Luke 23:1-56 NLT Text Notes

*Luke 23:16 Some manuscripts add verse 17, Now it was necessary for him to release one prisoner to them during the Passover celebration. Compare Matt 27:15; Mark 15:6; John 18:39.

*Luke 23:26 Cyrene was a city in northern Africa.

*Luke 23:30 Hos 10:8.

*Luke 23:31 Or If these things are done to me, the living tree, what will happen to you, the dry tree?

*Luke 23:33 Sometimes rendered Calvary, which comes from the Latin word for “skull.”

*Luke 23:34 This sentence is not included in many ancient manuscripts.

*Luke 23:34 Greek by casting lots. See Ps 22:18.

*Luke 23:46 Ps 31:5.

*Luke 23:47 Greek the centurion.

*Luke 23:47 Or righteous.

*Luke 23:48 Greek went home beating their breasts.

*Luke 23:54 Greek It was the day of preparation.