{"id":57030,"date":"2018-02-12T07:23:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=57030"},"modified":"2018-02-12T07:23:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:23:41","slug":"watch-two-new-videos-look-background-influence-paul-apostle-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2018\/02\/watch-two-new-videos-look-background-influence-paul-apostle-christ.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Two new videos look at the background and influence of <i>Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2018\/02\/paulapostleofchrist-sauloftarsus.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2018\/02\/paulapostleofchrist-sauloftarsus-1024x458.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"458\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57290\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It might be the last of this season\u2019s Bible-themed movies to come out, but <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/paul-apostle-of-christ\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/a><\/i> is arguably getting the biggest promotional push.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/samson-2018\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Samson<\/a><\/i> has had a couple of trailers and a featurette or two prior to its release this Friday, and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/mary-magdalene-2018\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Magdalene<\/a><\/i>, which premieres in Ireland later this month, has had only one trailer so far. But the studio behind <i>Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/i> \u2014 which doesn\u2019t come out until just before Easter, six weeks from now \u2014 is releasing a new video every week now.<\/p>\n<p>The two newest featurettes look at Paul\u2019s life story and his influence on Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>Here is \u2018Persecutor to Persecuted\u2019, which looks at Paul\u2019s dramatic conversion (and gives us our best look yet at Yorgos Karamihos, the actor who plays the younger Saul):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul, Apostle of Christ: Persecutor To Persecuted\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PCPHDSLsfBE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here is \u2018The Most Influential Apostle\u2019, which looks at Paul\u2019s legacy:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul, Apostle of Christ: Most Influential Apostle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2MLc0m2Ohgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, fact-check: James Faulkner, who plays the older Paul, says that Paul, at the end of his life, had been \u201cstoned twice, flogged many times, shipwrecked twice\u201d \u2014 which isn\u2019t quite accurate. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=ii+corinthians+11:25&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">II Corinthians 11:25<\/a>, Paul writes that he has been shipwrecked <i>three<\/i> times \u2014 and he wrote that letter <i>before<\/i> the shipwreck described in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+27&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Acts 27<\/a>. (That last shipwreck happened on Malta \u2014 which is where this movie was filmed!) So Paul had actually been shipwrecked at least <i>four<\/i> times when this movie takes place.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway. <i>Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/i> comes to theatres across North America on March 28.<\/p>\n<p>Check out earlier <i>Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/i> trailers and other videos here:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/11\/watch-first-teaser-paul-apostle-christ.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The teaser trailer<\/a> (November 15, 2017)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/12\/watch-featurette-goes-behind-scenes-paul-apostle-christ.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Heart of the Story\u2019 featurette<\/a> (December 2, 2017)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/12\/watch-go-behind-scenes-samson-paul-apostle-christ-two-new-featurettes.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Connection to Scripture\u2019 featurette<\/a> (December 21, 2017)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2018\/01\/watch-fiction-biblical-accuracy-meet-paul-apostle-christ.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Biblical Accuracy\u2019 featurette<\/a> (January 29, 2018)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2018\/01\/watch-paul-apostle-christ-gets-first-full-trailer-poster.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The first full trailer<\/a> (January 30, 2018)<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/i> may be getting the biggest promotional push of this year&#8217;s Bible-themed films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":57290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3113,4210,4192,1042,505,4163,3136,4193,4268],"class_list":["post-57030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-andrew-hyatt","tag-eric-groth","tag-james-faulkner","tag-jim-caviezel","tag-paul","tag-paul-apostle-of-christ","tag-rich-peluso","tag-tj-berden","tag-yorgos-karamihos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch: Two new videos look at the background and influence of Paul, Apostle of Christ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paul, Apostle of Christ may be getting the biggest promotional push of this year&#039;s Bible-themed films.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2018\/02\/watch-two-new-videos-look-background-influence-paul-apostle-christ.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch: Two new videos look at the background and influence of Paul, Apostle of Christ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paul, Apostle of Christ may be getting the biggest promotional push of this year&#039;s Bible-themed films.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2018\/02\/watch-two-new-videos-look-background-influence-paul-apostle-christ.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-12T15:23:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2018\/02\/paulapostleofchrist-sauloftarsus.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"343\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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