Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Hom. de Cruc. et Lat. ii: He suffered on a lofty cross, and not under a roof, to the end that the nature of the air might be purified; the earth also partooka like benefit, being cleansed by the blood that dropped from His side.