Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:50-51
Joseph of Arimathea - See the notes on Matthew 27:57-60 ; (note), and those especially on Mark 15:43 ; (note). read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:54
And the Sabbath drew on - Or, The Sabbath was lighting up, επεφωσκε , i.e. with the candles which the Jews light just before six in the evening, when the Sabbath commences. The same word is used for the dawning of the day, Matthew 28:1 . Wakefield. The Jews always lighted up candles on the Sabbath; and it was a solemn precept that, "if a man had not bread to eat, he must beg from door to door to get a little oil to set up his Sabbath light." The night of the Sabbath drew on, which the... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:55
The women also, which came - These were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, Luke 24:10 . To these three, Mark, in Mark 16:1 , adds, Salome; but some think that this was only a surname of one of these Marys. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:56
Prepared spices and ointments - This was in order to embalm him; which sufficiently proves that they had no hope of his resurrection the third day. And rested the Sabbath day - For though the Jewish canons allowed all works, necessary for the dead, to be done, even on the Sabbath, such as washing and anointing, provided they moved not a limb of the dead person, yet, as the Jews had put Christ to death under the pretense of his being a malefactor, it would not have been either prudent or... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-46
The merciful Savior on the cross. Delivered unto the will of the Jews by the indecision of Pilate, Jesus accepts the cross, and proceeds under its crushing weight towards Calvary. But seeing him fainting under it, they press Simon the Cyrenian into service, and he has the everlasting honor of carrying the end of the beam after Jesus. Thus is it in all life's burdens—the weighty end of them is carried by the sympathetic Master, while the lighter end he allows his people to carry after him.... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:44
The time of the Crucifixion. And it was about the sixth hour . We have before given (see note on Luke 22:47 ) the approximate hours of the several acts of the last night and day. This verse gives us the time of the duration of the "darkness"—from the sixth to the ninth hour; that is in our reckoning, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. With this date the other two synoptists agree. Our Lord had then been on the cross three hours. But while the three synoptists are in perfect harmony, we are met with... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:44
The shelter of the darkness. The darkness which fell upon Jerusalem at midday and enshrouded the scene of the Crucifixion was a phenomenon for which it is impossible to account physically, and which it is not easy to explain morally. It is a matter for reverent conjecture, for thoughtful and devout inference, for sacred and solemn imagination. We are on sure ground when we say that it came from the Divine Father, and came on behalf of his beloved Son. We do not venture much when we suggest... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:45
And the veil of the temple was rent in the midst . This was the inner veil, which hung between the holy place and the holy of holies. It was rich with costly embroidery, and very heavy. Before the willing surrender of life told of in the next versa (46), our Lord spoke twice more. These fifth and sixth words from the cross are preserved by St. John ( John 19:28 , John 19:30 ). The first of these, "I thirst "—an expression of bodily exhaustion, of physical suffering—was predicted as... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:48
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, etc., 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! read more