The Four Crucified with Jesus

The Four Crucified With Jesus In the Word of God, we are instructed to divide the Word of God rightly, which means that it must be accurately divided.* The major reason for so much confusion regarding the “others” crucified with Jesus is that men have divided the Word of God to suit themselves and according to tradition. We have failed to give sufficient heed to The Word and to rightly dividing it. We must change our theology and beliefs to agree with The Word. Before we proceed to read accurately and to study what is written, allow me to indicate to you the problems created by traditional teaching. The two thieves and the two malefactors have by tradition been made the same. In other words, only two were crucified with Jesus. If this were true, we would have a major discrepancy in the Word of God. Matthew 27:38 and Mark 15:27 distinctly state that there were “two thieves” while Luke 23:32 says “two malefactors.” Furthermore, both thieves (or robbers) reviled Jesus according to Matthew 27:44 and Mark 15:32, while in Luke 23:39 and 40 only one of the malefactors “railed on him [Jesus]” while the other malefactor defended Jesus. Another added discrepancy by tradition is regarding the two malefactors who were “led with him to be put to death” according to Luke 23. And when they had arrived at Calvary they, then and there, “crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left.” Yet, Matthew 27 says that after a number of things had already happened at Calvary, “Then were there two thieves [robbers] crucified with him.” If all of this is synonymous and dealing with two individuals only, then language is useless for communication purposes. The Bible then is just another book written by men engrossed in frailties and errors, and not what The Word says of itself in II Peter 1:21, namely, “. . .holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” The following are a few Greek words employed in the part of the Word of God we are going to