Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
To take to himself a kingdom (labein eautw basileian). Second aorist active infinitive of lambanw with the dative reflexive eautw where the middle voice could have been used. Apparently this parable has the historical basis of Archelaus who actually went from Jerusalem to Rome on this very errand to get a kingdom in Palestine and to come back to it. This happened while Jesus was a boy in Nazareth and it was a matter of common knowledge.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 19:12:
Acts 17:11
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