Unnamed Crucified Thief

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2020-01-20 15:10
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Unnamed Crucified Thief
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Unnamed Crucified Thief
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In his Easter sermon in The Sound and the Fury Rev. Shegog mentions the two men who were crucified on either side of Jesus. He refers to "de thief and de murderer" (296). The "thief" is presumably the man mentioned in the Gospels who rebukes the other criminal for mocking Jesus and asks Jesus to remember him when he reaches heaven.

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