Paul Wounded After the Stoning

The Apostle Paul sits on the rocky ground, his robe gathered around bruised and bleeding limbs as he holds his injured leg and looks upward with weary resolve. The stones around him and the visible wounds point to Paul’s persecution at Lystra, where hostile crowds stoned him and dragged him outside the city, supposing him dead. In the biblical account, the disciples gathered around him, and Paul rose and continued the mission of preaching the gospel. This artwork emphasizes the cost of apostolic witness, the endurance of faith under violence, and the sustaining grace of God in suffering. It serves well for teaching on Acts, missionary perseverance, persecution, courage, and the early church. by Jeff Preston