![]() ![]() Later commentators, such as Frederic Farrar, have drawn attention to the difference between the Greek words used: "The two first Synoptists tell us that both the robbers during an early part of the hours of crucifixion reproached Jesus ( ὠνείδιζον), but we learn from St Luke that only one of them used injurious and insulting language to Him ( ἐβλασφήμει)." "Amen. Augustine of Hippo suggested that the authors of Mark and Matthew, for the sake of concision, employed a figure of speech whereby the plural was put for the singular. According to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, respectively, both of the thieves mocked Jesus Luke, however, relates:ģ9 Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us."Ĥ0 The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, "Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation?Ĥ1 And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal."Ĥ2 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom."Ĥ3 He replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." Īttempts have been made to reconcile the apparent contradiction between Luke's account and that of Mark and Matthew. Two men were crucified at the same time as Jesus, one on his right and one on his left, which the Gospel of Mark interprets as fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah 53:12 ("And he was numbered with the transgressors"). The Russian Orthodox icon of The Good Thief in Paradise, circa 16th century in Rostov, Kremlin In Russian Orthodox tradition, he is named Rakh ( Russian: Рах).In the Arabic Infancy Gospel, he is named Titus.In the Codex Colbertinus, he is named Zoatham or Zoathan.In Coptic Orthodox tradition and the Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea, he is named Demas.Other traditions have bestowed other names: He is given the name Dismas in the Gospel of Nicodemus and is traditionally known in Catholicism as Saint Dismas (sometimes Dysmas in Spanish and Portuguese, Dimas). The Roman Martyrology places his commemoration on 25 March, together with the Feast of the Annunciation, because of the ancient Christian tradition that Christ (and the penitent thief) were crucified and died exactly on the anniversary of Christ's incarnation. He is officially venerated in the Catholic Church. The other, as the impenitent thief, challenges Jesus to save himself and both of them to prove that he is the Messiah. ![]() The Gospel of Luke describes him asking Jesus to "remember him" when Jesus comes into his kingdom. The Penitent Thief, also known as the Good Thief, Wise Thief, Grateful Thief, or Thief on the Cross, is one of two unnamed thieves in Luke's account of the crucifixion of Jesus in the New Testament. Wearing a loincloth and either holding his cross or being crucified sometimes depicted in Paradise. ![]()
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