Luke 23:8-31

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 23:1-25

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 23:1. Whole multitude.—Rather, “company” (R.V.). The word is a different one from that so often used to denote “the crowd,” or “the mob.” It here simply means the members of the Sanhedrim. Pilate.—His rule in Judæa had been marked by many acts of harshness and cruelty. His hatred of the people rendered it necessary for considerable adroitness to be made use of by the Jewish rulers to get him to do as they wished. They drop the charge of blasphemy in claiming to be the Son of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 23:26-31

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 23:26. Simon, a Cyrenian.—Rather, “of Cyrene” (R.V.). There was a colony of Jews in Cyrene, and they had a synagogue in Jerusalem (Acts 6:9; Acts 11:20). Probably he had come up to the Passover in Jerusalem. St. Mark speaks of his two sons “Alexander and Rufus,” who were evidently well known in Christian society as disciples. Probably Jesus was unable, because of being exhausted by His agony in the garden, and the scourging He had undergone, to bear the cross. This seems to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 23:16

Luke 23:16 Note: I. That the trials and sufferings of Jesus Christ were essential to the perfection of His character as our Great Example. There have been in the world examples of patience and resignation and submission to the will of God, but there have been none like that of Jesus Christ. II. The sufferings of a Redeemer as a substitute for man have made a wondrous impression upon the human mind. Since the world began, no transaction like it has ever taken place no expedient like it has ever... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 23:21

Luke 23:21 The Cross the expression of man's unbelief. Crucifixion was the death of the outcast only, the Gentile outcast. "Crucify Him," then, meant, "Let Him die the worst of deaths, the Gentile death, the death that is so specially connected with the curse; the death that proclaims Him to be not merely an outcast from Israel, an outcast from Jerusalem, but an outcast from the Gentiles, an outcast from the race." I. It was thus that man rejected Christ civilised man, educated man, religious... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 23:25

Luke 23:25 I. What was this will? What was the moving spring of their fierce resolution that Jesus of Nazareth should die? (1) It was their will that this stern censor of their manners and morals should die. This was, perhaps, the first and broadest reason of their hate. They writhed under His vehement denunciation of their sins the bold hand which rent off the cloak of their sanctity, and revealed the foul sink of corruption that was beneath. (2) They willed that the witness to the truth... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 23:28-31

Luke 23:28-31 Lessons of the Passion. We have in this passage two lessons before us. I. The first is the right and wrong view of Christ's Passion: "Weep not over Me, weep for yourselves." These women were indulging the emotion, the sentiment, the luxury of weeping. They wept as all that is human in us does weep at the sight of pain, at the spectacle of sorrow, at the march of death. But their weeping was misapplied. As a merely natural expression of sorrow it was out of place. There was... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 23:12

DISCOURSE: 1582HEROD’S RECONCILIATION WITH PILATELuke 23:12. And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.IT was truly said of Christ at the time of his birth, that “he should be a sign that should be spoken against, that the thoughts of many hearts should be revealed:” for by means of him, throughout all his ministry, and especially at the close of his life, such depravity was brought to light, as one would scarcely have... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 23:13-25

DISCOURSE: 1583BARABBAS SPARED, AND CHRIST CONDEMNEDLuke 23:13-25. And Pilate, when he had called together the chief-priests and the rulers and the people, said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: no, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto [Note: The marginal translation “by him,” is... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 23:27-31

DISCOURSE: 1584CHRIST’S ADDRESS TO THE WOMEN WHO LAMENTED HIMLuke 23:27-31. 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 for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 23:31

DISCOURSE: 1585THE GREEN AND DRY TREELuke 23:31. If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?THE Jews, at this day, know not how to account for the judgments that are upon them. But we can tell them the true reason: it is for the murder of their Messiah. Whilst yet they were in the commission of that act, it was foretold by Jesus himself, that they, even their whole nation, should endure such tribulation as had not been experienced by any people from the beginning... read more

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