Luk 19:11-27 | JFB

‏ Luke 19:11-27

12. a far country--said to put down the notion that He was just on His way to set up His kingdom, and to inaugurate it by His personal presence.

to receive ... a kingdom--be invested with royalty; as when Herod went to Rome and was there made king; a striking expression of what our Lord went away for and received, "sitting down at the right hand of the Majesty on high."

to return--at His second coming.

13. Occupy--"negotiate," "do business," with the resources entrusted.

14. his citizens--His proper subjects; meaning the Jews, who expressly repudiating our Lord's claims said, "We have no king but Cæsar" (Joh 19:15). In Christendom, these correspond to infidel rejecters of Christianity, as distinguished from professed Christians.

15-26. (See on Mt 25:19-29.)

ten ... five cities--different degrees of future gracious reward, proportioned to the measure of present fidelity.

27. bring hither, &c.--(Compare 1Sa 15:32, 33). Referring to the awful destruction of Jerusalem, but pointing to the final destruction of all that are found in open rebellion against Christ.

Lu 19:28-44. Christ's Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem and Tears over It.

(See on Mt 21:1-11.)