Luke 23:39–43
To one of the criminals beside him he promises to be with him that very day
Study it word by word39And one of the criminals who were hanging there was blaspheming him, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
40But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same condemnation?
41And we indeed are here justly, for we are receiving back what is due for what we did; but this man has done nothing wrong.”
42And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”
43And he said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
In its context
37and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
38And there was also an inscription over him: “This is the King of the Jews.”
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44And it was already about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
45the sun having failed; and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn down the middle.
Its words in the original
- ΕἷςHeis· one
One.
- κρεμασθέντωνkremasthentōn· hang
Hang, suspend; in the passive, hang on something, depend on it.
- κακούργωνkakourgōn· criminal
Criminal, wrongdoer.
- ἐβλασφήμειeblasphēmei· blaspheme
Blaspheme: speak against God; also insult, slander.
- λέγωνlegōn· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΟὐχὶOuchi· not
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
- εἶei· be
Be, exist.
- χριστόςchristos· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- σῶσονsōson· save
Save, rescue from danger or death; also heal from an illness.
- σεαυτὸνseauton· yourself
Yourself.
- ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis· answer
Answer, reply; speak up.
- ἕτεροςheteros· other, another
Other, another, different.
- ἐπιτιμῶνepitimōn· rebuke, warn
Rebuke, reprove; order sternly.
- ἔφηephē· say
Say.
- φοβῇphobēi· fear, be afraid
Fear, be afraid; also show reverent respect.
- θεόνtheon· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- κρίματιkrimati· judgment
Judgment, verdict; also condemnation.
- δικαίωςdikaiōs· justly
Justly, rightly, deservedly.
- ἄξιαaxia· worthy
Worthy, fitting.
- ἐπράξαμενepraxamen· do, practice
Do, practice; also collect (money).
- ἀπολαμβάνομενapolambanomen· receive
To take aside; to receive.
- ἄτοπονatopon· wrong, out of place
Wrong, improper, out of place; unusual, harmful.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- μνήσθητίmnēsthēti· remember
Remember.
- ὅτανhotan· when, whenever
When, whenever.
- ἔλθῃςelthēis· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- βασιλείᾳbasileiai· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- ἈμήνAmēn· truly, amen
Amen: a Hebrew word meaning "so it is", "it is firm". Jesus uses it at the start of a saying to affirm what he is about to say: "truly".
- σήμερονsēmeron· today
Today.
- παραδείσῳparadeisōi· paradise
Paradise: a garden; God's garden, the dwelling of the righteous dead.