Paul Preaches in Damascus

12th century
Mosaic
Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily

This panel closely follow Acts 9:19b-25: After his baptism Paul proclaims Jesus in the synagogues of Damascus (left). But he gets wind of a plot to kill him at the city gates (center), so his disciples put him in a basket and lower him through an opening in the wall (right).

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Photographed at the site by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.