the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Matthew 27:38
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Then two criminals were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
Then were there two theeues crucified with him: one on the right hand, and another on the left.
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
At that time two rebels were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
Two robbers were crucified beside Jesus, one on the right and the other on the left.
At the same time two robbers were crucified with Jesus, one on the right and one on the left.
At that time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left.
Then two robbers were placed on execution-stakes with him, one on the right and one on the left.
Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
Two criminals were nailed to crosses beside Jesus—one on the right and the other on the left.
And there were two theeues crucified wt him, one on the right hand, & another on the left.
And there were crucified with him two bandits, one on his right and one on his left.
Then they crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left.
Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
Then two plunderers were crucified with Him, one off the right, and one off the left of Him .
Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.
Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
At that time two banditsrevolutionaries">[fn] were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.Isaiah 53:12; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:32-33; John 19:18;">[xr]
AND they crucified with him two thieves, one on his right hand, and one on his left.
And there were crucified with him two robbers, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
Then were there two thieues crucified with hym: one on the ryght hande, and another on the left.
Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left.
Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
Then were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right-hand and one on the left.
At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right hand and the other at His left.
Thanne twey theues weren crucified with hym, oon on the riythalf, and oon on the lefthalf.
Then there are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
Then were there two thieves crucified with him: one on the right hand, and another on the left.
Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.
Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
They nailed two robbers to crosses beside Him. One was on His right side. The other was on His left side.
Then two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
Then, are crucified with him, two robbers, - one on the right hand, and one on the left.
Then were crucified with him two thieves: one on the right hand and one on the left.
Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
And ther were two theves crucified with him one on ye right honde and another on the lyfte.
Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,
Then were there two murthurers crucified with him, the one of the right hande, and the other on the left.
At the same time, two robbers were crucified with him: one on his right hand, the other on his left.
Two bank robbers were strung up beside him, one on his off-side and the other on his left.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 27:44, Isaiah 53:12, Mark 15:27, Mark 15:28, Luke 22:37, Luke 23:32, Luke 23:33, Luke 23:39-43, John 19:18, John 19:31-35
Reciprocal: Psalms 69:7 - shame Isaiah 49:7 - to him whom man despiseth Jeremiah 48:27 - was he found Lamentations 3:46 - have Luke 23:35 - the people Hebrews 6:6 - an open Hebrews 12:2 - despising
Cross-References
When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, "My son." "Yes, Father?" "I'm an old man," he said; "I might die any day now. Do me a favor: Get your quiver of arrows and your bow and go out in the country and hunt me some game. Then fix me a hearty meal, the kind that you know I like, and bring it to me to eat so that I can give you my personal blessing before I die." Rebekah was eavesdropping as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. As soon as Esau had gone off to the country to hunt game for his father, Rebekah spoke to her son Jacob. "I just overheard your father talking with your brother, Esau. He said, ‘Bring me some game and fix me a hearty meal so that I can eat and bless you with God 's blessing before I die.' "Now, my son, listen to me. Do what I tell you. Go to the flock and get me two young goats. Pick the best; I'll prepare them into a hearty meal, the kind that your father loves. Then you'll take it to your father, he'll eat and bless you before he dies." "But Mother," Jacob said, "my brother Esau is a hairy man and I have smooth skin. What happens if my father touches me? He'll think I'm playing games with him. I'll bring down a curse on myself instead of a blessing." "If it comes to that," said his mother, "I'll take the curse on myself. Now, just do what I say. Go and get the goats." So he went and got them and brought them to his mother and she cooked a hearty meal, the kind his father loved so much. Rebekah took the dress-up clothes of her older son Esau and put them on her younger son Jacob. She took the goatskins and covered his hands and the smooth nape of his neck. Then she placed the hearty meal she had fixed and fresh bread she'd baked into the hands of her son Jacob. He went to his father and said, "My father!" "Yes?" he said. "Which son are you?" Jacob answered his father, "I'm your firstborn son Esau. I did what you told me. Come now; sit up and eat of my game so you can give me your personal blessing." Isaac said, "So soon? How did you get it so quickly?" "Because your God cleared the way for me." Isaac said, "Come close, son; let me touch you—are you really my son Esau?" So Jacob moved close to his father Isaac. Isaac felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands of Esau." He didn't recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's. But as he was about to bless him he pressed him, "You're sure? You are my son Esau?" "Yes. I am."
Then Isaac said, "Come close, son, and kiss me."
Esau, hearing his father's words, sobbed violently and most bitterly, and cried to his father, "My father! Can't you also bless me?"
Esau said, "Not for nothing was he named Jacob, the Heel. Twice now he's tricked me: first he took my birthright and now he's taken my blessing." He begged, "Haven't you kept back any blessing for me?"
All these are the tribes of Israel, the twelve tribes. And this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one with his own special farewell blessing.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then were there two thieves crucified with him,.... Which seems contrary to one of their canons, which runs thus; ביום אחד
אין דנין שנים, "they do not judge two in one day" y, unless they were both in the same crime, and died the same death: but here were three persons, Jesus, and these two malefactors, condemned and executed in one, and the same day: these two thieves were led out with Jesus, to be put to death with him, according to Luke 23:32, and were crucified with him upon the same spot of ground; their death was the same, but not their crime:
one the right hand, and another on the left; and Jesus in the midst, as John relates, John 19:18, and hereby was fulfilled, as Mark observes, Mark 15:28, a prophecy in Isaiah 53:12. If this was so ordered by Pilate, it might be done in order to cover the sin, and take off the reproach of putting an innocent person to death, suggesting hereby he was one of them; though this seems rather to be done by the Jews, the soldiers agreeing to it, for the greater reproach of Jesus; intimating, that he was the worst of these malefactors, and a ringleader of such sort of persons: and whereas they had observed, he took it ill at their hands that they should come to apprehend him with swords and staves, as if he was a thief and a robber; to vex and distress him the more, they crucify him between two such persons: but the grand reason why it was so ordered, was, that though Christ was no transgressor, he was accounted one, and stood in the room and stead of sinners, and was numbered with them, and as such was treated by divine justice, and accordingly died for them.
y T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 35. 1. & 46. 1. Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 8. fol. 190. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Two thieves crucified ... - Rather two “robbers.” Pilate did not reside in Jerusalem. When he came there on the great feasts, or at other times, it was, in part, to hold courts for the trial of criminals. These robbers had been probably condemned at that time; and to show greater contempt for Jesus, he was crucified between men of that abandoned character, and on a cross that should have been occupied by their companion and leader, Barabbas.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 38. Two thieves — λησται, robbers, or cutthroats: men who had committed robbery and murder; for it does not appear that persons were crucified for robbery only. Thus was our Lord numbered (his name enrolled, placed as it were in the death warrant) with transgressors, according to the prophetic declaration, Isaiah 53:12; and the Jews placed him between these two, perhaps to intimate that he was the worst felon of the three.
