luke-23:34,-matthew-5:44,-john-14:6-niv

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:1-56

Jesus Is Crucified And Rises Again (22:1-24:53). We now come to the final Section of Luke which is also in the form of a chiasmus (see analysis below). Central in this final chiasmus is the crucifixion of Jesus. This brings out how central the crucifixion is in the thinking of Luke. As the Servant of the Lord He is to be numbered among the transgressors for their sakes (Luke 22:37). This is indeed what the Gospel has been leading up to, something that is further demonstrated by the space given... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:34

‘And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.’ Underlining the blindness of men and the need for such forgiveness is this act of the Roman soldiers. Before His very eyes, almost at the foot of His cross, they divided up His clothing, which was the right by Roman custom of the execution squad, and cast lots for what could not be divided. He was stripped there of all that He possessed, and hung naked before God. He Who had previously had nowhere to lay His head, now had nothing with which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:34-42

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 forgiveness now being made available. Forgiveness is seen as central to the cross (compare Luke 24:46-47; Acts 5:30-31). (Note how the chiasmus is evidence for its inclusion. We can well understand why later copyists, aware of the destruction of Jerusalem, which they may have seen as indicating that... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:33-43

Luke 23:33-John : . The Crucifixion ( Mark 15:22-Jonah : *, Matthew 27:33-Acts : *). Luke 23:34 . Though not found in the best MSS. ( cf. Luke 22:43 f.), this may be a piece of genuine Gospel tradition, and certainly represents the spirit of Jesus. Cf. p. 669 and Acts 7:60. The prayer includes Romans and Jews alike. Luke 23:36 seems to combine Mark 15:23 and Mark 15:36. The discrimination between the two criminals (Dysmas and Gestus according to the Latin Acts of Pilate) executed with... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 23:34-46

See Poole on "Matthew 27:35", and following verses to Matthew 27:50. See Poole on "Mark 14:24", and following verses to Mark 14:37. This part also of the history of our Saviour’s passion is best understood by a comparing together what all the evangelists say, which we have before done in our notes on Matthew, so as we shall only observe some few things from it as here recited. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, Luke 23:35. Matthew saith, Matthew 27:41,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 23:32-49

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 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. Calvary.—Rather, “The Skull.” The Greek word is simply “kranion,” a rendering of the Hebrew “Golgotha”; our A.V. adopts the Latin word for the same thing. There is no reason for speaking of the place as a mount; it was probably a knoll of ground somewhat like a skull in shape. The idea that it derived its... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 23:34

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 patience, for faith, for grace, for heaven this might be. But to forget self altogether in suffering, to think of others, to use that breath of life, each gasp of which is torture, in prayer for another life or another soul this is not the manner of men, but it is the prayer of Christ. Yet once... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 23:34

DISCOURSE: 1586CHRIST INTERCEDING FOR HIS ENEMIESLuke 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 of the priesthood was, a disposition to “commiserate those who were ignorant and out of the way [Note: Hebrews 5:1-2.],” so it was the express office of the priest to “offer sacrifices for the errors of the people [Note: Hebrews 9:7.].” Our blessed Lord, who was our great High-Priest, shewed himself on... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Luke 23:34

The First Cry from the Cross; Christ's Plea for Ignorant Sinne rs The First Cry from the Cross October 24th, 1869 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke 23:34 . Our Lord was at that moment enduring the first pains of crucifixion; the executioners had just then driven the nails through his hands and feet. He must have been, moreover, greatly depressed, and brought into a condition of extreme weakness by the agony of the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 23:1-56

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 saying that he himself is Christ [or the Messiah,] a king ( Luke 23:1-2 )Now notice, their accusation against Him was blasphemy, "You're saying You're the Son of God." When they brought Him to Pilate to accuse Him before Pilate, they didn't make that charge at all before Pilate. Why? Because they knew... read more