Luke 20:27

[nick garai]

I read this verse recently and thought wow this cannot be Jesus speaking. Can anyone please comment on this verse regarding His character It almost sounds like something out of the Koran.

Here is the verse:

"But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them - bring them here and kill them in front of me." Luke 19:27

PS: I made a mistake. The verse is Luke 19:27 not 20:27. Sorry

 

[Qyöt27]

Because it's not Jesus speaking; it's a parable, and the king in the parable is speaking. Further, some of those details are only present in the Luke version of the parable, and not the version in Matthew. And interpretations of the circumstances and meaning vary: some have suggested it's an allusion referring to Herod Archelaus.

 

[Bobthemotorcycle]

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[JojotheBeloved]

There could potentially be a correlation between the parable and the next story. Context makes a big difference in interpreting the Bible.

The greater context of the chapter has this parable in between a story about Jesus going to Zacchaeus' house and a story about Jesus riding into Jerusalem. At the end of the Jerusalem story, it says,

Luke 19:41-44 "As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”