Luke 19:12 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 19:12

So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

KJV

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (379)

(in Esai. c. 13. 13.) Noble, not only in respect of His Godhead, but of His manhood, being sprung from the seed of David according to the flesh. He went into a far country, separated not so much by distance of place as by actual condition. For God Himself is nigh to every one of us, when our good works bind us to Him. And He is afar off, as often as by cleaving to destruction, we remove ourselves away from Him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

He went into a far country to receive a kingdom - Christ went to heaven, to receive his sovereign power as wan, even all authority in heaven and earth.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A certain nobleman - In the following parable there are two distinct morals intended; let it be viewed in these two points of light. 1. The behavior of the citizens to the nobleman; and, 2. The behavior of his own servants to him. 1. By the behavior of the citizens, and their punishment, (Luk 19:14, Luk 19:27), we are taught that the Jews, who were the people of Christ, would reject him, and try to prevent his reigning over them in his spiritual kingdom, and would for that crime be severely punished by the destruction of their state.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἶπεν	Eipen	He said	G2036 →
οὖν·	oun	therefore;	G3767 →
ἄνθρωπός	anthrōpos	A man	G444 →
τις	tis	certain	G5100 →
εὐγενὴς	eugenēs	of noble birth	G2104 →
ἐπορεύθη	eporeuthē	proceeded	G4198 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
χώραν	chōran	a country	G5561 →
μακρὰν	makran	distant	G3117 →
λαβεῖν	labein	to receive	G2983 →
ἑαυτῷ	he'autō	for himself	G1438 →
βασιλείαν	basileian	a kingdom	G932 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὑποστρέψαι.	hupostrepsai	to return.	G5290 →

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
John 18:37
“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone…
leads to
- John 8:47
  Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
- 1 John 4:6
  We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
- John 8:14
  Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or…
- John 10:26–27
  But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
- 1 John 3:19
  And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
Through
1 Peter 3:22
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:24
  For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Hebrews 10:12
  But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.