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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. The Gospel of Luke describes him asking Jesus to "remember him" when Jesus comes into his kingdom .
Christian tradition holds that Gestas was on the cross to the left of Jesus and Dismas was on the cross to the right of Jesus. In Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend, the name of the impenitent thief is given as Gesmas. The impenitent thief is sometimes referred to as the "bad thief" in contrast to the good thief.
"It Was on a Friday Morning", sometimes called "Friday Morning", is a song by Sydney Carter about the crucifixion of Jesus. It is written from the perspective of the Thief on the Cross, who blames God for the injustice of the situation with ironic lyrics such as "It's God they ought to crucify / Instead of you and me, / I said to the carpenter / A-hanging on the tree."
"The Seven Last Words on the Cross and the Death of our Lord" . A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture. B. Herder. Long, Simon Peter (1966). The Wounded Word: A Brief Meditation on the Seven Sayings of Christ on the Cross. Baker Books. Pink, Arthur (2005). The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. Baker Books. ISBN 0-8010-6573-9.
King Charles even had a part in the cross's making, as he hammered the hallmark onto the silver. During the procession, the Cross of Wales was carried at the very front, and it wasn't the only nod ...
Also called a crux ansata, meaning "cross with a handle". Coptic cross: The original Coptic cross has its origin in the Coptic ankh. As depicted in Rudolf Koch's The Book of Signs (1933). New Coptic cross This new Coptic cross is the cross currently used by the Coptic Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. It evolved from ...
Meghan Markle just paid tribute to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, by wearing a meaningful accessory. Last week, the Duchess of Sussex, 42, traveled to Nigeria with her husband, Prince ...
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