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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 23:32-43

In these verses we have, I. Divers passages which we had before in Matthew and Mark concerning Christ's sufferings. 1. That there were two others, malefactors, led with him to the place of execution, who, it is probable, had been for some time under sentence of death, and were designed to be executed on this day, which was probably the pretence for making such haste in the prosecution of Christ, that he and these two malefactors might be executed together, and one solemnity might serve. 2.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 23:44-49

In these verses we have three things:? I. Christ's dying magnified by the prodigies that attended it: only two are here mentioned, which we had an account of before. 1. The darkening of the sun at noon-day. It was now about the sixth hour, that is, according to our computation, twelve o?clock at noon; and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. The sun was eclipsed and the air exceedingly clouded at the same time, both which concurred to this thick darkness, which... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 23:39-43

23:39-43 One of the criminals who were hanged kept hurling insults at Jesus. "Are you not the anointed one?" he said. "Save yourself and us." The other rebuked him. "Do you not even fear God?" he said. "For we too are under the same sentence and justly so, for we have done things which deserve the reward that we are reaping; but this man has done nothing unseemly." And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He said to him, "This is the truth--I tell you--today you will... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 23:44-49

23:44-49 By this time it was about midday, and there was darkness over the whole land until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the light of the sun failed. And the veil of the Temple was rent in the midst. When Jesus had cried with a great voice, he said, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." When he had said this he breathed his last. When the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God. "Truly," he said, "this was a good man." All the crowds, who had come together to see the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:43

And Jesus said unto him ,.... Jesus immediately answered him, though he said not one word to the other that railed at him, or to the multitude that abused him; and promised him more than he asked for, and sooner than he expected. Verily I say unto thee, today thou shall be with me in paradise ; בגן עדן , "in the garden of Eden"; not the earthly paradise, nor the church militant, but the future place, and state of the happiness of the saints, even heaven, and eternal glory, which the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:44

And it was about the sixth hour ,.... Or twelve o'clock at noon; and so the Ethiopic version, when it was noon; See Gill on Matthew 27:45 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:45

And the sun was darkened ,.... There was an eclipse of it, which was preternatural, it being now full moon, and lasted three hours, and so total, as to darken the whole earth; and now was the prophecy in Amos 8:9 literally fulfilled: and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst. The Persic version renders it, "the gate of the temple"; and so the Syriac version, "the face of the gate of the temple"; See Gill on Matthew 27:51 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:46

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice ,.... A second time; for at the first loud cry, he uttered these words, "Eli, Eli, lama, sabachthani"; and at the second what follows; see Matthew 27:46 . See Gill on Matthew 27:47 . See Gill on Matthew 27:48 . See Gill on Matthew 27:49 . See Gill on Matthew 27:50 . he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my Spirit ; not the Holy Spirit, nor his divine nature, but his human soul: for that he had a reasonable soul, as well as a true... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:43

To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise - Marcion and the Manichees are reported to have left this verse out of their copies of this evangelist. This saying of our Lord is justly considered as a strong proof of the immateriality of the soul; and it is no wonder that those who have embraced the contrary opinion should endeavor to explain away this meaning. In order to do this, a comma is placed after σημερον , to-day, and then our Lord is supposed to have meant, "Thou shalt be with me... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:44

Darkness over all the earth - See the note on Matthew 27:45 . The darkness began at the sixth hour, about our twelve o'clock at noon, and lasted till the ninth hour, which answered to our three o'clock in the afternoon. read more

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