1) Alexamenos graffito – 1st to 3rd century
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Is this a depiction (albeit, a mocking one) of Jesus – perhaps even the oldest surviving image of Jesus?
The image is carved in plaster on a wall in Rome and is dated to somewhere between the 1st and 3rd centuries. It depicts a man looking at a person with the head of a donkey that’s being crucified, and it says, “Alexamenos worshipping God.” It’s believed that this was intended to be mocking the faith of a Christian named Alexamenos.
2) The Good Shepherd – 3rd century
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“The Good Shepherd” image is found in the St. Callisto catacomb in Rome and is believed to have been painted around the 3rd century.
3) Adoration of the Magi – 3rd century
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This is a picture of a cast of a sarcophagus that is in the Vatican museums. It shows the scene of the magi adoring the Christ child and is dated to the 3rd century.
4) Healing of the Paralytic – 3rd century
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This painting is on the wall of the baptistry of a church in a (long abandoned) ancient city in Syria. It depicts the story of the healing of the paralytic found in Mark 2, and it is dated to the mid-3rd century.
5) Christ Between Peter and Paul, 4th century
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Image detail of Jesus:
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This appears in a cemetery in an imperial villa that belonged to Constantine and is dated to the 4th century.
6) Pantokrator – 6th century
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This is the oldest surviving panel icon of Jesus, and it is found at Saint Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai.
Source:
http://jesusdaily.com/6-of-the-oldest-images-jesus-christ/#TYaz3c8Kz5QM9vLu.99
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