Luk 23:43 | NET2full | STEP | And Jesus said to him , “I tell you the truth , today you will be with me in paradise .”

‏ Luke 23:43

43 And Jesus ^{▼▼tn Grk “he.”} said to him, “I tell you the truth, ^{▼▼tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”} today ^{▼▼sn Jesus gives more than the criminal asked for because the blessing will come today, not in the future. He will be among the righteous. See the note on today in 2:11.} you will be with me in paradise.” ^{▼▼sn In the NT, paradise is mentioned three times. Here it refers to the abode of the righteous dead. In Rev 2:7 it refers to the restoration of Edenic paradise predicted in Isa 51:3 and Ezek 36:35. In 2 Cor 12:4 it probably refers to the “third heaven” (2 Cor 12:2) as the place where God dwells.}