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by JAMES TISSOT
"Jesus Led from Caiaphas to Pilate"
Posted on 08/29/2021 6:18:34 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE |
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11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. 12 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.13 Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?"14 But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge--to the great amazement of the governor. | 1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision. They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. 2 "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. 3 The chief priests accused him of many things.4 So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of." 5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. | 1 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.2 And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king." 3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. 4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man." 5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here." 6 On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.7 When he learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform some miracle.9 He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him.11 Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate.12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends--before this they had been enemies. | 28 Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?" 30 "If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you." 31 Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." "But we have no right to execute anyone," the Jews objected. 32 This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled. 33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" 34 "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?" 35 "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?" 36 Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place." 37 "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." 38 "What is truth?" Pilate asked. |
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Certainly Tissot, in #1, gave the best interpretation. The body language of Jesus, calm, resigned, sad, in full knowledge of what the outcome will be. The crowd is displaying a frenzy enjoyment of the moment, a circus atmosphere to entertain them, at the expense of the greatest human/divine being who ever walked among us.
A splendid Dore’ in #21. So many other paintings and sculptures that also merit our meditation.
Thank you Dan, for your hard work to find and post these. James Tissot had an interesting career, and he clearly loved this topic; his final one you’ve shown has a most unique arrangement- with real drama.
Been seeing several bright yellow signs posted around town: TURN TO JESUS
He was, of course, the only human/divine being who ever walked among us, but I understand your point. But He will turn the table on them at the end, when every knee bows before Him.
| ♫Turn your eyes upon Jesus♫ ♫Look full in His wonderful face♫ ♫And the things of earth will grow strangely dim♫ ♫In the light of His glory and grace♫ |
Ave et Vale, Hebrews11:6! I am back from church and out again for a family baby shower.
Once again Tissot shines.
Tissot has his own wing in the Bible Paintings Hall of Fame.
So many good ones. Love the sculpture in 20. 21 is a beautiful rendering of the scene of christ walking to the hill, his glory shining through all the ugliness of the scene.
I hope ribeiro in 16 didn’t go through life seeing people s faces like that? Hopefully he didn’t have a mental issue that caused him to see everything distorted? Seems a bit much to be a ‘style, but maybe it is, I dunno much about him. But it’s an interesting painting nonetheless.
Tissot’s herod is. Powerful painting 22
18 is a very interesting depiction of Christ, unlike most paintings of him. There’s a lot of activity/subjects crammed into a very small space. Gives it a sense of tension and immediacy.
Am a fan of tintoretto and Gustave Dore paintings too
Kind of like a buffet or smorgasboard, isn’t it: so many to choose from.
Tissot at #1 is arresting and a likely scene. But such a scene may be more likely later in the morning. Jesus was led to Pilot from pre-dawn to 6 am, so I’m not sure if the streets would be full at that time. But He was also led to Herod and back to Pilate and then to scourging, then to the cross, so there were other opportunities before 9 am.
Tissot is the master of small details. The two boys in front have fronds, celebrating the Passover and reminiscent of Jesus’ entry into the city a few days before.
Like etabeta, I love the Doré #21, in which many of the events are mashed together in a dreamlike sequence, conveying the essentially supernatural quality of Christ's divine nature. Looks like Mother Mary on the right side in blue with a white head covering. Beautiful use of color throughout.
Regarding our beloved Tissot, the textures and strokes in the close-up drawing of Herod renewed my suspicion that he may have been drawing many of his Biblical scenes with pastel (chalk) pencils and charcoal pencils, possibly on paper or paperboard over a tempera background. Check out the texture on the upper left arm, the strokes of color on the hem of the sleeve and matching armband, and the gray band around his headwear, which all look like chalk strokes to me.
I am baffled by how he achieved the brilliant whites of the head scarf and the tiny neckpiece beads, however. If he touched up a tempera/pastel with titanium white oil paint, it would have either leaked oil into its surroundings or would have yellowed by the time it was photographed. So I went hunting online to see if I could find out how he did it.
Unlike the Tissot site I referenced a few days ago, which did not provide the usual technical detail, I found a better site here: James Tissot's "Life of Christ": The Complete Online Gallery and Introduction that is still under construction. It gives a much more complete biography, and confirms that most of his Biblical works were done in gouache or tempera, with pen or charcoal pencil detail).
And for one other curiosity,
I notice that in many of this thread's collection of works, Pontius Pilate's robe has one or two red stripes around the edges (4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 19, 29. I'm wondering if any one of you can shed light on whether this was a specific historic description of the togas of the Roman regional governors like Pilate?
Thanks, Albion, for your helpful research and especially for the link.
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