12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. …
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. …
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-27)Our Lord Jesus is now upon his way to Jerusalem, to his last passover, when he was to suffer and die; now here we are told, I. How the expectations of his friends were raised upon this occasion: They thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear , Luke 19:11. The Pharisees expected it about this time (Luke 17:20), and, it seems, so did Christ’s own disciples; but they both had a mistake…
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