Two other criminals ¹  were also led away to be executed with him.

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment ¹  as a criminal, but God’s message ²  is not imprisoned! ³ 

So ¹  when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” ²  they crucified ³  him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, “Aren’t ¹  you the Christ? ²  Save yourself and us!”

But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker. ¹ 

They replied, ¹  “If this man ²  were not a criminal, ³  we would not have handed him over to you.” ⁴ 

Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

The ¹  robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. ² 

And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left. ¹ 

At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus ¹  Barabbas.

If a decision is not made, ¹  when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, ²  my son Solomon and I ³  will be considered state criminals.” ⁴ 

Deliver me from evildoers! ¹  Rescue me from violent men! ² 

They intended to bury him with criminals, ¹  but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, ²  because ³  he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

Jesus said to them, “Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? ¹ 

For I tell you that this scripture must be ¹  fulfilled in me, ‘And he was counted with the transgressors.’ ²  For what is written about me is being fulfilled.” ³ 

But the other rebuked him, saying, ¹  “Don’t ²  you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ³ 

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross!

For I would have committed ¹  a shameful act, ²  an iniquity to be judged. ³ 

who says to a king, ¹  ‘Worthless man’ ²  and to nobles, ‘Wicked men,’

Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.