,,the ,,dore ,,gallery ,,of ,,bible     
,,illustrations                         
,illustrated by ,gustave ,dore          
,volume #i4    ,,the ,,burial ,,of      
,,jesus4   ,when the even was come1     
there came a rich man of ,arimathea1    
named ,joseph1 who also himself was     
,jesus' disciple he went to ,pilate1 and
 begged the body of ,jesus4 ,then       
,pilate commanded the body to be        
delivered4 ,and when ,joseph had taken  
the body1 he wrapped it in a clean linen
 cloth1 and laid it in his own new tomb1
 which he had hewn out in the rock3 and 
he rolled a great stone to the door of  
the sepulchre1 and departed4  ,and there
 was ,mary ,magdalene1 and the other    
,mary1 sitting over against the         
sepulchre4--,matthew xxvii1 #eg-fa      
,,the ,,angel ,,at ,,the ,,sepulchre4   
,in the end of the sabbath1 as it began 
to dawn toward the first day of the     
week1 came ,mary ,magdalene and the     
other ,mary to see the sepulchre4  ,and1
 behold1 there was a great earthquake3  

for the angel of the ,lord descended    
from1 heaven1 and came and rolled back  
the stone from the door1 and sat upon   
it4 ,his countenance was like lightning1
 and his raiment white as snow3 and for 
fear of him the keepers did shake1 and  
became as dead men4  ,and the angel     
answered and said unto the women1 ,fear 
not ye3 for ,i know that ye seek ,jesus1
 which was crucified4 ,he is not here3  
for he is risen1 as he said4 ,come1 see 
the place where the ,lord lay4 ,and go  
quickly1 and tell his disciples that he 
is risen from the dead and1 behold1 he  
goeth before you into ,galilee2 there   
shall ye see him3 lo1 ,i have told you4 
,and they departed quickly from the     
sepulchre with fear and great joy2 and  
did run to bring his disciples          
word4--,matthew xxviii1 #a-h4     ,,the 
,,journey ,,to ,,emmaus4   ,and1 behold1
 two of them went that same day to a    
village called ,emmaus which was from   
,jerusalem about threescore furlongs4   
,and they talked together of all these  

things which had happened4 ,and it came 
to pass that1 while they communed       
together and reasoned1 ,jesus himself   
drew near and went with them4 ,but their
 eyes were holden that they should not  
know him4  ,and he said unto them1 ,what
 manner of communications are these that
 ye have one to another1 as ye walk1 and
 are sad8  ,and the one of them1 whose1 
name was ,cleopas1 answering said unto  
him1 ,art thou only a stranger in       
,jerusalem1 and hast not known the      
things which are come to pass there in  
these days8  ,and he said unto them1    
,what things8  ,and they said unto him1 
,concerning ,jesus of ,nazareth1 which  
was a prophet mighty in deed and word   
before ,god and all the people3 ,and how
 the chief priests and our rulers       
delivered him to be condemned to death1 
and have crucified him4 ,but we trusted 
that it had been he which should have   
redeemed ,israel3 and beside all this1  
to-day is the third day since these     
things were done4 ,yea1 and certain     

women also of our company made us       
astonished1 which were early at the     
sepulchre2 and when they found not his  
body1 they came1 saying1 that they had  
also seen a vision of angels1 which said
 that he was alive4 ,and certain of them
 which were with us went to the         
sepulchre1 and found it even so as the  
women had said3 but him they saw not4   
,then he said unto them1 ,o fools1 and  
slow of heart to believe all that the   
prophets have spoken3 ought not ,christ 
to have suffered these things1 and to   
enter into his glory8  ,and beginning at
 ,moses and all the prophets1 he        
expounded unto them in all the          
scriptures the things concerning        
himself4  ,and they drew nigh unto the  
village1 whither they went3 and he made 
as though he would have gone further4   
,but they constrained him1 saying1      
,abide with us3 for it is toward        
evening1 and the day is far spent4 ,and 
he went in to tarry with them4  ,and it 
came to pass1 as he sat at meat with    

them1 he took bread1 and blessed it1 and
 brake1 and gave to them4 ,and their    
eyes were opened1 and they knew him2 and
 he vanished out of their sight4  ,and  
they said one to another1 ,did not our  
heart burn within us1 while he talked   
with us by the way1 and while he opened 
to us the scriptures8  ,and they rose up
 the same hour1 and returned to         
,jerusalem1 and found the eleven        
gathered together1 and them that were   
with them1 saying1 ,the ,lord is risen  
indeed1 and hath appeared to ,simon4    
,and they told what things were done in 
the way1 and how he was known of them in
 breaking of bread4--,luke xxiv1 #ac-ce4
     ,,the ,,ascension4   ,now upon the 
first day of the week1 very early in the
 morning1 they came unto the sepulchre1 
bringing the spices which they had      
prepared1 and certain others with them4 
,and they found the stone rolled away   
from the sepulchre4 99 99 99  ,and they 
remembered his words4 ,and returned from
 the sepulchre1 and told all these      

things unto the eleven1 and to all the  
rest4 99 99 99  ,and1 behold1 two of    
them went that same day to a village    
called ,emmaus1 which was from          
,jerusalem about threescore furlongs4   
,and they talked together of all these  
things which had happened4 99 99 99     
,and they rose up the same hour1 and    
returned to ,jerusalem1 and found the   
eleven gathered together1 and them that 
were with them1 saying1 ,the ,lord is   
risen indeed1 and hath appeared to      
,simon4 ,and they told what things were 
done in the way1 and how he was known of
 them in breaking of bread4 ,and as they
 thus spake1 ,jesus himself stood in the
 midst of them1 and saith unto them1    
,peace be unto you4 99 99 99  ,and1     
behold1 ,i send the promise of my       
,father upon you3 but tarry ye in the   
city of ,jerusalem1 until ye be endued  
with power from on high4  ,and he led   
them out as far as to ,bethany1 and he  
lifted up his hands1 and blessed them4  
,and it came to pass1 while he blessed  

them1 he was parted from them1 and      
carried up into heaven4 ,and they       
worshiped him1 and returned to          
,jerusalem with great joy4 ,luke xxiv1  
#a-b1 #h-i1 #ac-ad1 #cc-cf1 #di-eb4     
,the former treatise have ,i made1 ,o   
,theophilus1 of all that ,jesus began   
both to do and teach1 until the day in  
which he was taken up1 after that he    
through the ,holy ,ghost had given      
commandments unto the apostles whom he  
had chosen3 to whom also he shewed      
himself alive after his passion by many 
infallible proofs1 being seen of them   
forty days1 and speaking of the things  
pertaining to the kingdom of ,god3 and1 
being assembled together with them1     
commanded them that they should not     
depart from ,jerusalem1 but1 wait for   
the promise of the ,father1 which1 saith
 he1 ye have heard of me4 ,for ,john    
truly baptized with water2 but ye shall 
be baptized with the ,holy ,ghost not   
many days hence4  ,when they therefore  
were come together1 they asked of him1  

saying1 ,lord1 wilt thou at this time   
restore again the kingdom of ,israel8   
,and he said unto them1 ,it is not for  
you to know the times or the seasons1   
which the ,father hath put in his own   
power4 ,but ye shall receive power1     
after that the ,holy ,ghost is come upon
 you3 and ye shall be witnesses unto me 
both in ,jerusalem1 and all ,judaea1 and
 in ,samaria1 and unto the uttermost    
part of the earth4  ,and when he had    
spoken these things1 while they beheld1 
he was taken up3 and a cloud received   
him out of their sight4 ,and while they 
looked steadfastly toward heaven as he  
went up1 behold1 two men stood by them  
in white apparel4--,acts i1 #a-aj       
,,the ,,martyrdom ,,of ,,st4 ,,stephen4 
,and ,stephen1 full of faith and power1 
did great wonders and miracles among the
 people4  ,then there arose certain of  
the synagogue1 which is called the      
synagogue of the ,libertines1 and       
,cyrenians1 and ,alexandrians1 and of   
them of ,cilicia and of ,asia1 disputing

 with ,stephen4 ,and they were not able 
to resist the wisdom and the spirit by  
which he spake4 ,then they suborned men1
 which said1 ,we have heard him speak   
blasphemous words against ,moses and    
against ,god4 ,and they stirred up the  
people1 and the elders1 and the scribes1
 and came upon him1 and caught him1 and 
brought him to the council4 ,and set up 
false witnesses1 which said1 ,this man  
ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words  
against this holy place1 and the law3   
for we have heard him say1 that this    
,jesus of ,nazareth shall destroy this  
place1 and shall change the customs     
which ,moses delivered us4  ,and all    
that sat in the council1 looking        
steadfastly on him1 saw his face as it  
had been the face of an angel4  ,then   
said the high priest1 ,are these things 
so8  ,and he said1 ,men1 brethren1 and  
fathers1 hearken3 ,stephen here makes   
his defense1 concluding with a terrible1
 denunciation of the ,jews as being     
stiffnecked and persecutors of their    

prophets1 and as betrayers and murderers
 of ,jesus ,christ4  ,when they heard   
these things1 they were cut to the      
heart1 and they1 gnashed on him with    
their teeth4  ,but he1 being full of the
 ,holy ,ghost1 looked up steadfastly    
into heaven1 and saw the glory of ,god1 
and ,jesus standing on the right hand of
 ,god1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i see the    
heavens opened1 and the ,son of man     
standing on the right hand of ,god4     
,then they cried out with a loud voice1 
and stopped their ears1 and ran upon him
 with one accord1 and cast him out of1  
the city1 and stoned him3 and the       
witnesses laid down their clothes at a  
young man's feet1 whose name was ,saul4 
,and they stoned ,stephen1 calling upon 
,god1 and saying1 ,lord ,jesus1 receive 
my spirit4  ,and he kneeled down1 and   
cried with a loud voice1 ,lord1 lay not 
this sin to their charge4 ,and when he  
had said this1 he fell asleep4  ,and    
,saul was consenting unto his           
death4--,acts vi1 #h-ae2 vii1 #a-b1     

#ed-ef2 viii1 #a4     ,,saul',s         
,,conversion4   ,and ,saul1 yet         
breathing out threatenings and slaughter
 against the disciples of the ,lord1    
went unto the high priest1 and desired  
of him letters to ,damascus to the      
synagogues1 that if he found any of this
 way1 whether they were men or women1 he
 might bring them bound unto ,jerusalem4
  ,and as he journeyed1 he came near    
,damascus3 and suddenly there shined    
round about him a light from heaven3 and
 he fell to the earth1 and heard a      
voice1 saying unto him1 ,saul1 ,saul1   
why persecutest thou me8 ,and he said1  
,who art thou1 ,lord8 ,and the ,lord    
said1 ,i am ,jesus whom thou persecutest
 it is hard for thee to kick against the
 pricks4 ,and he trembling and          
astonished said1 ,lord1 what wilt thou  
have me to do8 ,and the ,lord said unto 
him1 ,arise1 and go into the city1 and  
it shall be told thee what thou must do4
  ,and the men which journeyed with him 
stood speechless1 hearing a voice1 but  

seeing no man4  ,and ,saul arose from   
the earth2 and when his eyes were       
opened1 he saw no man3 but they led him 
by the hand1 and brought him into       
,damascus4 ,and he was three days       
without sight1 and neither did eat nor  
drink4  ,and there was a certain        
disciple at ,damascus1 named ,ananias2  
and to him said the ,lord in a vision1  
,ananias4 ,and he said1 ,behold1 ,i am  
here1 ,lord4  ,and the ,lord said unto  
him1 ,arise1 and go into the street     
which is called ,straight1 and enquire  
in the house of ,judas for one called   
,saul1 of ,tarsus3 for1 behold1 he      
prayeth1 and hath seen in a vision a man
 named ,ananias coming in1 and putting  
his hand on him1 that he might receive  
his sight4 ,then ,ananias answered1     
,lord1 ,i have heard by many of this    
man1 how much evil he hath done to thy  
saints at ,jerusalem3 and here he hath  
authority from the chief priests to bind
 all that call on thy name4 ,but the    
,lord said unto him1 ,go thy way3 for he

 is a chosen vessel unto me1 to bear my 
name before the ,gentiles1 and kings1   
and the children of ,israel3 for ,i will
 shew him how great things he must      
suffer for my name's sake4  ,and        
,ananias went his way1 and entered into 
the house2 and putting his hands on him 
said1 ,brother ,saul1 the ,lord1 even   
,jesus1 that appeared unto thee in the  
way as thou camest1 hash sent me1 that  
thou mightest receive thy sight1 and be 
filled with the ,holy ,ghost4 ,and      
immediately there fell from his eyes as 
it had been scales3 and he received     
sight forthwith1 and arose and was      
baptized4 ,and when he had received     
meat1 he was strengthened4  ,then was   
,saul certain days with the disciples   
which were at ,damascus4 ,and           
straightway he preached ,christ in the  
synagogues1 that he is the ,son of      
,god4--,acts ix1 #a-bj4     ,,the       
,,deliverance ,,of ,,st4 ,,peter4   ,now
 about that time ,herod the king        
stretched forth his hands to vex certain

 of the church4 ,and he killed ,james   
the brother of ,john with the sword4    
,and because he saw it pleased the      
,jews1 he proceeded further to take     
,peter also4 7,then were the days of    
unleavened bread47 ,and when he had     
apprehended him1 he put him in prison1  
and delivered him to four quarternions  
of soldiers to keep him2 intending after
 ,easter to bring him forth to the      
people4  ,peter therefore was kept in   
prison3 but prayer was made without     
ceasing of the church unto ,god for him4
  ,and when ,herod would have brought   
him forth1 the same night ,peter was    
sleeping between two soldiers1 bound    
with two chains3 and the keepers before 
the door kept the prison4 ,and1 behold1 
the angel of the ,lord came upon him1   
and a light shined in the prison3 and he
 smote ,peter on the side1 and raised   
him up1 saying1 ,arise up quickly4 ,and 
his chains fell off from his hands4 ,and
 the angel said unto him1 ,gird thyself1
 and bind on thy sandals3 ,and so he    

