End of Acts of the Apostles
Donald Jackson with contributions from Sally Mae Joseph and Andrew Jamieson
"To the Ends of the Earth is a special treatment at the end of the Acts of the Apostles that completes the volume containing the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles.
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Numbers 6:23
Suzanne Moore
The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. This familiar passage is a blessing de ...
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Matthew 5-7
Thomas Ingmire
Special calligraphic treatments in The Saint John’s Bible are designed to celebrate the text and are perfect for well-known passages such as the Sermon on the Mount. Artist Thomas Ingmire gives specia ...
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Mark 4
Aidan Hart with contributions from Donald Jackson and Sally Mae Joseph
Aidan Hart represents this passage with an icon in which Jesus is wearing blue jeans, scattering the seeds into the text of the Gospel. A bird searches for seed on thorny ground and rocky soil, as wel ...
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Wisdom of Solomon 10-11
Donald Jackson
I was there, proclaims wisdom in Wisdom of Solomon chapters 10 through 12. There from the beginning of time, when God formed creation. There at the initial fall in the garden, and when God destroyed ...
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Acts 4
Aidan Hart in collaboration with Donald Jackson
What Luke describes here is his idea of an ideal community. This passage has been the inspiration for faithful Christians, who have tried to replicate this description of the early Church in monasteri ...
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Matthew Frontispiece
Donald Jackson
The menorah image incorporates a series of concentric circles surrounding a swirling inner core, referencing to a mandala-type cosmic image common to several religions. Rising above are a series of gi ...
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John Frontispiece
Donald Jackson
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or ...
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Luke 23
Donald Jackson
Rendered in raised and burnished gold, the crucified figure of Christ dominates this composition. The use of gold conveys the idea of God manifesting himself in His divine love for humanity, represent ...
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Acts Frontispiece
Donald Jackson
In this scene, the devout Jews from every nation under heaven are already in Jerusalem for the great Jewish pilgrimage feast of Pentecost which occurs fifty days after Passover. The depiction here com ...
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Song of Solomon 8:6-7
Artist: Donald Jackson
This verse captures the intense desire explored by the lovers in Song of Solomon, and makes for a compelling gift to a husband or wife, or for a couple on their anniversary or wedding. The passage rea ...
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John 20: 1-23
Donald Jackson
This illumination, The Resurrection, depicts Mary Magdalene encountering the Risen Christ. The colorful fabric of her dress and the word "Master" in Hebrew shown near her demonstrate the intensity of ...
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Mark Frontispiece
Donald Jackson
In the immediate foreground John the Baptist sees bright yellow blooms and green plants. The flora reflect another passage from Isaiah, The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall ...
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Luke Frontispiece
Donald Jackson
All eyes are drawn to the crib in this illumination of the Birth of Christ from the Gospel of Luke. The presence of the child is central; yet we do not see the baby. We know He is there; but He is not ...
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Psalms 1:1-6
"Donald Jackson, artist; Brian Simpson, scribe"
Instead of illuminations like those seen in Gospels and Acts and Pentateuch, Mr. Jackson did special treatments, which hint at the ways in which we might see Psalms if they are sung or read poetically ...
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