Luke 19:11 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 19:11

While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (339)

There were some who thought that our Saviour's kingdom would commence at His first coming, and they were expecting it shortly to appear when He was preparing to go up to Jerusalem; so astonished were they by the divine miracles which He did. He therefore informs them, that He should not receive the kingdom from His Father until He had left mankind to go to His Father.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

They thought the kingdom of God - A glorious temporal kingdom, would immediately appear.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ must go to heaven, to sit down at the right hand of the Father there, and to receive from him honour and glory, before the Spirit was poured out by which his kingdom was to be set up on earth, and before a church was to be set up for him in the Gentile world. He must receive the kingdom, and then return.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He spake a parable - This parable has in some respects a resemblance to the parable of the “talents” in Mat 25:14-28, but it is not the same. They differ in the following respects: That was spoken “after” he had entered Jerusalem; this, while on his way there. That was delivered on the Mount of Olives; this, in the house of Zacchaeus. That was delivered to teach them the necessity of “improving” the talents committed to them; this was for a different design. He was now near Jerusalem. A great multitude attended him.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀκουόντων	Akouontōn	When are hearing	G191 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	they	G846 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
προσθεὶς	prostheis	having proceeded	G4369 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He spoke	G2036 →
παραβολὴν	parabolēn	a parable	G3850 →
διὰ	dia	because	G1223 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἐγγὺς	engus	near	G1451 →
εἶναι	einai	being	G1511 →
Ἰερουσαλὴμ	Ierousalēm	to Jerusalem	G2419 →
αὐτὸν	auton	He	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δοκεῖν	dokein	thinking	G1380 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	they	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
παραχρῆμα	parachrēma	immediately	G3916 →
μέλλει	mellei	is about	G3195 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ἀναφαίνεσθαι.¶	anaphainesthai	to appear.	G398 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 1:6
So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
leads to
- Luke 17:20
  When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
- Daniel 7:27
  Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
- Matthew 24:3
  While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and…
- Ezekiel 37:24–27
  My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
- Jeremiah 23:5–6
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Through
Luke 17:20
When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
leads to
- John 18:36
  Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
- Luke 16:16
  The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
- Daniel 2:44
  In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…