Originally Posted by antlers

Jesus forgave a thief dangling on a cross,..
.. His life was deemed so worthless that it wasn’t even seen as being fit to be worked
to death on a Roman galley.


Unless you were Roman, life was very cheap.
and we don't know the names or background
status of the 'thieves' .. if slaves, they had no
rights and were easily dispensible even at the
whim of their Roman owners without the need
of going before a high official like Pilate.

Chances are those two earn their punishment
and were no better than insurrector Barabbas,
who should have been there with them.

λῃσταὶ (from orig. Greek Matthew 27:44)
Seems to imply An unscrupulous violent
plunderer-pillager, marauder/ bandit....
and under Roman law enough to earn
the worst punishment the Romans could
dish out.

Different versions of Bible also describe the two
using various terms... rebels, revolutionaries,
malefactors, and just plain undescriptive criminals.
All worthy of crucifixion under Roman law.

so the two thieves could have been plundering
while being party to violent insurrection.







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