a23:42
b23:43
c2:11
d4:21
e5:26
f19:9
g2 Cor 12:4
hRev 2:7
iLuke 16:22-23
j2 Cor 5:8

‏ Luke 23:42-43

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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