Visual Commentary On Scripture | VCS

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Old Testament & Apocrypha

Encounter the Bible
through Art

The Visual Commentary on Scripture is a free, online resource that provides material for teaching, preaching, researching, and reflecting on the Bible, Art, and Theology.

Video Introduction

The Flight into Egypt by Vittore Carpaccio — The Flight into Egypt, Vittore Carpaccio, c.1515, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Exhibition of the Week

The Ark of the Covenant (Quadriga Aminadab), detail from The Allegories of Saint Paul window by Unknown artist

Reredos, The Temple Church, London by Christopher Wren

The Blood of the Redeemer by Giovanni Bellini

Hebrews 9
A Sanctuary Not Made with Hands

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Old Testament & Apocrypha

Mount Horeb, Sinai by Francis Frith

New Testament

Miraculous Draft of Fishes by Raphael

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The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Agony in the Garden by El Greco

El Greco

Esther before Ahasuerus by Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi

Flight Into Egypt by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner

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The Death of the Pharaoh’s Firstborn Son by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Judgement

The Healing of the Blind Man and the Raising of Lazarus, from Ermita de San Baudelio de Berlanga, Caltojar by Master of Santa María de Taüll

Resurrection

Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast by Ludolf Backhuysen I

Wisdom

Jonah and the Whale, folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Unknown Iranian artist

Prayer and Faith

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Raphael's The Mond Crucifixion

Introduction to the Visual Commentary on Scripture (2:57)

Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus 1601

Spotlight: Road to Emmaus

1. Jesus Christ: An Introduction (8:36)

2. The Annunciation (5:22)

3. The Baptism (4:35)

4. The Last Supper (6:45)