Jesus said to the thief on the cross:
“Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
— Luke 23:43
But here’s something many Christians have never been told…
The original Greek manuscripts had no commas.
That means translators had to decide where the pause belongs.
Most Bibles read it like this:
“Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
Meaning:
The thief would be in Paradise that very day.
But what if the sentence was intended to read this way?
“Truly I tell you today, you will be with Me in Paradise.”
Meaning:
Jesus was making the promise that day… not saying Paradise would be entered that day.
Why does this matter?
Because after His resurrection, Jesus said:
“I have not yet ascended to the Father.”
— John 20:17
So the question becomes…
Was Jesus promising the thief immediate entry into Paradise…
Or was He giving him a certain promise that would be fulfilled later?
One comma.
Two very different meanings.
And the earliest Greek manuscripts leave the punctuation to the reader.
What do you think?
Did the translators place the comma correctly?
Or has a single punctuation mark shaped centuries of interpretation?
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