Luke 23:32
in Luke 23Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
KJV
And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
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This verse in Luke 23
Commentary
8 notes on this verseTwo other malefactors - Ἑτεροι δυο κακουργοι, should certainly be translated two others, malefactors, as in the Bibles published by the King’s printer, Edinburgh. As it now stands in the text, it seems to intimate that our blessed Lord was also a malefactor.
This site's exposition
led with him to be put to death
on Luke 23:32-33
Two other malefactors are led out with him, and at the place called Calvary, from the Latin for skull, the same as the Aramaic Golgotha, they crucify him between the two, one on the right hand and one on the left. Luke states the fact of the crucifixion with almost no description of the physical agony, a restraint the bench across the tradition reads as deliberate, letting the reader's own knowledge of the practice supply what the text does not dwell on. The location outside the city wall, per Hebrews 13:12, and the placement between two criminals fulfills Isaiah 53:12, numbered with the transgressors, a text Jesus himself quoted of his own coming death at 22:37.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church4 voices
But the Devil, desiring to engender an evil opinion of our Lord, caused robbers also to be crucified with Him; whence it follows, And there were two other malefactors led with him to be put to death.
First, therefore, regarding the dishonor of the company, he says: And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put to death; two others, namely, who were malefactors, so that from the iniquity of those put to death with Christ they might …
The devil, wishing to create and instill a bad opinion of the Lord, arranges for two robbers to be crucified with Him. But see how he lost one of them, and how what the devil plotted against the Lord served to His greater glory. For …
And two other criminals were also led away with him, to be put to death. So that what was said might be fulfilled: And he was numbered with the wicked. But he was numbered with the wicked in death, so that he might justify the …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And there were also two other malefactors,....
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
proposed
These words must have sounded particularly terrible to the ears of a Jewish woman. To her, it was always a disgrace to be childless. The idea of a time coming when it would be a blessing to have no children — must have been a strange and fearsome thought to her mind. And yet within fifty years, this prediction of Christ was literally fulfilled! The siege of Jerusalem by the Roman army under Titus, brought down on all the inhabitants of the city the most horrible sufferings from famine and pestilence that can be conceived. Women are reported to have actually eaten their own children during the siege for lack of food. Upon none did the last judgments sent upon the Jewish nation fall so heavily, as upon the wives, the mothers, and the little children. Let us beware of supposing that the Lord Jesus holds out to man nothing but mercy, pardon, love, and forgiveness. Beyond all doubt, He is plenteous in mercy. His mercy is like a mighty stream. He "delights in mercy." But we must never forget that there is justice with Him — as well as mercy . He is preparing punishments for the impenitent and the unbelieving. There is wrath revealed in the Gospel, for those who harden themselves in wickedness. The same cloud which was bright to Israel — was dark to the Egyptians. The same Lord Jesus who invites the laboring and heavy-laden to come to Him and rest — declares most plainly that unless a man repents — he will certainly perish; and that he who does not believe — shall be damned. (Luke 13:3; Mark 16:16.) The same Savior who now holds out His hands to the disobedient and rebellious — will come one day "from Heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God, and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
The words behind it
9 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ἤγοντο | egonto | Were being led away | G71 → | 68 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἕτεροι | heteroi | other | G2087 → | 97 times |
| κακοῦργοι | kakourgoi | criminals | G2557 → | 4 times |
| δύο | duo | two | G1417 → | 133 times |
| σὺν | sun | with | G4862 → | 128 times |
| αὐτῷ | auto | Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἀναιρεθῆναι. | anairethenai | to be executed. | G337 → |
ἬγοντοWere being led away
egontoG71 →68 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἕτεροιother
heteroiG2087 →97 times
κακοῦργοιcriminals
kakourgoiG2557 →4 times
δύοtwo
duoG1417 →133 times
σὺνwith
sunG4862 →128 times
αὐτῷHim
autoG846 →5565 times
ἀναιρεθῆναι.to be executed.
anairethenaiG337 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 22:37For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 53:12
Through
Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the…
it leads to
- Mark 15:27
Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 22:37
For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
- Hebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- Luke 23:32–34
Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
- Colossians 1:13–14
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
- Mark 15:27
Through
Matthew 27:38Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
it leads to
- John 19:18
There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 19:18
Where this verse is studied
About Luke
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels; Bede, On the Gospel of Luke; Bonaventure, Commentary on Luke, Chapter 23; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Luke.