(Luke 23:34) Would you allow yourself to stand in Jesus’ shoes for a moment You are an innocent person sentenced to a death reserved for the worst criminals and the words that come out of your mouth are, Father, forgive them. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.ģ6 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,ģ7 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.ģ8 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, This Is The King Of The Jews.ģ9 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.Ĥ0 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?Ĥ1 And we indeed justly for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.Ĥ2 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.Ĥ3 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.Ĥ4 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.Ĥ5 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine. And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves. And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.ģ5 And the people stood beholding. Luke 23:34 New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95) 34 But Jesus was saying, Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing. Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing. 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. How one accounts for these puzzles, or whether one recognizes them in the first place, has great import for how one situates Luke-Acts within discourses concerning emerging early Jewish and Christian identities.
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