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Luke 23:26-43
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26As the soldiers led him
away, they seized Simon from
27A large number of people
followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.
28Jesus turned and said to
them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for
your children.
29For the time will come when
you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and
the breasts that never nursed!’
30Then “‘they will say to the
mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the
hills, “Cover us!”’
31For if people do these
things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32Two other men, both
criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.
33When they came to the place
called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his
right, the other on his left.
34Jesus said, “Father,
forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up
his clothes by casting lots.
35The people stood watching,
and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save
himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
36The soldiers also came up
and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar
37and said, “If you are the
king of the Jews, save yourself.”
38There was a written notice
above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.
39One of the criminals who
hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and
us!”
40But the other criminal
rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same
sentence?
41We are punished justly, for
we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
42Then he said, “Jesus,
remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
43Jesus answered him, “Truly
I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
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1)
According to
verse 26 why did the soldiers, as they led Jesus away, seize Simon from
o
They
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Put the cross on
him.
§
And made him
carry it behind Jesus.
2)
Why did the
soldiers force Simon to carry the cross, given that the person who was going to
be crucified normally carried it?
o
Flogging was
routinely done prior to every Roman execution.
o
Jesus might have
been so weakened by the flogging.
o
That
o
He was not able
to carry the cross himself.
3)
According to
verse 27 who followed Jesus?
o
A large number of
people followed Jesus, including women who
§
Mourned.
§
And wailed for
him.
4)
According to
verse 28 what did Jesus do in response to the women’s weeping for him?
o
Jesus told the Daughters
of Jerusalem not to weep
§
For him.
§
But for themselves.
§
And for their
children.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 29 why did he tell the Daughters of Jerusalem not to weep for him but for themselves and for their
children?
o
For the time would
come.
o
When
o
The Daughters of
Jerusalem would say that blessed are
§
The childless
women.
§
The wombs that
never bore.
§
And the breasts
that never nursed!
6)
How did people
consider childless women in terms of God’s blessing in those days in the Jewish
culture?
o
People considered
childless women to be missing God’s blessing.
7)
Why would the Daughters
of Jerusalem say that childless women are blessed?
o
It is because
§
The children of
the Daughters of Jerusalem would be completely slaughtered by the Romans.
§
When
§
They put down a Jewish
rebellion in the city in 70 A.D.
o
The atrocity was
so horrendous.
o
That
o
Childlessness would
appear to be a blessing.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 30 what would children
of the Daughters of Jerusalem say in utter desperation?
o
They would say
§
To the mountains,
“Fall on us!”
§
And to the hills,
“Cover us!”
9)
Why would children
of the Daughters of Jerusalem say such things?
o
The atrocity by the
Romans would be so horrendous.
o
That
o
It would have
been better to be crushed by
§
The mountains.
§
And the hills.
10)
What did Jesus mean by saying, “If people do these things when
the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
o
Jesus is innocent.
o
Yet
o
The Romans had
him crucified.
o
How much more
severely would the Romans deal with the rebellious children of the Daughters of
Jerusalem!
11)
According to
verse 32 who were also led out with Jesus to be executed?
o
Two other men,
both criminals, were also led out.
12)
According to
verse 33 what happened when the soldiers came to the place called the Skull?
o
They crucified Jesus
there, along with the criminals—
§
One on his right.
§
The other on his
left.
13)
According to verse
34 what did Jesus say to the Father when the
soldiers were dividing up his clothes by casting lots?
o
Jesus said,
“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
14)
According to
verse 35 how did the rulers sneer at the incongruity of Jesus’ claiming to be
God’s Chosen Messiah or Christ who saved others and the trouble he was in?
o
He saved others.
o
Let him save
himself.
15)
According to
verses 36 and 37 how did the soldiers mock
Jesus?
o
They mocked Jesus
§
By offering him
wine vinegar as though offering it to a king.
§
And by
challenging him to save himself.
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If
§
He was the king
of the Jews.
16)
According to
verse 38 what did the written notice above Jesus say?
o
It read: this is
the king of the jews.
17)
According to
verse 39 what insults did one of the criminals who hung there hurl at Jesus?
o
He challenged Jesus
to save
§
Himself.
§
And those
crucified along with him.
o
If
o
He were the Messiah or the Christ.
18)
According to
verses 40 and 41 how did the other criminal rebuke the criminal who hurled insults
at Jesus?
o
He rebuked the criminal who hurled insults at Jesus
§
That
§
He should fear
God.
§
Since
§
He was under the
same sentence.
§
And that
§
They were
punished justly.
§
For
§
They were getting
what their deeds deserve.
§
But that Jesus had
done nothing wrong.
19)
What was it that
was missing from those who mocked Jesus but that was present in the criminal
who stated that Jesus had done nothing wrong?
o
He had a sense of
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Right.
§
And wrong.
o
That was missing from those who mocked Jesus.
20)
According to
verse 42 what did the criminal who came to Jesus’ defense ask Jesus to do for
him?
o
He asked Jesus to
remember him.
o
When
o
He came into his
kingdom.
21)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 43 what was going to happen that day?
o
That criminal who
came to Jesus’ defense would be with him in paradise.
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Luke 23:26-43
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