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Luke 23:41
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man hath done nothing amiss.
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man hath done nothing amiss.
DUE REWARD OF OUR DEEDS - The proper punishment for our crimes. They had been highwaymen, and it was just that they should die....
CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The son of man before Pilate and Herod. (Luke 23:1)_ 2. Pilate Yields to the People's Will; Barabbas Freed and the Son of man Condemned. (Luke 23:13) 3. The Crucifixion of the Son Of...
THE CRUCIFIXION (Mark 15:22 *, Matthew 27:33 *). LUKE 23:34. Though not found in the best MSS. (_cf._ Luke 22:43 f.), this may be a
TRIAL BEFORE PILATE AND SILENCE BEFORE HEROD (Luke 23:1-12)...
One of the criminals who were hanged kept hurling insults at Jesus. "Are you not the anointed one?" he said. "Save yourself and us." The other rebuked him. "Do you not even fear God?" he said. "For we...
RECEIVE. are receiving. OUR DEEDS. what we did. HATH DONE. did....
_we receive the due reward of our deeds_ Literally, _"we receive back things worthy of the crimes we did."_ hath done nothing amiss Literally, "_did nothing out of place_" (like our "out of the way,...
ἌΞΙΑ ΓᾺΡ ὯΝ ἘΠΡΆΞΑΜΕΝ�. Literally, “_we receive back things worthy of the crimes we did_.” ΟΥ̓ΔῈΝ ἌΤΟΠΟΝ ἜΠΡΑΞΕΝ. Literally, “_did nothing out of place_” (like our “out of the way,” i.e. nothing unusu...
THE PENITENT ROBBER...
Ver 38. And the superscription also was written over him in the letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39. And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, s...
ΜΕΝ... ΔΈ (G3303; G1161) с одной стороны... с другой стороны, ΔΙΚΑΊΩΣ (G1346) _adv._ справедливо, ΈΠΡΆΞΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 23:15. ΆΠΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G618
AND WE INDEED JUSTLY;— The faith of the penitent thief has something very remarkable in it; for he had conceived just sentiments both of his own conduct, and of Christ's character. It is a strong proo...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Impaled (Luke 23:26-49) 26 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Je...
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. AND WE INDEED JUSTLY; FOR WE RECEIVE THE DUE REWARD OF OUR DEEDS. Owning his crimes, and the...
26 Compare Mat_27:32; Mar_15:21; Joh_19:17. 26 Tradition has sought to surround the cross with a false glamour by making it cross-shaped, instead of a single upright stake. The word "cross" itself has...
CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF JESUS (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:23; John 19:18). See on Mt and Jn. Peculiar to Lk are three of the Seven Words from the Cross, and the incident of the Converted Thief....
TRIAL BEFORE PILATE AND HEROD. THE CRUCIFIXION AND BURIAL 1-5. The trial before Pilate begins (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:1; John 18:2
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 23 PILATE EXAMINES JESUS 23:1-7 V1 The whole group rose up and took Jesus to Pilate. V2 They began to accuse him. ‘We caught this man because he is c...
THIS MAN HATH DONE NOTHING AMISS. — The confident assertion may have rested on previous knowledge of our Lord’s life and character, or on some report that had reached him on his way to Golgotha, or on...
ἄτοπον (α pr. and τόπος): primarily out of place, unfitting, absurd, often in Plato; in later usage bearing a moral sense wrong, wicked (ἄτοπα πονηρὰ, αἰσχρὰ, Hesych.); of persons 2 Thessalonians 3:2,...
_The penitent malefactor_, peculiar to Lk. and congenial to the spirit of the Gospel of the sinful....
SAVING OTHERS BY NOT SAVING HIMSELF Luke 23:35-46 Rulers, soldiers, and malefactors all heaped their insults on the dying Lord, little realizing that they were all included in the great love which wa...
This is the story of the Cross, and, as in dealing with other Gospels, it is best read in reverent quietness and meditation. We see all the forces of evil as represented in the Jewish priests and in P...
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing (h) amiss. (h) More than he ought....
THEY REVILE HIM ON THE CROSS Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35-43; Matthew 27:39-44. “ _And passing by_, _they continued to blaspheme Him_, _wagging their heads_, _and saying_, Thou that des
We divide this piece into three parts: the way to the cross (Luke 23:26-32); the crucifixion (Luke 23:33-38); the time passed on the cross (39-46)....
3 _d. Luke 23:39-46_. Matthew and Mark ascribe the same jestings to the _two_ thieves. The partisans of harmony at any price think that they both began with blasphemy, and that one of them afterwards...
"And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. (39) And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If th...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
41._And we indeed justly. _As the reproof founded on _the condemnation _might be thought to apply to Christ, the robber here draws a distinction between the condition of Christ and that of himself and...
The Gentiles, however, are not presented in this Gospel as being voluntarily guilty. We see, no doubt, an indifference which is flagrant injustice in a case like this, and an insolence which nothing c...
