Luke 23.35-43 The Outlaw’s Insight: Understanding Jesus Through Unexpected Eyes

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This Gospel describes some of the last moments of the life of Jesus on Earth. The Gospel seems more appropriate for Lent and Easter. Jesus says very little. He is dying on the cross, he is dismissed by the leaders who are responsible for his death. The most interesting conversation is between the two condemned men who are being crucified with Jesus. We do not know what their crimes were. In those days it did not take much to be condemned to death. We know nothing about the criminals. The two criminals take very different positions with Jesus. The first one taunts Jesus but is rebuked by the second who seems to have an amazing understanding of who Jesus is. It is ironic that the Pharisees with all their training in Scripture fail in recognizing Jesus as the Messiah yet here we have this criminal who is being executed but he is able to recognize who Jesus is. The criminal is rewarded for his faith. I suspect that the other criminal was pardoned too. There is no limit in the willingness of Jesus to forgive.

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