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"...AND THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE..."
Gleb Zyuzkov • Painting, January 2023, 7×4 cm
Description of the artwork «"...AND THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE..."»
The title of the crucifixion picture is: "...AND THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE...". The title is the phrase of the Lord in John 14:6: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me. There are a number of hidden signs in the picture, reflecting a number of aspects of the Christian Faith. The two fingers of the hand are folded
the ends of the ropes with which the hands of the Messiah are tied form the Greek letters "W" (omega) and "N" (nu). The ends of the ropes with which the hands of the Messiah are tied form the Greek letters "W" (omega) and "N" (nu), and the ring securing the cloth with the Greek inscription "INRI" (meaning "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews") is "O" (omicron). These letters are traditionally depicted on icons in the nimbus of Christ (in Orthodoxy, exactly the same order, from left to right: "WON"), which in Greek means the name of God "the One" (revealed to Moses (Ex. 3:14), indicating that God exists by the very fact of His existence, without depending on
from no one and from nothing, neither by reason of His being, nor by reason of His being; that is, that He has life in Himself, as well as divine existence as a truly existing eternal and unchanging reality). The image of historical Jerusalem in the background of the Crucifixion (according to the Gospel Crucifixion was performed outside the walls of the city) symbolizes Heavenly Jerusalem (Paradise), where everyone can get thanks to the Calvary Sacrifice of the Savior, and is traditionally indicated, including on the Orthodox crosses, as a sign "This sacrifice for the whole earth" (John Chrysostom). At the same time the walls of Jerusalem are depicted in accordance with the location of the oblique crosses of the Orthodox eight-pointed crosses (in the picture from left to right: from top to bottom), indicating both the possibility, through His atoning feat, of people getting into the heavenly attic, and through their sins, to fall into Gehenna fiery. And most of the city is to the right of Jesus on the cross (in the picture on the left), as a symbol of hope for the righteous life of people. And to the left of the Savior below (on the right side of the picture toward the lower end of the mental
the slanting crossbar) shows a tree, an aspen, as a sign of man's sinfulness (according to the most popular version, Judas Iscariot took his life on an aspen tree).
the ends of the ropes with which the hands of the Messiah are tied form the Greek letters "W" (omega) and "N" (nu). The ends of the ropes with which the hands of the Messiah are tied form the Greek letters "W" (omega) and "N" (nu), and the ring securing the cloth with the Greek inscription "INRI" (meaning "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews") is "O" (omicron). These letters are traditionally depicted on icons in the nimbus of Christ (in Orthodoxy, exactly the same order, from left to right: "WON"), which in Greek means the name of God "the One" (revealed to Moses (Ex. 3:14), indicating that God exists by the very fact of His existence, without depending on
from no one and from nothing, neither by reason of His being, nor by reason of His being; that is, that He has life in Himself, as well as divine existence as a truly existing eternal and unchanging reality). The image of historical Jerusalem in the background of the Crucifixion (according to the Gospel Crucifixion was performed outside the walls of the city) symbolizes Heavenly Jerusalem (Paradise), where everyone can get thanks to the Calvary Sacrifice of the Savior, and is traditionally indicated, including on the Orthodox crosses, as a sign "This sacrifice for the whole earth" (John Chrysostom). At the same time the walls of Jerusalem are depicted in accordance with the location of the oblique crosses of the Orthodox eight-pointed crosses (in the picture from left to right: from top to bottom), indicating both the possibility, through His atoning feat, of people getting into the heavenly attic, and through their sins, to fall into Gehenna fiery. And most of the city is to the right of Jesus on the cross (in the picture on the left), as a symbol of hope for the righteous life of people. And to the left of the Savior below (on the right side of the picture toward the lower end of the mental
the slanting crossbar) shows a tree, an aspen, as a sign of man's sinfulness (according to the most popular version, Judas Iscariot took his life on an aspen tree).
