Two men who had been robbers and had been sentenced to die by the cross, were led out to die at the same time with Jesus. One was placed on a cross at his right side, and the other at his left; and to make Jesus appear as the worst, his cross stood in the middle. Over the head of Jesus on his cross, they placed, by Pilate's order, a sign, on which was written: "This is Jesus of Nazareth, The King of the Jews." This was written in three languages; in Hebrew, which was the language of the Jews; in Latin, the language of the Romans, and in Greek. Many of the people read this writing; but the chief priests were not pleased with it. They urged Pilate to have it changed from "The King of the Jews" to "He said, I am King of the Jews." But Pilate would not change it. He said: "What I have written, I have written." And the people who passed by on the road, as they looked at Jesus on the cross, mocked at him. Some called out to him: "You that would destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" And the priests and scribes said: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself. Come down from the cross, and we will believe in you!" And one of the robbers, who was on his own cross beside that of Jesus, joined in the cry, and said: "If you are the Christ, save yourself and save us!" But the other robber said to him: "Have you no fear of God, to speak thus, while you are suffering the same fate with this man? And we deserve to die, but this man has done nothing wrong." Then this man said to Jesus: "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom!" And Jesus answered him, as they were both hanging on their crosses: "To-day you shall be with me in heaven." Before the cross of Jesus his mother was standing, filled with sorrow for her son, and beside her was one of his disciples, John, the disciple whom he loved best. Other women besides his mother were there--his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and a woman named Mary Magdalene, out of whom a year before Jesus had sent an evil spirit. Jesus wished to give his mother, now that he was leaving her, into the care of John, and he said to her, as he looked from her to John: "Woman, see your son." And then to John he said: "Son, see your mother." And on that day John took the mother of Jesus home to his own house, and cared for her as his own mother. At about noon, a sudden darkness came over the land, and lasted for three hours. And in the middle of the afternoon, when Jesus had been on the cross six hours of terrible pain, he cried out aloud words which meant: "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!" words which are the beginning of the twenty-second psalm, a psalm which long before had spoken of many of Christ's sufferings. After this he spoke again, saying, "I thirst!"