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Luke
Chapter
19
{Jesus
and Zacchaeus}
19:1``And,
He {Jesus}, entering,
kept
on passing through Jericho.
19:2``And,
behold {pay attention}
{there
was} a man with a name called Zacchaeus . . .
who
was a chief tax collector {architelones}
and
was rich.
19:3``And
he kept on desiring
to
perceive/'get a look at' who Jesus was . . .
and
he absolutely could not {ouk} 'see over the crowd'
because
he kept on being 'a short man'/'of little stature'.
19:4``And,
having run up ahead,
he
climbed up into a sycamore tree to maybe see Him . . .
because
He {Jesus} was about to pass that way.
19:5``And
Jesus, having come to that place,
looking
. . . seeing him . . . and said face to face with him,
"Zacchaeus,
come down quickly {an order},
because
I must stay at your house today."
19:6``And,
making haste, he came down
and
'received Him as a guest' {hupodechomai}
joyfully/'rejoicing
exceedingly' {chairo}.
{Note: Remember tax collectors were social pariahs. Jesus might have been the first to stay at his house as a guest!}
19:7``And,
having seen this,
they
all together kept on indignantly complaining . . . saying,
"He
has gone in to be the 'traveling guest' {kataluo}
of
a 'noble man' {aner} . . . who is a sinner {hamartolos}."
{Note: Aner is the word used in the bible usually for mankind in the sense of being more noble - like a good husband is referred to as aner instead of anthropos. God the Holy Spirit inspired Luke to use this Greek word for us to understand that Zacchaeus had a nobility, even though he is a sinner (and who is not other than Jesus?) }
19:8``
But Zacchaeus, having come to a standstill . . .
said
to the Lord,
"Look,
Lord
{indicating Zacchaeus was a believer-and an explanation for 'aner'},
half
of that which I am possessing
I
give to the poor.
And
if {ei} - and it is true {1st class condition} -
I
have 'exacted money wrongly' {sukophanteo},
I
am paying back four times as much!"
{Note: This is another explanation for 'aner'. He understands Divine Viewpoint and this is the correct method to handle a thief. He should be required to pay back the victim four times what he took from him!}
19:9``Now
Jesus said face to face with him,
"Today
salvation has come to this household . . .
since
he too is a son of Abraham.
{Note: Abraham was not born a Jew. He became a Jew in his 90's when he was circumcised. This verse is telling us that to be a son of Abraham is not by physical birth, but by spiritual rebirth. Zacchaeus believed in Jesus Christ and called Him Lord. At the point of faith, the righteousness of God is imputed to the believer and that is salvation.}
10~~"For
the Son of Man has come to seek
and
to save that which was lost {apollumi}."
{Note: When Adam sinned, 'the sin of the father' is passed from father to child in every human who is born. It is that one sin that condemns each of us - and we were all 'lost' - unable to redeem ourselves, unless someone qualified would take all sins to Himself and be judged as a substitute for us. That is why the 2nd Member of the Godhead had to agree to 'humble' Himself to take the form of a man, set aside His divine attributes for the period of the 1st incarnation - relying solely on the filling of God the Holy Spirit as a prototype for us - and go to the cross without ever committing one personal sin himself (first He had to be born of a virgin, so the 'sin of the father' would not be passed to Him from His human father).}
{The
Parable of the Ten Minas}
19:11``But
they, having listened to these things,
in
addition to what He previously said,
He
{Jesus} was telling a parable . . .
because
He was near to Jerusalem . . .
and
because they were of the opinion that
the
kingdom of God was about to appear immediately.
19:12``Therefore
He {Jesus} said,
"A
certain aristocrat/'noble man'
{eugenes anthropos - either a man with noble characteristics and
or of a noble family line}
journeyed
{poreuomai} into a distant country
{poreuomai - same word Jesus used to tell new believers to imitate
Him and "continue on life's journey"}
to
receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
{Note: Jesus Himself is this Noble Man. He humbled Himself to go to take the form of a man. At the 1st Advent, He won the tactical victory at the cross. At the 2nd Advent, He will win the strategic victory and Satan will no longer be the ruler of the earth (which he claimed from Adam when he sinned).}
19:13``Now,
summoning ten of his slaves {Israel as client nation},
he
{the noble aristocrat}
gave
them ten minas/'pounds in money' {mna}
{mna - a weight and sum of money equal to 100 drachmae}
and
said face to face with them,
'Conduct
business with these {pragmateuomai} 'until I return.'
19:14``But
His citizens {Israel} kept on hating/detesting him
and
'sent {a delegation} a message under their authority' {apostello}
after
Him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be reign over us!'
{rejection of Jesus Christ as the Messiah in the 1st Advent and
recognition that He would become the King of Kings after the
cross}
19:15``Now
it came to pass {a certain amount of time has passed}
when
he returned/'came back again'
having
received the kingdom . . .
then
he was calling to himself {these slaves}
to
whom he had given the money
{argurion - referring to logistical grace in the analogy}
for
the purpose that
he
might know
'who
had gained what in his business enterprise' {diapragmateuomai}.
