Lukas 8:38

8:38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go ¹  with him, but Jesus ²  sent him away, saying,

Lukas 23:43

23:43 And Jesus ³  said to him, “I tell you the truth, ⁴  today ⁵  you will be with me in paradise.” ⁶ 

[8:38]  ¹ tn Grk “be,” that is, “remain.” In this context that would involve accompanying Jesus as he went on his way.

[8:38]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:43]  ³ tn Grk “he.”

[23:43]  ⁴ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[23:43]  ⁵ sn Jesus gives more than the criminal asked for, because the blessing will come today, not in the future. He will be among the righteous. See the note on today in 2:11.

[23:43]  ⁶ sn In the NT, paradise is mentioned three times. Here it refers to the abode of the righteous dead. In Rev 2:7 it refers to the restoration of Edenic paradise predicted in Isa 51:3 and Ezek 36:35. In 2 Cor 12:4 it probably refers to the “third heaven” (2 Cor 12:2) as the place where God dwells.