Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
- KJV And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
- BSB Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
- NKJV Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”
- NASB And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
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Quick answer
The criminal asked Jesus to remember him when He came into His Kingdom. His simple plea is a model of saving faith.
Overview
Recognizing Jesus as a King whose reign lies beyond death, the dying man casts himself on His mercy. With no works to offer, he trusts Jesus to receive him into His Kingdom. This humble request, made to a crucified and mocked Savior, displays faith in its purest form and shows that salvation comes by grace through trust in Christ alone.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Rom 10:9–14that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Acts 16:31They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- 1 Jn 5:11–13The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 1 Cor 6:10–11nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
- Luke 12:8“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
- Luke 18:13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
- Acts 20:21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
- 1 Jn 5:1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
- Ps 106:4–5Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
- Dan 7:13–14I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- 1 Pet 2:6–7Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”
- Isa 9:6–7For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Luke 24:26Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
- John 1:49Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
- John 20:28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
- Isa 53:10–12Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days, and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
- 1 Pet 1:11searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
- Ps 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
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