Matthew 27:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.”
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“Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 27:38 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 and made intercession for the transgressors.
- 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 23:32Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
- Luke 23:39One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
- John 19:18There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
- John 19:31It 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.
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