James Tissot1886

Jesus Teaches in the Synagogues

Jesus goes throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease among the people (Matthew 4). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Teaches in the Synagogues by James Tissot depicting Matthew 4:23
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.