Luke 23:41

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss.
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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds. This was an act of profound and public confession, contrition, and repentance, by which he expiated his former sins. But this man hath done nothing amiss. The Greek is άτοπον, which means out of harmony, unbecoming incongruous, nothing worthy of the slightest blame or reprehension. Lo! a free and public confession of, and testimony to, the innocence of Christ, given before the scribes and rulers, who had condemned Him, fearing nothing.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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