Baptism of Christ

Baptism of Christ

1580s · Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1518–1594)

oil on canvas

And Iesus, when hee was baptized, went vp straightway out of the water: and loe, the heauens were opened vnto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a doue, and lighting vpon him.
MATTHEW 3:16 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

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