"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)
Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.
Christ and Mary Magdalene, 1890
Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905)
Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
Mountain Landscape with The Temptation of Christ
Jan Brueghel The Elder (Flemish, 1568-1625)
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
The Temptation of Christ, 1847
Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, 1788-1853)
And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
And I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth (Rev. IX-1), 1902
Henry John Stock (English, 1853-1930)
"Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."
Christ Takes the Good Thief to Heaven, c.1750-1760
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (German, 1712-1761)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis (1965)
Herb Lubalin (American, 1918 - 1981)
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Hamlet and the King
‘Pray I can not.–
My words fly up,
My thoughts remain below;
Words without Thoughts,
never to heaven go.’
Act III, Scene 3
William Quiller Orchardson (Scottish, 1832-1910)
We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall.
Fritz Wagner (German, 1896-1939)
The Dice Players, oil on canvas, 20¼ x 24 in. (51.4 x 61 cm)
The Lord of Hosts will be exalted by His justice,
and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures,
and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
Painting by Edward Robert Smythe, "Sheep Grazing near Abbey", 19th century
Who is wise?
Let them realize these things.
Who is discerning?
Let them understand.
The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.
Asher Brown Durand
The Beeches, 1845
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1812, via Tate Britain, London
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Christ Triumphing over Death and Sin, circa 1615-1616
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Flemish
Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.
Satan and Death with Sin Intervening, 1799-1800
Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741-1825)
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, 1661
Barent Pietersz Fabritius (1624 - 1673)
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The Light Shone in the Darkness, and the Darkness Comprehended It Not
Oil on canvas, unknown painter.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel,
for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,
to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
St. Stephen Is Stoned to Death.
From Foxe's Christian Martyr's of the World, 1907
For Israel.
Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
from my mortal enemies who surround me.
My kingdom is not of this world.
If my kingdom were of this world,
my servants would have been fighting,
that I might not be delivered over to the Jews.
But my kingdom is not from the world.
Nikolay Ge. What is Truth? 1890
Glory to the King of Kings!
"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the Lord.
Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
Though you have made me see troubles,
many and bitter,
you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
you will again bring me up.
But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins."
Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Bacchanal, 1896
Raffaello Sorbi (Italian, 1844-1931)
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions,
and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
while we wait for the blessed hope—
the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ
Jan Matejko (1838-1893)
Adoption of Christianity, 965 AD, from the series “History of Civilization in Poland”, painted 1889.