Matthias the Thief by J.S. Webster
This story is a work of fiction based on fact. Though the names—Matthias and Jericho—were created by me, and their life stories are imagined, they are rooted in actual events recorded in the Bible. Several quotations are drawn from the Gospel of Luke. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Matthias the Thief by J.S. Webster He was a thief. A murderer. Condemned to death. Had it always been this way? How had it come to this? How could a good man fall so far? He wasn’t perfect, but he believed that he had always tried to do the right things. Now, he faced a merciless death—execution on a cross. Matthias stood alone in his prison cell. In the morning, he would be led out to his execution. He was guilty; his crimes deserved death. “God, how could this happen to me?” he prayed, weeping bitterly. But how could the God of his forefathers, a just God, show mercy to a thieving murderer like him? He continued to lament as the night passed swiftly. At daybreak, the guards ...
