Luke 23:1
MULTITUDE. Greek. _plethos_. number (not _ochlos_. crowd). In the usage of the _Papyri_ it denotes an assembly. UNTO. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDE. Greek. _plethos_. number (not _ochlos_. crowd). In the usage of the _Papyri_ it denotes an assembly. UNTO. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE FOUND. _As_ the result of our examination. PERVERTING. agitating. Not the same word as in Luke 23:14. Compare Luke 9:41. CHRIST. Messiah. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASKED. questioned. THE KING. Pilate using the Art., as THOUGH implying hisbelief. THOU SAYEST. _A_ Hebraism for. strong affirmation. Compare Luke 22:70, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. PEOPLE. crowds.. find no fault, &c. Compare Matthew 27:4. IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE THE MORE FIERCE. kept insisting. Greek. _epischuo._ Occurs only here in N.T. STIRRETH UP. instigates. Greek. _ ANAEEIO._ Stronger than "pervert "in Luke 23:2 _._ Occurs only here, and Mark 15:11. THROUGHOUT. Greek. _kata._ App-104. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. GALILEE. See App-169.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF GALILEE. Galilee [mentioned]. WHETHER. if. App-118.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNEW. got to know. Greek. _ GINOSKO._ App-132. BELONGED unto. was of. Greek. _ek._ App-104. JURISDICTION. authority. App-172. SENT. Greek. _anapempo._ App-174, only here; verses: Luke 23:11; Luke 23:15; Philemon 1:12. and (ace, to texts) Acts 25:21. AT. in Greek _en._ App-104. THAT TIME. those... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133. JESUS. App-98. DESIROUS. wishing. Greek _thelo._ App-102. OF. Greek _ek._ App-104. BECAUSE HE HAD HEARD. on account of (Greek. _dia.App-104._) his hearing. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. HOPED. was hoping (all that long time). MIRACLE. sign. See App-176.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUESTIONED. Greek. _erotao._ App-134. WORDS. Plural _of logos._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD. had stood. VEHEMENTLY. Greek. _eutonos._ Occurs only here, and Acts 18:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. Greek. _sun._ App-104. SET HIM AT NOUGHT. treated Him with contempt. mocked. See Luke 22:63. GORGEOUS. resplendent. Compare Acts 10:30; Revelation 15:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE MADE. became.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOGETHER. with (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) one another. BETWEEN. with reference to. Greek. _pros._ App-104. VERSES 13-25. Compare Matthew 27:15; Mark 15:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. PERVERTETH. turneth away. Greek _apostrepho._ Not the same word as in Luke 23:2. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. EXAMINED. Greek. _anakrino._ App-122.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO, NOR YET. nor even. LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. IS DONE. has been done. Compare Luke 23:41. UNTO HIM: i.e. by Him.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL, &c. Probably with his own hands (Compare Luke 23:22.Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15) instead of crucifying Him; with the view of releasing Him. CHASTISE. Compare Isaiah 53:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. Greek. _kata._ App-104. THE. a. Most texts omit this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL AT ONCE. all together, or in. mass. Greek. _pamplethei._ Occurs only here. BARABBAS. Aramaic (App-94.). son of. (distinguished) father. ORIGEN (A.D. 186-253) read "Jesus, Barabbas" in Matthew 27:17, the choice lying between two of the same name.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. on account of. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 23:3. SEDITION. insurrection. MADE. which had taken place. MURDER. Compare Acts 3:14. WAS. had been. into. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILLING. wishing. Greek _thelo._ App-102. SPAKE... TO. addressed. Greek. _prosphoneo._ Compare Acts 21:40; Acts 22:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRIED. kept shouting. Greek. _epiphoneo._... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. spake. evil. Greek _kakos._ App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE INSTANT. were urgent. Greek. _epikeimai,_ to press upon. Compare Luke 7:4.Judges 16:16; Acts 26:7; Romans 12:12; 2 Timothy 4:2. REQUIRING. App-134. = had power to bear down (Pilate's remonstrance).... [ Continue Reading ]
GAVE SENTENCE. pronounced sentence. Greek. _epikrino._ App-122. Occurs only here. IT, &c.. their request should be carried out.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD DESIRED. Same word as "require" in Luke 23:23. WILL. desire. Greek. _thelema._ Compare App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND _ AS,_ &c. Compare Matthew 27:31.Mark 15:20. LAID HOLD UPON. Compare Acts 16:19; Acts 17:19; Acts 18:17; Acts 21:30. OUT OF. Greek. _apo._ App-104. THE COUNTRY. a field. the cross. See App-162,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE, &c.: verses: Luke 23:27, peculiar to Luke. company multitude. BEWAILED AND LAMENTED. were beating their breasts and lamenting.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAUGHTERS, &c. Not therefore the women from Galilee of verses: Luke 23:49; Luke 23:55. Greek. _me._ App-105. FOR. on, or over. _Greek. epi._ App-104. CHILDREN. Greek. Plural of _teknon._ App-108.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Happy. See note on Matthew 5:3, and Compare Luke 11:27; Hosea 9:12. NEVER BARE. did not (Greek. _ou._ App-105) bear.