Jesus Page: 1 A Visual Journey into the Bible Jesus René Jean-Paul Dewil Copyright ©: René Dewil Number of Words: 190032 V1: 2007 V2: June 2010 Jesus Page: 2 Copyright Clause Copyright © René Jean-Paul Dewil 2007 René Jean-Paul Dewil is identified as the sole author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be altered without the written permission of the author. The ebook may be copied in electronic or other forms for personal use only. It may not be printed, introduced in any retrieval system, electronic or otherwise, photocopied or otherwise recorded without the prior written permission of the author. The only system where the ebook may be retrieved from is the Internet website www.theartofpainting.be, which holds the only and original text acknowledged by the author. This publication remains under copyright. Copyright ©: René Dewil Number of Words: 190032 V1: 2007 V2: June 2010 Jesus Page: 3 Jesus Table of Contents Jesus ............................................................................................................................... 1 Table of Contents .................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 6 The Gospels ............................................................................................................. 6 The New Testament Apocrypha .............................................................................. 7 Christian art ............................................................................................................. 9 The evolution to secular art ................................................................................... 10 The seventeenth century ........................................................................................ 13 Religious art after the seventeenth century ........................................................... 14 Religious themes ................................................................................................... 15 The meaning of Christ ........................................................................................... 16 A spiritual journey ................................................................................................. 17 The themes of this book ........................................................................................ 20 The method of this book ........................................................................................ 20 The Young Jesus ....................................................................................................... 22 Nativity .................................................................................................................. 23 The Adoration of the Shepherds ............................................................................ 32 The Adoration of the Magi .................................................................................... 38 Adoration by the Virgin ........................................................................................ 43 The Circumcision .................................................................................................. 50 Simeon’s Song of Praise ....................................................................................... 53 The Holy Family ................................................................................................... 57 The Tree of Life .................................................................................................... 61 The Flight to Egypt ............................................................................................... 64 The Massacre of the Innocents .............................................................................. 68 Christ in the House of his Parents ......................................................................... 71 The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple ............................................................ 74 Christ appears to the People .................................................................................. 76 The Baptism of Christ ........................................................................................... 79 Christ in the Desert ................................................................................................ 83 Christ served by Angels in the Desert ................................................................... 87 Christ in the House of Simon ................................................................................ 91 Christ Preaching .................................................................................................... 94 Christ and the Samaritan Woman.......................................................................... 98 The Transfiguration ............................................................................................. 103 Jesus with Martha and Mary ............................................................................... 106 Christ blessing little Children .............................................................................. 108 Copyright ©: René Dewil Number of Words: 190032 V1: 2007 V2: June 2010 Jesus Page: 4 The Glorious Entry in Jerusalem ......................................................................... 111 The Merchants chased from the Temple ............................................................. 114 The Instruction of Nicodemus ............................................................................. 120 Jesus amongst the Doctors .................................................................................. 122 The Adulterous Woman ...................................................................................... 124 The Sermon on the Mountain .............................................................................. 127 The Miracles and the Parables ................................................................................ 130 The Miracles ........................................................................................................ 131 The Wedding at Cana .......................................................................................... 133 The Cure of a Sick Man at the Pool of Bethesda ................................................ 137 Christ heals a Deaf-Mute Man ............................................................................ 141 The Raising of the Youth of Nain ....................................................................... 145 The Awakening of the Daughter of Jairus .......................................................... 149 The Raising of Lazarus ....................................................................................... 152 The Healing of the Blind ..................................................................................... 156 The Miraculous Fishing ...................................................................................... 160 The Finding of the Tribute Money ...................................................................... 163 The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish ......................................................... 166 Christ and the Centurion ..................................................................................... 169 The Parables ........................................................................................................ 173 Caesar’s Due ....................................................................................................... 175 The Good Samaritan ............................................................................................ 177 The Prodigal Son ................................................................................................. 181 Lazarus and the Rich Man ................................................................................... 185 The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard ....................................................... 188 The Parable of the Darnel .................................................................................... 191 The Blind leading the Blind ................................................................................ 194 The Good Shepherd ............................................................................................. 197 The Parable of the Mote and the Beam ............................................................... 199 The Ten Wedding Attendants ............................................................................. 200 Jesus’s Passion ........................................................................................................ 203 The Last Supper .................................................................................................. 204 Christ washes the Feet of his Disciples ............................................................... 209 The Institution of the Eucharist ........................................................................... 212 Christ’s Farewell to his Mother ........................................................................... 216 The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane ........................................................... 218 Judas and the Arrest of Christ ............................................................................. 221 Jesus before the Sanhedrin 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