Posted on 04/12/2015 3:41:29 PM PDT by NYer
Tonight, NBC airs episode two of “A.D.: The Bible Continues,” in which Jesus’ Apostles and disciples must move beyond the Lord’s Crucifixion and deal with His Resurrection and all that implies for their futures and that of the world.
Chief among these is Simon, now called Peter, an ordinary Galilean fisherman who now finds himself the leader of a movement that has suddenly become far more than he ever dreamed it would be — and in turn, becomes more himself then he thought possible.
Speaking after a press even in Pasadena, California, in January, British actor Adam Levy (at right, above), who plays Peter, said, “Peter is just a worker, he’s a fisherman, and he’s illiterate. That’s the premise. He’s never written anything. The thing is, if you talk in the language of workers, everybody will hear you. If you talk in the language of scholars, only scholars will hear you.
“So, I think Jesus needed somebody to stand up and say, ‘I can talk to everyone.’ At that point, Peter doesn’t know that. He didn’t know he could speak. Within the first, three, four hours, he finds his voice.”
Gambian actor Babou Ceesay (at left, above), who plays John — the Apostle who stood at the foot of the Cross — said at the press conference:
The most powerful thing that comes out of “A.D.” for me is this idea that, once the Crucifixion happens and after the Resurrection, the message is left in the hands of people, just people, against the might of Rome, against a completely different ideology, a very simple message, one that’s not popular, that’s just, “show some love, some patience.”
And this small group of people did actually change the world, through a series of luck, faith, courage. We talk about dying all the time. “We’re going to die today. We’re going to die tomorrow for sure.”
Levy then added:
Peter holds the secret that Jesus told him, that, “You will die for me.” I can’t tell the rest of the gang, because they might run.
After the press conference, Ceesay said, “The first few episodes are all about post-Crucifixion. There’s not much space for anything but support, warmth and courage. In later episodes, the part becomes funny, but in those moments,he takes a space between something happening and a response, whereas other people, something happens, they respond.
“Something happens, he’ll think about it, realize that it means nothing in the big scene of things. I have lots of moments where Peter’s doubting, Thomas is doubting, and at end of it all, I’ll just go, ‘End this.’”
Also, today the first episode of the Web companion series “Beyond A.D.” became available at NBC.com and through other place. Click here to learn more about that at Pax Culturati, my blog at Patheos — and see what premiere-episode guest, former NFL QB Kurt Warner, has to say about Peter and quarterbacking Team Jesus.
I didn’t know that the apostle John was a black man... I thought he was Jewish...
Being Jewish did not/does not mean being light skinned. Simon of Cyrene was most likely black. Legend has it that the Queen of Sheba/Ethiopia took Judaism home with her after meeting with King Solomon. Also, the Diaspora would have sent Jews across known civilization
....then again you are probably being highly sarcastic.
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