Isaiah 11:1-2 (ESV)
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him
Rodzina Chrystusa, 1677-1679
Michael Willmann (Polish, 1630-1706)
Isaiah 9:6 (ESV)
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
The Holy Family at Night, c.1642-48
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Isaiah 7:13-14 (ESV)
“Hear then, O house of David!
Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
Psalm 110:2 (ESV)
The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your enemies!
The Resurrection of Christ, 1730
Nicolas Bertin (French 1637-1736)
Psalm 110:1 (ESV)
The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy
Main portal's lunette mosaic 'Last Judgment', 1836
Liborio Salandri and Lattanzio Querena
Psalm 89:3-4 (KJV)
I have made a covenant with my chosen,
I have sworn unto David my servant,
Thy seed will I establish for ever,
And build up thy throne to all generations.
Second Jesus Coming
Vuk (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Psalm 2:7-8 (NIV)
I will proclaim the Lord's decree:
He said to me, "You are my son;
today I have become your father.
Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession."
God Inviting Christ to Sit on the Throne at His Right Hand, 1645
Pieter de Grebber (Dutch, c.1600–1652/3)
2 Samuel 7:12 (NIV)
When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.
The Repentant King David, 1650
Unknown Artist (Flemish)
Deuteronomy 18:15 (ESV)
The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—
Moses Chooses Seventy Elders (1739)
Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Numbers 24:17 (NIV)
I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob;
a scepter will rise out of Israel.
Star of Bethlehem, 1879
Elihu Vedder (American, 1836-1923)
Genesis 49:10 (NIV)
The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the rulers staff from between his feet,
until he to whom it belongs shall come
and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
Jacob Blessing His Sons (Jacob Blessing Joseph)
Harry Anderson (American, 1906-1996)
Hebrews 1:3-4 (NRSV)
He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
Die Heilige Dreifaltigkeit // The Holy Trinity, 1620-25
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Genesis 12:3 (NIV)
I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
Call to Abraham
Juliette Fogra (American)
Genesis 3:15 (ESV)
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.
Adam and Eve Driven out of Eden (Gen. 3:1-6,13-24), 1866
Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883), engraving by Héliodore Pisan
2 Samuel 12:9 (NIV)
Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes?
König David vor Nathan
Johann Zick (German, 1702-1762)
Luke 4:3-4 (ESV)
The devil said to Him,
“If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”
Temptation of Christ
Victor Bregeda (Russian, 1963-present)
Luke 10:41-42 (NIV)
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered,
“you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed — or indeed only one.
Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Matthew 5:3 (ESV)
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
The Sermon on the Mount, 1725
Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659-1734)
Jeremiah 8:19 (ESV)
Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people from the length and breadth of the land:
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
Is her King not in her?”
“Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images and with their foreign idols?”
The Prophet Jeremiah Mourning over the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
“Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
Jesus said to him,
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.”
La Résurrection de Jésus Christ, 1874
Paul Philippoteaux (French, 1846-1923)
Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward.
Christ Before Caiaphas, 1640-45
Leonaert Bramer (Dutch, 1596-1674)
When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him.
Christ in Emmaus, 1897
Jacek Malczewski (Polish, 1854-1929)
For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
La Vallée de Larmes (Vale of Tears), 1883
Gustav Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him.
Battle Scene with the Appearance of the Angel of Victory, 1648, Drawing
Giulio Benso (Italian, 1592-1668)
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Jonah and the Whale, 1984
Herb Mandell (American, 1925-2016)