Dismas Crucified aka The Good Thief
Dismas Crucified aka The Good Thief "Truly I say to you, this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise." Jesus gave to only one person such a promise. Was he a follower of Jesus? No! So who was he? Was…
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Dismas Crucified aka The Good Thief
"Truly I say to you, this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise." Jesus gave to only one person such a promise. Was he a follower of Jesus? No! So who was he?
Was he a rabbi? No. Was he one of the Sanhedrin? No! he was none of them.
Instead, those words were addressed to a thief dying on a cross alongside Jesus. From his cross of death, Dismas spoke up in defence of Jesus, stating that they deserved their punishment, but that Jesus had done nothing wrong. Dismas then asked Jesus to remember him when he came into His kingdom.
Jesus responded promising Paradise to Dismas that very day with those wonderful words, "Truly I say unto you, this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise." Dismas, what do we know of him? ln truth, not much. We know his name, Dismas, that he was a thief being executed for his crimes, and that he spoke up in defence of Jesus and was greatly rewarded for it. With so