Luk 23:43 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ Grk “he.”} said to him, “I tell you the truth, ^{▼▼ Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”} today ^{▼▼ 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.” ^{▼▼ 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.}