13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’ 12 Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. Luke 19:11-27 New King James Version (NKJV)ġ1 Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. At any rate, it was very near to “Palm Sunday.”Īccording to the notes in my Bible, a mina was about three months’ worth of wages, and a talent was worth about $1,000 in that day. Or that it was 2 days before preparations for Passover begin (inspecting lambs for blemishes, collecting wood for the cooking of the lambs, etc.), but 6 days before the actual sit-down celebration. I’m not a Bible scholar, but perhaps it was 2 days before the Passover meal that Jesus shared with his disciples (The Last Supper), but 6 days before the actual Passover, when Jesus was crucified. On the timeline of events, John says this was 6 days before the Passover, but Luke and Matthew say it was 2 days before. Judas, you might remember was the treasurer of the Twelve, and according to John 12:6, “was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag, he used to help himself to what was put in it”. John also tells us that Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son protested the waste. This is the supper where a woman (John 12:3 says she was Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus) came and poured an alabaster flask of costly perfume on His head, worth almost a year’s wages. So, the events coming soon after this moment on the timeline were…Īll of this would happen in the coming few days.Īs Jesus went through Bethany, Matthew and Mark tell us He shared a meal with Simon the leper (who was the father of Judas Escariot), and John tells us that Lazarus was there, and that Martha served (perhaps they were relatives or close neighbors?). We celebrate the Triumphal Entry as Palm Sunday, and the next Sunday of course is Easter. Jericho to Jerusalem Map Click on the link below for the Free Printable coloring page Mark 11 says Jesus and his disciples were near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, when two disciples were sent to retrieve a colt for Jesus’ Triumphal Entry, so we know the timing was Jesus last week of life on this earth. Looking at the map below we can see exactly where Jesus was. Luke says that Jesus told the parable of the minas when He was “near Jerusalem.” Matthew has this parable as part of the “Olivet Discourse” given to His disciples on the Mount of Olives. At Jericho Jesus healed a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, and had also gone to the house of Zacchaeus, a rich tax collector who climbed up in a tree to see Him as He passed by. Jesus was with His disciples in the last days of His life, and coming from Jericho, where a large crowd had been following.
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