Luke 19:11-27
The occasion of our Lord speaking the parable before us, is clear and plain. It was intended to correct the false expectations of the disciples on the subject of Christ’s kingdom. It was a prophetical sketch of things present and things to come, which ought to raise solemn thoughts in the minds of all professing Christians.
We see, for one thing, in this parable, the present position of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is compared to “a certain nobleman, who went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.”