Mark 15:27

δύο λῃστάς. Two robbers (R.V.); see on Mark 11:17; Mark 14:48. They may have taken part in the insurrection in which Barabbas had shed blood; but no hint is given of any such connexion. More probably they were bandits, and may have been some of those who caused the road from Jerusalem to Jericho to be notorious for danger (Luke 10:30). They had probably been condemned at the same time as Jesus, for they know how His case differs from theirs (Luke 23:40-42). The names of the two robbers are given with extraordinary variety in the Apocryphal Gospels and other legendary sources; but, on the whole, Dismas or a similar name is given to the penitent robber, and Gestas or a similar name to the impenitent. Titus and Dumachus (θεομάχος), Joathas and Maggatras, Zoatham and Chammatha, Matha and Joca, are other variants.

ἕνα ἐκ δεξιῶν. Such are the right and left hand places for which James and John had asked (Mark 10:37).