[RnMomof7]

Why would jesus , short of breath, in great pain say .."I tell you today, you will be with ...."

The today is unnecessary ..the thief knew when Jesus was saying it..he did not need to be told

[count-your-change]

Why would Jesus say “Amen, amen, I am saying to you” when it was obvious that he was speaking to someone? and yet he did numerous times.
Why do we have similar expressions? They are turns of expression peculiar to a language and culture, idioms.