The Cairo Debate — Page 55
"One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the. Christ? Save yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation ?” (Lk. 23:39-40). . The three of them are in flagrant disagreement, the first two claiming that both the thieves reviled. Jesus, the third testifying that one thief reviled and the second acquitted Jesus. John, the fourth one, reserves his say! (6) Where, and how many were the women on this occasion ? ". . . but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Mag'dalene. " (Jn. 1925). "And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at distance and a saw these things. " (Lk. 2349). "There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Mag'dalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salo'me, who when he was in Galilee followed him and ministered to him; and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. " (Mk. 15 40 - 41). "There were also many women there, looking 55