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. 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.