Luke 19:17 — Community Reflections

LUKE 19:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.”

Well done, my good servant! his master replied. Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities — well done, my good servant: the commendation. Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter: the mina is a small trust. Take charge of ten cities: the expanded stewardship proportionate to the faithfulness. The kingdom's reward is greater responsibility.

Church Fathers on Luke 19:17

There were some who thought that our Savior’s kingdom would commence at His first coming, and they were expecting it shortly to appear when He was preparing to go up to Jerusalem; so astonished were they by the divine miracles which He did. He therefore informs them, that He should not receive the kingdom from His Father until He had left mankind to go to His Father.
Eusebius of Caesarea · 4th century

The Lord points out the vanity of their imaginations, for the senses cannot embrace the kingdom of God; He also plainly shows to them, that as God He knew their thoughts, putting to them the following parable, A certain nobleman, &c.
Theophylact · 11th century

This parable is intended to set before us the mysteries of Christ from the first to the last. For God was made man, who was the Word from the beginning; and though He became a servant, yet was He noble because of His unspeakable birth from the Father.
Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

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