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A.D. the Bible Continues Episode 7 - The Visit What they got right: • Philip is led by the Holy Spirit to go to Samaria. • Philip does cast a demon while in Samaria which does amaze the crowd (He actually does it multiple times). He also heals the lame and paralyzed which is not shown in the film. • Simon the Magician is baptized and his story will play out next week. • According the American Bible Study: #We now see three di$erent sets of power-players all jockeying for position: the Roman rulers #(Tiberius, Gaius/Caligula, Pilate); the priestly family (Annas, Caiaphas, Jonathan); and the Herods #(Antipas, Agrippa). This is all confirmed by Roman and Jewish sources. (http://news.americanbible.org/blog/entry/corporate-blog/what-did-you-think-of-a.d.-episode-7) • Some info on the Roman O&cials found in the film • Tiberius20 #Tiberius (/taɪˈbɪ'ri's/; Latin: Tiberius Caesar D(v( August( F(lius Augustus;)1*)2* 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD) was a Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Born Tiberius Claudius Nero, a Claudian, Tiberius was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. His mother divorced Nero and married Augustus in 39 BC, making him a step-son of Octavian. #Tiberius would later marry Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder (from his marriage to Scribonia) and even later be adopted by Augustus, by which act he o&cially became a Julian, bearing the name Tiberius Julius Caesar. The subsequent emperors after Tiberius would continue this blended dynasty of both families for the following thirty years; historians have named it theJulio-Claudian dynasty. In relations to the other emperors of this dynasty, Tiberius was the stepson of Augustus, grand-uncle of Caligula, paternal uncle of Claudius, and great-grand uncle of Nero. #Tiberius was one of Rome's greatest generals; his conquest of Pannonia, Dalmatia, Raetia, and temporarily, parts of Germania laid the foundations for the northern frontier. But he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive, and sombre ruler who never really desired to be emperor; Pliny the Elder called him tristissimus hominum, "the gloomiest of men.")3* #After the death of Tiberius’ son Drusus Julius Caesar in 23 AD, he became more reclusive and aloof. In 26 AD Tiberius removed himself from Rome and left administration largely in the hands of his unscrupulous Praetorian Prefects Lucius Aelius Sejanus and Quintus Naevius Sutorius Macro. # Caligula, Tiberius' grand-nephew and adopted grandson, succeeded Tiberius upon his death • Caligula21 #Caligula (/k'ˈlɪɡj'l'/))1* was the popular nickname of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41), Roman emperor (AD 37–41). Caligula was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as theJulio-Claudian dynasty. Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general and one of Rome's most beloved public figures. The young Gaius earned the nickname "Caligula" (meaning "little soldier's boot", the diminutive form of caliga, hob-nailed military boot) from his father's soldiers while accompanying him during his campaigns in Germania. #When Germanicus died at Antioch in AD 19, his wife Agrippina the Elder returned to Rome with her six children where she became entangled in a bitter feud with Tiberius. The conflict 20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius taken on August 3, 2015. 21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula taken on August 3, 2015. 22 eventually led to the destruction of her family, with Caligula as the sole male survivor. Untouched by the deadly intrigues, Caligula accepted the invitation to join the Emperor on the island of Capri in AD 31, to where Tiberius, himself, had withdrawn five years earlier. With the death of Tiberius in AD 37, Caligula succeeded his grand uncle and adoptive grandfather as emperor. #There are few surviving sources about the reign of Emperor Caligula, although he is described as a noble and moderate ruler during the first six months of his reign. After this, the sources focus upon his cruelty, sadism, extravagance, and sexual perversity, presenting him as an insane tyrant. While the reliability of these sources is questionable, it is known that during his brief reign, Caligula worked to increase the unconstrained personal power of the emperor, as opposed to countervailing powers within the principate. He directed much of his attention to ambitious construction projects and luxurious dwellings for himself, and initiated the construction of two aqueducts in Rome: the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus. During his reign, the empire annexed the Kingdom of Mauretania as a province. #In early AD 41, Caligula was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy by o&cers of the Praetorian Guard, senators, and courtiers. The conspirators' attempt to use the opportunity to restore the Roman Republic was thwarted: on the day of the assassination of Caligula, the Praetorian Guard declared Caligula's uncle, Claudius, the next Roman emperor. • Now I can’t figure out who this other Agrippa is...He is said to be the Brother of Herod Agrippa I who is reigning as King over Galilee, but the history isn’t lining up... (Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Agrippa#Family_tree) • At the end, it would explain why Saul headed north to Damascus... What they got wrong: • It does not say that Philip got beat up upon his arrival and the reason those coming from Jerusalem (i.e. Jews) avoid Samaria is because Jews and Samaritan Jews do not get along very well. • Did Peter really confront Saul like he did in the episode? Probably not but I do think this kind of questioning went on after Saul converted and wanted to preach. • I think they are jumping a head a little bit on some of the Apostles leaving Jerusalem... What they show and where it is found in the Bible: • Acts 8:4-13; • Notice the Parallels to the Parable of the Good Samaritan. I think the film picked up this parallel very well (robbing Philip was not recorded in Acts, but what was the image you thought of when you saw this?) • Luke 8:2-3 (Joanna). 23 (Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_emperors on August 3, 2015) 24.
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