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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:34

Sin greater than it seems. "They know not what they do." There is more in our actions, and therefore in our life, than there seems to be to ourselves (see "The largeness of Our life," homily on Luke 10:16 ). There is more of good; more also of evil. These soldiers imagined that they were doing nothing more than executing a malefactor. They were murdering a Messiah; they were putting to death the Son of Man, the Savior of mankind. They knew not what they did; they did not recognize... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:35

And the people stood beholding . A hush seems to have fallen over the scene. The crowd of by-standers were awed as they at first silently gazed on the dying form of the great Teacher. What memories must have surged up in the hearts of many of the gazers—memories of his parables, his mighty miracles, his words of love; memories of the raising of Lazarus, and of the day of palms! Such a silent awe-struck contemplation was dangerous, the rulers felt, so they hastened to commence their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:35

A sad spectacle and the supreme vision. "And the people stood beholding." "Sitting down they watched him there" ( Matthew 27:36 ). Shall we envy those spectators the scene they then witnessed? Shall we wish that we had lived when, with our mortal eyes, we could have seen the Savior crucified on our behalf? I think not. With this distance of time and space between us, we have a better, truer standpoint where we are. No doubt we lose much by that distance; but we gain at least as much as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:35-37

Self-saving and self-sacrifice. We have two things here of which the latter is much the more worth looking at. I. INHUMANITY AT ITS LOWEST . There are many degrees of inhumanity. 1 . It is bad for men or women deliberately to shut themselves out of the society of the wrong and miserable, in order that, without distraction, they may minister to their own comfort or consult their own well-being.. 2 . It is worse to look on the wounded traveler as he lies within sight and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:36

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar . Three times in the Crucifixion scene we find a mention of this vinegar, or the sour wine of the country, the common drink of the soldiers and others, being offered to the Sufferer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:38

And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS . The older authorities omit "in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew," but the fact is indisputable, for we read the same statement in John 19:20 , where in the older authorities the order of the titles is, "in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek." Such multilingual inscriptions were common in the great provincial cities of the empire, where so many nationalities were wont... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:39-40

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God? In the first two synoptists we read how, shortly after they were nailed to their crosses, both thieves "reviled" Jesus. The Greek word, however, used by SS . Matthew and Mark is ὠνείδιζον (reproached). The word used by St, Luke in this place of the impenitent one is ἐβλασφήμει , "began to use injurious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:39-43

True penitence. These verses narrate what we may call a standard fact of the gospel of Christina fact to which appeal will always be made, as it has always been made, in reference to a late repentance. We have to consider— I. THE BREVITY WITH WHICH A GREAT ' SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION MAY BE WROUGHT IN A HUMAN MIND . Twelve hours before, this man was a hardened criminal, habituated to a life of rapacious and murderous violence; his counterpart is to be found to-day... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:42

And he said unto Jesus. Lord, remember me when thou oomest into thy kingdom . The majority of the older authorities omit "Lord." The translation should run thus: And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom — in, not into. The penitent looked forward to the dying Jesus coming again in (arrayed in) his kingly dignity, surrounded with his power and glory. Very touching is this confidence of the dying in the Dying One who was hanging by his side, his last garment taken... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:43

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise . No strengthening angel could have been more welcome to the dying Redeemer than these words of intense penitence and strong faith. Very beautifully Stier suggests that the crucified King "cannot see these two criminals, cannot direct his glance to this last without adding to his own agony by movement upon the cross. But that he forgets, and turns with an impulse of joy as well as he can to the soul... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:35

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:35

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:35-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:36

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:38

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:39-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:39-43

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:42

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:43

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