Section 10
are going with your opponent to a magistrate, endeavor to be released from him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge will deliver you up to the officer, and the officer will throw you into prison. I tell you, you will by no means come out from there until you have paid the very last copper coin." The Greek word trans lated "copper coin" is lepton, the second smallest coin of the Greco-Roman coinage of Palestine. The word "for" at the beginning of verse 58 in dicates that verses 58 and 59 are a continuation of verse 57, in which the Man-Savior charged the Jews that, while they were still on the way (going), under the law (their opponent—John 5:45), to meet God (the magistrate) and be judged by Christ (the judge—John 5:22; Acts 17:31), they should endeavor to be released from the law so that they might not be judged by Christ and thrown into the lake of fire (prison—Rev. 20:11-15) by the angel (the officer—see Matt. 13:41). If that should happen, they will by no means come out forever (Luke 12:59).
A WORD SPOKEN TO THE DISCIPLES FOR THEIR KINGDOM LIFE
The word in 12:58 and 59 was spoken to the