I kept [ε ι χ ο ν]. The imperfect. I was keeping while thou wert absent. Napkin [σ ο υ δ α ρ ι ω]. The Latin sudarium, from sudor, perspiration : a cloth for wiping off the sweat. Trench notes that the napkin which the idle servant does not need for its proper use (Genesis 3:19) he uses for the wrapping up of his pound.
Verse Luke 19:20. _LORD, BEHOLD_, here is _thy pound_] See Matthew 25:18....
A NAPKIN - A towel. He means by it that he had not wasted it nor thrown it by carelessly, but had been “very careful” of it; so much so as to be at the pains to tie it up in a towel and put it in a sa...
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...
THE GUEST OF THE MAN WHOM ALL MEN DESPISED (Luke 19:1-10)...
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,...
ANOTHER. Greek. _heteros._ App-124. HAVE KEPT. was keeping. NAPKIN. handkerchief See on John 11:44....
Ὁ ἝΤΕΡΟΣ, BDL. 20. ΣΟΥΔΑΡΊΩΙ. A Latin word, which, like many others, passed into Greek and even into Semitic languages (comp. λεγεών, ἀσσάριον). These Latinisms are most common in St Mark....
THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS...
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...
ΕΊΧΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΆΠΟΚΕΙΜΈΝΗΝ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΆΠΌΚΕΙΜΑΙ (G606) откладывать в сторону, убирать, ΣΟΥΔΑΡΊΩ _dat. sing. от_ ΣΟΥΔΆΡΙΟΝ (G4676) (с латинского) лицевая тка...
LORD, BEHOLD HERE IS THY _POUND,_ &C.— We have in these verses a proverbial description of an unjust rigorous character. The slothful servant, by applying it to his lord, aggravated his crime not a li...
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 it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every...
14 Compare Joh_1:11; Joh_19:15. 27 Compare Rev_19:11-21. 28-36 Compare Mat_21:1-8; Mar_1:1-8. 28 This entry into Jerusalem marks one of the most important days in the history of the holy people. The...
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...
THY POUND, WHICH I HAVE KEPT.,. — Literally, w_hich I kept_ — _i.e.,_ all along. He had never made any effort at doing more. LAID UP IN A NAPKIN. — The smaller scale of the parable is shown in the con...
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 useless servant_. If in any part the parable has borrowed from the parable in Mt., it is here. The story might well have wound up with a statement as to what was to be done with the disaffected....
ἐν σουδαρίῳ, in a handkerchief; ἐν τῇ γῇ in Mt....
_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...
(6) And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: (6) Against those who idly spend their life in deliberating and in contemplation....
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...
Of the other seven servants there is no mention; they fall either into the category of the preceding, or into that of the following. The ground on which the latter explains his inactivity is not a mer...
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...
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 ANOTHER CAME,.... Who was one of the servants; had a gift, but did not use, and improve it, nor did it turn to any account: SAYING, LORD; owning also the lordship and dominion of Christ, as all w...
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, _here is_ thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: Ver. 20. See Matthew 25:21,22, &c....
_Then came the first_ The modesty of these servants is remarkable. They do not say that they themselves had gained the ten or the five pounds; but that the pound which their lord had intrusted to thei...
A NAPKIN; a towel or cloth....
The accounting:...
AND ANOTHER CAME, SAYING, LORD, BEHOLD, HERE IS THY POUND, WHICH I HAVE KEPT LAID UP IN A NAPKIN;...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 19:12...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics He had Himself fore-shown, by means of a parable, that they should not keep back in secret, fruitless of interest,[282]...
Luke 19:20 Then G2532 another G2087 came G2064 (G5627) saying G3004 (G5723) Master G2962 here G2400 ...
“And the other came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, here is your mina, which I kept laid up in a neckcloth, for I feared you, because you are an austere man. You take up that which you do not lay down, and yo...
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 19:20. IN A NAPKIN. It is asserted that the Jews frequently used this for such a purpose. This refers to idleness in office....
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...
I KEPT (ειχον). Imperfect active of εχω. I kept on keeping.LAID UP (αποκειμενην). Present passive participle agreeing with ην (which), used often as perfect passive of τιθημ as here, laid away or...
Luke 19:20 "To him that hath shall be given.". I. The excuse of the slothful servant is the excuse of all lazy people. They cry themselves down lest they should be called upon to work; they avoid the...
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...
SIR, HERE IS YOUR GOLD COIN. It is not enough that we do no harm to others. We must take positive action to _do good!_ Salvation is solely on the basis of _God's act in Christ;_ but we have been _crea...
_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 19:20 LORD, HERE IS YOUR MINA. The third servant has hidden the mina AWAY where it did no good for anyone and did not gain additional value. Those who fail to do anything useful with...
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...
James 4:17; Luke 19:13; Luke 3:9; Luke 6:46; Matthew 25:24;...