Luke 22:21

A Final Discourse

22:21 “But look, the hand of the one who betrays ¹  me is with me on the table. ² 

Luke 22:28

22:28 “You are the ones who have remained ³  with me in my trials.

Luke 23:43

23:43 And Jesus ⁴  said to him, “I tell you the truth, ⁵  today ⁶  you will be with me in paradise.” ⁷ 

[22:21]  ¹ sn The one who betrays me. Jesus knows about Judas and what he has done.

[22:21]  ² sn The point of Jesus’ comment here is not to identify the specific individual per se, but to indicate that it is one who was close to him – somebody whom no one would suspect. His comment serves to heighten the treachery of Judas’ betrayal.

[22:28]  ³ tn Or “continued” (L&N 34.3). Jesus acknowledges the disciples’ faithfulness.

[23:43]  ⁵ tn Grk “he.”

[23:43]  ⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[23:43]  ⁷ sn Jesus gives more than the criminal asked for, because the blessing will come today, not in the future. He will be among the righteous. See the note on today in 2:11.

[23:43]  ⁸ sn In the NT, paradise is mentioned three times. Here it refers to the abode of the righteous dead. In Rev 2:7 it refers to the restoration of Edenic paradise predicted in Isa 51:3 and Ezek 36:35. In 2 Cor 12:4 it probably refers to the “third heaven” (2 Cor 12:2) as the place where God dwells.