Luk 23:47 | KingComments | STEP | What happened makes a big impression on the centurion. He praises God, and from his mouth the sixth testimony of innocence of the Lord Jesus sounds. The centurion also speaks about “this man”, according to the way in which He is presented by Luke. To the crowd it has been a spectacle, a distraction in the drudgery of everyday life. They go back home after they have seen what happened while beating their breasts. It is the expression of only an emotional affection without a convinced conscience. It is the same as with the lamentation of the women in . Such emotions are for a moment. Back home, they pick up the thread of everyday life. The impressions fade and disappear, without anything lastingly changing in their lives because of what they have seen. This is how it went with the movie ‘The Passion of the Christ’, which was a big hit in 2004. In this movie, the Lord’s suffering has been turned into a spectacle, a disgusting show, through which many have been moved to tears and beaten their breasts. Furthermore, it was just an evening of entertainment and after that they went back to the order of the day. There are also others who have observed everything. Among them are the women who followed Him from Galilee. These women are of a different kind than the women of . They are there out of love for the Lord. Yet they are at a distance. The Lord has been absolutely alone in suffering. By the way, it is a characteristic of Luke that he regularly writes about women and their service. It is also remarkable that we do not read in any of the Gospels of women who have offended the Lord or participated in rebellion against Him.

‏ Luke 23:47

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What happened makes a big impression on the centurion. He praises God, and from his mouth the sixth testimony of innocence of the Lord Jesus sounds. The centurion also speaks about “this man”, according to the way in which He is presented by Luke.

To the crowd it has been a spectacle, a distraction in the drudgery of everyday life. They go back home after they have seen what happened while beating their breasts. It is the expression of only an emotional affection without a convinced conscience. It is the same as with the lamentation of the women in Lk 23:28. Such emotions are for a moment. Back home, they pick up the thread of everyday life. The impressions fade and disappear, without anything lastingly changing in their lives because of what they have seen.

This is how it went with the movie ‘The Passion of the Christ’, which was a big hit in 2004. In this movie, the Lord’s suffering has been turned into a spectacle, a disgusting show, through which many have been moved to tears and beaten their breasts. Furthermore, it was just an evening of entertainment and after that they went back to the order of the day.

There are also others who have observed everything. Among them are the women who followed Him from Galilee. These women are of a different kind than the women of Lk 23:28. They are there out of love for the Lord. Yet they are at a distance. The Lord has been absolutely alone in suffering.

By the way, it is a characteristic of Luke that he regularly writes about women and their service. It is also remarkable that we do not read in any of the Gospels of women who have offended the Lord or participated in rebellion against Him.