luke-23:49,-luke-23:1-12

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

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

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 23:1-56

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 time I have found no cause of death in him. Then Pilate was thrice weak, and thrice wicked, to condemn him to the cross. He was unworthy of any comparison with Gallio, who drove away the jews, and would be no judge of their questions. Luke 23:43 . To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 23:47-49

Luke 23:47-49Certainly this was a righteous manThe Cross, the source of compunctionMany reasons have been given to account for that providence of God which determined that the Cross should be the kind of death that Christ should die; and that He should not end His life by sword or fire, by which the animal victims in the Old Testament which were types of Him were slain and offered.It is usual to explain the choice of this mode of death by showing its correspondence with various types and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 23:49

49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. Ver. 49. See Matthew 27:55 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 23:49

acquaintance: Job 19:13, Psalms 38:11, Psalms 88:18, Psalms 142:4 the women: Luke 23:27, Luke 23:55, Luke 8:2, Matthew 27:55, Matthew 27:56, Matthew 27:61, Mark 15:40, Mark 15:41, Mark 15:47, John 19:21-Daniel : Reciprocal: John 19:25 - and his Acts 1:14 - with the read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:46-56

§ 142. JESUS’S DEATH, EMBALMMENT, AND ENTOMBMENT, Luke 23:46-56 . See notes on John 19:31-42; Matthew 27:51-61; Mark 15:38-47. read more