Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 232
? 225 this, the Maharaja almost fell into a swoon and left the court room at once. MESSIAH ON THE CROSS There are thus to be found hard-hearted people of this type who do could not careless. But the Messiah was a man with a delicate disposition. The malefactors on his right and left passed jokes but Jesus lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness he began moaning. But it appears he had his wits about him, as, the New Testament says, when his mother came and he saw her, he was in a strange state of mind; it occurred to him that his mother must be going through a great agony at the moment. Before him stood his disciple Thomas. Looking at him he said to Thomas “Behold thy mother" and addressing his mother he said "woman, behold thy son. " Some people have fallen into an error in respect of Thomas, interpreting that word as twin-brother which would mean that the Messiah had a father. In Hebrew the word Thomas means a foster-brother. It therefore indicates simply that Thomas and Messiah were suckled by one and the same woman or perhaps he was also suckled by Mary and thus became a foster-brother of Jesus. However, in this brief sentence, the Messiah, in a very subtle manner, drew the attention of Thomas to the fact that he hung on the Cross at the moment and though