He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
12. A certain nobleman. Matthew interweaves this parable with others, without attending to the order of time; but, as his intention was, in the twenty-second chapter, to make a collection of Christ’s latest discourses, readers ought not to trouble themselves greatly with the inquiry which of them was delivered on the first, or the second, or the third day within that short period.
His friends were entirely mistaken about what kingdom He would set up. They thought their Master would march into Jerusalem with temporal power and pomp, seize the throne straightaway, and reign like any earthly king. But He must go to heaven first, to the right hand of the Father, before His kingdom appears. Even good men muddle the nature of Christ's reign.
AI summary
Commenting on Luke 19:11-27
And he called his ten servants,.... By whom are meant, not all mankind; for though these are all his servants of right, yet not in fact; nor the elect of God, who are called by grace; for though these are the servants of Christ, and are peculiarly his, yet all that received the pound were not such, for one of them was a wicked man...