The Vision of Zacharias — Tissot Size:Md: 1000 x 1824 px @ 300ppi | 1.3MB the three crosses on Mt

the three crosses on Mt

for of such is the kingdom of God

This artwork by P

who was martyred and executed at Tower Hill in London because he would not approve of Henry VIII's divorce and remarriage and the establishment of the Church of England

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The Vision of Zacharias — Tissot Size:Md: 1000 x 1824 px @ 300ppi | 1.3MB the three crosses on MtThis artwork by Tissot shows the Archangel Gabriel touching the lips of Zacharias and temporarily confiscating his ability to talk. Zacharias was a Jewish priest and the father of St. John the Baptist. The reason Gabriel struck him dumb was because he did not believe that his wife would conceive in her old age. "And the angel answering, said to him: 'I am Gabriel, who stand before God: and am sent to speak to thee, and to bring thee these good