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God’s Word for You – Luke 23:35 the rulers made fun of him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:35 35 The people stood by watching. In addition, the rulers made fun of him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” Luke presents two groups in this verse. One is the general crowd of people who undoubtedly […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:34 Father, forgive them
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:34 I use a capital “E” to remember the order (more or less) of the Seven Words or things Jesus spoke from the cross. The first, middle, and last items were spoken to God (these form the bars of the E-shape). The others were spoken to people around the cross, […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 3:5-6 sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and coveting
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 3:5-6 5 Therefore, put to death your earthly parts: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and coveting (which is idolatry). 6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming down on those who are disobedient. “Therefore” in verse 5 has confused some readers. It points back to what was […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:32-33 they crucified him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:32-33 32 They led out other men with him, two criminals, to be executed. When were these men tried? Were they held in custody until such time as there were enough men to be crucified that it would be worth the trouble to take them out? Luke doesn’t even mention […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:27-31 Daughters of Jerusalem
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:27-31 27 A large crowd of people followed him, including women who were mourning and wailing for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them…, It takes no imagination at all to realize that most of the crowd that followed Jesus through the streets and out to Golgotha were the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:26 They placed the cross on him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:26 The Crucifixion 26 As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. Executions were supposed to happen outside the city (Leviticus 24:14; Numbers 15:35). So we […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:22-25 they kept demanding that he be crucified
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:22-25 22 He spoke to them a third time, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no grounds for sentencing him to death. So I will flog him and release him.” 23 But with loud voices they kept demanding that he be crucified, and their shouts and those […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:16-21 Crucify! Crucify him!
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:16-21 16 “So after I have him flogged I will release him.” I think Pilate imagined that if he punished Jesus and had him whipped, that the mob would give up their blood lust and be satisfied enough to let Jesus go. Luke has compacted the account quite a bit, […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:13-15 no basis for your charges against him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:13-15 13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, We are about to see that Pilate will make a point of doctrine without realizing the depth of what he says, that Christ was declared righteous and innocent by the highest court of the Gentiles and by […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:11-12 they treated him with contempt
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:11-12 In the early second century (about 107 AD), Ignatius of Antioch testified that both Pilate the governor and Herod the tetrarch were responsible for the sufferings of Jesus. He said that Jesus was “truly nailed up in the flesh under Pontius Pilate and the Tetrarch Herod (from this fruit […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Luke 23:8-10 Jesus gave him no answer at all
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:8-10 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was very pleased. He had been wanting to see him for a long time because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some sign performed by him. 9 He questioned him for a long time, but Jesus gave him […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Luke 23:5-7 He stirs up the people
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU LUKE 23:5-7 5 But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people. He teaches throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee all the way here.” 6 When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7 When he learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, […]
