Matthew 25:31-32 (ESV)
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”
The Last Judgement
Illegibly signed, inscribed, and dated lower left: Höllensturz July 1867
Isaiah 6:2 (ESV)
Each had six wings:
with two he covered his face,
and with two he covered his feet,
and with two he flew.
The Vision of Isaiah, 2017
Luke Allsbrook (American)
Romans 6:4 (ESV)
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
The Resurrection, 1459
Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506)
1 Peter 3:18-19 (ESV)
For Christ also suffered once for sins,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that he might bring us to God,
being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison
Christ's Descent into Hell
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516)
Matthew 14:23 (ESV)
And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray.
When evening came, he was there alone.
Dreams (On the Hill) from 'The Life of Christ' series.
Vasily Polenov (Russian, 1844-1927)
Luke 1:39-41 (NASB1995)
Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Marys greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Heimsuchung Mariä, 1708
Adriaen van der Werff (Dutch 1659-1722)
Matthew 25:37-40 (ESV)
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
The Seven Acts of Mercy
Circle of Pieter Brueghel the Younger (Flemish, 1564-1638)
Luke 23:48-49 (ESV)
And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.
Return from Calvary, c.1867
Elihu Vedder (American, 1836-1923)
Proverbs 21:3 (NASB1995)
“To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.”
Sacrifice of Noah, 1650’s
Valerio Castello (Italian, 1624-1659)
Exodus 7:11-12 (NASB1995)
Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aarons staff swallowed up their staffs.
Moïse Changeant en Serpent La Verge D'Aaron, c. 1640
Moses Turning Aaron's Staff Into a Serpent
Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665)
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts,
Heaven and earth are full of thy glory;
Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High.
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865
Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902)
Sanctus, from The Hymnal.
Paraphrased from Isaiah 6:3.
Luke 16:26 (BSB)
And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.
The Rich Man Being Led to Hell, 1647
David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610-1690)
Luke 16:19-21 (NIV)
There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich mans table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Lazarus and the Rich Man, 1865
Eduard von Gebhardt (German, 1838-1925)
1 Peter 2:24 (BSB)
He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness.
“By His stripes you are healed.”
Crucifixion, c.1650-55
Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Psalm 18:31-33 (ESV)
For who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?—
the God who equipped me with strength
and made my way blameless.
He made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure on the heights.
The Heart of the Andes, 1859
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900)
1 Samuel 17:34-35 (ESV)
“Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him.”
The Shepherd David, c. 1895
Elizabeth Jane Gardner (American, 1837-1922)
Genesis 4:10-12 (ESV)
And the Lord said,
“What have you done?
The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength.
You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
Cain, 1885
Emanuel Krescenc Liška (Czech, 1852-1903)
Luke 11:50-51 (NIV)
Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.
Kain Erschlägt Abel (Cain Kills Abel), 1922
Hugo Vogel (German, 1855-1934)
Isaiah 50:4 (NASB1995)
The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples,
That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures, c. 1908
Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859-1937)
1 Chronicles 28:5-6 (NIV)
Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many—he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father’.
David declaring his will that Solomon should succeed him to Zadok, Nathan and Bonaiah
William Osborne Hamilton (British, 1751-1801)
Hebrews 7:26-27 (ESV)
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Matthew 27:51 (ESV)
And behold,
the curtain of the temple was torn in two,
from top to bottom.
And the earth shook,
and the rocks were split.
The Rending of the Veil, 1869
William Bell Scott (Scottish, 1811-1890)
Isaiah 61:11 (ESV)
For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to sprout up before all the nations.
The Garden of Eden, c1610-12
Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568-1625)
1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.
Christ on the Cross, 1782
Carl Heinrich Bloch (Danish, 1834–1890)
Genesis 3:16 (NASB1995)
To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth,
In pain you will bring forth children;
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And he will rule over you.”
Eve, 1885
Anna Lea Merritt (1844-1930)