Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 19:27
Luke 19:27. But those mine enemies, &c. Having thus inquired into the conduct of his servants, and treated them according to the different use they made of what had been intrusted with them, he then proceeded to pass sentence on his rebellious citizens, who had refused to have him for their king; and with a just resentment of their base ingratitude, he commanded them to be brought thither immediately, and slain in his presence, that others might learn a more dutiful submission by the... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 19:26-27
For I say ... - These are the words of the “nobleman” declaring the principles on which he would distribute the rewards of his kingdom.But those mine enemies - By the punishment of those who would not that he should reign over them is denoted the ruin that was to come upon the Jewish nation for rejecting the Messiah, and also upon all sinners for not receiving him as their king. See the notes at the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:0. read more