And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
And there were also others--two evil-doers--with him, to be put to death;
Now two others also, malefactors, were led with him to be put to death.
Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.
Voices3
First, therefore, regarding the dishonor of the company, he says: And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put to death; two others, namely, who were malefactors, so that from the iniquity of those put to death with Christ they might …
And there were also two other malefactors,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Two other malefactors - Ἑτεροι δυο κακουργοι, should certainly be translated two others, malefactors, as in the Bibles published by the Kings printer, Edinburgh. As it now stands in the text, it seems to intimate that our blessed Lord was also a malefactor.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches6
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.
Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
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.”
Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
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.”
leads to
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…
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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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…
leads to
Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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.”
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
Through
Matthew 27:38Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
leads to
There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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