Luke 23:28-56 NIV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:29

Verse 29 29For, lo, the days will come. He threatens, that a calamity which is not usual, but fearful and unheard of, is at hand, in which will be perceived, at a glance, the vengeance of God. As if he had said, that this nation will not be carried away by a single or ordinary kind of destruction, but that it will perish under a mass of numerous and great calamities, so that it would be much more desirable that the mountains should fall upon them, and crush them, or that the earth should open... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:31

Verse 31 31.If they do these things in the green tree. By this sentence Christ confirms what he had stated, that his death will not remain unpunished, and that the Jews, whose iniquity is ripe, or rather half-rotten, will not remain long in their present condition; and by a familiar comparison, he proves it to be impossible but that the fire of the divine wrath shall immediately kindle and devour them. We know that dry wood is wont to be first thrown into the fire; but if what is moist and... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:34

Verse 34 Luke 23:34.And Jesus said, Father, forgive them. By this expression Christ gave evidence that he was that mild and gentle lamb, which was to be led out to be sacrificed, as Isaiah the prophet had foretold, (Isaiah 53:7.) For not only does he abstain from revenge, but pleads with God the Father for the salvation of those by whom he is most cruelly tormented. It would have been a great matter not to think of rendering evil for evil, (1 Peter 3:9;) as Peter, when he exhorts us to patience... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:39

Verse 39 Luke 23:39.And one of the malefactors. This reproach, which the Son of God endured from the robber, obtained for us among angels the very high honor of acknowledging us to be their brethren. But at the same time, an example of furious obstinacy is held out to us in this wretched man, since even in the midst of his torments he does not cease fiercely to foam out his blasphemies. Thus desperate men are wont to take obstinate revenge for the torments which they cannot avoid. (274) And... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:40

Verse 40 40.And the other answering. In this wicked man a striking mirror of the unexpected and incredible grace of God is held out to us, not only in his being suddenly changed into a new man, when he was near death, and drawn from hell itself to heaven, but likewise in having obtained in a moment the forgiveness of all the sins in which he had been plunged through his whole life, and in having been thus admitted to heaven before the apostles and first-fruits of the new Church. First, then, a... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:41

Verse 41 41.And we indeed justly. As the reproof founded on the condemnation might be thought to apply to Christ, the robber here draws a distinction between the condition of Christ and that of himself and his companion, or he acknowledges, that the punishment which was common to all the three was justly inflicted on him and his companion, but not on Christ, who had been dragged to the punishment of death, not by his own crime, but by the cruelty of enemies. But we ought to remember what I said... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:42

Verse 42 42.Lord, remember me. I know not that, since the creation of the world, there ever was a more remarkable and striking example of faith; and so much the greater admiration is due to the grace of the Holy Spirit, of which it affords so magnificent a display. A robber, who not only had not been educated in the school of Christ, but, by giving himself up to execrable murders, had endeavored to extinguish all sense of what was right, suddenly rises higher than all the apostles and the other... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:43

Verse 43 43.Verily I tell thee. Though Christ had not yet made a public triumph over death, still he displays the efficacy and fruit of his death in the midst of his humiliation. And in this way he shows that he never was deprived of the power of his kingdom; for nothing more lofty or magnificent belongs to a divine King, (278) than to restore life to the dead. So then, Christ, although, struck by the hand of God, he appeared to be a man utterly abandoned, yet as he did not cease to be the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-32

On the way to Calvary. Simon the Cyrenian. The daughters of Jerusalem. read more

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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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:39

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:40

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:41

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:42

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:43

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-46

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