Read Luke 23:50-56Three main ideas are raised in this short passage regarding the burial of Jesus. Who is this Joseph of Arimathea? What do we know of him? This is the first we have heard of him, but we hear…

Read Luke 23:35-43Jesus is sneered at, mocked, insulted and taunted. However, in the midst of all of this, Jesus does not retaliate, threaten or rage back at others. This leads to a criminal being convicted that Jesus was innocent, and…

Read Luke 23:26-34Although he had been abandoned by his friends, as Jesus was being led out of the city to be crucified, many people gathered along the road and there Jesus met several people, including Simon from Cyrene, two criminals…

Read Luke 23:13-25 After trying to palm Jesus off to Herod so he didn’t have to deal with this problem, Pilate finds that Jesus is back with him. He assembles the Jewish leaders and all the people and states clearly…