The video by Frontline, “From Jesus to Christ, Part 1: The First Christians” is about the beginning of Christianity. It talks about the story of Jesus and his followers. According to Meriam-Webster’s dictionary the term Christianity is defined: “the religion derived from Jesus Christ, based on the Bible as sacred scripture, and professed by Eastern, Roman Catholic, and Protestant bodies.” Christianity today is the biggest religion in the World. According to infoplease.com the religion is estimated to have 2.1 billion members, which is about 33% of the world population. In this paper I will talk about the video and reflect on what I thought of the video.
The film began to talk about how the world was in the time of Jesus’s birth. During this time, Rome is at the height of its empire. Rome had control of the Mediterranean. They had control of parts of north Africa, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, and parts of …show more content…
in a place called Bethlehem. Jesus grows up in a place called Nazareth. Jesus was raised by Joseph and Mary. Joseph’ s livelihood was being a carpenter. Jesus grew up and people were surprised on how much wisdom he had. Jesus would be baptized by John the Baptist and Jesus would begin preaching. John the Baptist was warning people that the kingdom of heaven is at hand and the messiah was coming. John the Baptist believed that Jesus was the Messiah. After being baptized Jesus began his ministry and gathered his 12 disciples. Jesus went to town to town preaching in synagogues and performing miracles. I would like to see the video go into more detail of the story of Jesus’s birth. The story about the angel from the Lord telling Mary that she will have a child and the child will be God’s Son. I would also like to have seen the video tell more about the miracles Jesus did. The Bible tells that Jesus healed the sick, healed the deaf and the blind. In one story of the Bible it tells that Jesus raised Lazarus from the
The film began to talk about how the world was in the time of Jesus’s birth. During this time, Rome is at the height of its empire. Rome had control of the Mediterranean. They had control of parts of north Africa, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, and parts of …show more content…
in a place called Bethlehem. Jesus grows up in a place called Nazareth. Jesus was raised by Joseph and Mary. Joseph’ s livelihood was being a carpenter. Jesus grew up and people were surprised on how much wisdom he had. Jesus would be baptized by John the Baptist and Jesus would begin preaching. John the Baptist was warning people that the kingdom of heaven is at hand and the messiah was coming. John the Baptist believed that Jesus was the Messiah. After being baptized Jesus began his ministry and gathered his 12 disciples. Jesus went to town to town preaching in synagogues and performing miracles. I would like to see the video go into more detail of the story of Jesus’s birth. The story about the angel from the Lord telling Mary that she will have a child and the child will be God’s Son. I would also like to have seen the video tell more about the miracles Jesus did. The Bible tells that Jesus healed the sick, healed the deaf and the blind. In one story of the Bible it tells that Jesus raised Lazarus from the