Christ Purging the Temple
And the Jews’ Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:  And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. ~  John, 2: 13-17

The most historic attack in history against the banking elite, was when Jesus the Christ cleared the temple. This was also the only time that the Prince of Peace became enraged, as the money changers took advantage of the poor and faithful. Jesus sought to whip the scheming money changers out of his Father’s Temple.

This powerful act should give inspiration many generations later to drive out the money changers of our time and age.

“There’s something those fellows catch – beyond life – that they’re able to make us catch for a second. Doré had it.” ~ H.P. Lovecraft, Author

Scenes from the

New Testament

As Illustrated by

Gustave Doré

Gustave Doré (1832-1883) was an Alsacian artist, engraver and illustrator who worked primarily with wood and steel engravings and specialized in book illustrations.  Born in Strasbourg, France, he began his artistic career in Paris when he was only 15 years old.  His drawings and illustrations were groundbreaking and very popular, although he never won the acclaim of the artistic elite in France.

Doré is probably most famous for his depictions of numerous scenes from the Bible, but he also produced illustrations for many other books, including Milton, Dante, La Fontaine, Don Quixote, Baron Munchhausen, etc.

Of this selection from Doré’s illustrations of the Bible, lithographed by Charles R. Wood of San Francisco, the edition was limited to 250 numbered sets. The selections once offered are from edition number 14 and were restruck from the German engravings of 1867-1870.

Each image is representative of the most prominent events and personages from New Testament Scripture.

From the Ex Libris Collection of
KML Gallery of Fine Art