The Bible In Paintings: JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING, Part 2

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The Bible In Paintings
~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~

JOHN THE
BAPTIST
PREACHING

֎ Featuring 31 Paintings and 1 Sculpture ֎

L U K E
CHAPTER 3*

The word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:
“A voice of one calling in the desert,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.
Every valley shall be filled in,
    every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight,
    the rough ways smooth.
AND ALL MANKIND WILL SEE GOD’S SALVATION.’ ”

30
MATTIA PRETI
"St. John the Baptist Preaching"

31
MASSIMO STANZIONE
"The Preaching of St John the Baptist in the Desert"

32
GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO
"John the Baptist Preaching"

32A
GIANDOMENICO TIEPOLO
"Saint John the Baptist Preaches to the Crowds"

33
JAMES TISSOT
"Saint John the Baptist and the Pharisees"

34
ARSÈNE ROBERT
"The Preaching of St John the Baptist"

35
FRANS FRANCKEN the Elder
"John the Baptist Preaching"

36
GIOVANNI BALDUCCI
"The Preaching of St. John the Baptist" Source

John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

37
LUIGI GARZI
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching to the Multitude"

38
BATTISTA FRANCO
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness"

39
FRANCESCO FRACANZANO
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching to the Multitude"

40
ANASTASIO FONTEBUONI
"St John the Baptist Preaching"

41
JACQUES IGNATIUS DE ROORE
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness"

42
SEBASTIANO RICCI
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching to the Multitude"

43
The Brunswick Monogrammist
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness"

44
STEFANO MAGNASCO
"The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist"

45
SIEGFRIED DETLER BENDIXEN
"John Preaching in the Wilderness"

46
WILLEM REUTER
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching"

“What should we do then?” the crowd asked.

John answered, “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.”

Tax collectors also came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

“Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them.

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

47
LORENZO VENEZIANO
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching"

48
FRANS POURBUS
"The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist"

49
LORENZO and JACOPO SALIMBENI
"John the Baptist Preaching"

50
PIER FRANCESCO MOLA
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert"

51
LUCA GIORDANO
"St. John the Baptist Preaching"

52
SANTI DI TITO
"St. John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness"

53
LUCAS CRANACH the Elder
"The Sermon of St. John the Baptist"

54
JAN STEEN
"John the Baptist Preaching"

56
Source

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ. John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” And with many other words John exhorted the people and PREACHED THE GOOD NEWS TO THEM.

57
RAPHAEL
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching"

58
FRANS FRANCKEN the Younger
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching"

59
GUERCINO
"San Giovanni Battista nel Deserto"

61
ALESSANDRO ALLORI
"The Preaching of St John the Baptist"

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63
CRISTOFANO ALLORI
"John the Baptist in the Desert" Source

To be continued…

New International Version ©1984, EMPHASES Added
*Brief passage from MATTHEW 3 inserted for completeness
For parallel accounts, see MARK 1 and JOHN 1

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JOHN THE
BAPTIST
PREACHING

[Red Badger]

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

ROMANS I assume?..........................

[SouthernClaire]

Thanks so much, Dan.
(37 & 50 today.)

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Presumably, but the Jews also had armed men. Even the disciples had swords....

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Fine choices, Claire.

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and good morning to each of you.

Greatly enjoy each of your choices. Thank you for continuing this helpful ministry Dan. We all miss this ‘art sharing’ on days you cannot post.

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Good Morning, Dan. :-)

[Red Badger]

The Temple had a coterie of guards and the king had his body of guards but the Romans would have been the only ‘soldiers’ allowed. It was common for locals to join the Roman armies as
it was a way to earn Roman citizenship, otherwise it would have cost a lot of money. Paul was a Roman Citizen, and that conferred special privileges that the common folk did not enjoy.......................

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God’s Word is, among its other qualities, addictive.

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Mary-Lou! Tippy of the mornin’ to ya!

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Seems sensible.

[etabeta]

Good morning to all. In Mattia Preti’s painting, #30, we sense the fervor and passion in John the Baptist as he preaches to the people.
Of great interest are the frescoes by the brothers Salimbeni, painted for the Oratory of St. John the Baptist in Urbino in early 16th c. The frescoes are some of the best work by the Salimbeni, and worth of studying.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lorenzo+and+jacopo+salimbeni+baptist+preaching&rlz=1C1MSIM_enUS544US544&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_-YL6taH7AhUMHDQIHSkqAeYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1440&bih=757&dpr=1

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the fervor and passion in John the Baptist

Interesting point, Alba. It is here, I suspect, that John most exemplifies the spirit and power of Elijah which was predicted for him.

I see you have assigned more homework. I will work it into my schedule. Thanks!