Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Luke 23:43
Paradise; the place and state of blessedness.
Paradise; the place and state of blessedness.
LUKE 23:43 auvtw|/ Pious fancy was especially active concerning the story of the penitent robber. In order to make certain that the reader may know to which of the two robbers the words of Jesus were...
Verse 43. _TO-DAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE._] _Marcion_ and the _Manichees_ are reported to have left this verse out of their copies of this evangelist. This saying of our Lord is justly con...
TODAY ... - It is not probable that the dying thief expected that his prayer would be so soon answered. It is rather to be supposed that he looked to some “future” period when the Messiah would rise o...
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...
I SAY UNTO, THEE, TO DAY. "I say unto thee to day". TO DAY. Connect this with "I say", to emphasize the solemnity of the occasion; not with "shalt thou be". See the Hebraism in note on Deuteronomy 4:2...
_To day_ An unexpected boon, for the crucified often lingered in agony for more than two days. _To day shalt thou be with me in paradise Paradeisos_is derived from the Persian word _Pardes,_meaning a...
THE PENITENT ROBBER...
ΣΉΜΕΡΟΝ. An unexpected boon,—for the crucified often lingered in agony for more than two days. ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΠΑΡΑΔΕΊΣΩΙ. παράδεισος is derived from the Persian word _Pardes_, meaning a king’s garden or plea...
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...
ΠΑΡΆΔΕΙΣΟΣ (G3857) рай; персидское слово, которое обозначает огороженный парк или сад. В иудаизме оно стало обозначать место обитания искупленных с момента смерти до воскресения (TDNT; SB, 2:264-69; D...
DISCOURSE: 1587 OUR LORD’S ANSWER TO THE PENITENT THIEF Luke 23:42. _And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-d...
TO-DAY THOU SHALT BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.— Bos has shewn that this expression, _thou shalt be with me,_ μετ εμου εση — was the language used when inviting guests to an entertainment; and the word _par...
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 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM. To the taunt of the other criminal He answered nothing; but a response to this w...
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...
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
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....
TO-DAY, etc.] (peculiar to Lk). 'The grace granted is more abundant than the prayer. For his prayer was that the Lord would be mindful of him when He should have come into His kingdom. But the Lord sa...
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...
TO DAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE. — We have first to consider the word, then the thought expressed by it. The former first appears as a Persian word applied to land enclosed as a park or garde...
σήμερον : to be connected with what follows, not with λέγω = _to-day_, as opposed to a boon expected at some future time (which makes for the reading ἐν τῇ β. in Luke 23:42). Or the point may be: this...
_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 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in (i) paradise. (i) God made the visible paradise in the eastern part of the world: but that which we behold with the ey...
I say to thee: This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise; i.e. in a place of rest with the souls of the just. The construction is not, I say to thee this day, &c., but, thou shalt be with me this day...
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
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...
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)....
"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...
_THE SECOND WORD FROM THE CROSS_ ‘Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise.’ Luke 23:43 The dying thief desired to be near the Lord. I. HIS IS NO FRAGMENT OF REPENTANCE; IT...
43._Verily I tell thee. _Though Christ had not yet made a public triumph over death, still he displays the efficacy and fruit of his death in the midst of his humiliation. And in this way he shows tha...
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 JESUS SAID UNTO HIM,.... Jesus immediately answered him, though he said not one word to the other that railed at him, or to the multitude that abused him; and promised him more than he asked for,...
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Ver. 43. _Verily I say unto thee_] See the infinite love of Christ to penitent sinners, in that when he hung...
_Jesus said_ In answer to his prayer; _Verily I say unto thee_ I, the Amen, the faithful Witness, give thee assurance, _This day thou shalt be with me in paradise_ As if he had said, I will not only r...
AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE, TODAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE. During the first hour of the excruciating agony of the crucifixion, both malefactors had joined the surging th...
The penitent malefactor:...
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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Tertullian On Repentance to his own paradise,[116] The Narrative of Joseph And the robber having thus spoken, Jesus says to him: Amen, amen; I say to thee, Demas, that to-day thou shalt be with me...
Luke 23:43 And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you...
‘And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your Kingly Rule.” And he said to him, “Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.” ' And then he turned to Jesus. To his memory prob...
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...
Luke 23:43. VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE. A Divine assurance in response to faith. TODAY, _i.e.,_ before that day ended. The Roman Catholics, to sustain the doctrine of purgatory, join this with ‘I say unt...
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...
TODAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE (Σημερον μετ' εμου εση εν τω παραδεισω). However crude may have been the robber's Messianic ideas Jesus clears the path for him. He promises him immediate and...
VERILY As to "paradise". Compare (Luke 16:23). (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 16:23). _ One thief was saved, that none need despair; but only one, that none should presume....
Luke 23:42 I. We see here an illustration of the Cross in its power of drawing men to itself, II. We have here the Cross as pointing to and foretelling the kingdom. III. Here is the Cross as reveal...
Luke 23:43 I. There was something of prophecy even in the word _today._For crucifixion ended not, commonly, with the twelve hours, or the twenty-four; it was protracted often, in its horrors and its a...
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...
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 23:27. _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...
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...
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;...
_And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, This day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise._ That is, in a place of pleasure where thou mayest be in the beatitude and beatific vision of God, _i.e._...
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....
_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 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:16; 2 Corinthians 12:4; 2 Corinthians 5:8;...
In Paradise [π α ρ α δ ε ι σ ω]. Originally an enclosed park, or pleasure - ground. Xenophon uses it of the parks of the Persian kings and nobles. "There (at Celaenae) Cyrus had a palace and a great p...
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...
In paradise — The place where the souls of the righteous remain from death till the resurrection. As if he had said, I will not only remember thee then, but this very day....
Did Christ err when He told the thief on the cross that he would be in paradise the day Christ died? PROBLEM: If Christ did not go to heaven until at least three days after His death, how can the thi...
These words are our Saviour's gracious answer to the penitent thief's humble prayer, LORD, REMEMBER ME IN THY KINGDOM, says the thief; TODAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN MY KINGDOM, says our Saviour. Whe...