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They tell Jesus that the punishment for someone like her should be stoning, as prescribed by Mosaic Law. [4] [5] [6] Jesus begins to write something on the ground using his finger; when the woman's accusers continue their challenge, he states that the one who is without sin is the one who should cast the first stone at her. The accusers depart ...
It is a free interpretation of the episode of the Gospel of John, when Jesus saved a woman taken in adultery from those who wanted to stone her. Jesus appears at the center of the composition, having the adulteress, wearing a red veil with eyes closed and breasts visible, with her hands folded, begging for mercy, at his feet.
[46] [52] The woman depicted on the steps of the temple is the widow from the Gospels, whom Jesus described as "more beautiful than marvellous slabs of marble". [ 46 ] [ 53 ] The man on the right side of the painting is Simon of Cyrene , who is to carry the cross for Christ's crucifixion to Golgotha in the future.
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery is a biblical episode from John 8:1–8:20 where Jesus encounters an adulteress brought before Pharisees and scribes, which has been depicted by many artists. Such a crime was punishable by death by stoning ; however, in the scene, Jesus stoops to write (in Dutch) he that is without sin among you, let him ...
Earlier this year a picture re-emerged that showed what Jesus might have looked like as a kid. Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from ...
Rembrandt shows the episode of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery from the Gospel of Saint John. In this scene, a few Jews, mainly Scribes and Pharisees, tried to catch Jesus condoning disobedience to the Jewish Law, knowing that Jesus pitied wrong-doers. To do this, they produced a woman who had been caught taking part in adultery. Then ...
A stone structure on which Jesus is believed to have been laid to rest has been exposed for the first time in at least 461 years, reports National Geographic.. It is located in the Old City of ...
Christ and the Canaanite Woman (1594-1595) by Annibale Carracci Christ and the Canaanite Woman is a 1594-1595 oil on canvas painting by Annibale Carracci , now in the Pinacoteca Stuard in Parma . The work was mentioned by Carlo Cesare Malvasia , who, in Felsina Pittrice , called it "the famous Canaanite Woman .