ACC ~ Mark 15 v27a

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO THIEVES

CYRIL OF JERUSALEM: Of the robbers crucified with him, it was said: “He was reckoned among the wicked.” [1] Up to this time both were wicked, but one of them was wicked no longer. For one was wicked to the end, yielding not to salvation, and, though his hands were fastened, he struck blasphemously with his tongue. CATECHETICAL LECTURES 13.30. [2]

[1] Is 53:12; Mk 15:28.

[2] TLG 2110.003, 13.30.1-5; FC 64:24. One was wicked and redeemed, the other wicked and unredeemed.