CHAPTER III.
When, therefore, they had perpetrated many other shocking things that night against Jesus, they gave him over to Pilate the governor, when the preparation began to dawn, to have him crucified, and for this cause they all came together. So after examination had been made, Pilate the governor commanded him to be nailed to the cross with two robbers. And they were nailed up together with Jesus; Gestas on the left hand and Demas on the right.
And he that was on the left hand began to cry out, saying unto Jesus, See how much evil I have done in the earth; and if I had known that thou art the king, I should have destroyed thee also. But why callest thou thyself the Son of God, and canst not help thyself in thy necessity? or how canst thou afford help to another when he prayeth? If thou art the Christ, come down from the cross, that I may believe thee. But now I see thee perishing with me, not like a man, but like a wild beast. And he began to say many other things against Jesus, blaspheming, and gnashing his teeth at him. For the robber was caught in the snare of the devil.[1]
But the robber on the right hand, whose name
- ↑ 1 Tim. iii. 7.
