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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them,.... When he was crucified between the two thieves, and as he hung upon the cross, and while insulted and abused by all sorts of men, and put to the greatest pain and torture, he addressed himself to God his Father: the Arabic version reads, "my Father", who was so to him, not as he was man; for as such he had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said Jesus, As they crucify him. Luk_23:34. Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. It was all that he could say in their favor, and he did say that. If there is anything to be said in thy favor, O my fellow-sinner, Christ will say it; and if there is nothing good in thee that his eyes can light upon, he will pray or his own account, “Father, forgive them for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. How startled they must have been to hear such words from one who was about to be put to death for a supposed crime! The men that drove the nails, the men that lifted up the tree, must have been started back with amazement when they heard Jesus talk to God as his Father, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the people stood beholding,.... This dismal and affecting sight; insulting and reviling him, and wagging their heads at him, as did also those that passed by: and the rulers also with them derided him; the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, the members of the sanhedrim, whose characters should have restrained them from such an inhuman...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. You know how mockery puts salt and vinegar into a wound. A man does not at any time like to be reviled; but when he is full of physical and mental anguish, and his heart is heavy within him,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the people stood beholding. There was no pity in their eyes. No one of them turned away his face because he could not look upon so disgraceful a deed. Luk_23:35. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. I have already reminded you that there was a deep truth...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the rulers also with them derided him, Laughed at him, made him the object of course jests. Luk_23:35. Saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar. In mockery, not giving it to him, as they did later in mercy; but in mockery,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the soldiers also mocked him,.... The Roman soldiers, to whom the execution was committed, who crucified him, and parted his garments, and stood at his cross watching; these joined in the insult, which is not to be wondered at. Coming to him and offering him vinegar; which was what was a part of their allowance, and was their drink; [See...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. These rough legionaries knew how to put their jests in the most cruel shape, and to press home their scoffs upon their suffering victim.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, For these were the three languages known to the throng, and Pilate invited them all to read in “Greek, and Latin, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And saying, if thou be the King of the Jews,.... Or their Messiah, who was spoken of as a divine person; for otherwise he might have been their king, and not have been able to have done what is proposed: save thyself: or deliver thyself from the cross.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. I fancy the scorn that they threw into their taunt: “If thou be the king of the Jews;” that was a bit of their own. “Save thyself;” that they borrowed from the rulers. Sometimes a scoffer or a mocker cannot exhibit all the bitterness that is in his heart except by using borrowed terms, as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And a superscription also was written,.... Containing the crime he was charged with, and accused of; [See comments on Matthew 27:37]; [See comments on John 19:19]; [See comments on John 19:20].
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, These were the three languages that could be understood by all the people round about. Luk_23:38. THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And so be is, and so he shall be. He has never quitted the throne. The Son of David is still King of the Jews, though they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. Poor man; even though he is dying a felon’s death, he must be in the swim with the multitude, he must keep in with the fashion, so strong, so powerful, is the popular current with all mankind.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And a superscription also was written over him in the letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. John tells us that Pilate wrote this title, and that the chief priests tried in vain to get him to alter it. It was written in the three current languages of the time, so that the Greek, the Roman, and the Jew might alike...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And one of the malefactors, which were hanged,.... On the cross, one of the thieves crucified with Christ; the Oriental versions add, "with him"; according to the Evangelists Matthew and Mark, both of them reviled him, and threw the same things in his teeth as the priests, people, and soldiers did; which how it may be reconciled, [See comments on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. Matthew and Mark speak of both the thieves as railing at Jesus. We must take their expressions as being literally correct; and if so, both the malefactors at first cast reproaches in Christ’s teeth.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. He, too, borrows this speech from the rulers who derided Christ, only putting the words “and us” as a bit of originality. “If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.”