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Selected Verse: Matthew 27:38 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 27:38 |
King James |
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Thieves (λῃσταί)
Rev., robbers. See on Mat 26:55. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mar 15:27; Luk 23:32. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Two thieves - ΛῃϚαι, 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, Isa 53:12; and the Jews placed him between these two, perhaps to intimate that he was the worst felon of the three. |
55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.