Related commentaries – Death

Jesus Dies on the Cross – Luke 23:44 – 23:49

Paul was Willing to Stay but Wanting to Go

Francis Patton (1843-1932, a former president of Princeton University, observed that whereas the high watermark of the Old Testament was Psalm 23:4, that of the New Testament was Philippians 1:23. David was willing to go, but wanting to stay, but Paul was willing to stay, but wanting to go. (John Gilmore, Probing Heaven, Key Questions on the Hereafter, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1989, p. 63).