One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deseive for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise." Luke 23:39-43

Earlier, the soldiers had dressed Jesus up in a purple robe and had placed a crown of thorns on his head. Then, the soldiers paraded Jesus around and mocked him as a king. After nailing him to the T-bar, they put Jesus between two thieves. Placing him between two convicted criminal…