Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 27:38

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 27:38 - 27:38

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 27:38 - 27:38

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38. δύο λῃσταί, ‘Two robbers’; in all probability partners in the crime of Barabbas. The mountain robbers, or banditti, were always ready to take part in such desperate risings against the Roman power. In the eyes of the Jews they would be patriots.

Josephus tells of one leader of robbers who burnt the palaces in Jericho (B. J. II. 6), and of another who for twenty years had wasted the country with fire and sword.

Note the absence of αὐτοῦ after δεξιῶν and εὐωνύμων. See notes, ch. Mat 25:31 (1).