When these troubles came to him, Manasseh begged for help from the Lord his God. Manasseh humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. {\cf2\super [409]}
Luke 23:41 - Easy To Read Version You and I are guilty; we should be killed because we did wrong. But this man (Jesus) has done nothing wrong!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And we indeed suffer it justly, receiving the due reward of our actions; but this Man has done nothing out of the way [nothing strange or eccentric or perverse or unreasonable]. American Standard Version (1901) And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. Common English Bible We are rightly condemned, for we are receiving the appropriate sentence for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.” Catholic Public Domain Version And indeed, it is just for us. For we are receiving what our deeds deserve. But truly, this one has done nothing wrong." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this man hath done no evil. |
When these troubles came to him, Manasseh begged for help from the Lord his God. Manasseh humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. {\cf2\super [409]}
The bad things that happened to us are our own fault. We have done evil things, and we have much guilt. But you, our God, have punished us much less than we should have been. We have done many terrible sins, and we should have been punished worse. And you have even let some of our people escape captivity.
They stood there for about three hours, and the people read the Book of the Law of the Lord their God. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and bowed down to worship the Lord their God.
I prayed to the Lord my God. I told him about all of my sins. I said: “Lord, you are a great and awesome God. You keep your agreement of love and kindness with people that love you. You keep your agreement with the people who obey your commands.
Pilate said these things while he was sitting in the place for judging. While he was sitting there, his wife sent a message to him. The message said, “Don’t do anything with that man (Jesus). He is not guilty. And today I had a dream about him, and it troubled me very much.”
Pilate saw that he could do nothing to make the people change. And he saw that the people were becoming upset. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands {\cf2\super [429]} so that all the people could see. Then Pilate said, “I am not guilty of this man’s death. You are the ones that are doing it!”
The army officer {\cf2\super [435]} and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everything that happened. They were very afraid and said, “He really was the Son of God!”
But the other criminal stopped him. He said, “You should fear God! All of us will die soon!
Then this criminal said to Jesus, “Jesus, remember me when you begin ruling as king!”
When we were with you believers, we lived in a holy and right way, without fault. You know that this is true, and God knows that this is true.
So give yourselves to God. Be against the devil, and the devil will run away from you.
But you were bought with the precious blood (death) of Christ—a pure and perfect lamb.
People said bad things to Christ, but he did not say bad things to them. Christ suffered, but he did not threaten (speak against) the people. No! Christ let God take care of him. God is the One who judges rightly.