Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." — Luke 19:26-27 (ASV)
For I say, and so on. These are the words of the nobleman declaring the principles on which he would distribute the rewards of his kingdom.
But those mine enemies. By the punishment of those who did not want him to reign over them is signified the ruin that would come upon the Jewish nation for rejecting the Messiah, and also upon all sinners for not receiving him as their king. See Barnes on the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14 and following).