James Tissot1886

Jesus Unrolls the Book in the Synagogue

In the synagogue at Nazareth Jesus opens the scroll of Isaiah, reads of the Spirit of the Lord, and declares the Scripture fulfilled in their hearing (Luke 4). A watercolor by the French painter James Tissot, from his life of Christ.

Jesus Unrolls the Book in the Synagogue by James Tissot depicting Luke 4:16
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

Depicted passages

Luke 4:16-21Primary
Portrait of James Tissot

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.

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