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But after three years of examining Jesus pictures, we did know that Akiane's rendering was not only a departure from typical paintings of Jesus; it was also the only one that had ever stopped Colton in his tracks.
Chpt 27 *

rendering = portrayal
Whether it was a poster in a Sunday school room, a rendering of Christ on a book cover, or a reprint of an old master's painting hanging on the wall of an old folks' home, Colton's reaction was always the same: He was too young to articulate exactly what was wrong with every picture; he just knew they weren't right.†
Chpt 17
In chapter 27, Colton affirms a rendering of Jesus painted by Akiane, a child who also visited heaven at age four.†
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Definitions:

(1) (render as in: rendered service or a verdict)
to give or supply something
(2) (render as in: rendered her unconscious)
to make or cause to become
(3) (render as in: rendered interpretation)
to portray or create something in a particular way; or to interpret, translate, or extract from
The exact meaning of this sense of render depends upon its context. For example:
- "Each artist will render a different interpretation when painting a portrait." -- create in a particular way
- "A Supreme Court judge may render his own interpretation of the Constitution." -- interpret in a particular way
- "The computer you are using, rendered this page from software instructions." -- created through interpretation
- "A graph is rendered from the underlying data." -- made
- "Fat can be rendered (extracted) by cooking meat slowly." -- extracted from
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of render.