Luke 19
EdwardsLuke 19:12
Luke 19:12. “He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.” Such a representation in this parable was the more familiar to the Jews because this had actually been the case with their late princes, Herod, Archelaus, etc. They, in order to receive their kingdom, left Judea for a season, and went into a far country - to Rome - to be invested with the kingdom by the Roman emperors, and then returned invested and in the exercise of their royal authority. So Christ went into a far country, and a greater city than Rome, to be invested with the kingdom over the Jews and over mankind in this world, His own country, by One infinitely greater than the Roman emperors.
Luke 19:14
Luke 19:14. “But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.” They sent this message to that superior Potentate that was to invest Him.
Luke 19:17
Luke 19:17. “And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.” For now the nobleman was returned with kingly authority over the whole country, and had power to dispose of the government of cities.