Christ in Distress

The impressive, almost life-size devotional "Christ in Distress" by Adrian de Vries eloquently expresses a crucial passage in the story of Christ's Passion in which the Son of God has sacrificed himself to redeem mankind. This is identified by a Biblical quotation from Paul's first Epistle to the Corinthians: "EMPTI ESTIS PRETIO MAGNO" (For you are bought dearly). There is no scriptural source for the subject depicted. Christ, sitting on a rock, folding his hands and asking for mercy, seems to be waiting for Pilate's men. The suffering to come shows clearly in his face. This sculpture derives... Mehr ...