The Wandering Jew is a mysterious man who, legend has it, is doomed to walk the earth until Judgement Day. He is said to still be roaming, tormented by his fate and has, apparently, been sighted many times over the last 2,000 years.
The medieval English historian Roger of Wendover wrote in his book Flores Historiarum (1228) that the man’s name was Cartaphilus and he was said to be a Roman soldier who struck Jesus Christ. Jesus was carrying the cross on the way to his execution, and Cartaphilus, it is claimed, punched the exhausted Jesus and told him to move faster. Jesus looked at him and replied: ‘I go, and you will wait till I return.’
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