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Matthew 27:38
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36 aSitting down, they kept watch over Him there.  
37 And they aput up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.  
38 aThen two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.  
39 And athose who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads  
40 and saying, a“You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! bIf You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”  
41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the1 scribes and elders, said,  
42 “He asaved others; Himself He cannot save.1 If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe2 Him.  
43 aHe trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”  
44 aEven the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.  

Jesus Dies on the Cross

45 aNow from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.  
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Matthew 27:38

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.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Matthew 27:38:

Luke 23:32-33

 

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