[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Luke Overview]] [[Luke 22]] [[luke 24]] # Luke 23 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Jesus Brought Before Pilate **Principle**: The world can find no fault in Jesus. [[#Verse 01.]] Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.  [[#Verse 02.]] They began to accusehim, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesarand claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”  [[#Verse 03.]] SoPilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”  [[#Verse 04.]] Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”  [[#Verse 05.]] But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!” ### Jesus Brought Before Herod **Principle**: Sharing Jesus can bring friendship. [[#Verse 06.]] Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.  [[#Verse 07.]] When he learned that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.  [[#Verse 08.]] When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign.  [[#Verse 09.]] So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.  [[#Verse 10.]] The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.  [[#Verse 11.]] Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herodsent him back to Pilate.  [[#Verse 12.]] That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies. ### Jesus Brought Before the Crowd **Principle**: All things work toward God's glory. [[#Verse 13.]] Then Pilate called together the chief priests, theleaders, and the people,  [[#Verse 14.]] and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.  [[#Verse 15.]] Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.  [[#Verse 16.]] I will therefore have him flogged and release him.” [[#Verse 18.]] But they all shouted out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!”  [[#Verse 19.]] (This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)  [[#Verse 20.]] Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.  [[#Verse 21.]] But they kept on shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!”  [[#Verse 22.]] A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”  [[#Verse 23.]] But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.  [[#Verse 24.]] So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.  [[#Verse 25.]] He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will. ### The Crucifixion **Principle**: The King Wins Our Freedom [[#Verse 26.]] As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.  [[#Verse 27.]] A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.  [[#Verse 28.]] But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.  [[#Verse 29.]] For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ [[#Verse 30.]] Then they will begin _to say to the mountains,_ ‘_Fall on us!_’ _and_ _to the hills,_ ‘_Cover us!_’  [[#Verse 31.]] For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” ## Crucified Between Two Criminals **Principle**: Suffering around Jesus draws you to Him. [[#Verse 32.]] Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.  [[#Verse 33.]] So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.  [[#Verse 34.]] [But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then _they threw dice_ _to divide his clothes_.  [[#Verse 35.]] The people also stood there watching, but the leaders ridiculed him, saying, “He saved others. Let him savehimself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”  [[#Verse 36.]] The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,  [[#Verse 37.]] and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”  [[#Verse 38.]] There was also an inscription over him, “This is the king of the Jews.” [[#Verse 39.]] One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”  [[#Verse 40.]] But the other rebuked him, saying,“Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?  [[#Verse 41.]] And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”  [[#Verse 42.]] Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”  [[#Verse 43.]] And Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.” ## The Death of Jesus **Principle**: The King reclaims His Kingdom. [[#Verse 44.]] It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, [[#Verse 45.]] because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtainwas torn in two.  [[#Verse 46.]] Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, **_into_** **_your hands I commit my spirit!_**” And after he said this he breathed his last. [[#Verse 47.]] Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent!”  [[#Verse 48.]] And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.  [[#Verse 49.]] And all those who knew Jesus stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee saw these things. ### Jesus’ Burial **Principle**: True followers continue to follow when it is not popular. [[#Verse 50.]] Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.  [[#Verse 51.]] (He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.  [[#Verse 52.]] He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  [[#Verse 53.]] Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.  [[#Verse 54.]] It was the day of preparationand the Sabbath was beginning.  [[#Verse 55.]] The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.  [[#Verse 56.]] Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ###### Verse 38. ###### Verse 39. ###### Verse 40. ###### Verse 41. ###### Verse 42. ###### Verse 43. ###### Verse 44. ###### Verse 45. ###### Verse 46. ###### Verse 47. ###### Verse 48. ###### Verse 49. ###### Verse 50. ###### Verse 51. ###### Verse 52. ###### Verse 53. ###### Verse 54. ###### Verse 55. ###### Verse 56. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ##### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Coming Soon. - ✅ Coming Soon. ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes