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Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don`t know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
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A Prayer of Radical Love
Commentators emphasize that Jesus' first words from the cross were not a cry of pain but a prayer for his executioners. This act fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah 53:12 and demonstrates the supreme Christian virtue of loving and praying for one's enemies. Scholars like Spurgeon note this would have been shocking to the Roman soldiers, whose culture was based on retaliation, not forgiveness.
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Luke
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Father, forgive them. This is a fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 53:12: He made intercession for the transgressors. The pray…
Father forgive them (Πατερ, αφες αυτοις). Second aorist active imperative of αφιημ, with dative case. Some of the oldest and best …
19th Century
Anglican
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Again, the silence is broken, not by the cry of anguish or sigh of passionate compla…
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Baptist
And when they were come to the place, which, is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the o…
The presence of two criminals with Jesus emphasizes the humiliation of his execution and perhaps also his identification with sinners in his death …
16th Century
Protestant
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them. By this expression Christ gave evidence that he was that mild and gentle lamb, who was to be led out…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them When he was crucified between the two thieves, and as he hung upon the cross, …
As soon as Christ was fastened to the cross, He prayed for those who crucified Him. The great thing He died to purchase and procure for us is the f…
