When the King Came: Stories from the Four Gospels by George Hodges

Marriage of the Virgin Mary by Raphael

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King Flight into Egypt by Adam Elsheimer, 1578-1610

Preface and The Year One

The Herald of the King

Shepherds and Singing Angels

A Shepherd, detail from Nativity scene painted on paper sheets glued on wood panels, artwork by Francesco Londonio (1723-1783), photo published/copyrighted by Giovanni Dall'Orto

The King’s Name

The King Is Taken to the Temple

The Visit of the Wise Men

The Carpenter’s House

At the Age of Twelve

The Herald Speaks

The Jordan River as seen from the baptism complex, photo released to public domain by its author Bcrawford92

Heaven and the River

The Three Temptations

The Twelve Friends


The King Goes to a Wedding


Wedding at Cana by Mattia Preti, c. 1655

The King Among His Neighbors

A Day of the King’s Life

The Broken Roof

The Pool of the Angel

The King Stops a Funeral

The Stilling of a Storm

The Wild Man of Gergesa

The Minister’s Little Daughter

The Sermon on the Mount


The Sermon of the Seven Stories

The Herald’s Head

Feeding the multitude by William Hole rom The Life of Jesus of Nazareth. Eighty Pictures

Twelve Baskets of Pieces

Why the King Was Hated

In the Land of Tyre and Sidon

What a Blind Man Saw

A Rock for a Corner-Stone

The King in His Beauty

The Lad at the Foot of the Hill

King The Good Samaritan by Van Gogh (after Delacroix).  The work of art depicted and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide.  The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by the Yorck project.  The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft MbH and licensed under GNU Free Documentation license.

The Good Samaritan

The Prodigal Son

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt

The Rich Man and the Beggar

At the Grave of Lazarus

On the Way to Jerusalem

In the Streets of Jericho


Palms and Psalms

King, Palm frond detail, image released to public domain by its author Kahuroa

Three Days of the Holy Week

Pharisees and Sadducees and Wedding Guests

The Last Supper

Judas receiving payment for his Betrayal, by Giotto di Bondone (1267 -1337)

In the Garden of Gethsemane

Christ Before Caiaphas

Christ Before Pilate

Crucified, Dead, and Buried

Disciples visit the tomb by William Hole, from The Life of Jesus of Nazareth. Eighty pictures.

The Empty Tomb

The King Walks with Two Disciples

The Vision of the Seven Fisherman

The King Returns to Heaven

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01 – How Saul Saved the Eyes of the Men of Jabesh

Battle with the Philistines at Mount Gilboa
02 – The Brave Young Prince

03 – Saul’s Great Sin and His Great Loss

The Shepherd David by Elizabeth Jane Gardner

04 – The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem
05 – The Shepherd Boy’s Fight with the Giant
David Slaying Goliath by Peter Paul Rubens

06 – The Little Boy Looking for the Arrows
Saul and David by Guercino

07 – Where David Found the Giant’s Sword

08 – How David Spared Sauls Life

09 – The Last Days of King Saul

10 – The Shepherd Boy Becomes a King
Landscape with David and the Three Heroes by Claude Lorrain

11 – The Sound in the Treetops

12 – The Cripple at the King’s Table

13 – The Cripple at the King’s Table

14 – David’s Handsome Son and How He Stole the Kingdom

15 – Absalom in the Wood; David on the Throne

16 – The Angel with the Drawn Sword on Mount Moriah
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17 – Solomon on David’s Throne

18 – The Wise Young King

19 – The House of God on Mount Moriah

20 – The Last Days of Solomons Reign

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Samson and Delilah by Francesco_Morone_

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Rahab Receiveth and Concealeth the Spies by Pickersgill

01 – The Story of a Scarlet Cord

02 – How the River Jordan Became Dry

03 – The Story of a Wedge of Gold

04 – How Joshua Conquered the Land of Canaan
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still by Gustave Dore, (d. 1883)

