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Jesus carrying his cross, by Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556)
23:31 Dry (dead) wood burns quickly, but green (living) wood is slow to catch re.
23:43 Even when he is dying on the cross, Jesus is the source of healing and life, promising paradise to the man cruci ed with him, whom tradition names “the good thief.”
23:44 The natural world is shaken at the moment of Jesus’ death, with an eclipse of the sun. The living and the dying of Jesus touch the whole of the cosmos.
o. [23:30] Hos 10:8; Rev 6:16.
p. [23:33–43] Mt 27:33–44; Mk 15:22–32;
Jn 19:17–24.
q. [23:33] 22:37; Is 53:12.
r. [23:34] Nm 15:27–31; Ps 22:19; Mt 5:44;
Acts 7:60.
s. [23:35–36] Ps 22:8–9.
t. [23:35] 4:23.
u. [23:36] Ps 69:22; Mt 27:48; Mk 15:36.
v. [23:41] 23:4, 14, 22.
w. [23:42] 9:27; 23:2, 3, 38.
x. [23:43] 2 Cor 12:3; Rev 2:7.
y. [23:44–49] Mt 27:45–56; Mk 15:33–41;
Jn 19:25–30.
z. [23:44–45] Am 8:9.
a. [23:45] Ex 26:31–33; 36:35.
b. [23:46] Ps 31:6; Acts 7:59.
c. [23:48] 18:13; Zec 12:10.
d. [23:49] 8:1–3; 23:55–56; 24:10; Ps 38:12.
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* [23:34] [Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”]: this portion of Lk 23:34 does not occur in the oldest papyrus manuscript of Luke and in other early Greek manuscripts and ancient versions of wide geographical distribution.
* [23:39–43] This episode is recounted only in this gospel. The penitent sinner receives salvation through the cruci ed Jesus. Jesus’ words to the penitent thief reveal Luke’s understanding that the destiny of the Christian is “to be with Jesus.”
* [23:44] Noon. . .three in the afternoon: literally, the sixth and ninth hours. See note on Mk 15:25.
* [23:47] This man was innocent: or, “This man was righteous.”
LUKE 
yourselves and for your children, 29for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’ 30At that time people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall upon us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’o 31for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?” 32Now two others, both criminals, were led away with him to be executed.
The Crucifixion.p 33When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left.q 34[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”]* They divided his garments by casting lots.r 35The people stood
by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said,s “He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God.”t 36Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wineu 37they called out, “If you are King of the Jews, save yourself.” 38Above him there was an inscription that read, “This is the King of the Jews.” 39* Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us.” 40The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, “Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? 41And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal.”v 42Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”w 43He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”x
The Death of Jesus.y 44* It was now about noonz and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon 45because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.a 46Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”; and when he had said this he breathed his last.b 47The centurion who witnessed what had happened glorified God and said, “This man was innocent* beyond doubt.” 48When all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts;c 49but all his acquaintances stood at a distance, including the women who had followed him from Galilee and saw these events.d