Difficult Texts: Luke 23.34 and Acts 7.60: Forgiving the Unrepentant?

Bash, Anthony

doi:10.1177/0040571x16640229

Difficult Texts: Luke 23.34 and Acts 7.60: Forgiving the Unrepentant?

Bash, Anthony

Authors

Professor Anthony Bash anthony.bash@durham.ac.uk
Senior Case Management Officer

Abstract

It is widely understood that Jesus forgave those who were crucifying him. His example is held up as one reason to forgive the unrepentant. This article questions these views and suggests that to forgive the unrepentant cannot be supported on biblical or pastoral grounds.

Citation

Bash, A. (2016). Difficult Texts: Luke 23.34 and Acts 7.60: Forgiving the Unrepentant?. Theology, 119(4), 276-278. https://doi.org/10.1177/0040571x16640229

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 15, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jun 20, 2016
Publication Date	Jul 1, 2016
Deposit Date	Jun 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Aug 30, 2016
Journal	Theology
Print ISSN	0040-571X
Electronic ISSN	2044-2696
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	119
Issue	4
Pages	276-278
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0040571x16640229

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Bash, Anthony (2016) 'Difficult texts : Luke 23.34 and Acts 7.60 : forgiving the unrepentant?', Theology., 119 (4). pp. 276-278. Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.