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Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. [4] His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. [5]
Fresco by Fra Angelico, Dominican monastery at San Marco, Florence, showing the lance piercing the side of Jesus on the cross (c. 1440). The Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Longinus (named after Saint Longinus), the Spear of Destiny, or the Holy Spear, is alleged to be the lance that pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross during his crucifixion.
George Sylvester Viereck and Paul Eldridge wrote a trilogy of novels My First Two Thousand Years: an Autobiography of the Wandering Jew (1928), in which Isaac Laquedem is a Roman soldier who, after being told by Jesus that he will "tarry until I return", goes on to influence many of the great events of history. He frequently encounters Solome ...
Stephaton, or Steven, is the name given in medieval Christian traditions to the Roman soldier or bystander, unnamed in the Bible, who offered Jesus a sponge soaked in vinegar wine at the Crucifixion. In later depictions of the Crucifixion, Stephaton is frequently portrayed with Longinus, the soldier who pierced Jesus' side with a spear.
Casca Rufio Longinus grew up in Etruria in the village of Falerno. [3] After his family dies of plague, he enlists in the 7th Legion at either Messilia [4] or Livorno. [5] He is sent to the Jerusalem garrison where eventually he is assigned to the execution detail for three prisoners, one of whom is Jesus.
Brooklyn Museum – The Ear of Malchus (L'oreille de Malchus) – James Tissot A depiction of Peter striking Malchus (c. 1520, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon) Malchus (/ ˈ m æ l k ə s /; Koinē Greek: Μάλχος, romanized: Málkhos, pronounced [ˈmal.kʰos]) was the servant of the Jewish High Priest Caiaphas who participated in the arrest of Jesus as written in the four gospels.
Édouard Manet, Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, c. 1865. After his condemnation by Pontius Pilate, Jesus was flogged and mocked by Roman soldiers.They clothed him with a "purple" or "scarlet" (Matthew 27:28) robe symbolizing a royal gown since purple was a royal color, put a crown of thorns on his head symbolizing a royal crown, and put a staff in his hand symbolizing a scepter.
Soldiers knelt in front of Jesus and mocked him saying: 'Hail, king of the Jews!' They spit on him, took the staff and struck his head. They took off the robe, put his clothes back on and led him away. Mark 15:16–20. Roman soldiers took Jesus into the praetorium. Soldiers put a purple robe and a crown of thorns on Jesus. Soldiers called out ...