Text -- Luke 19:11 (NET)

The Parable of the Ten Minas

19:11 While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 19:11

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

³ tn The present active infinitive δοκεῖν (dokein) has been translated as causal.

⁴ sn Luke means here the appearance of the full kingdom of God in power with the Son of Man as judge as Luke 17:22-37 describes.

⁵ tn Or perhaps, “the kingdom of God must appear immediately (see L&N 71.36).