He was on horseback, and carried a lance; I saw him at Pilate's house, after the death of our Lord, saying that the legs of Jesus ought not to be broken.

He returned at once to Calvary.

His lance was made of several pieces which fitted one into the other, so that by drawing them out, the lance could be made three times its original length.

He had just done this when he came to the sudden determination of piercing the side of our Saviour.

He was converted upon Mount Calvary, and a short time afterwards expressed to Pilate his conviction that Jesus was the Son of God.