There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death. And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.”
But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”
And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
As I was attending a church service this past Sunday, the pastor chose this passage for his sermon message. He mentioned that although it’s not indicated which side each of the criminals were on relative to Jesus he believed that the repentant thief was on the right. Part of the reason he believed this was because he looked up the meanings of the words “right” and “left” for this passage. He said, “right” is translated, “ready to receive” and “left” means “second best”. This makes sense since the repentant thief was ready to receive mercy and forgiveness and the other criminal was not. - JSS
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