Luke 19:12. Therefore, with this purpose, in view of this improper expectation.

A certain nobleman. This ‘well-born' man represents the Lord Jesus; an indirect intimation of His kingly descent and dignity.

Went into a far country, etc. The journey was to the residence of the supreme authority. Archelaus, who had built a magnificent royal palace at Jericho, had made such a journey to Rome. The Lord was to go to heaven, the home of God; in the moral sense, ‘a far country.'

To return, i.e., to the kingdom, situated where the nobleman had resided. Our Lord will certainly ‘return.'

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Old Testament