I love old book illustrations. Yesterday, I was looking for some Bible-related illustrations and found the La Vista Church of Christ’s website. They host some beautiful illustrations from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among all the wonderful illustrations, I found a few extra interesting ones (they’re creepy, y’all).
Proverbs 30:31 Treasures of the Bible (1894)
He doesn’t even have the guts to call her a painted up whore to her face.
1 Corinthians 1:20-21 Treasures of the Bible (1894)
“Creeds”…”False Science”…You want me to cry? Is that it? Are you happy now, Treasures of the Bible?!
Proverbs 21:13 Treasures of the Bible (1894)
If you’re part of the 1%, we hope you trip and fall off a cliff. (I’m pretty sure that’s what Jesus was going on about in that Sermon on the Mount thing.)
Luke 1:79 Standard Bible Story Readers, Book Two (1925)
The caption for this illustration reads, “Jesus guiding a boy as father looks on.” Are we just not going to talk about the fact that the boy’s father is trying to hand him over to the grim reaper?
I love La Vista Church of Christ for making these images available.