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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:11-27

The parable of the pounds. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:11-27

The parable of the pounds. This parable closely resembles that reported in Matthew 25:14-30 . The two are undoubtedly different, but they have much in common. We cannot rightly understand each without balancing it by the other. Certainly we realize the full effect of their application when, to borrow an expressive figure, we look on them "as twin parables, resembling one of those trees whose main trunk separates just above the earth into two equal towering stems." Thus connecting them,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:11-27

The law of capital in Christ's kingdom. Zacchaeus's conversion and all the stir on leaving Jericho led many in the crowd to imagine that Christ was immediately to assume a visible kingdom. To remove misapprehension, therefore, he proceeds to tell them a parable which would at once rouse them to the necessity of working instead of indulging in lackadaisical waiting. Comparing himself to a nobleman who is going into a far country to receive a kingdom and to return, he compares his disciples... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:12

He said therefore, A certain noblemen went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return . There was a singular fitness in the Master's choice of a framework for his parable, which at first sight would seem strange and unreal. Two nobles, Herod and Archelaus, in that age had literally gone from Jericho, where the Speaker of the parable-story then was, to a far country across the sea—to Rome, to receive a kingdom from Caesar (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 14.14; 17.9). And one of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:12-24

Life a sacred opportunity. We may bring out the main thought of our Master in this parable if we consider the four points of— I. GOD 'S SOVEREIGNTY OF OUR LIFE . He is the Divine Lord of our life. It came from him; it is continued by him; it is enriched perpetually and liberally from his bountiful stores; and it is subject to his sway. He has a sovereign right to determine what it shall be—what shall be its aim and its issue. He is the "nobleman;" we are "his servants." if... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:12-27

Probation and award. Jesus Christ here invites us to do two things. I. TO TREAT THIS LIFE AS A TIME OF SACRED OPPORTUNITY . The "nobleman" of the parable gave to his servants a certain sum, of which they were to make good use during his absence. His charge was this: "Occupy till I come." 1 . The time of the nobleman's absence stands for our mortal life. Whether it be long or short, our present life is a period during which we have to be preparing for another of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:13

And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. No doubt when our Lord spoke these parables he considerably enlarged the details, made many parts of the framework clearer than the short reports which we possess can possibly do. The meaning of the great noble's action here is that he wished to test his servants—to try their various capabilities and dispositions, intending, when he should return from his long journey, having received his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him . Again history supplies the framework. This was what the Jews had done in the case of Archelaus. They had sent a hostile deputation to complain of their future king before the emperor's court at Rome. In the parable, in these "citizens who hated him" a thinly veiled picture is given of those Jews who utterly rejected the mission of Jesus, and by whose designs the Crucifixion was brought about. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:16

Thy pound . At first the smallness of the sum given to each of the servants is striking. Was it not a sum unworthy of a noble about to receive a kingdom? The Attic pound was in value somewhat less than £4 sterling. In the parable of the talents ( Matthew 25:14-30 ), where although very different lessons are inculcated, yet the imagery is somewhat similar, the amounts, however, are vastly larger, varying from five talents, which would represent about £1000. Here the very smallness of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:17

Well, thou good servant. It is noticeable that, in the bestowal of the "five cities" upon the servant who had with his one pound gained five, no expression of praise like this "good servant" is used by the King on his return. Now, what does this omission teach us? Christ, we know, was very careful and very sparing in his use of moral epithets. "Why callest thou me good?" was his stern address to the young ruler who used the expression, not because he was convinced of its applicability, but... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:11-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:11-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:11-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:12-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:12-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:17

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