A batch of the best highlights from what Carla's read, .
If you were an ordinary murderer or robber, you were not likely to be crucified. The use of the word robbers for those crucified with Jesus is a translation mistake. The Greek word used in Mark is the same word used by Josephus for Jewish resistance fighters; it is a pejorative term, with connotations like the modern terrorist.
The Meaning of Jesus
Marcus J. Borg, N. T. Wright
He took a handkerchief from his trouser pocket and wiped hard at his mouth, back and forth, as though a residue of guilt clung there and he was afraid it would give him away.
Imajica
Clive Barker
All too easily does self-criticism poison one's naïveté, that priceless possession, or rather gift, which no creative man can be without.