Dismas

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 291 words | Copyright

Dismas traditionally, the name of the penitent thief (the unrepentant thief is said to have been named Gestas) crucified with Jesus, to whom the promise was made in Luke 23:43, ‘Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.’ The name is found in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus.

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