Mark 15:27

27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.

Mark 15:27 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:27

And with him they crucified two thieves
For his greater reproach;

the one on his right hand, and the other on his left;
as if he had been one of them, and a principal among them; (See Gill on Matthew 27:38).

Mark 15:27 In-Context

25 Now it was the third hour when they crucified him.

26 And the inscription of the charge against him was written, "The king of the Jews."

27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.

29 And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days,

Footnotes

• [a] Most later Greek manuscripts add v. 28 (a quotation from Isa 53:12) after v. 27, "And the scripture was fulfilled that says, 'And he was counted with the lawless ones'"