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One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your ...
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Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others ...
- I. Introduction
- II. The Military and Jesus’ First Sermon
- III. Naaman and Jesus’ Sermon at Nazareth
- IV. The Centurion at The Cross
- V. The Character and Background of The Centurion
- VI. Those at The Cross Who See and Those Who Do Not
- VII. The Confession of The Centurion
- VIII. Conclusion
In the Gospel of Luke, Luke tells us that when the centurion at the cross of Christ saw Jesus die, “he glorified God, saying, ‘Certainly this was a righteous man’” (Luke 23:47, NKJV). Both Matthew and Mark say that the centurion proclaimed that Jesus was “the Son of God” (Matt 27:54; Mark 15:39). While some maintain that Luke changed the centurion’...
When talking about the purpose of the Gospel of Luke, we must remember that Luke also wrote the Book of Acts and that the two books go together. Many students and scholars have proposed different purposes for Luke’s two-volume work.1 There is general agreement, however, that one of the purposes of Luke is to show that the gospel goes out to Gentile...
Bovon says that the first sermon by the Lord in Luke not only occurs at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, it also makes a programmatic statement. Nazareth, which represents all of Israel, rejects the message of Jesus from the start.3 This, however, goes too far. In Luke 2:34, Simeon predicted the falling away of Israel. But this falling away is onl...
Not only does Luke differ from Matthew and Mark when recording the words of the centurion at the cross, there are other differences among the Synoptics as well. These differences include the mention of other military personnel, as well as what the centurion sees and hears. As with the case of different statements by the centurion, these differences...
In Luke 23:40, the repentant thief asks the other thief, who is reviling Jesus, if he does not fear God. Since the latter is mocking Jesus, this indicates that he does not.25 The implication is that the repentant thief does fear God. He feels that he and his fellow criminal suffer “justly” (or righteously, 23:41; dikaiōs).26 Jesus, on the other ha...
Crump states that in Luke there are three instances of people who see God at work in Jesus at the cross and three instances of people who do not. Those who see are the repentant criminal, the people, and the centurion. Those that do not see are the Jewish leaders, the soldiers, and the unrepentant criminal.34 The three blind groups are connected by...
A. Jesus Was a Righteous Man
Luke differs from both Matthew and Mark in the confession of the centurion. The centurion in Matthew and Mark proclaims that Jesus was the “Son of God.” In Luke, he says that Christ was righteous.37 What is the meaning of the word righteous? Some maintain that it means “innocent.”38 Bock says this is the primary meaning because of the context of Luke 23 where Jesus is shown to be innocent through a number of legal proceedings.39Pilate, Herod, the repentant thief, the centurion, and Joseph all...
B. Jesus Was the Son of God
The phrase “Son of God” in both Matthew and Mark can have more than one meaning. From a Christian perspective, it can have an ontological meaning. From a Jewish perspective, it can have a royal meaning. Luke’s use of righteous can also have more than one meaning. One reason Luke uses it may be to show that Jesus was not only righteous but also innocent and was therefore who He claimed to be.53 In all the Synoptics, the confession of the centurion has a deeper meaning. In Matthew and Mark, the...
C. Jesus Glorified God
Of the three Synoptics, only Luke mentions that the centurion glorifies God upon the death of Jesus. The phrase “glorify God” is significant in the Gospel of Luke in that it always refers to an event in which God has revealed Himself and His power, almost always in the form of a miracle of healing. This power of God is always directed towards the “poor” and needy.60In each case people respond by “glorifying God.” In all but one case, the people glorify God because of what they see God doing i...
In Luke’s account, the centurion at the cross continues themes the reader has seen already in Naaman in the Lord’s sermon at Nazareth. The centurion’s actions and words are a rebuke to the unbelief of some Jews. Gentiles are able to respond to the revelation of God. He is associated with those who fear God, and he is one of the “poor” outsiders. Go...
Suetonius on Christians. The Roman historian Suetonius (c. AD 69 – c. AD 122) mentions early Christians and may refer to Jesus Christ in his work Lives of the Twelve Caesars. [1][2][3] One passage in the biography of the Emperor Claudius Divus Claudius 25, refers to agitations in the Roman Jewish community and the expulsion of Jews from Rome ...
Tacitus on Jesus. The Fire of Rome, by Karl von Piloty, 1861. According to Tacitus, Nero targeted Christians as those responsible for the fire. The Roman historian and senator Tacitus referred to Jesus, his execution by Pontius Pilate, and the existence of early Christians in Rome in his final work, Annals (written c. AD 116), book 15, chapter 44.
The gospel writers do not say it, but Jesus' "cross talk" was but one instance of perhaps many "difficult sayings" which they and the other disciples did not truly understand until Jesus had died, rose again, and been glorified (e.g., John 6:60 ff., where Jesus explained this difficult saying to His disciples, and some of them took offense and ...
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Mark 5:20 That is, the Ten Cities. Mark 4. Mark 6. Luke 8:26-39. New International Version. Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man. 26 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,[a] which is across the lake from Galilee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes ...
