The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art: with that of His types; St. John the Baptist; and other persons of the Old and New Testament (1864)
101 EVE LISTENING TO SEEPENT. Lucifer having been the crowned seraph. We here see the conver- sation passing between woman and her tempter : 6 Yea, hath Grod said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ?' while the woman, as if defending her Maker, answers : 6 We may eat of the fruit of the… … 36 Eve listening to Serpent. shall ye touch it, lest ye die.' The woman, it may be observed, is made to recapitulate both the bounty that gave every gift but one, and the command which related to that one ; thus taking from herself, as Bede argues, all excuse of want of comprehension of God's will,…
Jesus Christ · Christian art and symbolism
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