Luke Chapter 19, Verse 11
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11: ακουοντων δε αυτων ταυτα προσθεις ειπεν παραβολην δια το εγγυς αυτον ειναι ιερουσαλημ και δοκειν αυτους οτι παραχρημα μελλει η βασιλεια του θεου αναφαινεσθαι
11: And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable,
because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought
that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
11: As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable,
because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the
kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.
He spake a parable. This parable has in some respects a resemblance
to the parable of the talents in Mt 25:14ff, but it is not the
same. They differ in the following respects: That was spoken after
he had entered Jerusalem; this, while on his way there. That was
delivered on the Mount of Olives; this, in the house of Zaccheus.
That was delivered to teach them the necessity of improving the
talents committed to them; this was for a different design. He was now
near Jerusalem. A great multitude attended him. His disciples regarded
him as the Messiah, and by this they understood a temporal prince who
should deliver them from the dominion of the Romans and set them at
liberty. They were anxious for that, and supposed that the time was at
hand, and that now, as soon as he entered Jerusalem, he would assume
the appearance of such a prince and set up his kingdom. To correct
that notion seems to have been the main design of this parable. To
do that, he tells them of a man who had a right to the kingdom, yet who,
before taking possession of it, went into another kingdom to receive
a confirmation of his title, thus intimating that he would also go
away before he would completely set up his kingdom (Lk 19:12);
he tells them that this nobleman left to his servants property to be
improved in his absence, as he would leave to his disciples talents
to be used in his service (Lk 19:12, Lk 19:13); he tells them
that this nobleman was rejected by his own citizens (Lk 19:14),
as he would be by the Jews; and that he received the kingdom and
called them to an account, as he also would his own disciples.
Because he was nigh to Jerusalem. The capital of the country, and where they supposed he would probably set up his kingdom.
The kingdom of God should immediately appear. That the reign of the Messiah would immediately commence. He spake the parable to correct that expectation.
