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Blood and Water

The Small Passion (BM 1859,0709.2885)

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

 

John 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

 

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They Open Their Mouths

The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments - with numerous illustrations (1896) (14802994273)

Psalm 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

 

John 19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

 

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Firstborn Son

Madonna and Child in swaddling clothes, by Donatello Wellcome M0013508

Psalm 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

 

Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

 

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