# Candlelit Bible

> One Bible story. The real text. By candlelight.

Candlelit Bible tells one Bible story at a time with the exact public-domain text (KJV, Douay-Rheims or World English Bible), the historical context, and a named old-master painting you can see in a museum.

Editorial standard: Verses are quoted exactly from public-domain translations (KJV, Douay-Rheims, World English Bible) with the full reference. Paintings are real, named, public-domain works with museum and date. Context facts link a source. Respectful of every Christian tradition; no denominational ranking, no politics, no claims about healing, prosperity or predictions.

## Bible stories

- [Jesus Wept: The Raising of Lazarus and Rembrandt's Painting](https://candlelitbible.com/stories/raising-of-lazarus-john-11/): In John 11, Jesus arrives in Bethany four days after his friend Lazarus has died, weeps with Lazarus' sisters Mary and Martha, and then calls Lazarus out of the tomb. Rembrandt's Raising of Lazarus at LACMA in Los Angeles shows the call itself, with Jesus' raised hand at the center.
- [The Prodigal Son Explained: Luke 15 and Murillo's Painting](https://candlelitbible.com/stories/prodigal-son-luke-15/): In Luke 15, Jesus tells of a younger son who wastes his inheritance and comes home hoping only to be a hired servant, and his father runs to meet him before he can finish his apology. Murillo's painting at the National Gallery of Art in Washington shows the embrace, with the new robe and ring already on the way.
- [Peter's Denial Explained: Matthew 26 and Caravaggio](https://candlelitbible.com/stories/peter-denial-matthew-26/): On the night of Jesus' arrest, Peter waits in the high priest's courtyard and, when three people say he was with Jesus, denies it three times before the rooster crows, just as Jesus had told him he would. Caravaggio's painting at the Met in New York shows the accusation in three faces and a few pointing fingers.
- [Daniel in the Lions' Den Explained: Daniel 6 and Rubens](https://candlelitbible.com/stories/daniel-lions-den-daniel-6/): In Daniel 6, the Persian king Darius is talked into a decree that no one may pray to any god but the king for thirty days, and Daniel keeps praying three times a day, so he is thrown into a den of lions. Rubens' painting at the National Gallery of Art shows Daniel at dawn among the lions, looking up toward the light.
- [All Saints' Day: Revelation 7:9 and Titian's John on Patmos](https://candlelitbible.com/stories/all-saints-day-revelation-7/): All Saints' Day on November 1 honors all the saints, known and unknown, and one of its traditional readings is John's vision in Revelation 7 of a multitude no one could count, from every nation, standing before the throne. Titian's ceiling painting at the National Gallery of Art shows John on the island of Patmos as his visions begin.

## page

- [About Candlelit Bible](https://candlelitbible.com/about/): Candlelit Bible tells one Bible story at a time: the exact public-domain text, its context, and the old-master painting it inspired.