Luke 19:19

19 So he said to this one also, 'And you be over five cities.'

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 And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small thing, {have authority} over ten cities.'

18 And the second came, saying, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas.'

19 So he said to this one also, 'And you be over five cities.'

20 And another came, saying, 'Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man--you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!'