The Cairo Debate — Page 54
has it that the one man who gave Jesus to drink said "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down" whereas in Matthew it is not the one man but "the others" who utter it. (4) At what time was the Messiah put on the tree? Matthew and Luke leave out the hour of. Jesus being put on the cross. . John reports: "Now it was the day of Preparation for the. Passover; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, 'Here is your King! '. . . . Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. " (Jn. 19: 14 - 16). . It was about the sixth hour, i. e. afternoon, that. Jesus was nailed on the cross. Mark has another time to tell : "And it was the third hour, when they crucified him. " (Mk. 15: 25). . In one report it is the sixth, in the other the third hour. How can we put our trust in such evidence? (5) Was it one thief or both who reviled Jesus? 54. According to Matthew : "And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way”. (Mt. 27:44). . According to Mark: $6 . . . . . . Those who were crucified with him also reviled him. " (Mk. 15: 32). . Luke, the third witness, belies the former two: