35-- 47. ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ 641 Θεόν, ὅτι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ κρίµατι ef; 41. καὶ ἡμεῖς μὲν δικαίως. ἄξια
γὰρ ὧν ἐπράξαμεν ἀπολαμβάνομεν: οὗτος δὲ οὐδὲν ἄτοπον ἔπραξε.”
42. Καὶ ἔλεγε τῷ] ᾿Ιησοῦ, “ Μνήσθητί µου, Κύριε, ὅταν ἔλθῃς ἐν
τῇ βασιλεία ὃ cov.” 43. Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς," ““᾽Αμὴν λέγω σοι,» σήµερον pet ἐμοῦ Eon ἐν τῷ παραδείσω.”
44. "Hv δὲ 6 ὡσεὶ dpa ἕκτη, καὶ σκότος ἐγένετο ἐφ᾽ ὅλην τὴν γῆν, ἕως ὥρας ἐννάτης. 45. καὶ ἐσκοτίσθη 6 ἥλιος, καὶ ἐσχίσθη Ἰ τὸ καταπέτασµα τοῦ ναοῦ μέσον" 46. καὶ φωνήσας φωνῇ µεγάλη ὁ "Ingots εἶπε, “ Πάτερ, εἰς χεῖράς σου παραθήσοµαι ὃ τὸ πνεῦμά μου.” Καὶ ταῦτα ὃ εἰπὼν ἐξέπνευσεν. 47. ᾿Ιδὼν δὲ ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος 1° τὸ γενόµενον ἐδόξασε 1] τὸν Θεόν, λέγων, '΄Ὄντως ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος
1 S8BCL omit τω; based on mistaken interpretation. Vide below.
3 Omit κνριε NBCDLM. 2 eis την β. in BL (W.H. text).
4 Omit ol. SBL. ὅσοι λεγω in BCL.
6 For ην δε SBC*DL 255 have και nv, to which BC*L add ηδη.
7 For και εσκ. o nA. και εσχ. S$ BC*L minusc. have τον ηλιον εκλιποντος εσχισθη δε.
ἕπαρατιθεμαι in SABC, etc. 10 εκατονταρχης in 398 1, 131, 209.
πονηρὰ, αἰσχρὰ, Hesych.); of persons 2 Thess. iii. 2, in the sense of physically hurtful in Acts xxviii. 6.—Ver. 42. καὶ éXeyev* Ιησοῦ, and he said: Jesus! not to Jesus as T. R. signifies—év τῇ βασιλείᾳσ.: when Thou comest in Thy kingdom = when Thou comest as King to earth again, the petition meaning: may I be among those whom Thou shalt raise from the dead to share its joys! The reading of BL, εἴς τὴν β. σ., might point to an immediate entering into the Kingdom of Heaven, the prayer mean- ing: may I go there to be with Thee when I die!—Ver. 43. oypepov: to be connected with what follows, not with λέγω = to-day, as opposed to a boon ex- pected at some future time (which makes for the reading ἐν τῇ B. in ver. 42). Or the point may be: this very day, not to- morrow or the next day, as implying speedy release by death, instead of a slow lingering process of dying, as often in cases of crucifixion.—év τῷ παραδείσῳ, in paradise ; either the division of Hades in which the blessed dwell, which would make for the descensus ad inferos, or heaven ; vide at xvi. 23, and cf. 2 Cor. xii. 4, where it is a synonym for heaven, and Rev. ii. 7, where it denotes the perfected Kingdom of God, the ideal state of bliss realised. The use of ‘‘ paradise’ in this sense is analogous to the various representations in Hebrews
® For και ταυτα S¥BC*D have τουτο δε. 11 εδοξαζεν in BDL.
of the perfect future drawn from the primeval condition of man; lordship in the world to come, deliverance from the fear of death, a Sabbatism (Heb. ii. 8, 14; iv. 9). The use of the term παράδεισος by St. Paul makes its use by our Lord credible.
Vv. 44-49. After crucifixion (Mt. xxvii. 45-56, Mk. xv. 33-41).—Ver. 44. ἐφ᾽ ὅλην τὴν γῆν: though Lk. writes for Gentiles this phrase need not mean more than over the whole land of Israel. —Ver. 45. τοῦ HAtov ἐκλιπόντος : this phrase (a well-attested reading as against the T.R. ἐσκοτίσθη 6 Π.) ought to mean the sun being eclipsed, an impossibility when the moon is full. If all that was meant was the sun’s light totally failing, darkened, e.g., by a sand storm, the natural expression would be ἐσκοτίσθη. —Ver. 46. φωνῇ µεγάλῃ : this expression is used in Mt. and Mk. in connection with the “ΜΥ God, My God,” which Lk. omits. In its place comes the ‘Father, into Thy hands”. Here as in the agony in the garden Lk.’s account fails to sound the depths of Christ’s humiliation. It must not be inferred that he did not know of the * Eli, Eli’’. Either he personally, or his source, or his first readers, could not bear the thought of it.—waparibewat tT. 7. p.: an echo of Psalm xxxi. 6, and to be under- stood in a similar sense, as an expression