Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
Medieval City on a River, 1815
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (Prussian, 1781-1841)
“Who am I, Sovereign Lord,
and what is my family,
that you have brought me this far?”
David's Prayer, 1886
Wood engraving, artist unknown.
My own colourisation.
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
Jesus Ascending into Heaven (c.1905)
from The Life of Jesus of Nazareth (Eyre and Spottiswoode)
by William Brassey Hole (Engish, 1846-1917)
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Girl in a Blue Sash
Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg (German, 1822-1899)
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and shall call his name Immanuel.
Mother's Love
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Taking the child by the hand, He said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old...
Raising of Jairus' Daughter, 1871
Vasily Polenov (Russian, 1844-1927)
Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.
Christ Crowned with Thorns (1620)
Hendrick Ter Brugghen (Dutch, 1588-1629)
This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers — He received living oracles to give to us. Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt.
That day David feared the Lord and asked, "How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?"
Thus the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and all his household.
A Philistine blessed.
“O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant."
Abraham and the Angels, 1680-1689
Aert de Gelder, 1645-1727
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
No women as beautiful as Job's daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
Job and His Daughters, 1799-1800
William Blake (English, 1757-1827)
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.
Clouds Over a Russian Graveyard, c. 1830
Carl Julius von Leypold (German, 1806-1874)
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the Kings Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.
Jerusalem, Kidron Valley with the Tomb of Absalom, 1886
Paul Chardin (French, 1833-1917)
In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, 1829
Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848)
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
The Deluge, 1834
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands he blessed them.
While He blessed them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
The Assumption
Follower of Correggio (Italian, 1489-1534)
Portrait of Simon, the Zealot
The Apostle Simon, 1618
Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
Jonah began to go into the city, going a days journey.
And he called out, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"
And the people of Nineveh believed God.
They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
Repentance of Nineveh, c. 1840
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)
They brought the coin, and He asked them, "Whose image is this? And whose inscription?"
"Caesar's," they replied.
Then Jesus said to them, "Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."
And they were amazed at Him.
The Tribute Money, 1630s
Jacob Adriaensz Backer (Dutch, 1609-1651)
Jesus said to him,
"I am the way,
and the truth,
and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
I am the way… St. John 14:6, 1963
Produced for the religious program of the United States Navy.
Joseph Binder (Austrian, 1898-1972)
Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
you may now dismiss your servant in peace.
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.
Simeon's Song of Praise, 1631
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
The subject of this painting may be heresy. but it sure is a beautiful picture.
We see imagined, Mary's bodily assumption from earth to Heaven "at the end of her earthly life".
The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1816-1819
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)
"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
Miracle of the Multiplication of Bread, c. 1640
Vitus Heinrich (Netherlands, 1596-1652)
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
Lamentation of Christ, 1904
Ferdinand Keller (German, 1842-1922)