We left off last week with the stunningly beautiful prediction of the Coming of the Son of Man in Luke 21:25-28.
It's glorious, formidable, and redemptive. Today our text is the thief on the cross. In between then and now a lot of ugly and inglorious things have happened. They include a plot to kill Jesus (22:1-6), an embarrassing argument among his disciples over who is the greatest (22:24-27), Jesus' prediction of Peter's denial (22:31-34), Jesus weeping while his friends were sleeping in Gethsemane (22:39-46), his betrayal and arrest (22:47-53), Peter's denial (22:54-62), the mocking and beating of Jesus (22:63-65), his sentencing and, now, his crucifixion (23:1-44) between two criminals.
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