Matthew Chapter 27 verse 38 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 27:38

Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
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BBE Matthew 27:38

Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.
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DARBY Matthew 27:38

Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
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KJV Matthew 27:38

Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
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WBT Matthew 27:38


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WEB Matthew 27:38

Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
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YLT Matthew 27:38

Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 38. - Then. St. Matthew does not give the exact sequence of events, generally grouping them together for ethical and other kindred reasons. Probably these two malefactors were crucified immediately after cur Lord. Thieves; λῃσταί: robbers, brigands (Matthew 21:13). Thus was Christ "numbered with the transgressors" (Isaiah 53:12). St. Luke alone relates the acceptance of the penitent thief. If he was the one set on the right hand, possibly the careful mention of the position of the two robbers, which is found in the ether evangelists, may have a silent reference to this episode. We know from Josephus ('Ant.,' 16:10, 8; 20:8, 10; 'Belt. Jud.,' 2:12, 2, etc.) that Palestine was infested with banditti, who were rigorously pursued by the Romans, and were commonly crucified when captured. Doubtless these two criminals had been taken red-handed in some act of robbery and murder, and it was an exquisite malice that treated Jesus as their comrade and accomplice, and placed him in the position of their leader. But Augustine sees a spiritual signification in this scene: "The very cross was the tribunal of Christ; for the Judge was placed in the middle; one thief, who believed, was set free; the other, who reviled, was condemned; which signified what he was already about to do with the quick and dead; being about to set some on his right hand, but ethers on his left."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(38) Then were there two thieves crucified with him.--Better, robbers, the word being the same as that used of Barabbas (John 18:40). It would seem, as there is no record of their trial, as if they were already under sentence of death; and it is probable enough that they were members of the same band, and had been sharers in the same insurrection. The legends of the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemns (i. 10), give their names as Dysmas and Gysmas, and these names appear still in the Calvaries and Stations of Roman Catholic countries.