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Luke 23:39
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One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"
Luke 23:39 Meaning and Commentary
Luke 23:39
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 Gill on Matthew 27:44)
railed on him, saying, if thou be Christ, save thyself, and us;
taking up the words of the rulers, and adding to them, perhaps, with a design to curry favour with them, hoping thereby to get a release; or, however, showing the wickedness and malice of his heart, which his sufferings and punishment, he now endured, could make no alteration in; see ( Revelation 16:9 ) .
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Luke 23:39 In-Context
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and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
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There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews.
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One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"
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But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
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And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."
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