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Gjion Biamishtea by Carlo Gianferro
Arch, from the series 'Good Fences Make Good Neighbors', by Ai Weiwei
Bela Lugosi by Monica Lundy

Cities of Refuge

Numbers 35; Deuteronomy 4:41–43; Joshua 20

Transport by Antony Gormley
Tame Buzzard Line by Richard Long
Christ driving the Traders from the Temple by El Greco

The Dedication of the Temple

1 Kings 8:14–61; 2 Chronicles 6:3–7:3

The Worm that Sleepeth Not by Unknown artist
Icon with St Sisoes and the Skeleton of Alexander the Great by Unknown artist
Orange and Red on Red by Mark Rothko

The Road to Oblivion

Mark 9:42–48

Waterfall of the Misty Dawn by Pat Steir
Alchemy 50 (Alquimia 50) by Olga de Amaral
The Disciples Peter and John Run to the Sepulchre the Morning of the Resurrection (Les disciples Pierre et Jean courant au Sépulcre le matin de la Résurrection) by Eugène Burnand

Where Angels Long to Look

1 Peter 1:1–12

Jacob and the Angel by Jacob Epstein
Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) by Paul Gauguin
Jakob Ringt mit den Engel (Jacob Wrestles with the Angel) by Max Beckmann

Jacob Wrestling the Angel

Genesis 32:22–32

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt van Rijn
The Annunciation by Unknown Byzantine artist
Temptation in the wilderness, flanked by the Esau selling his birthright, and the fall, from Biblia Pauperum by Unknown Netherlandish artist

The Lord’s Prayer

Matthew 6:9–15; Luke 11:1–4

Photoceramic portrait of Pietro Testi by Unknown artist [Fratelli Bucciolini Company]
Epitaph of the Lewe family with the resurrection of the youth at Naim (Epitaph der Familie Lewe mit der Erweckung des Jünglings zu Naim) by Veit Thiem
Archival photograph of Palma il Vecchio's Jesus and the Widow of Nain by Carlo Naya

The Widow of Nain

Luke 7:11–17

Mattathias Opposing a Heathen Sacrifice by Zeev Raban
Judas Maccabeus, The Warrior by Jack Levine
Hanukkah lamp by Yihye Yemini

Reclaiming the Maccabees

1 Maccabees 2

The Crowning with Thorns by Anthony van Dyck
Crown of Thorns by Marcos del Carpio [attrib.]
Christ Bound and Crowned with Thorns by Andrea Solario

The Crowning and Robing

Matthew 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20; John 19:1–3

Ezra Shows the Ten Commandments on Tablets, from Doré Bible by Gustave Doré
Ezra Reads the Law, from Die Bibel in Bildern (Leipzig, G. Wigand) by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Ezra: Oath of Children of Israel, from Bible Historiale by Workshop of the Boucicaut Master

To Meet with Joy in Sweet Jerusalem

Nehemiah 7:73–8:18

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