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Fun Fact
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Allegory of Christ as the Good Shepherd, 3rd century.
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The image of the Good Shepherd is the most common of the symbolic representations of Christ found in early Christian art in the
Catacombs of Rome, before Christian imagery could be made explicit. The form of the image showing a young man carrying a lamb
round his neck was directly borrowed from the much older pagan kriophoros and in the case of portable statuettes
like the most famous one now in the Pio Cristiano Museum, Vatican City (left). It is impossible to say whether the image was
originally created with the intention of having a Christian significance. The image continued to be used in the centuries after
Christianity was legalized in 313. Initially it was probably not understood as a portrait of Jesus, but a symbol like others
used in Early Christian art, and in some cases may also have represented the Shepherd of Hermas, a popular Christian literary
work of the 2nd century. However, by about the 5th century, the figure more often took on the appearance of the conventional
depiction of Christ, as it had developed by this time, and was given a halo and rich robes.
Images of the Good Shepherd often include a sheep on his shoulders, as in the Lukan version of the Parable of the Lost Sheep.
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This Lesson's Focus is Jesus cares for us like a good shepherd.
- Read the scripture in John 10:11-18
- Review the Lesson At-a-Glance.
- Download some fun materials.
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"I Am" The Good Shepherd (3:20)
The Good Shepherd beautifully portrays the sacrificial love of Jesus. Using the analogy of a shepherd who loves his sheep,
Jesus proclaims that he will give his life to save those who follow him!
https://youtu.be/ar732X9uO3I
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