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This painting is What Our Savior Saw from the Cross by Tissot.
What did he see? A Pharisee giggling. His own mother mourning. Women adoring him. A Roman soldier wondering. A Zealot jeering. But all eyes are on he who died for the sake of the world. They look at him with varied expressions; he looks at them only with love.
I am, at times, the Pharisee, the mother, the women, the soldier, and the Zealot. But regardless of whether I honor or mock his sacrifice, he unfailingly returns my gaze with love.
an interest in the Savior's blood!
Died he for me? who caused his pain!
For me? who him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be
that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
Amazing love! How can it be
that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
2 comments:
Not all eyes. You notice the man on the horse who is looking off to his left and upwards? What is he seeing? Is he turning away from a sight that must have been extremely horrible to look at? Or maybe he is turning toward something else, a heavenly vision, perhaps? Or a conversion - he is turning away from the cruelty of this world and longing for something else?
Very evocative painting, John. Thank you for posting it.
Thanks, Andy.
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