Verse 12
A certain nobleman . This parable is peculiar to Luke. The point of it was that Herod the Great and his son Archelaus ( App-109 ) had actually gone from Jericho (where the parable was spoken; and where the latter had just rebuilt his palace. Josephus, Antiquities xvii. 13,1) to Rome to receive the sovereignty (see Josephus, Antiquities xiv. 14. 3,4; xvii 9 4). Herod Antipas ( App-109 ) subsequently did the same thing (Josephus, Antiquities xviii. 7:2).
nobleman = a man ( App-123 .) high born. Greek eugenes. Elsewhere only in Acts 17:11 . 1 Corinthians 1:26 .
into = unto. Greek. eis. App-104 . As in verses: Luke 19:30 , Luke 19:45 ; not in verses: Luke 19:4 , Luke 19:23 .
far = distant.
a kingdom = his sovereignty, or sovereign power.
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