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Matthew 27:44

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What does Matthew 27:44 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.
Matthew 27:44 — American Standard Version

Context — Matthew 27

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
41In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,
42He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.
43He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.
45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“The thieves also, etc.] One or other of them, not both; an Hebrew way of speaking, as Drusius f1691 observed: so it is said of Jonah, (Jon 1:5), that he was “gone down into the sides of the ship”; not into both sides, but into one or other of them: so here the thieves, one or other of them, not naming which, railed at Jesus, for it was but one of them; (see <422339>Luke 23:39), unless it can be thought, as it is by some, that they both at first reviled him; but one being quickly convinced of his evil, ceased, and rebuked his fellow sufferer, confessed his, sin, bore a testimony to the innocence of Christ, and desired to be remembered by him in his kingdom. This was an aggravation of the…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The thieves also - The robbers, or highwaymen. Luke says Luke 23:39 that one of them did it, and that the other reproved him and was penitent. The account in Luke may, however, easily be reconciled with that in Matthew by supposing that “at first both” of them reviled the Saviour, and that it is of this fact that Matthew speaks. Afterward one of them relented and became penitent perhaps from witnessing the patient sufferings of Christ. It is of this one particularly that Luke speaks. Or it may be that what is true of one of the criminals is by Matthew attributed to both. The evangelists, when for the sake of brevity they avoid particularizing, often attribute to many what is said or done by…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Mar 15:32; Luk 23:33. Matthew 27:45”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Mat 27:38; Job 30:7-9; Psa 35:15; Mar 15:32; Luk 23:39, Luk 23:40 Matthew 27:45”
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