Save Thyself and Us!

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us. Luke 23:39 Save thyself and us! If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us! These words, shouted at the Lord by one of the malefactors that were hanged with Him, assume the form of a prayer, are, however, uttered in a spirit of insane blasphemy, and, though in a far different way than the wicked railer conceived of it, they are sub­limely realized. The scene is Golgotha. Thither...