Crucifixion of Jesus Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Luke==== * "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing."<ref>{{bibleverse|Lk.|23:34}}</ref> [Some early manuscripts do not have this] * "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."<ref>{{bibleverse|Lk.|23:43}}</ref> * "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit."<ref>{{bibleverse|Lk.|23:46}}</ref> The Gospel of Luke does not include the aforementioned exclamation of Jesus mentioned in Matthew and Mark.<ref>John Haralson Hayes, ''Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner's Handbook'' (Westminster John Knox Press, 1987) pp. 104β105. The author suggests this possibly was designed to play down the suffering of Jesus and replace a cry of desperation with one of hope and confidence, in keeping with the message of the Gospel in which Jesus dies confident that he would be vindicated as God's righteous prophet.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page