The Crucifixion
Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left. Mark 15:27 · Berean Standard Bible
They also crucify two criminals with Jesus, one on each side of Him.
Remember when James and John asked to sit at Jesus' right and left in His kingdom? Here are the ones who actually get those positions: two criminals on crosses.
Mark describes the scene at the crucifixion.
He was placed between criminals as if He were one of them. The King of glory shares His 'throne' with thieves because He came to save people just like them.
Two lestai (robbers/bandits) are crucified alongside Jesus, one on His right and one on His left, fulfilling Isaiah 53:12 ('numbered with the transgressors').
The positioning echoes James and John's request to sit at Jesus' right and left in His glory (Mark 10:37). Jesus' 'throne' of glory turns out to be a cross flanked by criminals.
The narrator describes the two criminals crucified with Jesus.
Jesus hangs between two criminals, fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy. The places of honor at His right and left, which James and John requested, are filled by condemned thieves.
25It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
26And the charge inscribed against Him read:
27Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
29And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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