Who were the two men that hung beside Jesus on the cross?<\/p>\n\t
The Bible only states that they were two thieves or robbers. Anything beyond this is merely idle speculation.<\/p>\n
“Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left<\/em>” (Matthew 27:38).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Who were the two men that hung beside Jesus on the cross? Answer: The Bible only states that they were two thieves or robbers. Anything beyond this is merely idle speculation. “Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left” (Matthew 27:38).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[831,606],"class_list":["post-6854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-cross","tag-gospels"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2920,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/which-thief-went-to-paradise\/","url_meta":{"origin":6854,"position":0},"title":"Which thief went to Paradise?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 4, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Several of my Christian friends and I were just wondering which thief on the cross believed that Jesus was indeed who He said He was and went to heaven? 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