Posts with the category “conversations”

Nicodemus Visiting Jesus at Night (1899, John 3:1-21) by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), found at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. John 3 (NJB): ‘In all truth I tell you, we speak only about what we know and witness only to what we have seen and yet you people reject our evidence. If you do not believe me when I speak to you about earthly things, how will you believe me when I speak to you ...  Read More

Dirck van Delen (1604/5-1671) – “Church Interior with the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican of Luke 18:9-14 (1653)”, in the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.   Read More

John 1:35-41. The painting/illustration by James Tissot remembers the call before the call of Jesus’ first disciples. What do we mean? Unlike other “callings” of disciples, these first two were not called by Jesus. Instead, they pursued Jesus as Jesus walked again along the bank of the Jordan River (see it there in the painting?), walking by the spot where on the previous day John had baptized Him.  Read More

Woman At the Well (esp. John 4:13-14) by Crystal Close - Oil on canvas; 36"x48"; 2016 “To Converse” The Oxford English Dictionary at “to converse” – 1. - 1340–1727 - † intransitive. To move about, have one's being, live, dwell in (on, upon) a place, among (with) people, etc. Obsolete.  Read More