Agony in the Garden (Blake) Agony in the Garden (Blake) The Agony in the Garden is a small painting by William Blake, completed as part of his 1799–1800 series of Bible illustrations commissioned by his patron and friend Thomas Butts. The work illustrates a passage from the Gospel of Luke which describes Christ's turmoil in the Garden of Gethsemane before his arrest and Crucifixion following Judas's betrayal. In Blake's painting a brilliantly coloured and majestic angel breaks through the surrounding darkness and descends from a cloud to aid and physically support Jesus in his hour of agony. The work is dominated by vertical lines, formed
Figs in the Bible tree is a parable of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Luke . A vinekeeper holds out hope that a barren fig tree will bear fruit next year. Mark includes an account of Jesus cursing the fig tree: A parallel is found in Matthew , but the fig tree withers immediately and is noticed at that time by the disciples. Figs in the Bible Figs in the Bible refers to references to figs and fig trees in the Tanakh and the New Testament, which are sometimes symbolic. The fig tree is the third tree to be mentioned by name in