Matthew 5:17 (ESV)
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."
The Incarnation as Fulfilment of All Prophecies, c.1617-18
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Luke 17:28-29 (NIV)
“It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.”
Sodom and Gomorrah, c.1540
Herri met de Bles (Dutch, c.1510-after 1550)
John 20:30-31 (BSB)
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
The Four Evangelists, c.1625
Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Matthew 4:19 (NKJV)
“Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
The Calling of St Peter and St Andrew, c.1650
Jacob Willemsz de Wet (Dutch, 1610–1675)
Luke 22:27 (NKJV)
For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.
Christus mit den Bauern (Christ with the Peasants), 1887-88
Fritz von Uhde (German, 1848-1911)
Hebrews 4:15 (NASB1995)
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
Christ in the Wilderness, 1898
Briton Rivière (British, 1840–1920)
Tobit 12:20-21
“When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and didst hide the dead by day in thy house, and buriedst them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord."
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family, 1637
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
John 21:15 (ESV)
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
Peter's Appointment as Chief Shepherd of the Church, 1616
Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)
Genesis 27:36 (NIV)
Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!” Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”
Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1640's
Gioacchino Assereto (Italian, 1600-1649)
Acts 8:36 (NASB1995)
As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”
The Baptism of the Eunuch, c. 17th Century
Unknown follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch
Matthew 1:20 (ESV)
But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”
St. Joseph's Dream, 1791-92
Vicente Lopez Portaña Valencia (Spanish, 1772-1850)
Romans 16:17-18 (ESV)
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites —
Cain and Abel, 1800-03
John Sell Cotman (English, 1782-1842)
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.
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, 1823-27
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)
Matthew 16:24-26 (ESV)
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?”
Study for the Cross and the World, 1846-47
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Psalm 23:4 (NKJV)
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
The Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1867
George Inness (American, 1825-1894)
Romans 9:21-23 (NKJV)
Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory...?
Biloxi Art Pottery, 1890's
William Woodward (American, 1859-1939)
Genesis 7:11 (RSV)
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.
The Deluge, 1805
J. M. W. Turner (English, 1775-1851)
Genesis 2:25 (NASB1995)
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
The Garden of Eden, 1828
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Isaiah 30:6 (ESV)
“Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.”
The Nine Dragons (detail), 1244
Chen Rong (Chinese, 1200-1266)
Illumination of a 15th-century manuscript of Historia Regum Britanniae showing king of the Britons Vortigern and Ambros watching the fight between two dragons.
Manuscript illustrated by Master of Edward IV (Flemish, 1470-1500).
Psalm 119:25-27 (NASB1995)
My soul cleaves to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
So I will meditate on Your wonders.
James 1:19 ( NASB1995 )
This you know, my beloved brethren.
But everyone must be quick to hear,
slow to speak
and slow to anger
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, 1654-56
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675)
Isaiah 62:6-7 (ESV)
“On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the Lord in remembrance, take no rest, and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.”
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, 1859
Edward Lear (English, 1812-1888)
Revelation 19:17-18 (NASB1995)
“Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings...”
The Angel in the Sun, c.1846
J.M.W. Turner (British, 1775-1851)
John 3:14-15 (ESV)
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.”
Cross in the Wilderness, 1857
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900)
Isaiah 12:3-4 (ESV)
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in that day:
“Give thanks to the Lord,
call upon his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples,
proclaim that his name is exalted.”
Girl at the Well, 1889
Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843-1902)