{"id":31713,"date":"2015-05-11T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T02:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=31713"},"modified":"2015-05-11T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T02:47:10","slug":"watch-saul-persecutes-the-christians-and-tiberius-comes-to-jerusalem-in-new-clips-from-a-d-the-bible-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/05\/watch-saul-persecutes-the-christians-and-tiberius-comes-to-jerusalem-in-new-clips-from-a-d-the-bible-continues.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Saul persecutes the Christians, and Tiberius comes to Jerusalem, in new clips from A.D. The Bible Continues<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A.D. The Bible Continues<\/a><\/i> slipped again in the ratings<\/a> last night.<\/p>\n

The sixth episode of the NBC series got a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic (down from 1.1 last week<\/a>) and only 4.5 million viewers overall (down from 5.5 million).<\/p>\n

The series had 9.5 million viewers when it premiered five weeks ago<\/a> and it has been shedding viewers ever since. Its predecessor, The Bible<\/a><\/i>, got between 10 and 13 million viewers per episode when it aired on the History Channel two years ago.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s too early at this point to say what effect ratings like these will have on the series\u2019 future. Yesterday, a report<\/a> on NBC\u2019s primetime schedule for next year said the fate of A.D.<\/i> will be decided after the first season comes to an end on June 21.<\/p>\n

Last night\u2019s episode was a significant one, as it gave us our first full introduction to Saul, the persecutor of the Church who will one day switch sides and, under the name Paul, become one of the Church\u2019s greatest evangelists.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the episode aired, the network released this clip of Saul in action:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bkKVfmBDFbQ<\/p>\n

Today, the network also released a clip from next week\u2019s episode, in which Saul tracks down Peter\u2019s daughter Maya and leaves a menacing message for her father:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_VMmD9kiORk<\/p>\n

The network also released this clip of Pilate and Caiaphas fretting over the (incredibly unhistorical) news that the emperor Tiberius is about to visit Jerusalem:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ntrg5XyUrGw<\/p>\n

You can get a glimpse of Tiberius\u2019s arrival itself in this 14-second preview:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RyvNv6d2XfY<\/p>\n

Check out earlier trailers and other videos here (though be warned: it appears that the network has taken some of the trailers and clips offline already):<\/p>\n