did4 ,and he saith unto him1 ,cast thy  
garment about thee1 and follow me4 ,and 
he went out1 and followed him2 and wist 
not that it was true which was done by  
the angel but thought he saw a vision4  
,when they were past the first and the  
second ward1 they came unto the iron    
gate that leadeth unto the city2 which  
opened to them of his own accord and    
they went out and passed on through one 
street and forthwith the angel departed 
from him4  ,and when ,peter was come to 
himself1 he said1 ,now ,i know of a     
surety1 that the ,lord hath sent his    
angel1 and hath delivered me out of the 
hand of ,herod1 and from all the        
expectation of the people of the        
,jews4--,acts xii1 #a-aa     ,,paul ,,at
 ,,ephesus4   ,and it came to pass1     
that1 while ,apollos was at ,corinth1   
,paul having passed through the upper   
coasts came to ,ephesus2 and finding    
certain disciples1 he said unto them1   
,have ye1 received the ,holy ,ghost     
since ye believed8 ,and they said unto  

him1 ,we have not so much as heard      
whether there be any ,holy ,ghost4 ,and 
he1 said unto them1 ,unto what then were
 ye baptized8 ,and they said1 ,unto     
,john's baptism4 ,then said ,paul1 ,john
 verily baptized with the baptism of    
repentance1 saying unto the people1 that
 they should believe on him which should
 come after him1 that is1 on ,christ    
,jesus4  ,when they heard this1 they    
were baptized in the name of the ,lord  
,jesus4 ,and when ,paul had laid his    
hands upon them1 the ,holy ,ghost came  
on them2 and they spake with tongues1   
and prophesied4 ,and all the men were   
about twelve4  ,and he went into the    
synagogue1 and spake boldly for the     
space of three months1 disputing and    
persuading the things concerning the    
kingdom of ,god4  ,but when divers were 
hardened1 and believed not1 but spake   
evil of that way before the multitude1  
he departed from them1 and separated the
 disciples1 disputing daily in the      
school of one ,tyrannus4 ,and this      

continued by the space of two years2 so 
that all they which dwelt in ,asia heard
 the word of the ,lord ,jesus1 both     
,jews and ,greeks4  ,and ,god wrought   
special miracles by the hands of ,paul3 
so that from his body were brought unto 
the sick handkerchiefs or aprons1 and   
the diseases departed from them1 and the
 evil spirits went out of them4  ,then  
certain of the vagabond ,jews1          
exorcists1 took upon them to call over  
them which had evil spirits the name of 
the ,lord ,jesus1 saying1 ,we adjure you
 by ,jesus whom ,paul preacheth4 ,and   
there were seven sons of one ,sceva1 a  
,jew1 and chief of the priests1 which   
did so4 ,and the evil spirit answered   
and said1 ,jesus ,i know1 and ,paul ,i  
know2 but who are ye8 ,and the man in   
whom the evil spirit was leaped on them1
 and overcame them1 and prevailed       
against them1 so that they fled out of  
that house naked and wounded4  ,and this
 was known to all the ,jews and ,greeks 
also dwelling at ,ephesus2 and fear fell

 on them all1 and the name of the ,lord 
,jesus was magnified4 ,and many that    
believed came1 and confessed1 and shewed
 their deeds4 ,many of them also which  
used curious arts brought their books   
together1 and burned them before all    
men3 and they counted the price of them1
 and found it fifty thousand pieces of  
silver4  ,so mightily grew the word of  
,god and prevailed4--,acts xix1 #a--bj4 
,,paul ,,menaced ,,by ,,the ,,jews4     
,do therefore this that we say to thee3 
,we have four men which have a vow on   
them2 them take1 and purify thyself with
 them1 and be at charges with them1 that
 they may shave their heads3 and all may
 know that those things1 whereof they   
were informed concerning thee1 are      
nothing2 but that thou thyself also     
walkest orderly1 and keepest the law4   
,then ,paul took the men1 and the next  
day purifying himself with them entered 
into the temple1 to signify the         
accomplishment of the days of           
purification1 until that an offering    

should be offered for every one of them4
  ,and when the seven days were almost  
ended1 the ,jews which were of ,asia1   
when they saw him in the temple1 stirred
 up all the people1 and laid hands on   
him1 crying out1 ,men of ,israel1 help3 
this is the man1 that teacheth all men  
every where against the people1 and the 
law1 and this place3 and further brought
 ,greeks also into the temple1 and hath 
polluted this holy place4 7,for they had
 seen before with him in the city       
,trophimus an ,ephesian1 whom they      
supposed that ,paul had brought into the
 temple47  ,and all the city was moved1 
and the people ran together3 and they   
took ,paul1 and drew him out of the     
temple3 and forthwith the doors were    
shut4 ,and as they went about to kill   
him1 tidings came unto the chief captain
 of the band1 that all ,jerusalem was in
 an uproar3 who immediately took        
soldiers and centurions1 and ran down   
unto them and when they saw the chief   
captain and the soldiers1 they left     

beating of ,paul4 ,then the chief       
captain came near1 and took him1 and    
commanded him to be bound with two      
chains2 and demanded who he was1 and    
what he had done4 ,and some cried one   
thing1 some another1 among the          
multitude3 and when he could not know   
the certainty for the tumult1 he        
commanded him to be carried into the    
castle4 ,and when he came upon the      
stairs1 so it was1 that he was borne of 
the soldiers for the violence of the    
people4 ,for the multitude of the people
 followed after1 crying1 ,away with him4
  ,and as ,paul was to be led into the  
castle1 he said unto the chief captain1 
,may ,i speak unto thee8 ,who said1     
,canst thou speak ,greek8 ,art not thou 
that ,egyptian1 which before these days 
madest an uproar1 and leddest out into  
the wilderness four thousand men that   
were murderers8 ,but ,paul said1 ,i am a
 man which am a ,jew of ,tarsus1 a city 
in ,cilicia1 a citizen of no mean city3 
and1 ,i beseech thee1 suffer me to speak

 unto the people4  ,and when he had     
given him license1 ,paul stood on the   
stairs1 and beckoned with the hand unto 
the people4 ,and when there was made a  
great silence1 he spake unto them in the
 ,hebrew tongue4--,acts xxi1 #bc-dj4    
,,paul',s ,,shipwreck4   ,and while the 
day was coming on1 ,paul besought them  
all to take meat1 saying1 ,this day is  
the fourteenth day that ye have tarried 
and continued fasting1 having taken     
nothing4 ,wherefore ,i pray you to take 
some meat2 for this is for your health3 
for there shall not a hair fall from the
 head of any of you4  ,and when he had  
thus spoken1 he took bread1 and gave    
thanks to ,god in presence of them all2 
and when he had broken it1 he began to  
eat4 ,then were they all of good cheer1 
and they also took some meat4  ,and we  
were in all in the ship two hundred     
threescore and sixteen souls4  ,and when
 they had eaten enough1 they lightened  
the ship1 and cast out the wheat into   
the sea4 ,and when it was day1 they knew

 not the land3 but they discovered a    
certain creek with a shore1 into the    
which they were minded1 if it were      
possible1 to thrust in the ship4 ,and   
when they had taken up the anchors1 they
 committed themselves unto the sea1 and 
loosed the rudder bands1 and hoised up  
the mainsail to the wind1 and made      
toward shore4 ,and falling into a place 
where two seas met1 they ran the ship   
aground2 and the forepart stuck fast1   
and remained unmovable1 but the hinder  
part was broken with the violence of the
 waves4 ,and the soldiers' counsel was  
to kill the prisoners1 lest any of them 
should swim out1 and escape4 ,but the   
centurion1 willing to save ,paul1 kept  
them from their purpose2 and commanded  
that they which could swim should cast  
themselves first into the sea1 and get  
to land3 and the rest1 some on boards1  
and some on broken pieces of the ship4  
,and so it came to pass1 that they      
escaped all safe to land4  ,and when    
they were escaped1 then they knew that  

the island was called ,melita4  ,and the
 barbarous people shewed us no little   
kindness3 for they kindled a fire1 and  
received us every one1 because of the   
present rain1 and because of the        
cold4--,acts xxvii1 #cc-dd2 xxviii1 #a-b
     ,,death ,,on ,,the ,,pale ,,horse4 
,and when he had opened the fourth seal1
 ,i heard the voice of the fourth beast 
say1 ,come and see4  ,and ,i looked1 and
 behold a pale horse3 and his name that 
sat on him was ,death1 and ,hell        
followed with him4 ,and power was given 
unto them over the fourth part of the   
earth1 to kill with sword1 and with     
hunger1 and with death1 and with the    
beasts of the earth4 ,revelation vi1    
#g-h