Commentary
Old Testament : Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
The Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
![](images/minus.gif)
Text -- Luke 19:11-48 (NET)
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Strongs On/Off
Context
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 .
19:12 Therefore he said , “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return .
19:13 And he summoned ten of his slaves , gave them ten minas , and said to them , ‘Do business with these until I come back .’
19:14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him , saying , ‘We do not want this man to be king over us !’
19:15 When he returned after receiving the kingdom , he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money . He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading .
19:16 So the first one came before him and said , ‘Sir , your mina has made ten minas more .’
19:17 And the king said to him , ‘Well done , good slave ! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities .’
19:18 Then the second one came and said , ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas .’
19:19 So the king said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities .’
19:20 Then another slave came and said , ‘Sir , here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth .
19:21 For I was afraid of you , because you are a severe man . You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow .’
19:22 The king said to him , ‘I will judge you by your own words , you wicked slave ! So you knew , did you, that I was a severe man , withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow ?
19:23 Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank , so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest ?’
19:24 And he said to his attendants , ‘Take the mina from him , and give it to the one who has ten .’
19:25 But they said to him , ‘Sir , he has ten minas already!’
19:26 ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have , even what he has will be taken away .
19:27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king , bring them here and slaughter them in front of me !’”
The Triumphal Entry
19:28 After Jesus had said this , he continued on ahead , going up to Jerusalem .
19:29 Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany , at the place called the Mount of Olives , he sent two of the disciples ,
19:30 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden . Untie it and bring it here.
19:31 If anyone asks you , ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say , ‘The Lord needs it .’”
19:32 So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them .
19:33 As they were untying the colt , its owners asked them , “Why are you untying that colt ?”
19:34 They replied , “The Lord needs it .”
19:35 Then they brought it to Jesus , threw their cloaks on the colt , and had Jesus get on it.
19:36 As he rode along , they spread their cloaks on the road .
19:37 As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives , the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen :
19:38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord ! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest !”
19:39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him , “Teacher , rebuke your disciples .”
19:40 He answered , “I tell you , if they keep silent , the very stones will cry out !”
Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment
19:41 Now when Jesus approached and saw the city , he wept over it ,
19:42 saying , “If you had only known on this day , even you , the things that make for peace ! But now they are hidden from your eyes .
19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side .
19:44 They will demolish you – you and your children within your walls– and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another , because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
Cleansing the Temple
19:45 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,
19:46 saying to them , “It is written , ‘My house will be a house of prayer ,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers !”
19:47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts . The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him ,
19:48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words .
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Pound |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF |
MILLENNIUM, PREMILLENNIAL VIEW |
KING, CHRIST AS |
OLIVES, MOUNT OF |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
Steward |
Trustee |
HEROD |
Faithfulness |
Civil Service |
Responsibility |
Probation |
Opportunity |
Judgment |
Works |
Kingdom |
Unfaithfulness |
more
![](images/cmt_minus_head.gif)
expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Luk 19:11; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:12; Luk 19:12; Luk 19:12; Luk 19:13; Luk 19:13; Luk 19:14; Luk 19:14; Luk 19:14; Luk 19:14; Luk 19:15; Luk 19:15; Luk 19:15; Luk 19:15; Luk 19:16; Luk 19:16; Luk 19:16; Luk 19:17; Luk 19:17; Luk 19:17; Luk 19:18; Luk 19:19; Luk 19:19; Luk 19:20; Luk 19:20; Luk 19:20; Luk 19:20; Luk 19:20; Luk 19:21; Luk 19:21; Luk 19:21; Luk 19:22; Luk 19:22; Luk 19:22; Luk 19:22; Luk 19:23; Luk 19:23; Luk 19:24; Luk 19:24; Luk 19:25; Luk 19:25; Luk 19:26; Luk 19:26; Luk 19:26; Luk 19:27; Luk 19:27; Luk 19:27; Luk 19:28; Luk 19:28; Luk 19:28; Luk 19:28; Luk 19:29; Luk 19:29; Luk 19:29; Luk 19:29; Luk 19:30; Luk 19:30; Luk 19:30; Luk 19:30; Luk 19:31; Luk 19:32; Luk 19:32; Luk 19:33; Luk 19:33; Luk 19:35; Luk 19:35; Luk 19:35; Luk 19:35; Luk 19:36; Luk 19:36; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:37; Luk 19:38; Luk 19:38; Luk 19:39; Luk 19:39; Luk 19:39; Luk 19:40; Luk 19:40; Luk 19:40; Luk 19:41; Luk 19:41; Luk 19:41; Luk 19:42; Luk 19:42; Luk 19:42; Luk 19:43; Luk 19:43; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:44; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:45; Luk 19:46; Luk 19:46; Luk 19:46; Luk 19:47; Luk 19:47; Luk 19:47; Luk 19:47; Luk 19:48; Luk 19:48; Luk 19:48
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:12 The background to this story about the nobleman who went…to receive for himself a kingdom had some parallels in the area’s recent history:...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:13 That is, one for each. A mina was a Greek monetary unit worth one hundred denarii or about four months’ wages for an average worker based on a s...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:15 The Greek verb earned refers to profit from engaging in commerce and trade (L&N 57.195). This is an examination of stewardship.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:17 The faithful slave received expanded responsibility (authority over ten cities) as a result of his faithfulness; this in turn is an exhortation to fai...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:18 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:19 Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:20 The piece of cloth, called a σουδάριον (soudarion), could have been a towel, napkin, handkerchief, or fac...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:21 The Greek verb τίθημι (tiqhmi) can be used of depositing money with a banker to earn interest (L&N 57.217). In effec...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:23 Grk “on the table”; the idiom refers to a place where money is kept or managed, or credit is established, thus “bank” (L&N...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:25 A few mss (D W 69 pc and a few versional witnesses) omit this verse either to harmonize it with Matt 25:28-29 or to keep the king’s speech seaml...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:26 The one who has nothing has even what he seems to have taken away from him, ending up with no reward at all (see also Luke 8:18). The exact force of t...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:28 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:29 “Mountain” in English generally denotes a higher elevation than it often does in reference to places in Palestine. The Mount of Olives is ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:31 The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:32 Exactly as he had told them. Nothing in Luke 19-23 catches Jesus by surprise. Often he directs the action.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:35 Although ἐπεβίβασαν (epebibasan) is frequently translated “set [Jesus] on it” or “...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:36 The disciples initiated this action (since in 19:35 and 37 they are the subject) but the other gospels indicate the crowds also became involved. Thus ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:37 Grk “they had seen, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary Engli...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:39 Teacher, rebuke your disciples. The Pharisees were complaining that the claims were too great.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:40 This statement amounts to a rebuke. The idiom of creation speaking means that even creation knows what is taking place, yet the Pharisees miss it. On ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:41 When Jesus approached and saw the city. This is the last travel note in Luke’s account (the so-called Jerusalem journey), as Jesus approached an...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:42 But now they are hidden from your eyes. This becomes an oracle of doom in the classic OT sense; see Luke 13:31-35; 11:49-51; Jer 9:2; 13:7; 14:7. They...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:43 An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:44 You did not recognize the time of your visitation refers to the time God came to visit them. They had missed the Messiah; see Luke 1:68-79.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:45 Matthew (21:12-27), Mark (11:15-19) and Luke (here, 19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:46 A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels....
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Luk 19:47 The action at the temple was the last straw. In their view, if Jesus could cause trouble in the holy place, then he must be stopped, so the leaders we...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)