Jesus rises in a cloud of light above the Mount of Olives, His hands raised in blessing, while the disciples watch from below. “Ye shall be witnesses unto me.”
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Go Ye Therefore, and Teach All Nations
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Image: Brooklyn Museum, via Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
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