The Beginning of Public Service.
Bida, Plate 46, illustrates John 1:35. "Behold the Lamb of God," said John to two of his disciples, who straightway left John and followed Jesus. Grünewald, Plate 48, represents Jesus meditating as he walks by the sea alone, possibly before he had chosen his disciples, but more likely after the people threatened to make him a King (John 6:15), for it is evening near the sea of Galilee.
Behold the Lamb of God.
Plate 46. Behold the Lamb of God. Alexandre Bida. 1813-1895.
Jesus Walking by the Sea.
Plate 48. Jesus Walking by the Sea. M. Grünewald (was painting 1518).
Veronese, Plate 50, transforms the modest wedding at Cana into a gorgeous Venetian Feast, to which "Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples," "and the Mother of Jesus was there." (John 2:1-2.) They may all be discovered in the central part of the picture, but to the mind of Veronese the miracle of the wine seems to be of but secondary importance.
The Marriage Feast.
Plate 50. The Marriage Feast. Paolo Veronese. 1528-1588.