05 – The Old Man Who Fought Against the Giants

06 – The Avenger of Blood and the Cities of Refuge

07 – The Story of an Altar Beside the River

08 – The Present That Ehud Brought to King Eglon

09 – How a Woman Won a Great Victory

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10 – Gideon and His Brave Three Hundred

11 – Jephthah’s Rash Promise and What Came from It
SamsonSlayingTheLion by Gustav Dore

12 – The Strong Man: How He Lived and How He Died

13 – The Idol Temple at Dan and Its Priest

Ruth by Antonio Cortina Farinos (1841-1890)

14 – How Ruth Gleaned in the Field of Boaz

15 – The Little Boy with a Linen Coat

16 – How the Idol Fell Down Before the Ark

17 – The Last of the Judges

18 – The Tall Man Who Was Chosen King

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Paradise by Jan Bruegel

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00 – Introduction

01 – The Story of a Beautiful Garden

02 – The First Baby in the World and His Brother

03 – The Great Ship that Saved Eight People

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04 – The Tower That Never Was Finished

05 – The Story of a Long Journey

06 – How Abram’s Choice Brought Blessing

07 – The Angel by the Well

08 – The Rain of Fire That Fell on a City

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09 – The Boy Who Became an Archer

10 – How an Angel’s Voice Saved a Boy’s Life

11 – The Story of a Journey after a Wife

12 – How Jacob Stole His Brother’s Blessing

13 – Jacob’s Wonderful Dream

14 – A Midnight Wrestling Match

Jacob wrestling with the angel by-Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_063

15- The Rich Man’s Son Who Was Sold as a Slave

16 – From the Prison to the Palace

17 – How Joseph’s Dream Came True

18 – A Lost Brother Found

19 – From the Land of Famine to the Land of Plenty

20 – The Beautiful Baby Who Was Found in a River
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21 – The Voice from the Burning Bush

22 – The River That Ran Blood

23 – The Night When a Nation Was Born

24 – How the Sea Became Dry Land, and the Sky Rained Bread

25 – The Mountain That Smoked and Words That Were Spoke

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26 – How Aaron Made a Golden Calf and What Became of It

27 – The Tent Where God Lived Among His People

28 – How They Worshipped God in the Tabernacle

29 – What Strong Drink Brought to Aaron’s Sons

30 – The Scapegoat in the Wilderness

31 – The Cluster of Grapes From the Land of Canaan

32 – How the Long Journey of the Israelites Came to an End
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33 – What a Wise Man Learned from an Ass

34 – How Moses Looked upon the Promised Land

35 – The Story of Job

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Peter baptizing the centurion Cornelius, 1709 oil on canvas by Francesco Trevisani

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01 – The Church of the First Days

02 – The Man at the Beautiful Gate

03 – The Right Way to Give, and the Wrong Way

Stoning of Stephen Koelner Dom bayernfenster 02, image by Raimond Spekking, GNU Free Documentation License

04 – Stephen with the Shining Face

05 – The Man Reading in the Chariot


06 The Voice That Spoke to Saul

07 – What Peter Saw by the Sea

Head of Peter, hand of John, detail from "The Four Apostles", Albrecht Durer, Munich
Head of Peter, hand of John, detail from "The Four Apostles", Albrecht Durer, Munich

08 – How The Iron Gate Was Opened

09 – The Earliest Missionaries

10 – The Song in Prison

11 – Paul’s Speech on the Hill
Paul is rescued by his pupils in Damascus, engraving by Bernhard Rode, 1783

12 – Paul At Corinth

13 – Paul at Ephesus

14 – Paul ‘s Last Journey to Jerusalem

15 – The Speech on the Stairs

16 – Two Years in Prison

17 – The Story That Paul Told to the King

18 – Paul in the Storm
Saint Paul writing his epistles

19 – How Paul Came to Rome and How He Lived There

20 – The Throne of God

21 – The City of God

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Star of Bethlehem detail by Edward Burne-Jones

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01 – The Angel by the Altar
02 – The Manger of Bethlehem

