Luke 19:19

19 And he said likewise to him, `Be thou also 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 unto him, `Well done, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.'

18 And the second came, saying, `Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.'

19 And he said likewise to him, `Be thou also over five cities.'

20 And another came, saying, `Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin.

21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layest not down, and reapest what thou did not sow.'