When Jesus was nailed to the cross he was put between two criminals.
Crucifixion was one of the worst punishments for anyone, so even though Jesus was a good person he was punished with bad people.
One of the criminals was not nice to him, said nasty things to him and said that if Jesus was really the Messiah he should save himself.
The other criminal told the nasty one that he was wrong, and that while both the criminals were being punished for things they did wrong, Jesus hadn't done anything wrong.
He asked Jesus to remember him in his kingdom.
Because this man had faith in Jesus, even though he was a criminal Jesus said that the nice criminal would be with him in paradise that day.
(from: wikipedia - crucifixion of jesus)
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