03 – The Star and the Wise Men

Star of Bethlehem by Edward Burne-Jones

04 – The Boy in his Father’s House

05 – The Prophet in the Wilderness

06 – Jesus in the Desert, and beside the River

The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese

07 – The Water Jars at the Wedding Feast

08 – The Stranger at the Well

09 – The Story of a Boy in Capernaum and a Riot

10 – A Net Full of Fishes

11 – The Leper and the Man Let Down through the Roof

12 – The Cripple at the Pool and the Withered Hand
Sankt Matthaeus Kirke Copenhagen altar piece, Sermon on the Mount

13 – The Twelve Disciples and the Sermon on the Mount

14 – The Captain’s Servant, the Widow’s Son, and a Sinner

15 – Some Stories Jesus Told by the Sea

16 – Peace, Be Still

17 – The Little Girl Who Was Raised to Life

18 – A Dancing Girl and What Was Given Her

The miracle of the loaves and fishes by Lambert Lombard

19 – The Feast beside the Sea and What Followed It

20 – The Answer to a Mother’s Prayer

21 – The Glory of Jesus on the Mountain

22 – The Little Child in the Arms of Jesus

23 – At the Feast of Tabernacles

24 – The Man with Clay on His Face

25 – The Good Shepherd and the Good Samaritan

Lazarus by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, born 1480

26 – Lazarus Raised to Life

27 – Some Parables in Perea

28 – The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man
29 – Jesus at Jericho
30 – Palm Sunday

Palm frond, image by Felix Burton, Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 license

31 – The Last Vistis of Jesus to the Temple

32 – The Parables on the Mount of Olives

33 – The Last Supper

34 – The Olive Orchard and the High Priests Hall

35 – The Crown of Thorns

Crucifixion of Christ by Jan Bruegel

36 – The Darkest Day of All the World

37 – The Brightest Day of All the World

38 – The Stranger on the Shore

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A closeup of the illuminated letter P in the 1407AD Latin Bible on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. It was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud in a monastery.

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01 – The First Four Kings

02 – The Little Boy Who Was Crowned King

03 – Three Kings and a Great Prophet

04 – The Good King Hezekiah

05 – The Lost Book Found in the Temple

Ezekiel on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican between 1508 to 1512, fresco, by Michelangelo

06 – The Last for Kings of Judah, and the Weeping Prophet

07 – What Ezekiel Saw in the Valley

08 – The Jewish Captives in the Court of the King

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09 – The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace

10 – The Tree That Was Cut Down and Grew Again

11 – The Writing upon the Wall

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12 –  Daniel in the Den of Lions

13 – The Story of a Joyous Journey

14 – The New Temple on Mount Moriah

15 – The Beautiful Queen of Persia

16 – The Scribe Who Wrote the Old Testament

17 – The Nobleman who built the wall of Jerusalem

18 – Ezra’s Great Bible Class in Jerusalem

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Daniele_da_Volterra The Prophet Elijah

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Elijah by Jose de Ribera

01 – The Breaking Up of a Great Kingdom

02 – The King Who Led Israel to Sin

03 – The Prophet Whose Prayer Raised a Boy To Life

04 – The Prayer That Was Answered In Fire

05 – The Voice that Spoke To Elijah in the Mount

06 – The Wounded Prophet and His Story

07 – What Ahab Paid For His Vinyard

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d 08 – The Arrow That Killea King

09 – Elijah’s Chariot of Fire

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10 – A Spring Sweetened by Salt

11 – The Pot of Oil and the Pot of Poison

Jonah and the Whale

12 – The Little Boy at Shunem

13 – How a Little Girl Helped to Cure a Leper

14 – The Chariots of Fire around Elisha

15 – What the Lepers Found in the Camp

16 – Jehu, The Furious Driver of His

17 – Elisha and the Bow; Jonah and Nineveh

18 – How the Ten Tribes Were Lost

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Summary: Questions and answers on The Old Testament and The New Testament comprising a complete course of study designed to carry on through the Old Testament in one year and through the New Testament in one year. (Summary from title page) This book is read in a question and answer format, back and forth between two people.

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