He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country - said to put down the notion that He was just on His way to set up His kingdom, and to inaugurate it by His personal presence.
To receive for himself a kingdom - to be invested with royalty; as when Herod went to Rome and was there made king: a striking expression of what our Lord went away for and received, "sitting down at the right hand of the majesty on high."
And to return - at His Second coming.