Psalms 118:26-27 (NIV)
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
From the house of the Lord we bless you.
The Lord is God,
and he has made his light shine on us.
With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
up to the horns of the altar.
Palm Sunday, 1852
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Matthew 3:1-3 (ESV)
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”
Saint John in the Wilderness, 1827
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Revelation 21:4 (NASB1995)
... and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.
Anguish, 1878
August Friedrich Schenck (German, 1828-1901)
Genesis 3:23-24 (ESV)
Therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
Expulsion. Moon and Firelight, 1828
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
John 19:26 (ESV)
“Woman, behold, your son!”
Golgotha, 1880
Árpád Feszty (Hungarian, 1856-1914)
John 5 : 6 (ESV)
“Do you want to be healed?”
Christ Healing at the Pool of Bethesda
Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Genesis 9:16 (NIV)
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.
Florida - Noah's Ark After The Flood -- The Procession of Animals, 1591
Illustration from a book about the history of Florida, North America - apparently the Ark made landfall in Florida.
Johann Theodor de Bry (Engraving, Belgian, 1561-1623) and Jaques le Moyne (Drawing, Belgian, c.1533-1588)
Genesis 7:24 (ESV)
And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.
Antique hand-colored print of 'The Deluge', c. 1840
Henry Jean Becquet (French, 1812-1855)
Genesis 7:1- 5 (ESV)
Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.
Noah's Ark, c. 1556
Aurelio Luini (Italian, 1530-1593)
Genesis 37:34-35 (ESV)
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.”
Jacob Shown Joseph’s Bloody Coat
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Dutch, 1621-1674)
The Matthew Henry Commentary—
Our adorning under the gospel is not to be of gold and costly array, but the garments of salvation, the robe of righteousness.
Exodus 28:1-2 (ESV)
Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests - Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
Aaron, High Priest of the Israelites
Anton Kern (German, 1709-1747)
James 3:5-6 (ESV)
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness.
Gossip In the Monastery, 1887
Eduard von Grützner (German, 1846-1925)
John 18:15-16 (ESV)
Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, but Peter stood outside at the door.
The Denial of Peter. 2014
Andrey Mironov (Russian, 1975-present)
Resurrected and reconciled…
When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
John 21:15 (NIV)
Exodus 24:16-17 (ESV)
And the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai... For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
Moses on Mount Sinai, 1866
Gustav Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Luke 23:28-29 (BSB)
“But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’”
Bearing the Cross, 2015,
First in the 'Passion of Christ' triptych
Anatoly Shumkin (Russian, 1984-present)
Te Deum Laudamus, Book of Common Prayer
O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage;
Govern them, and lift them up for ever.
Day by day we magnify thee;
And we worship thy Name, ever world without end.
Morning Prayer, 1866
William Holman Hunt (English, 1827-1910)
Proverbs 3:3 (ESV)
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Low Church Devotion, 1848
Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian, 1814-1876)
1 Peter 5:6-9 (ESV)
Cast all your anxieties on Him.
Be sober-minded; be watchful.
Your adversary the devil prowls around seeking someone to devour.
Resist him, knowing that your same suffering is being experienced by others throughout the world.
The Lord’s Prayer. Pilgrim, 1908
Piotr Stachiewicz (Polish, 1858-1938)
Psalm 25:6-7 (ESV)
Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
The Prodigal Son, 1888
John Macallan Swann (English, 1846-1910)
Philippians 4:12-13 (ESV)
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.
In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.
The Ascent of the Matterhorn, on July 14, 1865, Arrival at the Summit
Gustave Doré (French, Engraver, 1832-1883)
Eugène Cicéri (French, Lithographer, 1813-1890)
Psalm 126:6 (ESV)
He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
The Harvest Festival
Armand Leleux (French, 1818-1885)
Mark 12:43-44 (ESV)
“Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
The Widows Mite, 1890
William Teulon Blandford Fletcher (English, 1858-1936)
Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
Luke 12:48 (NIV)
Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
The Bookworm (Second Version, c.1851)
Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1885)
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV)
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Infant Prayer
Henry Lejeune (English, 1819-1904)
Revelation 21:1-2 (ESV)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
