The Bible In Paintings: JESUS IS "LORD OF THE SABBATH"

[Hebrews 11:6]

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

JESUS IS
"LORD OF
THE SABBATH"

֎ Featuring 31 Paintings ֎

M A T T H E W
Chapter 12*

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH.”

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"The Disciples Plucking Corn on the Sabbath"

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CARLOS MARKO
"The Disciples Plucking Corn on the Sabbath"

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MARTEN VAN VALCKENBORCH
"Christ Defends the Plucking of
the Ears of Grain on the Sabbath"

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JAMES TISSOT
"The Disciples Eat Wheat on the Sabbath"

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FERDINAND OLIVIER
"Jesus with His Disciples"

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JOHANN RAPHAEL WEHLE
"Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath"

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Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. BUT THE PHARISEES WENT OUT AND PLOTTED HOW THEY MIGHT KILL JESUS.

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JAMES TISSOT
"The Man with the Withered Hand"

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA RAIMONDI
"Jesus Heals the Withered Hand"

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ALEXANDRE BIDA
"The Man with the Withered Hand"

New International Version ©1984, EMPHASES added
* For parallel accounts, see MARK 2 and LUKE 6

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JESUS IS
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THE SABBATH"

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and happy weekend to each of you.

#4 The Son of God does not need to shout, he stands in righteousness-
#12 Tissot- The hypocrites stand on tiptoes to accuse the Messiah-
#20 Tissot- The same hypocrites who teach the Law, refuse to hear the Law.

Goes well with yesterday’s topic - Thank You Dan =:^)

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

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Generally, we can rely on Tissot capturing and portraying the scene’s scriptural essence. His consistency in doing so speaks to me of indwelling and inspiration by the Holy Spirit, which argues for his present heavenly address.

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Happy Sunday!

[etabeta]

Good “The Chosen” Sunday!

Favorites: #7; #11 by the great Flemish Renaissance artist Marten van Valckenborg, noted for his landscapes. We have previously encountered him on the thread about the Babel Tower.
Tissot at #12 and #20.
Olivier at #15 and finally #18.

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Good Morning, Dan. :-)

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I am R-E-A-D-Y for The Chosen later today!

[InkStone]

“Tissot capturing and portraying the scene’s scriptural essence... speaks to me of indwelling and inspiration by the Holy Spirit, which argues for his present heavenly address.”
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Amen Dan; a ‘heavenly address’ indeed!

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Hi, Mary-Lou. Thanks for your Jthread. Reading about the children broke my heart.

I still remember the first time my heart broke: I was five, and we drove past a wino derelict whom my parents discussed. That fracture will never heal, until heaven.

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I am sorry you were exposed to that at such an early age. I had a similar experience when I saw a tatoo on a man’s arm and asked him about it. I was about 6.

Children are so precious. I hate to see their hearts broken.

[Ezekiel]

If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH.”

Continually out in the field, so to speak. Healing 24/7, "breaking" the Sabbath.

A real irony, because it's not any work at all if it's love.

He's so full of love that anyone should be able to see that he's never worked a day in his life.

(Well then, he's shouldn't be allowed to eat, not ever having worked!) /s, but that's how it goes with he D-I-Y-D, D-I-Y-D crowd.

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A real irony, because it's not any work at all if it's love.

The other irony here is completely lost on the synagogue ruler: how hard he himself is working at condemning others, on the sabbath.

God hates sin, but He loves sinners, and He cannot help being amused at our fumbling foibles.

[SisterK]

it's not any work at all if it's love

Thank You Jesus!

[SisterK]

takes a pretty hard heart to be angry that someone is healed on the Sabbath

I desire mercy and not sacrifice

[SisterK]

I really like #16 even though it is not specific to this specific Scripture
#16 reminds me of Andrew Wyeth’s stuff.

Again, Tissot never fails to disappoint.

Thank you again!

blessings
k

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Always glad that you’re glad.