V.1-12 Sad to see that this hatred against the Lord actually makes people be friends.
V.25 They chose a murderer, and crucified the only true and good Man who ever lived. And today they blame God for their wars and their troubles! The world today would crucify Him again if they could do so.
V.39-43 How could it be that God would show such love! God is love. This is the darkest hour in all the history of man. God touched the heart of that thief, so that he admitted his guilt, confessed Jesus as Lord. That very day he was in paradise with the Lord Jesus!
V.45 God has opened the way so that He can now come out in blessing to man, and opened the way so that man can come into the presence of God; made clean from every stain of sin.
V.50 No doubt the wicked rulers wanted to cast the dead body of Jesus into a common grave with the two thieves, but God had declared “He was with the rich in His death” (Isa. 53:99And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. (Isaiah 53:9)), and so it was fulfilled.