Impenitent thief
The impenitent thief is a man described in the New Testament account of the Crucifixion of Jesus. In the Gospel narrative, two bandits are crucified alongside Jesus. In the first two Gospels (Matthew and Mark), they both join the crowd in mocking him. In the version of the Gospel of Luke, however, one taunts Jesus about not saving himself and them, and the other (known as the penitent thief) asks for mercy.[1][2][3]
In
The apocryphal
New Testament narrative
The
In the Gospel of Luke version however, from around 80–90,[5] the details are varied: one of the bandits rebukes the other for mocking Jesus, and asks Jesus to remember him "when you come into your kingdom". Jesus replies by promising him that he will be with him that same day in Paradise.[10][3] Tradition has given this bandit the name of the penitent thief, and the other the impenitent thief.
The Gospel of John, thought to be written about AD 90–95,[5] also says that Jesus was crucified with two others, but in this account they are not described in more detail and their words are not recorded.[11]
See also
- List of names for the Biblical nameless
References
- ISBN 978-0-8024-8384-3.
- ^ "William Lane Craig and Bart Ehrman Debate "Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?"". physics.smu.edu. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84706-314-4.
- ^ The Golden Legend
- ^ a b c d e Professor Bart D. Ehrman, The Historical Jesus, Part I, p. 6, The Teaching Company, 2000. Quote: "Scholars are fairly unanimous that they were written some decades after Jesus’ death: Mark, AD 65–70; Matthew and Luke, AD 80–85; and John, AD 90–95."
- ^ Ehrman (2000: 5). Quote: "Maybe we should begin with the earliest Gospel to be written, which most scholars agree was the Gospel of Mark."
- ^ Mark 15:27–32
- ^ Isaiah 53:12
- ^ Matthew 27:38–44
- ^ Luke 23:33–45
- ^ John 19:18–25
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Dumachus". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
External links
- Media related to Gestas at Wikimedia Commons