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The belief that Luke 19:27 refers to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD is not exclusive to full preterism. For example, John Gill, a historic premillennialist, saw this verse fulfilled in the Roman judgment on the Jews. So let’s avoid that strawman argument. the surrounding context of Luke...

Importing your presupposed eschatological view onto the parable, while ignoring the surrounding context, is literally the definition of eisegesis. How does that not make me think that? Because the events of the parable in regards to the citizens rejecting the nobleman as king and their...

My post #120 was a response to Scott downey’s post #115, in which Scott Downey used the parable of the Mina’s, specifically vs 27, to demonstrate that the nobleman slays ALL his enemies in general. THAT’S why I’m focusing on that specific aspect of the parable and not the rewards……I disagreed it...

Wow, ok let’s add strawman to list of fallacies you’ve already used. Discussing one part of the parable (the citizens rejecting the nobleman as king and their subsequent slaughter) and how it should be understood in light of of the surrounding context (Jesus’ triumphal entry where the kingdom...

You are conflating thematic elements (like rewards) with narrative context, which is a misuse of the term context. Context doesn’t mean “one part of the parable that supports my interpretation.” It refers to the surrounding narrative material, historical setting, audience, and literary flow in...

It’s unfortunate it took you multiple posts of not addressing the context to realize you were wasting your time.

Why should I take you seriously if you are always claiming context is important, but now keep shifting and deflecting when pressed about context? Why would the surrounding context of the Jesus’ arrival to Jerusalem and the kingdom not immediately manifesting, but instead the Pharisees reject...

I asked first, answer mine, then I’ll answer yours. Doesn’t answer my question- does the surrounding context mention the slaughter of gentiles?

According to Luke the rewards are related to :“I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him”. Unfortunately, since that’s not the main point of the parable, in Luke, according to the context, the surrounding...

Is there mention of unbelieving gentile slaughter in the surrounding context of Luke 19:11-44?

This doesn’t address the surrounding context of the parable in Luke 19

The problem with your argument, is that you are ignoring the main point of the parable, which is found in vs 11 and the surrounding context of 28-41. The reason Jesus tells this parable is because the crowd that was following him to Jerusalem, thought that the kingdom was to manifest...

I never said that rewards for believers were not part of the parable. My argument was that the rewards for believers were not the main point of the parable based on the surrounding context, IN LUKE. The main point is clearly stated in vs 11: the kingdom was not to immediately manifest upon his...

so the context surrounding the parable in Luke 19, doesn’t mention the reason the parable is given is because Jesus’ followers thought the kingdom would manifest immediately? So the context surrounding the parable doesn’t include the Pharisees rejecting Christ as king, and Jesus declaring that...

Address the context of Luke 19, then maybe I’ll look closer at the dozen other verses you posted that weren’t Luke 19