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To the Evangelists who wrote the first three gospels he is a
nameless person, this young patriot sharing the agony of Jesus'
last earthly hours. (Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:32)
Tradition treats him more kindly. It dignifies him with a name.
"Dysmas," it whispers.
Nor does tradition stop there. Instead, it presses on to
portray Dysmas as a man of great compassion, deeply concerned for
the distressed and the downtrodden, who "despised the rich, but
did not give to the poor, even burying them" -- no common mercy
nameless person, this young patriot sharing the agony of Jesus'
last earthly hours. (Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:32)
Tradition treats him more kindly. It dignifies him with a name.
"Dysmas," it whispers.
Nor does tradition stop there. Instead, it presses on to
portray Dysmas as a man of great compassion, deeply concerned for
the distressed and the downtrodden, who "despised the rich, but
did not give to the poor, even burying them" -- no common mercy
