Temptation of Jesus - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 11/11/2011 - 22:02
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Temptation of Jesus, Hardman Gloucester, Stained Glass

 

In the east arcade of the cloisters are two windows depicting the temptation of Christ. These windows were made in the 1860s by John Hardman and Co.

 

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will, I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written,

 

Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve

 

Temptation of Jesus, Hardman Gloucester, Stained Glass

 

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

 

Devil - Detail Temptation of Christ, Hardman Gloucester, Stained Glass

 

Devil - Detail Temptation of Christ, Hardman Gloucester, Stained Glass

 

Devil - Detail Temptation of Christ, Hardman Gloucester, Stained Glass