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. _Greek. epi._ App-104. HILLS. Greek. Plural of _bounds._ Occurs only here and in Luke 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THEY DO. Assuming the case. App-118. DO. are doing. A GREEN TREE. the LIVING wood: i.e. the Lord. SHALL BE DONE. must happen. THE DRY. the dry [wood]: i, e. the nation.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO TWO OTHER. others also, two. OTHER. different ones. Greek. Plural of _heteros._ App-124. MALEFACTORS. evildoers. Greek. _kakourgoi._ Not _lestai =_ brigands, as in Matthew 27:38. See App-164. LED WITH HIM. The brigands were brought later.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. _Greek. epi._ App-104. CALVARY is the Greek for the Hebrew _Golgotha_. a skull. Now called "a hill". But see Conder's _Jerusalem,_ p. 80. CRUCIFIED. See App-162. ON. at. Greek. _ek._ App-104. AND THE OTHER. and one. LEFT. Greek. _aristeros._ Only here, Mat 6:3. 2 Corinthians 6:7. Not the sa... [ Continue Reading ]
FATHER. See App-98. FORGIVE THEM. The last of eight recorded occasions of prayer in Luke. See note on Luke 3:21, and compare Matthew 27:46 for the last "seven words" on the cross. Compare Isaiah 53:12. KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-1.Luke 3:2; Luke 3:11. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. DO. are doing. Comp... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLDING. looking on, or gazing at. Greek _theoreo._ App-133. Not the same word as in Luke 23:29. DERIDED. were mocking: i.e. turning up their noses at Him. Same word as in 16. is. Compare Psalms 2:4; Psalms 22:7; Psalms 35:16. OTHERS. Greek. _allos._ App-124. Not the same word as in Luke 23:32;... [ Continue Reading ]
COMING. coming up close. _ OFFERING,_&c. See note on Matthew 27:33; Matthew 27:48.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUPERSCRIPTION. Not the same word as in Matthew and John. See App-163. OVER. _Greek. epi._ App-104. THIS IS, &c. See App-48 for this type; and App-163 for the words themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAILED. kept up. railing. CHRIST. The Lewis Codex of the Syriac Gospels recently found at Mount Sinai reads "Saviour", not Messiah. save Thyself and us. This reads (in the same Codex), "save Thyself alive this day, and us also".... [ Continue Reading ]
CONDEMNATION. App-177.6.... [ Continue Reading ]
RECEIVE. are receiving. OUR DEEDS. what we did. HATH DONE. did.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. Most Texts omit this, but not the Syriac which reads "my Lord". App-98. _A._ COMEST. shalt have come. INTO. in (Greek. _en),_ but some texts with Syriac read "into ": i.e. into possession of.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 4:26. As to the punctuation, see App-94.; and as to the whole clause, see App-173. with. Greek. _meta.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIXTH HOUR: i.e. noon. See App-165. WAS. came to be. OVER. _Greek. epi._ App-104. THE EARTH. the land. Greek. ge. App-129. NINTH HOUR: i.e. 3pm. See App-165.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VEIL. See Leviticus 4:6; Matthew 27:51. THE TEMPLE- the _Naos._ See note on Matthew 23:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMEND. commit, or entrust. Compare Psalms 31:5. Act 7:59. 1 Peter 2:23. SPIRIT. Greek. _pneuma._ App-101. Compare Luke 8:55. GAVE UP THE GHOST. expired, or breathed (His last).... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW, &c. Compare Matthew 27:51. Mar 15:39-54. WAS DONE. took place.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. crowds. WERE DONE. took place. SMOTE, &c.. beating. returned. The women "stood". returned. Greek. _hupostrepho. turned_ back. Occurs thirty-two times in Luke and Acts, and only three times elsewhere in N.T.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But. Marking the contrast between the people and the women. HIS ACQUAINTANCE. thosewho knew (App-132.) Him, FOLLOWED. followed with. GALILEE. See App-169. STOOD. continued standing. The crowds turned back. BEHOLDING. looking on. Greek. _horao._ App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Greek. _aner._ App-123. JOSEPH. One of two secret disciples who buried the Lord: Nicodemus being the other (see John 3:1; John 3:4; John 3:9; John 7:50; John 19:39). The Eleven had no part in it. COUNSELLOR. A member of the Sanhedrin.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSENTED. voted with. Greek. _sunkatatithemi._ Occurs only here. counsel. Greek. _Louie._ App-102. OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. ALSO HIMSELF. himself also. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEGGED. asked. Greek. _aiteo._ Same word as "re-quire", Luke 23:23, and "desire", Luke 23:25. App-134.... [ Continue Reading ]
LINEN. Showing he was. rich man. Compare Matthew 27:5 Mark 14:51; Mark 15:46. SEPULCHRE. tomb. HEWN IN STONE. hewn in. rock. Greek. _laxeutos. Occurs_ only here. - NEVER... BEFORE. Greek. _ouk oudepo oudeis._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PREPARATION. See App-156. THE SABBATH. The high sabbath. See App-156.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME. were come with. Only here and Acts 16:17. FROM. out of. Greek _ek._ App-104. followed after. Greek. _sunakoloutheo._ Only here and Mark 5:37. BEHELD. Greek. _theaomai._ App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARED, &c. These had to be bought (Mark 16:1) between the two sabbaths. See App-156. RESTED. Greek. _hesuchazo =_ to rest from labour. Occurs only here, and in Luke 14:4.Acts 11:18; Acts 21:14. and 1 Thessalonians 4:11. THE COMMANDMENT. Leviticus 23:4. See App-156.... [ Continue Reading ]