The Bible In Paintings: SAMSON'S TROPHIES

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

J U D G E S
CHAPTER 16

One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn we’ll kill him.”

But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

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FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON
"Samson Carrying the Gate"

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"Samson Carries the Gates of Gaza up to the Mount of Hebron"

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"Samson Carrying Away the Gates of Gaza"

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"Samson Carrying off the Gates of Gaza"

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"Samson and the Gates of Gaza"

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"Samson Removes the Gates of Gaza"

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[Hebrews 11:6]

S A M S O N
GOD PROMISES SAMSON’S BIRTH
SAMSON’S LION
SAMSON KILLS A THOUSAND PHILISTINES
SAMSON’S TROPHIES
DELILAH BETRAYS SAMSON
THE PHILISTINES CAPTURE SAMSON
SAMSON'S CAPTIVITY AND REVENGE

[Red Badger]

Originally, Gaza was sacked and burned by Pharaoh and given to Solomon as a wedding present.

Gaza is still a mess.................

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Philistines>>>>>>>>>>>>>Palestinians

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Good Morning, Dan!

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And to you, Mary-Lou!

[Red Badger]

Cretans >>>>>>>> Philistines >>>>>>>>>>>> Palestinians >>>>>>> Cretans..............

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Brooklyn Dodgers>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Los Angeles Dodgers

[etabeta]

Seeing Samson carrying that door up the mountain reminds me of Christ carrying the cross up the hill. Did the inspiration to wake up at midnight come from God?
Favorites are the windows, especially #23.

[Hebrews 11:6]

God certainly still had big plans for Samson killing Philistines, as subsequent events showed, so waking him mid-night was one way to preserve him.

[Bob434]

There was a show about Christ’s crucifixion that said the reason for the water pouring out of his side when the centurion stabbed him to check for death was that christ was severely hurt carrying his cross up the hill when he fell several times and that water accumulated around the wounded area which just happened to be where the centurion stabbed him. The strain of the load, being thag it was so heavy, plus the impact from falling could. Have contributed to that evidently.

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First time I’ve heard that theory. We need a medical opinion to resolve this.

[Bob434]

That was a medical opinion. A doc onmthe show went through how it could,have happened.

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There are other medical opinions, Bob. Something abut piercing the pericardium, if I recall correctly.

Just curious: what prompted you to raise this issue on a thread about Samson?

[Bob434]

I’m sure there are other medical,opinions, I was just relating what the TV show on Newsmax stated as a possible explanation, and if it was caused by that then it shows how rugged the trip to the hill was for christ.

The post was prompted by what post 9 stated about christ having to carry his own cross. If it was so brutal that it caused damage and fluid buildup as the doctor suggested, then it must have been excruciating-id never heard anything abpu tthat before, and if true, puts a new light on how bad the whole process of crucifiction really was physically- its not so etching I had even though about before regarding the piercing.

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it must have been excruciating

Crucifixion itself was so agonizingly painful--and carrying one's cross an added torment--that the word "excruciating" arose to describe it. Its root, cruc, is Latin for cross. Once I learned that, I've ceased using that word in any context other than crucifixion.

[etabeta]

A possible explanation here.

https://www.compellingtruth.org/blood-water-Jesus.html

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Thank you for hunting that down, Alba. “Pericardial effusion” was what I was trying to remember.

[etabeta]

I had heard about that before and was familiar with that article.

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Thanks so much for sharing it with us.