Matthew 27:38

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Matthew 27:36–40 · Berean Standard Bible

36 And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.

37 Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.

39 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

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Matthew 27:44

In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore 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 and made intercession for the transgressors.

Mark 15:27

Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.

Luke 22:37

For 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

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

Luke 23:33

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.

Luke 23:39

One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”

Luke 23:40

But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?

Luke 23:41

We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

Luke 23:42

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

Luke 23:43

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

John 19:18

There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

John 19:31

It 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.

John 19:32

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

John 19:33

But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

John 19:34

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

John 19:35

The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.