Luke 19

Jesus

Jesus — 'Jehovah saves'

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Luke 19:1–9

Zacchaeus climbs a tree just to see who Jesus is, and Jesus calls him by name and comes to his home. When Jesus, whose name means salvation, enters the house, salvation comes to it and Zacchaeus changes his life.

How we know: the verse itself names Him · the chapter heading names Him

• the same title in Matthew 1:21 — Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Son of Man who seeks and saves the lost

Son of Man — the Son of Man of Holiness, the Father (Moses 6:57)

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10

Jesus states His whole mission in one line. He claims the work Jehovah promised in Ezekiel, to seek the lost Himself.

How we know: the verse itself names Him · the chapter heading names Him · a Church study aid lists it

• alludes to Ezekiel 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away.
• alludes to Luke 15:4-6 — The shepherd who goes after the lost sheep until he finds it.

The nobleman who receives a kingdom and returns

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. Luke 19:11–27

Because people thought the kingdom would appear at once, Jesus pictures Himself as a nobleman who goes away to receive a kingdom and will come back. His servants must work faithfully until He returns, and He will judge both servants and those who rejected His reign.

How we know: the chapter heading names Him

• alludes to Daniel 7:13-14 — One like the Son of man is given dominion, glory and a kingdom.
• fulfilled by John 19:15 — The chief priests answer, 'We have no king but Caesar.'
• fulfilled by Acts 1:9-11 — He is taken up and will come again in like manner.

The King riding the colt

And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, Luke 19:29–36

Jesus calls Himself 'the Lord' and rides into Jerusalem on an unbroken colt, fulfilling Zechariah's prophecy of the lowly King. Spreading garments before Him is how Israel once proclaimed a new king.

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• fulfils Zechariah 9:9 — Thy King cometh unto thee ... lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• typified by 1 Kings 1:33-35 — Solomon, son of David, rides David's own mule to be anointed king.
• alludes to 2 Kings 9:13 — The captains spread their garments under Jehu and proclaimed him king.
• the same event in John 12:14-15 — John cites the prophecy: thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

The King that cometh in the name of the Lord

And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Luke 19:37–38

The disciples hail Jesus as the promised King with the words of Psalm 118. Their 'glory in the highest' echoes the angels' song at His birth.

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• quotes Psalm 118:26 — Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD.
• alludes to Luke 2:14 — The angels at His birth: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace.
• the same event in Matthew 21:9 — Hosanna to the Son of David.
• the same event in John 12:13 — Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Even the stones would testify of Him

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. Luke 19:39–40

When told to silence His disciples, Jesus says creation itself would cry out to proclaim Him. All things bear record of Him (Moses 6:63).

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• alludes to Habakkuk 2:11 — The stone shall cry out of the wall.

The time of thy visitation

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Luke 19:41–44

Jesus weeps over Jerusalem because it did not recognize that God had come to visit and redeem it in Him. That missed visitation is why He foretells the city's fall.

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• alludes to Luke 1:68 — Zacharias: he hath visited and redeemed his people.
• alludes to Luke 1:78 — The dayspring from on high hath visited us.

The Lord who comes to His temple

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Luke 19:45–46

Jesus quotes Jehovah's words, 'mine house,' as His own while He cleanses the temple. As the premortal Jehovah, the temple truly is His house, and He comes to it as Malachi foretold.

How we know: the chapter heading names Him

• quotes Isaiah 56:7 — Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
• quotes Jeremiah 7:11 — Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers?
• fulfils Malachi 3:1 — The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple.
• the same event in Matthew 21:12-13 — Matthew's account of the cleansing.