{To take to himself a kingdom} (labein heaut(9369)
basileian). Second aorist active infinitive of lamban(935c) with
the dative reflexive heaut(9369) 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.