19:16``So
the first one came before him saying,
'Lord,
your mina {mna}
'having
been invested in a business project
has
earned' {prosergazomai} ten minas {more}.'
{Note: This slave took what he was given {doctrine} and applied it to his experience thereby being a good and faithful ambassador for the Lord in time. The God's plan was advanced through this man imitating Christ in his day to day activities.}
19:17``
And he {the noble aristocrat} said to him,
"
'Well done' . . . 'good of intrinsic value' {agathos} slave!
Because
you have been faithful 'in a very little'/'in the lowest according
to the opinion of men' {elachistos},
be
having and holding to yourself
authority
{isthi exousia - present tense - and an order}
over
ten cities
{'the least will have the most' - the least is in the human viewpoint
of men but in the Divine Viewpoint of God - this man was faithful
and will be greatly rewarded both in time (the present tense) and
eternity future}
19:18````And,
the second one came saying,
'Lord,
your mina {mna} has gained five minas {more}.'
19:19``
So he {the noble aristocrat} said likewise to him,
'Become
you {an order} over five cities.'
{Note: The concept of 'equality' is not a divine viewpoint. There will not even be equality in heaven! You will be rewarded or not based on how you voluntarily assist God in His plan. If you allow Him to accomplish a lot through you, you will be rewarded the maximum. You do half what you could have done, and you will be rewarded half. But, don't be superficial and stupid. The real YOU is your soul! Don't be judging others! But, when you do need to discern the thinking of those you, do it based on the doctrine espoused from their souls!}
19:20``And,
'another of a different kind' {heteros} of slave
came
saying, 'Lord
{again Lord is here for two purposes - a slave would recognize
the authority of his master and call him lord - that is the day to
day meaning unbelievers would get from the parable. But Lord
also is used here to indicate this slave is also a believer - a
normal, everyday, believer who does nothing to advance the plan
of God!}
here
is your mina that I have been having and holding
hiding
away put away {for safekeeping}
in
a 'piece of cloth'/'swaddling cloth' {soudarion}.
{Note: Faith without works is dead. This type of person is a believer and will be in heaven. He does not study doctrine so he does not know HOW to do God's will. He is the type that thinks by doing what he thinks is good, will be good in the eyes of God. But how does God get the glory/credit if this man does his own will?? It is not a coincidence, what God has given him is hidden in 'swaddling cloth' that is used to bury the dead! So, after salvation, we need to study God's Viewpoint and apply it to our experiences in life (investing it so it will multiply).}
19:21``
For I kept on 'being afraid'/'revering {phobeo} you . . .
because
you are a rigid/rough/austere {austeros} man.
You
withdraw what you absolutely did not {ouk} deposit . . .
and
reap what you absolutely did not {ouk} sow.'
{Note: Phobeo - from which we get phobia - means to both fear and to respect God. So, in this parable, we have the human viewpoint (since he did not study and take in divine viewpoint). Not knowing and therefore, not truly loving his Master, this man is afraid of Him and misjudges How He operates and what He does! God is the ultimate source of ALL divine good - good of intrinsic value! And, nothing that comes outside of the filling of God the Holy spirit and the application of divine viewpoint to experience has any value at all to God!}
19:22``But,
he {the noble aristocrat} said to him,
'I
will judge you 'by your own words'
{idiom: literally 'out of your own mouth'}
you
evil/wicked {poneros} slave!
Did
you 'know in the past with results
that
last forever' {oida - pluperfect}
that
I was a rigid/rough/austere {austeros} man
withdrawing
what I didn't deposit . . .
and
reaping what I didn't sow?
{Note: This is the principal of 'no excuses'. Every human being has exactly the same opportunity for salvation. Then after salvation, each human has exactly the same opportunity to 'grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior'. If we do not grow to our personal maximum, then it is our fault, not God's!}
19:23``And,
why then didn't you put my money in the bank,
so
that, having returned, I could have collected it with interest?'
19:24``And
he said to 'those in his periphery in the past with
results
that last forever', {these are his good and faithful servants}
'Take
{an order} the mina/'pounds of money'
{represents 'logistical grace' given to him will now be removed}
from
him {his time is up - the sin unto death},
and
give it to the one who has the ten.'
19:25``And,
they said to him {the rich aristocrat},
'Lord,
he has and holds ten minas {already}!'
19:26``'I
tell you that to everyone who has . . .
{believes, takes in doctrine, and applies doctrine to his life's
experiences}
more
will be given.
But
from the one having not . . .
{fails in one or more of the above}
even
what he has
{logistical grace - air to breathe, a heart that beats, gravity, etc.}
will
be taken away {sin unto death}.
{Note: We each are given only so many minutes on this earth. When that time is up . . . by death, or rapture, or the 2nd Advent of Christ, what you have or have not done will be judged by Him.}
19:27``Moreover,
as for these same enemies of mine
who
were not desiring 'Me to be their King'/'for Me to rule over them',
bring
them here {an order}
and
slaughter them {katasphatto} in front of Me!'"
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