Book Title: Historiæ Biblicæ Veteris et Novi Testamenti : junioribus ad faciliorem eruditionem, senioribus ad vivaciorem memoriam, divini verbi præconibus ad celeriorem reminiscentiam, omnibus ad utilem sanctámque in curiositatem in centum frugiferis foliis exhibitæ / à Josepho & Joanne Klauber

Author: Klauber, Joseph Sebastian, ca. 1700-1768

Image Title: Pentecost

Scripture Reference:

• Acts 1 (further images / scripture text)
• Acts 2 (further images / scripture text)
• Acts 3 (further images / scripture text)
• Acts 8 (further images / scripture text)

Description: This image depicts the day of Pentecost, with the Holy Spirit descending upon the believers in the form of a dove. At the top to the middle-left as Judas hangs on a tree in the background, Peter proposes that either Matthias or Joseph Barsabbas, called Justus, be chosen to replace him as the twelfth apostle. At the top to the middle-right Peter and John heal the crippled man outside the Temple. In the top-right corner Philip baptizes the Ethiopian eunuch.

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