Miracles

Throughout the Bible, God is made manifest in signs and wonders, and one of the central ways in which the divine nature of Jesus is displayed in the New Testament is in his miracles. Such signs have often been read as reminders that the created world is itself a miracle—sustained in being, with all its processes and laws, by the grace of God. Miracles are also proclamations that the world is being transformed in ways that exceed our more narrow expectations. And they are indications of the identity of the divinity whose power is at work in these transformations.

Moses Striking the Stone by Arthur Boyd

Jonah Sarcophagus by Unknown artist

Moses Striking the Rock by Bacchiacca

Exodus 17:1–7; Numbers 20:1–13
Striking the Rock

Aaron before the Altar by Kaspar Schockholz

Altarpiece with the Glorification of Mary’s Perpetual Virginity by Unknown Master

Coronation Gospels of Vratislav II by unknown artist

Numbers 17
Aaron’s Rod

The Longest Day; Israel's Enemies Humiliated, from The Crusader Bible (The Morgan Picture Bible), MS M.638, fol. 11r. by Unknown French Artist [Paris]

Liberation of a Beleaguered City by Unknown Western Roman Empire artist

Joshua Roll, Vat. Pal. graec. 431 (sheet 13) by Unknown Byzantine Artist

Joshua 10
The Longest Day

Angel by Rose Finn-Kelcey

The Carriers' Prayer by Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson

Temple, Derry/Londonderry, Ireland by David Best

Judges 13
Samson’s Annunciation

Waterfall on the Abana, near Damascus by Francis Frith

A man in Oriental Costume (King Uzziah Stricken by Leprosy) by Rembrandt van Rijn

Seven Scenes from the Story of the Seven Sacraments, Namaan Being Cleansed in the Jordan

2 Kings 5
The Healing of Naaman

Tobias burning the Heart and the Liver of the Fish by Cornelis Cort [attrib.] after Maerten van Heemskerck

Life of the Young Tobias by Francesco Granacci [attrib.]

Episodes from the Story of Tobit Unknown French artist

Tobit 8
One Wedding and No Funeral

The Centurion’s Servant by Stanley Spencer

Miracles of Jesus, including healing of Centurion's servant, from Homilies of Gregory of Gregory of Nazianzus, dedicated to Basil I by Unknown Byzantine artist

Christ and the Centurion by Paolo Veronese

Matthew 8:5–13; Luke 7:1–10
The Centurion’s Servant

Jesus Healing the Paralytic at Capernaum by unknown artist

The Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof to Christ (Verlamde door het dak naar Christus neergelaten) by Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg

The Paralytic Being Let into the Top of the House on his Bed by Stanley Spencer

Matthew 9:1–8; Mark 2:1–12; Luke 5:17–26
The Healing of the Paralysed Man

Columned Sarcophagus with Biblical Scenes by Unknown artist

Christ and the Woman with the Issue of Blood by Unknown Artist

Christ Healing the Woman with the Issue of Blood by Unknown artist

Matthew 9:20–22; Mark 5:24b–34; Luke 8:42b–48
The Woman with the Issue of Blood

The Brow of the Hill near Nazareth by James Tissot

Nathan Coley James Tissot Unknown, German

Jesus Raises the Clay Birds of his Playmates to Life from Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk by Unknown German Artist

Matthew 13:53–58; Mark 6:1–6; Luke 4:14–30
Open to the Unexpected

More Exhibitions

Joseph Sold into Slavery, Bad Blood, False Accusations and Portents of the Future, from The Crusader Bible (The Morgan Picture Bible) by Unknown French artist

Zulaykha Seizing the Skirt of Yusuf's Robe, from a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami by Unknown Bukharan artist

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife and Scenes from the life of Joseph, from the Golden Haggadah by Unknown artist

Genesis 39
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

Christ and the Samaritan Woman by Lavinia Fontana

Christ and the Samaritan Woman by Unknown artist

The Woman at the Well by Diego Rivera

John 4:1–42
The Woman at the Well

Jali Lattice Window by Mughal artists from Gujurat

Self Portrait in a Fur-Trimmed Robe by Albrecht Dürer

Still Life with Vessels by Francisco de Zurbarán

2 Corinthians 3:12–4:18
From Glory to Glory Advancing