Father, forgive them, etc.] (peculiar to Lk). This, the first Word from the Cross, is omitted by a few early authorities, but is unquestionably authentic. Jesus here puts into practice His own teaching about loving enemies and forgiving them.
LUKE 23:34 _omit verse_ 34A @@o` de. VIhsou/j e;legen( Pa,ter( a;fej auvtoi/j( ouv ga.r oi;dasin ti, poiou/sin)## {A} The absence of these words from such early and diverse witnesses as î75 B D* W Q...
Verse 34. _THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO._] If ignorance do not excuse a crime, it at least diminishes the atrocity of it. However, these persons well knew that they were crucifying an _innocent_ man; b...
FATHER, FORGIVE THEM - This is a fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 53:12; “He made intercession for the transgressors.” The prayer was offered for those who were guilty of putting him to death. It...
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
Two others who were criminals were brought to be put to death with Jesus. When they came to the place which is caned the place of a skull, there they crucified him, and the two criminals, one on his r...
TRIAL BEFORE PILATE AND SILENCE BEFORE HEROD (Luke 23:1-12)...
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 53:1...
_Father, forgive them_ Isaiah 53:12, "He bare the sins of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." These words were probably uttered at the terrible moment when the Sufferer was outstretche...
THE CRUCIFIXION AND MOCKERY. THE TITLE...
ΠΆΤΕΡ, ἌΦΕΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ. Isaiah 53:12, “He bare the sins of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” These words were probably uttered at the terrible moment when the Sufferer was outstretched...
VER 34. THEN SAID JESUS, FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO. AND THEY PARTED HIS RAIMENT, AND CAST LOTS. 35. AND THE PEOPLE STOOD BEHOLDING. AND THE RULERS ALSO WITH THEM DERIDED HIM...
ΆΦΕΣ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) отпускать, прощать. _Aor. imper._ призывает к специфическому действию, Ο'ΊΔΑΣΙΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G3617) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ "Они" — э...
DISCOURSE: 1586 CHRIST INTERCEDING FOR HIS ENEMIES Luke 23:34. _Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do_. AS one of the most essential qualifications for a due discharge...
FATHER, FORGIVE THEM;— This is one of the most striking passages in the world. While they were actually crucifying our Lord, he seems to feel the injury which they did to their own souls, more than wh...
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...
SERMON NO. EIGHTEEN BEHOLDING THE CRUCIFIED ONE Luke 23:33-35 a _Introduction_ I. SPECTACLE OF THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST. After the betrayal and arrest come the trials. He was shamed by His own (hi...
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, For the exposition see the notes at ; For the exposition, see the notes at John 18:38;...
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...
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...
FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO. — Again, the silence is broken, not by the cry of anguish or sigh of passionate complaint, but by words of tenderest pity and intercession. It is...
Πάτερ, etc.: a prayer altogether true to the spirit of Jesus, therefore, though reported by Lk. alone, intrinsically credible. It is with sincere regret that one is compelled, by its omission in impor...
_Crucifixion_ (Matthew 27:35-38; Mark 15:24-27). κρανίον, a skull, for the Hebrew Γολγοθά in Mt. and Mk....
“THEY CRUCIFIED THE LORD OF GLORY” Luke 23:26-34 Simon's two sons are believed to have become Christians. See Mark 15:21; Romans 16:13. Perhaps this strange interruption in his ordinary experiences l...
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...
(10) Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. (10) Christ, in praying for his enemies, shows that he is both the Sacrifice an...
THE CRUCIFIXION Matthew 27:35-38; Luke 23:33-38; John 19:18-24; Mark 15:24-28. “ _And it was the third hour_,
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)....
2 _d. Luke 23:33-38_. Is the spot where Jesus was crucified that which is shown for it at the present day in the enclosure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre? The question does not seem yet decided....
"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots." For the cries of Jesus on the cross, see the whole collected into one view. John 1...
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 FIRST OF THE SEVEN WORDS_ ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.’ Luke 23:34 The greatest fact in the whole world is sin; the greatest need in the whole world is forgiveness. B...
Luke 23:34._And Jesus said, Father, forgive them. _By this expression Christ gave evidence that he was that mild and gentle lamb, which was to be led out to be sacrificed, as Isaiah the prophet had fo...
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...
THEN SAID JESUS, FATHER, FORGIVE THEM,.... When he was crucified between the two thieves, and as he hung upon the cross, and while insulted and abused by all sorts of men, and put to the greatest pain...
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. Ver. 34. _Father, forgive them_] See the sweet mercy of Christ, mindful and careful...
_There were also two other malefactors_ This should rather be rendered, _Two others, who were malefactors, were also led with him to be put to death._ The distinction between Jesus and the malefactors...
The crucifixion. Matthew 27:33-56....
FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; this was a prayer for the pardon of his murderers. Jesus Christ, who was most compassionate and benevolent in his life, was also most kind and forgiving in his death. He desired...
The crucifixion:...
THEN SAID JESUS, FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO. AND THEY PARTED HIS RAIMENT AND CAST LOTS. At the same time that Jesus was led out of the city to be crucified, and in accordance...
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...
Ver. 34-46. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:35", and following verses to MATTHEW 27:50. SEE POOLE ON "MARK 14:24", and following verses to Mark
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians but prayed for His enemies, "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do."[82] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III And from this fact, that He exclaimed upo...
Luke 23:34 Then G1161 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5707) Father G3962 forgive G863 (G5628) them G846 for...
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...
THE COMING HOPE (23:34-24:52). From this moment on the whole emphasis changes. For even while Jesus is on the cross and suffering for the sins of the world, the message of hope is first proclaimed. I...
Luke 23:34. AND JESUS SAID. During the act of crucifixion, as it would appear from the language which follows. This first of the seven words on the cross, preserved by Luke alone, is perhaps the one b...
Luke 23:33-38. THE CRUCIFIXION AND MOCKING. See on Matthew 27:33-43; Mark 15:22; Mark 15:33;...
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...
FATHER FORGIVE THEM (Πατερ, αφες αυτοις). Second aorist active imperative of αφιημ, with dative case. Some of the oldest and best documents do not contain this verse, and yet, while it is not certa...
Luke 23:34 I. Jesus prays. It is something to be capable of prayer in acute anguish of body. He prays, not for Himself. That is more. A cry for pity, for relief, for mitigation, for death a cry for pa...
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...
Our Lord's last days gave tragic proof of the hate and cruel mockery of his foes; yet how marvelously he endured! Luke 23:18. _And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release...
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...
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...
_Father, forgive them, for they know not_ THE UNKNOWN DEPTHS OF SIN I. HOW DO SINNERS COME AT THEIR NOTION THAT SIN IS SO TRIFLING AN AFFAIR? 1. They have a very limited view of their own feelings...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 23:34 THEY CAST LOTS TO DIVIDE HIS GARMENTS is a clear reference to Psalms 22:18. Casting lots was sometimes used in the OT to discover God’s will, but here i
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....
_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 Corinthians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 3:9;...
THE SUFFERING CHRIST Luke 23:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Christ came down to this earth; He who was holy, who knew no sin, suffered all the sorrows that sin brought into a world of shame and of wick...
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...
Then said Jesus — Our Lord passed most of the time on the cross in silence: yet seven sentences which he spoke thereon are recorded by the four evangelists, though no one evangelist has recorded them...
Christ had often preached the doctrine of forgiving enemies, and praying for them; he practises it here himself in. most exemplary manner. Where note, 1. The mercy desired and prayed for; and that i...