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The Jews Took Up Rocks to Stone Jesus (Les juifs prirent des pierres pour lapider Jésus) 

by James Tissot

Jesus’ conversations with members of his community escalate and become violent: when he claims to know Abraham, the Old Testament patriarch, devout Jews are skeptical, given his youth. Alluding to his own transcendence as the Son of God, he replies: “Before Abraham was, I am.” At this response, the people attack Jesus with stones, gathering together as an angry mob. [[url=...
Size: 
6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (15.6 x 21 cm)
Medium: 
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Credit: 
Public Domain, Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum