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Man Rowing Out to Sea
This depicts a man rowing in a boat alone except for Jesus Christ, who appears in dazzling white. The stormy waters apparently represent the challenges of human life.

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The subject of this painting is probably the shepherd presented in Luke 15:1-7. In this passage, Jesus tells about a shepherd who loses one of his one hundred sheep. The shepherd then leaves the other sheep and goes to find this lost sheep. He…

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In this painting Jesus Christ is seated and wears a crown of thorns. With the signature, Oertel refers to John 18:37. In this verse, part of John's account of Jesus's trial before Pilate, Pilate asks, "So are you a king?" Jesus answered, "You say…

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The Prophet Joel is depicted as a grizzle-haired older prophet. He is tearing his shirt apart with both hands. Joel 2:12-13 states, "Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend…

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This unidentified prophet clutches a scroll in his left hand and raises his right hand as if he is preaching.
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