Luke Chapter 19 verse 12 Holy Bible
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.
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He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.
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He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - He said therefore, A certain noblemen went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. There was a singular fitness in the Master's choice of a framework for his parable, which at first sight would seem strange and unreal. Two nobles, Herod and Archelaus, in that age had literally gone from Jericho, where the Speaker of the parable-story then was, to a far country across the sea - to Rome, to receive a kingdom from Caesar (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 14:14; 17:9). And one of these two nobles, Archelaus, had rebuilt the stately royal palace of Jericho, under the very shadow of which the Speaker and the crowds were perhaps standing.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) A certain nobleman went into a far country.--See Notes on Matthew 25:14-30, with which the parable that follows has many obvious points of resemblance. There are, however, many noticeable differences in detail. At the outset we have the new feature of the nobleman going "into a far country to receive a kingdom." This had an obvious starting-point in the recent history of Judaea. Both the Tetrarch Antipas and Archelaus, on the death of their father, had gone to Rome to submit their claims to the kingdom to the decision of Augustus (Jos. Ant. xvii. 9, ?? 3, 4). The Greek for "nobleman" is not the same as in John 4:46, where the word means a "king's officer." Here it is simply a "man of noble family." In the interpretation of the parable we may see a prophetic announcement by our Lord of His own departure to the "far country," that lay behind the veil, to receive His Kingdom, and of His subsequent return.