Luke 24

Luke 24:7

Mocked him, and smote [him], etc. For notes on these indignities, see PNT Matthew 26:67.

Luke 24:10

As soon as it was day. The Lord had already been examined by Annas, and tried and condemned before Caiaphas in the night. To make it legal a meeting had to be held after daylight. See notes on Matthew 26:57-68. The elders of the people. “The assembly of the elders of the people” (Revised Version). The Sanhedrin. Led him into their council. Before the formal meeting of the body. This is the second time Jesus was before it and the second condemnation.

Luke 24:11

Art thou the Christ? He had already answered in the night and been condemned (Matthew 26:63-64). His reply here is a protest.

Luke 24:14

Art thou then the Son of God? To this he answered directly, and on this they condemned him. The charge was blasphemy in saying that he was the Son of God.

Luke 24:17

The Crucifixion SUMMARY OF LUKE 23: Jesus Brought Before Pilate. Acquitted by Pilate. On the Clamor of Priests Sent to Herod. Silent Before Herod. Sent Again, Arrayed as a King, to Pilate. Examined a Second Time and No Fault Found. Barabbas Demanded Instead of Christ. Pilate Yields and Sends Jesus to Be Crucified. The Weeping of the Daughters of Jerusalem. Between Thieves. Mocked on the Cross. The Penitent Thief. The Death of Jesus. The Burial. The Trial Before Pilate. Described in Matthew 27:11-35 Mr 15:1-23 John 18:28-19:16. See notes on Matthew and John. Led him to Pilate. The Sanhedrin, after a private conference, came in a body to accuse Jesus of sedition. See Matthew 27:1-10.

Luke 24:18

Forbidding to give tribute to Caesar. This was utterly false (Matthew 22:21). That he himself is Christ a king. This was true, but not in the sense they made the charge. He did not claim to be an earthly king.

Luke 24:20

I find no fault in this man. This decision was given after an examination of Jesus (John 18:33-38). In this Jesus explained to Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world.

Luke 24:23

He sent him to Herod. Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee. The Jews in their clamor against Pilate’s decision declared that Jesus was of Galilee; so he thought to get out of his difficulty by turning Jesus over to Herod, who was now in Jerusalem to attend the passover.

Luke 24:24

Herod . . . was exceeding glad. That he might gratify his curiosity to see Jesus. This was the Herod who had murdered John the Baptist.

Luke 24:27

Herod . . . mocked [him]. Pilate was a better man than Herod. Though he yielded weakly to the clamor, he was not a trifler.

Luke 24:28

Pilate and Herod were made friends. Because of Pilate’s courtesy in sending Herod a prisoner that belonged to his province. Why they were enemies is not stated.

Luke 24:31

Nor yet Herod. These words occur in another effort of Pilate to release Jesus, and imply that Herod had sent word that he found no guilt in the prisoner.

Luke 24:32

I will therefore chastise him. This was an effort to make a compromise. To gratify and save the pride of the Sanhedrin he will chastise an innocent man and then let him go.

Luke 24:34

Release to us Barabbas. See notes on Matthew 27:15-26, for the choice of Barabbas rather than Christ.

Luke 24:42

The Crucifixion. Compare Matthew 27:32-56 Mr 15:21-41 John 19:17-30. See notes on Matthew.

Luke 24:43

A great company of people, and of women. This shows that, although awed, Jesus had many sympathizers in Jerusalem.

Luke 24:44

Daughters of Jerusalem. These weeping women belonged to the city. Weep for yourselves. In this hour of trial his heart is broken for the woes coming upon them in the speedy destruction of Jerusalem.

Luke 24:47

If they do these things, etc. A proverb, meaning here, “If the rulers and the Romans crucify the Messiah of the nation, the Hope of Israel, what shall they do to the nation itself”? What they would do was seen in less than forty years.

Luke 24:50

Father, forgive them. This prayer for his murderers is reported only by Luke. It was evidently uttered just after he was nailed to the cross. What divine love in a prayer springing right out of the depth of his physical suffering! They know not what they do. Know not that they reject and slay their own Messiah; know not that, in this act, they doom their city and nation to destruction. “He made intercession for transgressors” (Isaiah 53:12). They parted his raiment. The executioners cast lots for it. See John 18:23.