Luke 17:21

within you

in the midst of.

(Greek, "entos", means "in the midst"). It could not be said of a self-righteous, Christ rejecting pharisee, that the kingdom of God, as to its spiritual content, was within him. Our Lord's whole answer, designedly enigmatic to the Pharisees (cf) (Matthew 13:10) had a dispensational meaning. The kingdom in its outward form, as covenanted to David (2 Samuel 7:8) and described by the prophets

( See Scofield) - (Zechariah 12:8)

had been rejected by the Jews; so that, during this present age, it would not "come with observation" (literally, "outward show"), but in the hearts of men.

Compare (Luke 19:11); (Luke 19:12); (Acts 1:6).

( See Scofield) - (Acts 1:6).

( See Scofield) - (Romans 14:17).

Meantime, the kingdom was actually "in the midst" of the Pharisees in the persons of the King and His disciples.