Free downloadable public domain images of stories from the New Testament.
About the Image: Line drawing of the Nativity: Mary and Joseph gaze at infant Jesus in a manger. The Star of Bethlehem shines brightly. Three wise men approach with gifts. Shepherds with their flock and animals like a donkey and sheep are present. The scene is set against a rustic...
About the Image: The story of "The Calling of the Apostles St. James and St. John" is an important biblical narrative that holds significant theological and spiritual implications. Biblical Account: In the New Testament, specifically in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, there's a recounting...
Details: El Greco's son, Jorge Manuel, who was known to work in the style of his father, probably painted this canvas. A reduced version of El Greco's original painting for the Cathedral of Toledo, it shows the dramatic moment before the Crucifixion when Christ's...
Details: The Flight into Egypt is an event recounted in the Gospel of Matthew and other New Testament apocrypha[1]. It tells the story of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus fleeing to Egypt to escape King Herod's orders to kill the newborn child[2]. The event is also mentioned...
Details: The scribes were learned men in ancient Israel who studied the Law, transcribed it, and wrote commentaries on it[1]. Jesus engaged in discussion with the Jewish Scribes during the Feast of the Passover when he was twelve years old[2]. Alexandre Gabriel Decamps painted a work titled '...
Details: The term "visitation" in the Bible typically refers to the visit of the Virgin Mary to her relative Elizabeth, as described in Luke 1:39-56[1]. It can also refer to God's judgment or punishment, as seen in Isaiah 10:3[2], or a call...
Details: The Descent from the Cross is a scene from the Gospels in which Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus take down Jesus' body from the cross[1]. It is also known as the Deposition of Christ, as it symbolizes Jesus being taken away from his position[2]. Peter Paul...
Details: Christ on the cross has been depicted in art since the 4th century CE[1]. Early Byzantine depictions often show Christ flanked by Longinus and Stephaton with their spear and pole with vinegar[1]. In British art, George James Frampton created a stele of Christ on the cross with...
Details: The Confession of Peter refers to an episode in the New Testament in which the Apostle Peter proclaims Jesus to be the Christ[1]. This is depicted in Peter's Confession (1503) by Master of Delft, which shows Christ being led out from his trial on the left...
Details: The Visitation is the biblical event of Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth, as described in the Gospel According to Luke (1:39–56)[1]. It is honored with a special feast celebrated on May 31[2][3] and is closely connected with Jesus and his saving work[4]. In...
Details: Jesus taught that people should pay taxes to the Roman authorities[1][2][3][4], as demonstrated by his response to a joint attempt by the Herodians and Pharisees to make him stumble in front of them[3][4]. Jesus asked them to produce a coin, which was an...
Details: The Visitation is a theme in Christian art, especially in the Catholic Church, which depicts the visit of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to her cousin Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist. It is an event described in the Gospel of Luke, where Mary travels to visit...
Details: Lazarus of Bethany, also venerated as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the subject of a prominent sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. Wikipedia The Master of Delft was a...
Details: The calling of the disciples is a key episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament. It appears in Matthew 4:18–22, Mark 1:16-20 and Luke 5:1–11 on the Sea of Galilee. John 1:35–51 reports the first encounter with two of...
Details: The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist is a major event in the life of Jesus which is described in three of the gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke. It is considered to have taken place at Bethany Beyond the Jordan, today located in Jordan. Modern biblical scholars view...
Details: Acts 12:3–19 says that Peter was put into prison by King Herod, but the night before his trial an angel appeared to him, and told him to leave. Peter's chains fell off, and he followed the angel out of prison, thinking it was a vision...
Details: In Christianity, the feeding the multitude is two separate miracles of Jesus reported in the Gospels. The first miracle, the "Feeding of the 5,000", is the only miracle—aside from the resurrection—recorded in all four gospels (Matthew 14:13–21; Mark 6:31–44; Luke...
Details: Luke 18:15–17 states: And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is...
Details: In the New Testament, the Transfiguration of Jesus is an event where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels describe it, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it. It has also been hypothesized that the first chapter of the...
Details: The anointings of Jesus’s head or feet are events recorded in the four gospels. The account in Matthew 26, Mark 14, and John 12 takes place on the Holy Wednesday of Holy Week at the house of Simon the Leper in Bethany, a village in Judaea on the...
Details: In the Gospel of Matthew, a rich young man asks Jesus what actions bring eternal life. First, Jesus advises the man to obey the commandments. When the man responds that he already observes them, and asks what else he can do, Jesus adds: If you want to be perfect,...
Details: The three Marys at the tomb is the name used for a group of three women who came to the sepulcher of Jesus. In Eastern Orthodoxy they are among the Myrrh bearers, a group that traditionally includes a much larger number of people. All four gospels mention women going...
Details: This image includes three scenes. In the center scene, Christ meets Bartimaeus. Each of the three Synoptic Gospels tells of Jesus healing the blind near Jericho, as he passed through that town, shortly before his passion. The Gospel of Mark tells of the curing of a man named Bartimaeus,...
Details: In Luke Chapter 5, Christ preaches in a boat. The disciples leave everything and follow him. He also cleanses the leper, heals the paralytic, calls Matthew, the customs officer, and eats with open sinners. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download Christ preaches from a boat.jpeg...
