The Bible In Paintings 37: JOHN TESTIFIES ABOUT JESUS

c.2,200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

[Hebrews 11:6]

JOHN

TESTIFIES

ABOUT

JESUS

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JOHN 3
New International Version, emphases added
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JOHN, Chapter 3

22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”

27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30

He must become greater; I must become less.”

31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

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by JACOPO DEL CASENTINO, 1330
"Saint John the Baptist"

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by AMBROGIO LORENZETTI, 1340
"St. John the Baptist"

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by GIOVANNI DEL BIONDO, 1365
"Altarpiece of the Baptist" "San Giovanni Battista"

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by JAN VAN EYCK
"John the Baptist"

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by FRA CARNEVALE, 1455
"St John the Baptist"

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by CARLO CRIVELLI, 1468
"John the Baptist"

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by ALVISE VIVARINI, 1475
"Saint John the Baptist"

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by SANDRO BOTTICELLI, 1485
"St. John the Baptist"

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by AELBRECHT BOUTS, 1490
"John the Baptist"

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by BARTHOLOMÄUS ZEITBLOM, 1494

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by BERNER NELKENMEISTER, 1495
"John the Baptist in the Desert"

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by RAPHAEL, 1516
"St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness"

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by TITIAN, 1552
"Saint John the Baptist"

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"St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness"

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by CARAVAGGIO
"Saint John the Baptist"

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by EL GRECO, 1578
"Saint John the Baptist"

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"San Xoán Bautista"

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19 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JUAN DE FLANDES
"San Juan Bautista"

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20 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by BERNARDO STROZZI, 1615
"Saint John the Baptist"

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by JUSEPE LEONARDO, 1635
"Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness"

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22 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN, 1640
"San Juan Bautista"

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by BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO, 1666
"San Juan Bautista"

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by FRANCISCO PACHECO
"San Juan Bautista"

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by PAOLO FARINATI
"San Giovanni Battista"

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26 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JOSEPH-MARIE VIEN, 1746
"St. Jean Baptist"

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27 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS, 1775
"St. John the Baptist Preaching"

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28 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ALEXANDER ANDREYEVICH IVANOV, 1824
"John the Baptist"

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by GUERCINO, 1652
"Saint John in the Wilderness"

30 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JACOPO BASSANO
"St John the Baptist Preaching"

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by JACOPINO DEL CONTE
"San Giovanni"

32 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANCESCO COZZA
"The Baptist's Sermon"

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by PAOLO VERONESE
"The Baptist's Sermon"

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by LUDOVIO CARRACCI
"The Baptist's Sermon"

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by ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT
"The Preaching of John the Baptist"

36 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
"St. John the Baptist with the Scribes and Pharisees"

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by DEL PARSON
"John Preaching in the Wilderness"

38 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI BATTISTA GAULLI
"The Sermon of St. John the Baptist"

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by PIETER FRANSZ DE GREBBER
"St. John Baptist"

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by MORETTO DA BRESCIA
"Christ Blessing Saint John the Baptist"

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DOZENS OF STATUES, INCLUDING THESE 3:

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by HANS MULTSCHER, 1457
"John the Baptist"

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HUNDREDS OF WINDOWS, INCLUDING THESE 3:

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[Red Badger]

John and Jesus were cousins and were the same age. The paintings showing John as an old man are inaccurate. He was executed by Herod before Jesus was crucified........................

[who knows what evil?]

‘Artistic license’...LOL! :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Yes, indeedy.

[spankalib]

Van Eyck is an amazing painter. Incredibly detailed. His 'Arnolfini Portrait' is one of his best known works:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfini_Portrait

Although the detail is there, he's taking waaay too much license in #4, with John dressed so elaborately.

People 'spoke' with their clothing...denoting class, wealth, nobility, etc. No way was John wearing such a noble garment. I wonder why Eyck was so blatantly 'not in the time'.

I liked #21, for portraying Jesus.

In many of these paintings, on all the different threads, have you noticed that mothers nursing babies in the foreground (usually but not always) frequently appear, or mothers with babies. I wonder what that symbolizes.

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I'd be happy, John, to show you how to post images. It is very easy. Let me know.

I have noticed, and I don't know why. Guessing it symbolizes new birth, regeneration.

I, too, don't at all understand the opulence of van Eyck's John.

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Eyck's John is found in the Ghent Altarpiece - which is a masterpiece if ever there was one! It seems that he consistently clothes his characters in fancy clothing - familiar to his time.

Good as a guess as mine on the mothers & babies.

I've been on FR so long, I've forgotten how to post pics! Thanks for the generous offer! :)

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I’ve been in the Judean Desert.

Someone should have told some of these artists that conditions warrant covering MORE of one’s body, rather than LESS! LOL.

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There are two schools of thought on that. Having lived in the SoCal desert all of my life, long ago I decided--along with everyone else--that less is more.

We import our water. Here is the trivia question I regularly trip up unaware SoCal natives with:
Name the only God-made lake in SoCal. The answer is Lake Elsinore. All others back up behind man-made dams. Desert, indeed.