Luke 19:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as they heard these things Namely, that salvation was come to Zaccheus's family; he added, and spake a parable From this we gather, that he spake the parable in Zaccheus's house; because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and they thought, &c. Because his followers were accompanying him to the royal city, in expectation that the kingdom of God would immediately appear, and with a resolution to assist him in erecting it, he spake this parable, wherein he showed them their duty, described the true nature of the kingdom of God, and taught them that it was not immediately to appear. “The parable,” says Dr. Doddridge, “considered in this view, as suited to the circumstance of time, and to the case of those to whom it was delivered, will appear a most wise and seasonable admonition; and by neglecting the instruction it was designed to give them, the Jews deservedly brought ruin on themselves.”