One of the treasures of Luke’s writing is contained in just five verses in Luke 23, taken from his depiction of the crucifixion. Here Dick shows how much Luke’s three voices from the cross have to tell us about the Christian gospel and how different people respond to it.
39 One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
