Luke 23 · Verse 40

Luke 23:40

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

Luke 23:40, King James Version

Luke 23:40 in other translations

BSB	But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
WEB	But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
ASV	But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
YLT	And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, ‘Dost thou not even fear God, that thou art in the same judgment?
DARBY	But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost thou too not fear God, thou that art under the same judgment?
BBE	But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,
Webster	But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

What does Luke 23:40 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

40. Dost not thou--"thou" is emphatic: "Let others jeer, but dost thou?" fear God--Hast thou no fear of meeting Him so soon as thy righteous Judge? Thou art within an hour or two of eternity, and dost thou spend it in reckless disregard of coming judgment? in the same condemnation--He has been condemned to die, but is it better with thee? Doth even a common lot kindle no sympathy in thy breast?

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 40. Dost not thou fear God, &c. You are condemned to die as well as he. It is improper for you to rail on him as the rulers and Romans do. God is just, and you are hastening to his bar, and you should therefore fear him, and fear that he will punish you for railing on this innocent man.

Same condemnation. Condemnation to death; not death for the same thing, but the same kind of death.

(f) "Dost not thou" Ps 36:1 (g) "thou art in the same condition" Jer 5:3

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 40 Dost not thou fear God - The sufferings of this person had been sanctified to him, so that his heart was open to receive help from the hand of the Lord: he is a genuine penitent, and gives the fullest proof he can give of it, viz. the acknowledgment of the justice of his sentence. He had sinned, and he acknowledges his sin; his heart believes unto righteousness, and with his tongue he makes confession unto salvation. While he condemns himself he bears testimony that Jesus was innocent. Bishop Pearce supposes that these were not robbers in the common sense of the word, but Jews who took up arms on the principle that the Romans were not to be submitted to, and that their levies of tribute money were oppressive; and therefore they made no scruple to rob all the Romans they met with. These Jews Josephus calls λῃσται, robbers, the same term used by the evangelists. This opinion gains some strength from the penitent thief's confession: We receive the reward of our deeds - we rose up against the government, and committed depredations in the country; but this man hath done nothing amiss - ατοπον, out of place, disorderly, - nothing calculated to raise sedition or insurrection; nor inconsistent with his declarations of peace and good will towards all men, nor with the nature of that spiritual kingdom which he came to establish among men; though he is now crucified under the pretense of disaffection to the Roman government.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 23:32-43

As soon as Christ was fastened to the cross, he prayed for those who crucified him. The great thing he died to purchase and procure for us, is the forgiveness of sin. This he prays for. Jesus was crucified between two thieves; in them were shown the different effects the cross of Christ would have upon the children of men in the preaching the gospel. One malefactor was hardened to the last. No troubles of themselves…

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Luke 23:40 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἈποκριθεὶςApokritheisAnsweringG611

δὲdenowG1161

ὁhotheG3588

ἕτεροςheterosotherG2087

ἐπιτιμῶνepitimōnrebukingG2008

αὐτῷautōhimG846

ἔφη·ephēwas speaking;G5346

οὐδὲoudeNot evenG3761

φοβῇphobēado fearG5399

σὺsuyou yourselfG4771

τὸνton<the>G3588

θεὸνtheonGodG2316

ὅτιhotithatG3754

ἐνenunderG1722

τῷtōtheG3588

αὐτῷautōsameG846

κρίματιkrimatijudgmentG2917

εἶ;eiyou are?G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 23:40

Luke 12:5
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Revelation 15:4
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Psalms 36:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.
Leviticus 19:17
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Revelation 16:11
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

rebuked.
Le 19:17; Eph 5:11
Dost.
12:5; Ps 36:1; Re 15:4
seeing.
2Ch 28:22; Jer 5:3; Re 16:11

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Context

Luke 23:39
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
Luke 23:40
But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Luke 23:41
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

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Luke 23:40 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y respondiendo el otro, reprendióle, diciendo: ¿Ni aun tú temes á Dios, estando en la misma condenación?
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Mais l’autre, répondant, le reprit, disant: Et tu ne crains pas Dieu, toi, car tu es sous le même jugement?
German Elberfelder 1871	Der andere aber antwortete und strafte ihn und sprach: Auch du fürchtest Gott nicht, da du in demselben Gericht bist?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Respondens autem alter increpabat eum, dicens: Neque tu times Deum, quod in eadem damnatione es.