How did the thief know?...

[Frank Goad]

That jesus was who he said he was?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

And how did the Munchkins know that the yellow brick road would take Dorothy to the Wizard?

 

[74x12]

That jesus was who he said he was?

No doubt it was Jesus' actions and words that day as well as the conviction of the holy Spirit. It was God that opened his eyes.

 

[URAVIP2ME]

That jesus was who he said he was?

Because they were hanging for hours that gave Jesus time to witness to the thief.
Jesus being God's Son could very well have answered any questions the thief had.
Jesus had time to explain about God's Kingdom (Daniel 2:44) and that the thief would have a future resurrection
A future resurrection as promised at Acts of the Apostles 24:15 that there ' is going to be ' a resurrection......
A resurrection of both the righteous and unrighteous. That unrighteous thief chose to put faith in Jesus.
(Not some death-bed confession, but putting faith in what Jesus was teaching him)
That earth would again become a beautiful paradisical garden as originally Eden was.
Thus, the thief could be part of the humble meek who will inherit the Earth as Jesus said at Matthew 5:5. -Psalms 37:9-11

 

[Nakosis]

That jesus was who he said he was?

I'd suspect that obvious he recognized Jesus from stories, folks pointing out who he was. His words seem to indicate he knew of Jesus and his reputation.

Or, maybe it was just a story to get across that even one guilty of doing evil against his fellow man only needs to recognize Jesus to be saved.

 

[Heyo]

And why, when someone switches on the TV, is always the news on and it is exactly the news that drive the plot? Because it drives the plot, duh.

 

[Liesl Hallman]

I believe they were in the perfect place to listen and why not they were going to die