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Unusual Artistic Depictions of the Agony in the Garden

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The Lord’s agony in the garden of Gethsemane has been depicted countless times by Christian artists over the centuries. The historical narrative in the Gospels is clear enough, yet it opens up mystery upon mystery, receding into infinity — and endlessly fascinating to the artistic imagination. While every well-executed painting of a scene from the life of Christ is worth gazing at and pondering, I like to keep my eyes peeled for unusual treatments of common themes, and so today, at the start of Holy Week, I will share and briefly comment on four depictions of the agony. But first, the synoptic accounts of it (there is no mention of this event in John’s Gospel, as he tends to focus on things that the earlier three do not mention).

Matthew’s account​


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