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Selected Verse: Luke 23:39 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 23:39 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] one [1520] of the malefactors [2557] which were hanged [2910] railed [987] on him [846], saying [3004], If [1487] thou [4771] be [1488] Christ [5547], save [4982] thyself [4572] and [2532] us [2248]. |
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King James |
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE TWO THIEVES. (Luk 23:39-43)
railed on him--catching up the universal derision, but with a turn of his own. Jesus, "reviled, reviles not again"; but another voice from the cross shall nobly wipe out this dishonor and turn it to the unspeakable glory of the dying Redeemer. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Railed (ἐβλασφήμει)
Imperfect: kept up a railing. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And one of the malefactors reviled him - St. Matthew says, the robbers: St. Mark, they that were crucified with him, reviled him. Either therefore St. Matthew and Mark put the plural for the singular (as the best authors sometimes do) or both reviled him at the first, till one of them felt "the overwhelming power of saving grace." |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| One of the malefactors which were hanged - It is likely that the two robbers were not nailed to their crosses, but only tied to them by cords, and thus they are represented in ancient paintings. If not nailed, they could not have suffered much, and therefore they were found still alive when the soldiers came to give the coup de grace, which put a speedy end to their lives. Joh 19:31-33. |
39 And [1161] one [1520] of the malefactors [2557] which were hanged [2910] railed [987] on him [846], saying [3004], If [1487] thou [4771] be [1488] Christ [5547], save [4982] thyself [4572] and [2532] us [2248].
40 But [1161] the other [2087] answering [611] rebuked [2008] him [846], saying [3004], Dost [5399] not [3761] thou [4771] fear [5399] God [2316], seeing [3754] thou art [1488] in [1722] the same [846] condemnation [2917]?
41 And [2532] we [2249] indeed [3303] justly [1346]; for [1063] we receive [618] the due reward [514] of our [3739] deeds [4238]: but [1161] this man [3778] hath done [4238] nothing [3762] amiss [824].
42 And [2532] he said [3004] unto Jesus [2424], Lord [2962], remember [3415] me [3450] when [3752] thou comest [2064] into [1722] thy [4675] kingdom [932].
43 And [2532] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Verily [281] I say [3004] unto thee [4671], To day [4594] shalt thou be [2071] with [3326] me [1700] in [1722] paradise [3857].
31 The Jews [2453] therefore [3767], because [1893] it was [2258] [2258] the preparation [3904], that [3363] the bodies [4983] should [3306] not [3363] remain [3306] upon [1909] the cross [4716] on [1722] the sabbath day [4521], (for [1063] that [1565] sabbath day [4521] was [2258] an high [3173] day [2250],) besought [2065] Pilate [4091] that [2443] their [846] legs [4628] might be broken [2608], and [2532] that they might be taken away [142].
32 Then [3767] came [2064] the soldiers [4757], and [2532] brake [2608] the legs [4628] of the [3303] first [4413], and [2532] of the other [243] which [3588] was crucified with [4957] him [846].
33 But [1161] when [5613] they came [2064] to [1909] Jesus [2424], and saw [1492] that he [846] was dead [2348] already [2235], they brake [2608] not [3756] his [846] legs [4628]: