D. Paul
Puritan Board Sophomore
In this verse, Jesus asks "Father, forgive them..."
No matter to whom "them" refers for the moment; Were they forgiven? I must conclude, "Yes".
Gill, in speaking on this text says, " not for those who sinned the sin unto death, the sin against the Holy Ghost, who knowing him to be the Messiah, maliciously crucified him, for whom prayer is not to be made; but for those who were ignorantly concerned in it, as the next clause shows, even for his own elect, whom the Father had given him out of the world, which were among his crucifiers; for those, and not the world, he prays: and the fruit of this his prayer quickly appeared, in the conversion of three thousand of them under Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost, next following, in six weeks time."
I figured since no one was identified specifically (except they who crucified him...the Roman soldiers or the Jews) that "they" were forgiven. Now, "forgiven" of that one sin or given salvation, as our sins are forgiven?
No matter to whom "them" refers for the moment; Were they forgiven? I must conclude, "Yes".
Gill, in speaking on this text says, " not for those who sinned the sin unto death, the sin against the Holy Ghost, who knowing him to be the Messiah, maliciously crucified him, for whom prayer is not to be made; but for those who were ignorantly concerned in it, as the next clause shows, even for his own elect, whom the Father had given him out of the world, which were among his crucifiers; for those, and not the world, he prays: and the fruit of this his prayer quickly appeared, in the conversion of three thousand of them under Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost, next following, in six weeks time."
I figured since no one was identified specifically (except they who crucified him...the Roman soldiers or the Jews) that "they" were forgiven. Now, "forgiven" of that one sin or given salvation, as our sins are forgiven?