James Tissot1886

But No Man Laid Hands Upon Him

Officers sent to seize Jesus stand unable to lay a hand on him, returning to say that no one ever spoke as this man does (John 7). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

But No Man Laid Hands Upon Him by James Tissot depicting John 7:44
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. James Tissot (1836–1902), biblical watercolors from The Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ (1886–1894) and The Old Testament.Source

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About James Tissot

1836-1902 · French

French painter who, after a vision experience in 1885, devoted the rest of his career to an extensive illustrated New Testament based on travel through the Holy Land. His watercolors are now held at the Brooklyn Museum.