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The Crucifixion

Matthew 27:38

In 9 translations

BSB
Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.Or insurrectionists; also in verse 44
KJV
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
WEB
Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
ASV
Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
LSV
Then two robbers are crucified with Him, one on the right hand and one on the left,
YLT
Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,
DBY
Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
DRC
Then were crucified with him two thieves: one on the right hand, and one on the left.
GNV
And there were two theeues crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Τότε σταυροῦνται σὺν αὐτῷ δύο λῃσταί, εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων.
RP2018
Τότε σταυροῦνται σὺν αὐτῷ δύο λῃσταί, εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων.
TR-Boyd
Τότε σταυροῦνται σὺν αὐτῷ δύο λῃσταί, εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων.
SCR1894
τοτε σταυρουνται συν αυτω δυο λησται εις εκ δεξιων και εις εξ ευωνυμων

Who and where

◆ Holy Week◆ Crucifixion and Burial

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Part of

  • The crucifixion and burial of Jesus Soldiers crucify Jesus at Golgotha; in Mark, he is mocked, darkness falls, he cries out with the opening of Psalm 22 and dies, and the templ…

Cross-references most cited first

  • John 19:18There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
  • Luke 23:39–43One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!” But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same…
  • John 19:31–35It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed. So…
  • Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many…
  • Matthew 27:44In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.
  • Mark 15:27Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
  • Luke 22:37For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
  • Luke 23:32–33Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus. When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

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