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Exploring a story
The middle window in the picture shows the baptism of Jesus by
John the Baptist. Read the story below, or if you have a bible in
your house read the story out of the bible.
At that time Jesus came from the town of Nazareth in Galilee and was
baptized by John in the Jordan River. Immediately, as Jesus was coming up
out of the water, he saw heaven open. The Holy Spirit came down on him like
a dove, and a voice came from heaven:
“You are my Son, whom I love, and I am very pleased with you.”
Mark 1:9–11 (NCV)
Scripture taken from the New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson. Used
by permission. All rights reserved.
Evaluating the art
Now you have read the story think about how well the artist has
represented it on the window. Use the sentence starters to help.
The artist has told the story well by
…
The artist has shown an important
part of the story where … by …
The message of this story is/is not
shown well because …
I like/don’t like … because …
I think Christians will/won’t like this
because …
I think this image should/shouldn’t
be used to illustrate this story
because …