Luke 19:19

19 "So he said to this one also, "`And you, be the governor of five towns.'

Luke 19:19 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:19

And he said likewise to him
He commended him as a good and faithful servant, though this is not expressed; and added,

be thou over five cities;
which does not denote any inequality of glory in Christ's ministers, who will all shine as the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever; at least, there will be no inequality in the ultimate state of happiness, when all the saints shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father, whatever there may be in the kingdom state, or in Christ's personal reign with his saints on earth. The above learned writer would have this passage compared with ( Isaiah 19:18 ) .

Luke 19:19 In-Context

17 "`Well done, good servant,' he replied; `because you have been faithful in a very small matter, be in authority over ten towns.'

18 "The second came, and said, "`Your pound, Sir, has produced five pounds.'

19 "So he said to this one also, "`And you, be the governor of five towns.'

20 "The next came. "`Sir,' he said, `here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.

21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'