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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.
Crucifixion, seen from the Cross by James Tissot, c. 1890. The sayings of Jesus on the cross (sometimes called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions biblically attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. Traditionally, the brief sayings have been called "words". The seven sayings are gathered from the four canonical gospels.
The ladder used for the Deposition, i.e. the removal of Christ's body from the cross for burial; The ropes used for the Raising of the Cross; The hammer used to drive the nails into Jesus' hands and feet; The pincers used to remove the nails; The vessel of myrrh, used to anoint the body of Jesus, either by Joseph of Arimathea or by the Myrrhbearers
As we embrace the multifaceted historical realities of Black History Month, it is not irony but ethnic reality that calls our attention to those passages of scripture in Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26.
The subject is Jesus Christ on the cross, flanked by the two thieves who were crucified with him, and the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, weeping and supported by the Evangelist. Roman soldiers on horseback, along with grieving citizens, surround the crosses. A beam of light, representing God's light from heaven, pierces the darkened sky to ...
In fact, some believe that this artifact contains two pieces from the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. These relics were given to King Charles by Pope Francis, and according to CNN, the ...
A penitent thief returned a ceramic baby Jesus to a Colorado fire station with a chicken-scratch note that asked for forgiveness for the “dumb mistake.” ...