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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 Act_17:11. 1Co_1:26.
into = unto. Greek. eis. App-104. As in verses: Luk_19:30, Luk_19:45; not in verses: Luk_19:4, Luk_19:23.
far = distant.
a kingdom = his sovereignty, or sovereign power.