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Luke 19:11-12

The Parable of the Ten Minas

19:11 While the people were listening to these things, Jesus¹ proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem,² and because they thought³ that the kingdom of God⁴ was going to⁵ appear immediately. 19:12 Therefore he said, “A nobleman⁶ went to a distant country to receive⁷ for himself a kingdom and then return.⁸

¹tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

³tn The present active infinitive δοκεῖν (dokein) has been translated as causal.

⁴sn Luke means here the appearance of the full kingdom of God in power with the Son of Man as judge as Luke 17:22-37 describes.

⁵tn Or perhaps, “the kingdom of God must appear immediately (see L&N 71.36).

⁶tn Grk “a man of noble birth” or “a man of noble status” (L&N 87.27).

⁷sn Note that the receiving of the kingdom takes place in the far country. This suggests that those in the far country recognize and acknowledge the king when his own citizens did not want him as king (v. 14; cf. John 1:11-12).

⁸sn The background to this story about the nobleman who went…to receive for himself a kingdom had some parallels in the area’s recent history: Archelaus was appointed ethnarch of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea in 4 b.c., but the people did not like him. Herod the Great also made a similar journey to Rome where he was crowned King of Judea in 40 b.c., although he was not able to claim his kingdom until 37 b.c.

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