servants, and that they were all called: but Dr. Campbell thinks the original expression, καλεσας δε δ...
TEN POUNDS; the gifts and opportunities of doing good with which he intrusts men. OCCUPY; use in a right manner....
AND HE CALLED HIS TEN SERVANTS, AND DELIVERED THEM TEN POUNDS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, OCCUPY TILL I COME....
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...
POUNDS: Mina here translated a pound, is twelve ounces and an half, which according to five shillings the ounce, Isaiah 3. pounds two shillings sixpence...
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...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV but whether these had been entrusted with themand had administered them badly as being inferior in ability to him who had been entrusted with atalent, or had rec...
Luke 19:13 So G1161 called G2564 (G5660) ten G1176 his G1438 servants G1401 delivered G1325 (G5656) them...
“And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘You trade with this until I come'.” Meanwhile it is made clear that His servants will have a job to do. They are being l...
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...
Luke 19:13. TEN SERVANTS OF HIS. The number is given here, but not in the other parable; comp. the _ten_ virgins, Matthew 25:1. TEN POUNDS, or, ‘minæ.' To each one; not to each ‘according to his seve...
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...
TRADE YE HEREWITH TILL I COME (πραγματευσασθε εν ω ερχομα). First aorist middle imperative of πραγματευομα, an old verb from πραγμα, business. Here only in the N.T. Westcott and Hort in their text...
POUNDS Greek, "mina," here translated "a pound," is 12 ounces and a half....
Luke 19:13 We have four things here, which, keeping to the metaphor of the text, I may designate as the Capital, the Business, the Profits, and the Audit. I. The Capital. A pound was a very little th...
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...
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;...
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...
AND GAVE THEM EACH A GOLD COIN. [Worth perhaps $160 in 1974 dollars.] SEE WHAT YOU CAN EARN WITH THIS. It was given to be used. Note that in this parable, each received exactly the same amount. It see...
_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 19:13 The rounded number TEN shows that Jesus’ parable applies to all his disciples, not just the Twelve. A mina was about three months’ wages for a laborer, about 100 drachmas. “Eng...
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....
_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 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:29; 1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Peter 4:9;...
His ten servants [δ ε κ α δ ο υ λ ο υ ς ε α υ τ ο υ]. Rev., rightly, changes to ten servants of his, since the his is emphatic; lit., his own. Moreover, it would be absurd to suppose that this noblema...