Luke 13:19 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 13:18-22

Here is, I. The gospel's progress foretold in two parables, which we had before, Matt. 13:31-33. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God, for it advances his glory; this kingdom was yet a mystery, and people were generally in the dark, and under mistakes, about it. Now, when we would describe a thing to those that are strangers to it, we choose to do it by similitudes. ?Such a person you know not, but I will tell you whom he is like;? so Christ undertakes here to show what the kingdom... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 13:18-19

13:18-19 So Jesus said to them, "To what is the kingdom of God like, and to what will I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew until it became a tree, and the birds of the air found a lodging in its branches." This is an illustration which Jesus used more than once, and for different purposes. In the east mustard is not a garden herb but a field plant. It does literally grow to be a tree. A height of seven or eight feet is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:19

It is like a grain of mustard seed ,.... Both for its smallness at first, and its after increase; wherefore both the Evangelists Matthew and Mark observe, that it "is the least of all seed": which is true of the ministry of the Gospel, of the Gospel church state, and of the grace of God in the hearts of his people: which a man took and cast into his garden ; the Ethiopic version renders it, "and sowed in his field", as in Matthew 13:31 though mustard used to be sowed in gardens as well... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:18-19

The kingdom - is like a grain of mustard seed - See on Matthew 13:31 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-21

The grace and progress of God's kingdom. We saw at the close of last chapter how urgent a matter it is to get reconciled to God. Luke, in constructing his Gospel, introduces us next to a cognate thought—the necessity of repentance if judgment is to be escaped. Let us take up the orderly thoughts as they are laid before us in this passage. I. JUDGMENT EXECUTED UPON OTHERS IS A CALL TO REPENTANCE ADDRESSED TO US . (Verses 1-5.) There was a disposition then, as there... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:18-19

The growth of the kingdom of God. When we think of it we cannot fail to be impressed with the confidence, amounting even to the sublime, which Jesus Christ cherished in the triumph of his sacred cause. For consider— I. THE UTTER INSIGNIFICANCE of "the kingdom" at its commencement. At first it was represented by one Jewish Carpenter, a young Man born of very humble parents, unlearned and untravelled, without any pecuniary resources whatever, regarded with disfavour by the social... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:18-21

The Lord, is two little prophetic parables tells the people how strangely and mightily his religion would spread over the earth. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:19

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it . The simile was a well-known one in the Jewish world. "As small as a grain of mustard seed" was a proverb current among the people in those days. In Eastern countries this little seed often becomes a tree, and stories are even told of mustard trees so tall that a man could climb up into their branches or ride beneath them... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 13:18-21

See these parables explained in the notes at Matthew 13:31-32. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 13:18-21

Luke 13:18-21. Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? After the Lord had thus silenced the ruler of the synagogue, and while he observed the rejoicings of the people, he reflected with pleasure on the reason and truth which so effectually supported his kingdom. For he delivered a second time the parables of the grain of mustard-seed, and of the leaven, to show the efficacious operation of the gospel upon the minds of men, and its speedy propagation through the world in spite of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 13:18-22

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 13:18-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:18-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:18-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 13:18-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 13:18-21

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