The painting, featuring Jesus with his arms outstretched over a lifeboat packed with sailors lost at sea, turned into a point of tension for non-Christian students and staff.

JTA — The painting in a key room in the US Merchant Marine Academy was as striking as it was massive: Jesus, his arms outstretched, hovered over a lifeboat packed with grateful sailors, lost at sea.

The painting in a key room in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy was as striking as it was massive: Jesus, his arms outstretched, hovered over a lifeboat packed with grateful sailors, lost at sea.

Christians say image of Jesus with outstretched arms appeared during sunset. Alfredo Lo Brutto captured the beautiful sight. Credit: AP.

The painting depicts Jesus with His arms outstretched in front of a lifeboat of merchant seamen lost at sea during World War II and has hung in the academy since the 1940s. SEN. JD VANCE OF OHIO ...

A burned painting of Jesus Christ sits among the rubble inside the Provo Tabernacle Saturday, Dec. 18, ... arms outstretched and surrounded by hosts of angels.

At the corner of Chicago and Linwood in Detroit stands a black Jesus clothed in a white robe adorned with a red heart and gold rays, and his arms outstretched on both sides. The statue was first ...

A United Kingdom woman was left stunned after she snapped an "eerie" photo of a cloud some say looks like Jesus. Caroline Hawthorne was making a cup of tea at her house Jan. 4 in West Midlands ...

The debate over the color of Jesus’ skin is one of the oldest running arguments in religion. But this Easter, the question is a serious one — for several reasons.

The debate over the color of Jesus’ skin is one of the oldest running arguments in religion. But this Easter, the question is a serious one — for several reasons.

She added, "People have been telling me it looks like an angel or Jesus with his arms outstretched." Hawthorne said the Saturday morning clouds looked like a tornado but she wanted to grab a photo ...

She added, "People have been telling me it looks like an angel or Jesus with his arms outstretched." Hawthorne said the Saturday morning clouds looked like a tornado but she wanted to grab a photo ...