Luke 23:39-43
23:42 a remember me when you come into your Kingdom: The criminal was perhaps thinking of the resurrection at the end of time, when Jesus would be raised up and vindicated by God.23:43 b Jesus corrected the man by assuring him that today he would be vindicated in God’s presence (see also 2:11 c; 4:21 d; 5:26 e; 19:9 f).
• The word translated paradise comes from a Persian word that means “garden”; it was used in Jewish literature for the Garden of Eden and also for heaven, the place of eternal bliss for God’s people (see 2 Cor 12:4 g; Rev 2:7 h; cp. Luke 16:22-23 i; 2 Cor 5:8 j).
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