The Bible In Paintings >>> “!Surprising Salvations!” Series ✝️ THE MAGI, Summoned by God to Worship and Enable the Newborn Savior ✝️

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!SURPRISING SALVATIONS!
THE MAGI

HOW THE MAGI’
SALVATION WAS SURPRISING:

1. THEIR SITUATION—Hundreds of miles away, a month or more of journeying.

2. THEIR QUEST—“Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”

3. THEIR WORSHIP—Wisely purposeful: gold, frankincense, myrrh.

4. HAVING LED THEM THIS FAR, WOULD NOT GOD HAVE LED THEM TO SALVATION?

MATTHEW 2:

1
GISLEBERTUS
"An angel lightly touching the hand of a Magus,
who is slowly waking up. With the other finger,
the angel points to the star."

2
JAMES TISSOT
"The Magi Journeying"

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4
MICHAEL TOREVELL
"Wise Men Came from the East"

5
DOUGLAS RAMSEY
"Wise Men from the East"

6
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"The Wise Men Guided by the Star"

7
IAN HERRIOTT
"The Three Kings"

8
RICHARD HOOK
"The Three Kings"

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GENTILE DA FABRIANO
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MATTHIAS STOMER
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12
PIETER FRANSZ DE GREBBER
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13
JACOPO BASSANO
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14
HIPPOLYTE FLANDRIN
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15
EDWARD BURNE-JONES
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ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT
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18
CHARLES-ANDRE VAN LOO
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EUGENIO CAJES
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ZANOBI STROZZI
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21
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"The Adoration of the Magi"

22
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"The Adoration of the Wise Men"

23
FRANCESCO CURRADI
"The Adoration of the Magi"

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MATTHIAS STOM
"The Adoration of the Magi"

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GIOVANNI DI PAOLO
"Adoration of the Magi"

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CIGOLI
"The Adoration of the Magi"

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BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
"Adoration of the Magi"

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FRA ANGELICO
"Adoration of the Magi"

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HENRY SIDDONS MOWBRAY
"The Magi"

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FRANÇOIS LEMOYNE
"The Adoration of the Magi"

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New International Version ©1984, EMPHASES added
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[etabeta]

Thank you, Dan, for the gorgeous stained glass windows to lift my soul..

#1 wonderful sculpture from the Saint-Lazare Cathedral in Autun, France, by Master Gislebertus. He is considered one of the greatest sculptors of the Middle Ages. This image is so touching.
#2 Tissot, unique! He depicts the topography of the region so well. This painting was made after his second trip to the Middle East.
#9/10 Gentile da Fabriano, so rich in details.

[No name given]

This is beautiful.

[Hebrews 11:6]

This image is so touching.

Such a unique conception! It makes me laugh.

As Tissot's makes me glad, that he can transport me there to watch that remarkable caravan pass by. Must be at least the sixth time I've posted it....

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Beauty is important to you, so I’m happy to be able to present some to you.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

One of Tissot’s very best (#2)

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Yep—can’t get enough of it.

[SisterK]

the three magi as a surprising salvation

I heartily agree!
I think they started out pagan, but then were CHOSEN.

[SisterK]

the magi in #14 win the thread
they are most humbled before the Son of God

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Two lovely posts, K. I agree entirely.

It just seems to me that (a) God selected three who would respond and (b) when they finally arrived, belief was both irresistible and inevitable.

What unspeakable joy they surely experienced, realizing that they of all people must, like Elizabeth, be astonished at being included.