Luke 23:42 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 23:42

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

BSB

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ASV

And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.

KJV

And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 153 (444)

Let us look at his most beautiful confession of faith. He says, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom." You see him crucified and call him a king. You expect the One who bears scorn and suffering to come in godlike glory. You see him surrounded by a Jewish crowd, the wicked gang of the Pharisees, and Pilate's band of soldiers. All of these were mocking him, and no one confessed him.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

But it must also be explained how the others, that is, Matthew and Mark, introduced two thieves reviling, while Luke, one reviling, the other resisting him. Perhaps this other at first reviled, but was suddenly converted. It may also have been spoken of one, but in the plural number; as in the Hebrews, They wandered in goat-skins, and they were sawn asunder; (Heb. 11:37.) whereas Elijah alone is related to have had a goat-skin, and Isaiah to have been sawn asunder.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Remember me when thou comest - From heaven, in thy kingdom - He acknowledges him a king, and such a king, as after he is dead, can profit the dead. The apostles themselves had not then so clear conceptions of the kingdom of Christ.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is the prayer of a dying sinner to a dying Saviour. It was the honour of Christ to be thus prayed to, though he was upon the cross reproached and reviled.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lord, remember me, etc. - It is worthy of remark, that this man appears to have been the first who believed in the intercession of Christ.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1881: “The Dying Thief in a New Light” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1886)

A GREAT many persons, whenever they hear of the conversion of the dying thief, remember that he was saved in the very article of death and they dwell upon that fact, and that, alone. He has always been quoted as a case of salvation at the 11th hour and so, indeed, he is. In his case it is proven that as long as a man can repent, he can obtain forgiveness. The Cross of Christ avails even for a man hanging on a gallows and drawing near to his last breath.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἔλεγεν·	elegen	he was saying:	G3004 →
Ἰησοῦ,	Iēsou	Jesus,	G2424 →
μνήσθητί	mnēsthēti	do remember	G3403 →
μου	mou	me	G3165 →
ὅταν	hotan	when	G3752 →
ἔλθῃς	elthēs	You may come	G2064 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
βασιλείαν	basileian	kingdom	G932 →
σου.	sou	of You!	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 16:31
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
leads to
- Romans 10:9–10
  that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 1:12
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Acts 2:38–39
  Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 11:13–14
  He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
Through
Luke 12:8
I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
leads to
- Matthew 10:32–33
  Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
- 1 John 2:23
  Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
- 2 Timothy 2:12
  if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke