Mark 15:27 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 15:27

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

KJV

And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 13:30 (386)

Of the robbers crucified with him, it was said: "He was reckoned among the wicked." Up to this time both were wicked, but one of them was wicked no longer. For one was wicked to the end, yielding not to salvation, and, though his hands were fastened, he struck blasphemously with his tongue.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Now, in the midst of such our Lord Jesus was crucified; while he lived he had, and there was occasion, associated with sinners, to do them good; and now when he died, he was for the same purpose joined with them, for he came into the world, and went out of it, to save sinners, even the chief. But this evangelist takes particular notice of the fulfilling of the scriptures in it,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Two thieves - A copy of the Itala tells their names: One on the right hand - named Zoathon; and one on the left hand - named Chammatha.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The passage we have now read, is one of those which show us the infinite love of Christ toward sinners. The sufferings described in it would fill our minds with mingled horror and compassion, if they had been inflicted on one who was only a man like ourselves. But when we reflect that the sufferer was the eternal Son of God, we are lost in wonder and amazement.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
σταυροῦσιν	staurousin	they crucify	G4717 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
λῃστάς,	lēstas	robbers,	G3027 →
ἕνα	hena	one	G1520 →
ἐκ	ek	at	G1537 →
δεξιῶν	dexiōn	[the] right hand	G1188 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἕνα	hena	one	G1520 →
ἐξ	ex	at [the]	G1537 →
εὐωνύμων	euōnumōn	left	G2176 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

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 walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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
Matthew 27:38
Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
leads to
- 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 19:18
  There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
- Luke 23:39–43
  One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
- John 19:31–35
  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…
- Matthew 27:44
  In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.
Through
John 19:18
There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
leads to
- John 18:32
  This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
- Psalms 22:16
  For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Matthew 27:35–38
  When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark