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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.
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All that is known of Dismas is that he is the Good Thief crucified with Christ on Calvary. The other thief is known as Gestas. A completely unsubstantiated myth from the Arabic Gospel of the Infancy that enjoyed great popularity in the West during the Middle Ages had two thieves who held up the ...
Mar 18, 2024 · Saint Dismas is the name given to the thief who was crucified alongside Jesus Christ and asked Jesus to remember him. Also known as the “Penitent thief” or the “Good thief” he is a saint in the Catholic church.
Mar 25, 2024 · Saint Dismas was the so-called Good Thief who was crucified along with another thief (later named Gestas) and Jesus on the hill called Golgotha on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Jul 12, 2020 · Saint Dismas (sometimes spelled Dysmas or only Dimas, or even Dumas), also known as the Good Thief or the Penitent Thief, is the "good thief" described in the Gospel of Luke. This unnamed thief, is crucified alongside Christ repenting of his sins, and asking Jesus Christ to remember him in his kingdom.
Apr 2, 2021 · There is power in words, and especially so in the words of Christ. While hanging on the cross, Jesus speaks these words to the penitent thief, as recorded in the Gospel of Luke. The Church’s tradition holds the “good” thief to be St. Dismas.
Nov 8, 2018 · With these words, St. Dismas (one of the two thieves crucified with Jesus) was saved by Our Lord who promised: “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:42-43).
Apr 3, 2015 · He is called “The Good Thief.” The Scriptural Good Friday account gives us a glimpse of the lives of two men. Thieves by profession—each apprehended, each tried, each sentenced. Until the last few moments of their lives, their stories couldn’t have been more similar.
Mar 25, 2019 · Of the two thieves crucified with Christ, Dismas would come to be known as the “Good Thief” who rebuked the other thief for reviling Jesus. In Luke’s Gospel ( 23:39-43 ), he accepts his...
Dismas, the Good Thief. Quick Reference. (d. c. 30). The words of Christ on the Cross to the good thief, crucified with him, ‘Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise’ (cf. Luke 23: 39–43) were traditionally regarded as meaning that his salvation was assured and he could therefore be invoked as a saint.
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