Luke 19:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. ”

• Luke 19:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  But his citizens - His “subjects,” or the people whom he was desirous of ruling. Hated him - On account of his character, and their fear of oppression. This was, in fact, the case with regard...

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• Luke 19:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Parable of the Talents ( Matthew 25:14-30 *). There are some differences in the two versions. In Lk. the man of Mt. becomes a prince who (like the sons of Herod the Great) journeys (to Rome) to ha...

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• Luke 19:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  citizens , or subjects. hated . used to hate,. message. an embassy (Compare Luke 14:32 ). This was actually done in the case of Archelaus (Josephus, Antiquities xvii. 11 1, &c.) The Jews ap...

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• Luke 19:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1563 THE REBELLIOUS CITIZENS Luke 19:12 ; Luke 19:14 . A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return—But his citizens hated him, and sen...

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• Luke 19:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. His citizens - Or countrymen - the Jewish people, who professed to be subjects of the k...

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• Luke 19:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  But his citizens hated him,— His natural subjects hated him without a cause, as appears from the message or embassy which they sent after him to the potentate, from whom he sought, what in the latt...

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• Luke 19:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. But his citizens hated him, sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this...

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• Luke 19:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Zacceleus. The Pounds. Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. He Cleanses the Temple 1-10. Zacchaeus (peculiar to Lk). The narrative shows that our Lord's familiar intercourse with publicans and...

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• Luke 19:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him. — Here, also, recent history supplied a feature in the parable. This was precisely what the Jews had done in the case of Archelaus, both at...

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• Luke 19:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 23 THE ESCHATOLOGY OF THE GOSPEL. COIFI, in his parable to the thanes and nobles of the North Humber country, likened the present life of man to the flight of a sparrow through one of th...

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• Luke 19:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Doing Business for God Luke 19:11-27 In many respects this parable differs from that of the ten talents. In that, the servants are entrusted with different amounts; in this, the same amount is...

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• Luke 19:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Zacchaeus was the last convert but one in the ministry of Jesus. Our Lord's method with him is very revealing. He asked for his hospitality, and after receiving it held an unrecorded conversation wit...

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• Luke 19:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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. He said therefore, A certai...

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• Luke 19:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But his citizens hated him ,.... Not those who are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; whose citizenship is in heaven, and who are seeking the better country, and heavenly...

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• Luke 19:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them,...

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• Luke 19:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But his citizens hated him The natural subjects of this king's son, (see on Luke 19:12 ,) “hated him without a cause, as appears from the message which they sent to this potentate, from whom he so...

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• Luke 19:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ZACCHAEUS RECEIVING THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-10) There was yet another man to be rescued from Jericho, the city of the curse ( Joshua 6:26 ). The Lord, in faithful grace, passed through that city, an...

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• Luke 19:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Nobleman and His Servants.       11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, a...

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• Luke 19:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 19:12 "

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• Luke 19:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Parable of The Receiving of the Kingdom, the Testing Out of The Servants As To Their Suitability For High Position, and The Fate of Rebels (19:11-27).  . We come now to the end of this sixth se...

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• Luke 19:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 19:11 . He added .—This parable is thus distinctly connected with the words spoken in the house of Zacchæus. It is, therefore, not to be confused with the parable of the Tale...

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• Luke 19:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Luke 19:1-2 . And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. Many of those tax-gatherers wer...

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• Luke 19:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 19:11 . He spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, to correct the fond error of those who thought he would reign on earth. This parable therefore differs from that of the talents,...

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• Luke 19:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A certain nobleman went into a far country Parable of the pounds I. CHRIST’S ABSENCE IS A PERIOD OF PROBATION. II. THE NATURE OF THE PROBATION IS TWOFOLD. 1. The obligation to loyalty inv...

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• Luke 19:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 19:1-42 Jesus lodges in the house of Zacchaeus, " the chief among the publicans " at Jericho. This episode, which took place at Jericho just before the Lord's entry in...

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• Luke 19:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Parable of the Talents. The departure of the nobleman:

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• Luke 19:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 8:7 ; Acts 3:14 ; Acts 3:15 ; Acts 4:27 ; Acts 4:28 ; Acts 7:51 ; Acts 7:52 ; Isaiah 49:7 ; John 1:11 ; John 15:18 ; John 15:23 ; John 15:24 ; Luke 19:27 ; Psalms 2:1-3 ; Zech...

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• Luke 19:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But his citizens — Such were those of Jerusalem, hated him, and sent an embassy after him — The word seems to imply, their sending ambassadors to a superior court, to enter their protest against hi...

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