ce
where thou art now a prisoner;
and also two criminals with thee,
whose names are Dimas and Gestas.

CHAP. VII.

1 Manner of Christ's crucifixion
with the two thieves.

THEN Jesus went out of the
hall, and the two thieves
with him.

2 And when they came to the
place which is called Golgotha,
they stript him of his raiment, and
girt him about with a linen cloth,
and put a crown of thorns upon his
head, and put a reed in his hand.

3 And in like manner did they
to the two thieves who were
crucified with him, Dimas on his
right hand and Gestas on his left.

4 But Jesus said, My Father,
forgive them, For they know not
what they do.

5 And they divided his garments,
and upon his vesture they cast lots.

6 The people in the mean time
stood by, and the chief priests
and elders of the Jews mocked him,
saying, He saved others, let him
now save himself if he can; if he
be the son of God, let him now
come down from the cross.

7 The soldiers also mocked him,
and taking vinegar and gall, offered
it to him to drink, and said to him,
If thou art king of the Jews,
deliver thyself.

8 Then Longinus, a certain soldier,
taking a spear, pierced his side,
and presently there came forth blood
and water.

9 And Pilate wrote the title
upon the cross in Hebrew, Latin,
and Greek letters, viz., THIS IS
THE KING OF THE JEWS.

10 But one of the two thieves
who were crucified with Jesus,
whose name was Gestas, said to
Jesus, If thou art the Christ,
deliver thyself and us.

11 But the thief who was
crucified on his right hand,
whose name was Dimas, answering,
rebuked him, and said, Dost not
thou fear God, who art condemned
to this punishment? We indeed
receive rightly and justly the
demerit of our actions; but this
Jesus, what evil hath he done.

12 After this, groaning, he said
to Jesus, Lord, remember me
when thou comest into thy kingdom.

13 Jesus answering, said to
him, Verily I say unto thee, that
this day thou shalt be with me in
Paradise.

CHAPTER VIII.

1 Miraculous appearance at his death.
10 The Jews say the eclipse was natural.
12 Joseph of Arimathaea embalms Christ's
body and buries it.

AND it was about the sixth
hour, and darkness was upon
the face of the whole earth until
the ninth hour.

2 And while the sun was eclipsed,
behold the veil of the temple was
rent from the top, to the bottom;
and the rocks also were rent, and
t