Luke 19 · Verse 14

Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Luke 19:14, King James Version

Luke 19:14 in other translations

BSBBut his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
WEBBut his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’
ASVBut his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
YLTand his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.
DARBYBut his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.
BBEBut his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.
WebsterBut his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

What does Luke 19:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. his citizens--His proper subjects; meaning the Jews, who expressly repudiating our Lord's claims said, "We have no king but Cæsar" (Joh 19:15). In Christendom, these correspond to infidel rejecters of Christianity, as distinguished from professed Christians.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 14. But his citizens. His subjects, or the people whom he was desirous of ruling.

Hated him. On account of his character, and their fear of oppression. This was, in fact, the case with regard to Archelaus, the Jewish prince, who went to Rome to be confirmed in his kingdom.

Sent a message, saying, &c. His discontented subjects, fearing what would be the character of his reign, sent an embassy to remonstrate against his being appointed as the ruler. This actually took place. Archelaus went to Rome to obtain from Augustus a confirmation of his title to reign over that part of Judea which had been left him by his father, Herod the Great. The Jews, knowing his character (comp. Mt 2:22 sent an embassy of fifty to Rome, to prevail on Augustus not to confer the title on him, but they could not succeed. He received the kingdom, and reigned in Judea in the place of his father. As this fact was fresh in the memory of the Jews, it makes this parable much more striking. By this part of it Christ designed to denote that the Jews would reject him --the Messiah, and would say that they did not desire him to reign over them. See Jn 1:11. So it is true of all sinners that they do not wish Jesus to reign over them, and, if it were possible, would cast him off, and never submit to his reign.

(n) "his citizens" Jn 1:11, 15:18

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 His citizens - Or countrymen - the Jewish people, who professed to be subjects of the kingdom of God. Hated him - Despised him for the meanness of his birth, his crucifixion to the world, and for the holiness of his doctrine. Neither mortification nor holiness suits the dispositions of the carnal mind. Sent a message after him - As, in Luk 19:12, there is an allusion to a person's going to Rome, when elected to be ruler of a province or kingdom, to receive that dignity from the hand of the emperor, so it is here intimated that, after the person went to receive this dignity, some of the discontented citizens took the opportunity to send an embassy to the emperor, to prevent him from establishing the object of their hatred in the government. We will not have this man, etc. - The Jews rejected Jesus Christ, would not submit to his government, and, a short time after this, preferred even a murderer to him. Like cleaves to like. No wonder that those who murdered the Lord of glory should prefer a murderer, one of their own temper, to the Redeemer of their souls.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 19:11-27

This parable is like that of the talents, Mt 25. Those that are called to Christ, he furnishes with gifts needful for their business; and from those to whom he gives power, he expects service. The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal, 1Co 12:7. And as every one has received the gift, so let him minister the same, 1Pe 4:10. The account required, resembles that in the parable of the…

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Luke 19:14 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οἱhoi<the>G3588
δὲdeButG1161
πολῖταιpolitaithe citizensG4177
αὐτοῦautouof himG846
ἐμίσουνemisounwere hatingG3404
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀπέστειλανapesteilansentG649
πρεσβείανpresbeiana delegationG4242
ὀπίσωopisōafterG3694
αὐτοῦautouhimG846
λέγοντες·legontessaying;G3004
οὐouNotG3756
θέλομενthelomenwe are willing [for]G2309
τοῦτονtoutonthis [man]G3778
βασιλεῦσαιbasileusaito reignG936
ἐφ᾽eph᾽overG1909
ἡμᾶς.hēmasus.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 19:14

  • 1 Samuel 8:7

    And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

  • Acts 7:51-52

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  • Acts 3:14-15

    But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

  • Luke 19:27

    But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  • John 15:18

    If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

  • John 15:23-24

    He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

  • John 1:11

    He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

  • Psalms 2:1-3

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

  • Zechariah 11:8

    Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

  • Acts 4:27-28

    For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

  • Isaiah 49:7

    Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
27; 1Sa 8:7; Ps 2:1-3; Isa 49:7; Zec 11:8; Joh 1:11; 15:18,23,24
Ac 3:14,15; 4:27,28; 7:51,52

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Context

  • Luke 19:13

    And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

  • Luke 19:14

    But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

  • Luke 19:15

    And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

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Luke 19:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Empero sus ciudadanos le aborrecían, y enviaron tras de él una embajada, diciendo: No queremos que éste reine sobre nosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Or ses concitoyens le haïssaient; et ils envoyèrent après lui une ambassade, disant: Nous ne voulons pas que celui-ci règne sur nous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seine Bürger aber haßten ihn und schickten eine Gesandtschaft hinter ihm her und sagten: Wir wollen nicht, daß dieser über uns herrsche.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cives autem ejus oderant eum: et miserunt legationem post illum, dicentes: Nolumus hunc regnare super nos.