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Receive Christian prayers of comfort, courage, and hope every day of the year. Free by email, Facebook or RSS feed. We welcome letters to the editor. Here are some readers' responses to articles that appeared in Plough's Winter issue, Alien Citizens. There were two main characters in this picture and both were divided by the bright light of the sun. Several artists were delighted to see this painting and wrote that between Christ and the world, there would be no peace till date.

The dimension of the painting What is truth? Christ and Pilate were cm x cm. The work can be viewed at Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Christ and Pilate. Subject s : Jesus , spirituality , truth. Hardkoolbome — Bosveld Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef. His clothes are woven as if not from cheap material, usually worn on prisoners, but something more expensive, but for some reason it is of a dark color.

The same, in turn, humbly looks at the ruler of his lands, there is not a shadow of condemnation in his eyes directed against Pilate and his actions. The difference in positions is confirmed by the shapes of the bodies of these heroes chosen by the artist. Pilate has a powerful figure, which occupies almost a third of the canvas.

He is confident in himself, in his decision. And Jesus contrasts with him. The martyr seems to be cornered. Unlike Pilate, he hid his hands behind his back, thereby, as if wishing to get even more removed from what was happening. Perhaps this is why Jesus is in darkness. The artist apparently wanted to show in this way that the truth of the saint rested far from Pilate.