Luke 23:48

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. For the exposition, see the notes at ; and at John 19:31....

44-49 We have here the death of Christ magnified by the wonders that attended it, and his death explained by the words with which he breathed out his soul. He was willing to offer himself. Let us seek to glorify God by true repentance and conversion; by protesting against those who crucify the Saviour; by a sober, righteous, and godly life; and by employing our talents in the service of Him who died for us and rose again....

Verse 48. _AND ALL THE PEOPLE_] All were deeply affected except the priests, and those whom they had employed to serve their base purposes. The darkness, earthquake, c., had brought terror and consternation into every heart. How dreadful is the state of those who, in consequence of their long opposition to the grace and truth of God, are at last given up to a reprobate mind!...

See the notes at Matthew 27:52. Luke 23:48 THE THINGS WHICH WERE DONE - The earthquake, the darkness, and the sufferings of Jesus. SMOTE THEIR BREASTS - In token of alarm, fear, and anguish. They saw the judgments of God; they saw the guilt of the rulers; and they feared the farther displeasure of the Almighty....

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 death. They were, however, precluded by the Roman regulations then in force from carrying out their judgment. A capital sentence in Judaea could only be inflicted as the result of a decision by the Roman court. The Sanhedrin supposed, and as we shall see rightly, that the judgment they had pronounced would speedily be confirmed by the Roman judge. The Sanhedrin condemnation to death was, however, from the Jewish standpoint, illegal. In capital cases judgment could not be legally pronounced on the day of trial. But in the case of J

AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TOGETHER TO THAT SIGHT,.... To see the execution of Jesus; and some of them might be his inveterate enemies, and came to insult him, and did insult him; many of these, though not every individual of them: BEHOLDING THE THINGS WHICH WERE DONE; the eclipse, earthquake, c. SMOTE THEIR BREASTS as conscious of guilt, and as fearing some dreadful judgment would fall upon them, and their nation, for this sin of crucifying Christ. The Persic version reads, "they went back, and kneeled down, and prostrated themselves to the ground"; as being in the utmost astonishment, confusion, fear, and dread: AND RETURNED; to the city, and to their own houses, where they might more seriously, and with the greater composure of mind, reflect on these things....

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 find a better word than that inexpressive-expressive word «fellow.» «We found Eats fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a King.» They shift the charge, you see, now; before, it was blasphemy, now it is sedition. Luke 23:2. _Fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it._ Another of the evangelists tells us that he first asked Pilate w

LUKE 23:48 u`pe,strefon In order to heighten the account, several witnesses include various interpolations. After ta. sth,qh codex Bezae adds kai. ta. me,twpa (“beating their breasts _and their foreheads_”). The Old Syriac (syrc, s) reads, “All they who _happened to be there and_ saw that which came to pass were beating on their breasts and saying, ‘_Woe to us! What has befallen us? Woe to us for our sins!_’” One manuscript of the Old Latin (itg) adds at the close of the verse, _dicentes vae vobis_ (to be corrected to _nobis_) _quae facta sunt hodie propter peccata nostra; adpropinquavit enim desolatio Hierusalem_ (“saying, ‘Woe to us on account of our sins that we have committed this day! For the desolation of Je...

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 Man. (Luke 23:27) 4. The Penitent Thief. (Luke 23:39) 5. The Death of the Son of Man. (Luke 23:44) 6. The Testimony of the Centurion. (Luke 23:47) 7. The Burial. ...

THE DEATH OF JESUS (Mark 15:33 *, Matthew 27:45 *). LUKE 23:45. THE SUN'S LIGHT FAILING: the words do not necessarily imply an eclipse. The rending of the Temple veil is earlier than in Mk. Luke 23:46. Instead of the cry, Eloi, eloi, etc., we have Father, into thy hands, etc., which is also from the Psalms (Psalms 31:5). Luke 23:47. The centurion's words are given in such a form as to confirm the Roman opinion of Jesus-' innocence. His confe