And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
His friends were entirely mistaken about what kingdom He would set up. They thought their Master would march into Jerusalem with temporal power and pomp, seize the throne straightaway, and reign like any earthly king. But He must go to heaven first, to the right hand of the Father, before His kingdom appears. Even good men muddle the nature of Christ's reign.
AI summary
Commenting on Luke 19:11-27
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank,.... Or "on the table", at which the bankers sat, and received and delivered money on interest. The Complutensian edition reads, "to the tablers", or "bankers": had Christ been such a person as he represents him, he ought to have been the more diligent, and made the greater use of his gifts, since he knew that...
Verse 22. Out of thine own mouth. By your own statement, or your own views of my character. If you knew that this was my character, and knew that I would be rigid, firm, and even severe, it would have been the part of wisdom in you to have made the best use of the money in your power; but as you knew my character...