{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_8708/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_8708","id":"gutenberg_8708","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8708","summary":null,"tags":["Bible -- Illustrations","Category: Art","Category: Religion/Spirituality"],"text":"Produced by David Widger\n\n\n\n\n\n              THE DORE GALLERY OF BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS\n\n                  Illustrated by Gustave Dore\n\n                          Volume 8.\n\n\n\nJESUS AND THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY.\n\n\nJesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came\nagain into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down,\nand taught them.\n\nAnd the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery;\nand when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this\nwoman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law\ncommanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they\nsaid, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.\n\nBut Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as\nthough he heard them not.\n\nSo when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto\nthem, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at\nher.\n\nAnd again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.\n\nAnd they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went\nout one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last; and Jesus\nwas left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had\nlifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman\nwhere are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She said, No\nman, Lord.\n\nAnd Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.\n--john viii, 1-11\n\n\n\n\nTHE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS.\n\n\nNow Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where\nMartha met him. The Jews then which were with her in the house, and\ncomforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out,\nfollowed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. Then when\nMary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet,\nsaying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.\n\nWhen Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which\ncame with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said,\nWhere have ye laid him?\n\nThey said unto him, Lord, come and see.\n\nJesus wept.\n\nThen said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! And some of them said, Could\nnot this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even\nthis man should not have died?\n\nJesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a\ncave and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.\n\nMartha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this\ntime he stinketh for he hath been dead four days.\n\nJesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest\nbelieve, thou shouldest see the glory of God?\n\nThen they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid.\n\nAnd Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou\nhast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the\npeople which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast\nsent me.\n\nAnd when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come\nforth.\n\nAnd he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes:\nand his face was bound about with a napkin.\n\nJesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.\n\nThen many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which\nJesus did, believed on him.--John xi, 30-45\n\n\n\n\nMARY MAGDALENE.\n\n\nOf Mary \"called Magdalene\" (Luke viii, 2) but few particulars are\nrecorded in scripture. We first hear of her as having been delivered by\nJesus of seven devils (Luke viii, 1-3; Mark xvi, 9). Impelled, no doubt,\nby gratitude for her deliverance, she becomes one of his followers,\naccompanying him thenceforward in all his wanderings faithfully till his\ndeath. She was the first person to whom he appeared after his\nresurrection (Mark xvi, 9; John xx, 1, 11-18) The common belief that she\nwas a fallen woman is destitute of the slightest foundation. On the\ncontrary, the references to her as being in the company of such women as\nJoanna, the wife of Herod's steward, Salome, the mother of James and\nJohn, and Mary, the mother of Jesus (Luke viii, 3; Mark xvi, 40; John\nxix, 25), strongly discountenance such a supposition. The error, which\nhad no other source than ecclesiastical tradition, has been fostered and\nperpetuated by the stupid blunder of the translators of the authorized\nversion in identifying her with the \"sinner\" who is described in Luke\nvii, 37-50 as washing the feet of Jesus with her tears (see head-note to\nLuke vii).\n\nThe Roman Catholic notion that this \"sinner\" was Mary the sister of\nLazarus is almost equally groundless (see Douay Bible, head-note to\nMatthew xxvi, and the foot-note references to Luke vii, 37, found in most\nCatholic Bibles). The only reason for this identification is that the\nanointing by the \"sinner\" is described as taking place in the house of a\nPharisee named Simon (Luke vii, 36, 39-40 43-44); that the anointing by\nthe unnamed woman, as described in Matthew xxvi, 6-13 and Mark xiv, 3-9,\ntook place in the house of one \"Simon the leper,\" in Bethany; and that\nMary, the sister of Lazarus, is described in John xi, 2, and xii, 3-8, as\nanointing Jesus in a house (apparently that of Lazarus himself) in\nBethany, when a conversation ensues altogether different from that\nrecorded in Luke vii, but similar to that related in Matthew xxvi, and\nMark xiv, save that the objection to the anointing of Jesus is made, not\nby \"his disciples\" (Matthew xxvi, 8), not by \"some that had indignation\"\n(Mark xiv, 4), but by \"one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son\"\n(John xii, 4). The demeanor of Mary, the sister of Lazarus, is, however,\nby no means that of a fallen and sinful though penitent woman but that of\na pious and good one (see Luke x, 39, 42; John xi, 28-33; xii, 3).\n\nDore's illustration, which portrays Mary Magdalene as a heartbroken and\ndespairing sinner, shows that he has fallen into the common error.\n\n\n\n\nTHE LAST SUPPER.\n\n\nNow the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to\nJesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat\nthe passover? And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto\nhim, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at\nthy house with my disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed\nthem; and they made ready the passover.\n\nNow when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. And as they did\neat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.\n\nAnd they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say\nunto him, Lord, is it I?\n\nAnd he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish,\nthe same shall betray me. The Son of man goeth as it is written of him:\nbut woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been\ngood for that man if he had not been born. Then Judas, which betrayed\nhim, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast\nsaid.