AND WE INDEED JUSTLY,.... For sins committed against the law; our sentence is just, we are righteously punished: which shows that he had a true sense of sin; for where that is, there will be not only...
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. Ver. 41. See Matthew 27:38. This good thief, like the olive tree, bore fruit late, but great st...
_And one of the malefactors railed on him_ The word κακουργος, here rendered _malefactor_, does not always denote a _thief_, or _robber_, but was a term likewise applied to the Jewish soldiers, who we...
The crucifixion. Matthew 27:33-56....
DELIVERED TO PONTIUS PILATE (vs.1-5) It was still early morning when the Lord Jesus was brought to the judgment hall of Pilate, the Roman governor (John 18:28), for the Jews were determined to quick...
32-43 As soon as Christ was fastened to the cross, he prayed for those who crucified him. The great thing he died to purchase and procure for us, is the forgiveness of sin. This he prays for. Jesus w...
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Luke 23:41 And G2532 we G2249 indeed G3303 justly G1346 for G1063 receive G618 (G5719) reward G514 our...
‘But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this man has d...
THE KING OF THE JEWS IS DECLARED, AND THE FIRST BENEFICIARY OF THE CROSS IS REVEALED (23:34-42). If we accept Luke 23:34 as part of the text this passage opens and closes with an emphasis on the forgi...
Luke 23:41. AND WE INDEED JUSTLY, etc. He speaks like a true penitent; for the connection with the last verse involves a reference to _God's_ justice. Too many forget it under the shadow of the cross!...
Luke 23:39-43. THE PENITENT ROBBER. Peculiar to Luke. John makes no allusion to the conduct of the malefactors, while Matthew and Mark intimate that both scoffed at our Lord. While those accounts may...
Among the peculiarities of Luke's description we notice particularly the scene on the way to Calvary (Luke 23:27-32), and the story of the penitent robber (Luke 23:39-43). Both of these accord with th...
NOTHING AMISS (ουδεν ατοπον). Nothing out of place (α privative, τοπος, place). Old word, three times in the N.T. (Luke 23:44; Acts 28:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:2). This can only mean that this robber ac...
Luke 23:27. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep fo...
Luke 23:1 , _And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him saying, We found this_ Put in what word you like villains scoundrel our translators could not...
Luke 23:27. _And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him._ Their best Friend, the Healer of their sick, the Lover of their children, was about...
We have often read the story of our Saviour's sufferings; but we cannot read it too often. Let us, therefore, once again repair to «the place which is called Calvary.» As we just now sang, «Come, let...
CONTENTS: Jesus before Pilate and Herod. Barabbas released and Jesus condemned. The cricifixion and entombment. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pilate, Caesar, Herod, Barabbas, Simon, two thieves, Joseph. CONCLUS...
Luke 23:12. _The same day Pilate and Herod were made friends._ This occurrence is quoted in Acts 4:27, as an accomplishment of the prophecy in the second psalm. Luke 23:22. He said to them the third t...
THE OTHER ONE, HOWEVER. This one has a "change of heart," and rebukes his fellow criminal. Alford (Greek Testament) mentions that some feel this penitent criminal was a disciple of Christ. If he was,...
THEY TOOK JESUS AWAY. The most complete notes on the Crucifixion are found in Matthew 27:32-56. A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE FOLLOWED HIM. This shows that Jesus had a lot of sympathizers in Jerusalem. WOME...
_And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him_ THE IMPENITENT MALEFACTOR I. THIS MAN’S TREATMENT OF CHRIST suggests several things for our consideration. “He railed on Him.” 1. What i...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 23:39 This material occurs only in Luke. HANGED is a synonym for “crucified” (see Acts 5:30; also...
Jesus is led away to be crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-22;...
CHAPTER 23 VER. 39. _And one of the malefactors which were hanged_ (this one, according to tradition, hung on the left hand of Christ) _railed_ _on Him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us....
_And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds._ This was an act of profound and public confession, contrition, and repentance, by which he expiated his former sins. _But this man h...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 23:32.—MALEFACTORS.—Called by St. Matthew and St. Mark “robbers.” Probably they were insurgents against Roman rule, who had been more like brigands than patriots. Luke 23:33. CA...
EXPOSITION LUKE 23:1 _The trial before Pilate_:_ First examination._ LUKE 23:1 AND THE WHOLE MULTITUDE OF THEM AROSE, AND LED HIM UNTO PILATE. The Sanhedrin had now formally condemned Jesus to dea...
And the whole multitude of them arose, and they led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and sayi...
1 John 1:8; 1 John 1:9; 1 Peter 1:19; 2 Chronicles 33:12; Daniel 9:4;...
Receive. Are receiving would be better. Amiss [α τ ο π ο ν]. Lit., out of place, and so strange, eccentric, perverse; as in 2 Thessalonians 3:2, where it is rendered unreasonable. The expression here...
THE CRUCIFIXION Luke 23:33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We feel it would not be fitting for us to study the scenes of the Cross itself, without spending a few moments in considering Christ's Gethsemane exper...