\n\nAnd as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it,\nand gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And\nhe took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye\nall of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for\nmany for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink\nhenceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new\nwith you in my Father's kingdom.\n\nAnd when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of\nOlives.--Matthew xxvi, 17-30.\n\n\n\n\nTHE AGONY IN THE GARDEN.\n\n\nAnd he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and\nhis disciples all followed him. And when he was at the place, he said\nunto them, Pray that ye enter not in temptation.\n\nAnd he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down,\nand prayed Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me:\nnevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.\n\nAnd there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.\n\nAnd being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it\nwere great drops, of blood falling down to the ground.\n\nAnd when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found\nthem sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and\npray, lest ye enter into temptation--Luke xxii, 39-46.\n\n\n\n\nPRAYER OF, JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF' OLIVES.\n\n\nThen cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith\nunto, the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took\nwith him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and\nvery heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even\nunto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.\n\nAnd he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O\nmy Father, if be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as\nI will, but as thou wilt.\n\nAnd he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto\nPeter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye\nenter not into temptation the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is\nweak.\n\nHe went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if\nthis cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.\n\nAnd he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.\n\nAnd he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying\nthe same words.\n\nThen cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and\ntake your rest behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is\nbetrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise let us be going: behold, he is\nat hand that doth betray me. Matthew xxvi, 36-46\n\n\n\n\nTHE BETRAYAL.\n\n\nAnd he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take\nyour rest it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is\nbetrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise up, let us go; lo, he that\nbetrayeth me is at hand.\n\nAnd immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and\nwith him great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests\nand the scribes and the elders. And he that betrayed him had given them a\ntoken, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and\nlead him away safely. And as soon as he was come, he goeth straight way\nto him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.\n\nAnd they laid their hands on him, and took him. And one of them that\nstood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut\noff his ear. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as\nagainst a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? I was daily with\nyou in the temple teaching, and ye took me not but the scriptures must be\nfulfilled.\n\nAnd they all forsook him, and fled.--Mark xiv, 41-50\n\n\n\n\nCHRIST FAINTING UNDER THE CROSS.\n\n\nThe incident depicted in this illustration seems to be as apocryphal as\nthat embodied in the artist's picture of Mary Magdalene. There is\nabsolutely no warrant in scripture for the notion that Christ fainted\nunder the burden of the cross. The only foundation for such an idea to\nfound in the Bible is contained in the head note to Mark xv, which is\nquite unwarranted by the text. According to the three synoptic gospels\nthe cross was borne not by Christ, but by Simon, a Cyrenian (see Matthew\nxxvii, 32; Mark xv, 2 1; Luke xxiii, 26). According to the fourth\nevangelist, Jesus bore the cross without assistance the whole distance to\nthe place crucifixion (John xix, 16-18). In not one of the four\nnarratives is there so much as a hint that he fainted under the burden.\n\n\n\n\nTHE FLAGELLATION.\n\n\nThen released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he\ndeliver him to be crucified.--Matthew xxvii, 26.\n\nAnd so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto\nthem, and deliver Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.--Mark\nxv, 15.\n\nThen Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. John xix.\n\n\n\n\nTHE CRUCIFIXION.\n\n\nAnd when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a\nplace of a skull they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and\nwhen he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified him,\nand parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which\nwas spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon\nmy vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there;\nand set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING\nOF THE JEWS.\n\nThen were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand,\nand another on the left.\n\nAnd they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying,\nThou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save\nthyself. If thou be the Son of God come down from the cross.\n\nLikewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders,\nsaid, He saved others: himself he cannot save. If he be the King of\nIsrael, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He\ntrusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he\nsaid, I am the Son of God.\n\nThe thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his\nteeth.--Matthew xxvii, 33--44.\n\n\n\n\nCLOSE OF THE CRUCIFIXION.\n\n\nNow from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the\nninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,\nsaying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why\nhast thou forsaken me?\n\nSome of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man\ncalleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge,\nand filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.\nThe rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.\n\nJesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.\n\nAnd, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the\nbottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were\nopened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of\nthe graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and\nappeared unto many.\n\nNow when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw\nthe earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly,\nsaying, Truly this was the Son of God.\n\nAnd many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from\nGalilee, ministering unto him: among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary\nthe mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's\nchildren.--Matthew xxvii, 45-56.","title":"The Dor\u00e9 Bible Gallery, Volume 8","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":2700}