Paul the Apostle (DVD, 2004)

This is a great movie especially for someone studing about Paul the Apostle and it can really help with understanding some parts. I used it in a bible study to get them to better understand what they were reading...really good movie

I had my qualms about buying this DVD. Once I started watching it, I couldn't stop! I watched this 180 min miniseries in one sitting and after that couldn't stop raving about it to my friends.
The movie goes like this. Saul(Paul) is a succesful entrepreneur and a man of great influence and popularity and a student of a the most emminent Rabbi Gamaliel, belonging to the Pharisees. His best friend is Reuben, a priest and Sadducee. Reuben is very zealous for his Jewish faith and cannot stand the new sect of Christians. His anger is percipitated at the success of the Apostles and the loss of his mother (who was secretly Christian), when Peter could not heal her.He then forces Saul into a situation to persecute the Christians, of whish Saul does a good job. However he is converted at the gates of Damascus.......
Reuben, Saul's best friend becomes his worst enemy.The movie continues.
What is fantastic is that, the character Reuben, although is fiction, is at the same time not fictitious. If one goes through the Acts and epistles of St. Paul, we hear of the Jewish hirarchy who are always plotting to ensnare and even kill Paul. These characters have been given a face in Reuben. It is absolutely BRILLIANT!
The only drawback and serious disappointment is that there a 3 scenes which are not acceptable. They consist of nudity and erotic dancing. Otherwise it would have been a fantastic movie to show in church circles. Due to these scenes, I would strongly advise people from doing so.
Paul is shown to be a man with burning love and devotion for Christ his master, and his epistles are filled with love and hope and not the fire and brimstone with which he is traditionally associated. One cannot feel that the spirit of St.Paul himself was guiding the actor. A great meditation for the Pauline year.

Very accurate in Paul life until he got in Roman, Movie finish there, without known what happened (use Bible as reference to see what happened), most of the important messages and letters from Paul was in Rome, the movie is very good nand well done.

This is one of the best stories about Saul/Paul from the bible that I'd ever seen. I decided to buy it because I'd seen it before & loved it. It is 3 hours long though so I find it hard to watch all at once.

Awesome movie Don't miss IT!!!!! If you are looking to put what you have read or not read about Paul, then this is what you are missing so don'T I repeat don't miss it !!!!

I bought this because my wife and I watch videos/DVDs (especially Bible-based movies) rather than TV, and we already have the rest of the titles in the series.

The only thing i dislike is that the sound editors did a very bad job -- in places, not throughout -- of matching voices to lips. That can be distracting if you watch the faces closely while they're talking.

Good acting, main points/premises are "fairly" true to the Bible accounts we're familiar with, but with "license." (I'd call it "fictionalized history," as opposed to "historical fiction.")

Jim (nettysdad)

I have purchased the entire series of these films. They all have great acting and follow (for a majority of the film) what the scripture says happened. This in and of itself is noteworthy in todays decadent world. Gather the family, no matter how non-traditional, around to watch this one!

I love how wonderfully this movie depicts the life of Paul. It is a very powerful story. I bought it so that my family and I can learn about this very godly man of the Bible and how he spread the word of God so vast and far. This Paul the Apostle DVD is part of The Bible Collection movies. I was ecstatic to own yet another one of these movies so I can be deepened in my faith and some day my future children can be taught by them as well. This was an excellent buy! I am very pleased!

I bought this on Disc and so glad I did. I did not know too much about Paul's life. After watching this film and re-evaluating what I thought I knew, I realized more insight into who Paul may actually have been like and what he might have gone through. I enjoyed all the color, the characters, the clothing, the action and etc... keeps one attention and interest.

I loved everything about this movie. It also gave me more understanding

about the Bible. I understood everything that I watched on this marvelous

DVD. I also really enjoyed learning what there names was and how God changed

their lives and their names.

j'AI TROUVER QUE RUBEN ÉTAIS PLUS MIS EN VALEUR QUE PAUL. DANS LA BIBLE ON DIT QUE SAUL RESPIRAIT LA HAINE QUAND ETHIENNE EST LAPIDER ET SAUL QUI EST PAUL LAISSE TOMBER LA PIERRE. ET LA BIBLE NE PARLE PAS DE RUBEN. L'HISTOIRE NE REJIN PAS LA BIBLE D'UNE FAÇON EXACT DÉÇU

The devotion of Peter and the rest of the apostle is so strong that they will be willing to die with their faith I think they are very holy person because they do what God told them to do even if they're lays on it. and when God touches Paul he became a believer of Jesus Christ and will do the same too. and I think we are called to follow his footstep.

the item came in perfect condition, well packaged, exactly what i wanted for. will certainly consider the seller next time.

Great movies. Follows scripture well and keeps you interested. Lengthy but not one of those movies you will fall asleep to.

This, like most of the Bible Collection DVDs was very informative. We have enjoyed most of this collection and were glad to add to it with Paul the Apostle. It is a good Christian movie and we would recommend it to anyone.

This was a very good movie and we really enjoyed watching the only complaint I would have is it should of had more of Paul life as he had done alot to spread the gospel of Christ around the world. Other than that I think that people will enjoy it very much.

I love movies based on the Bible like In The Beginning, Joseph, Esther, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Passion of the Christ, David, Salomon, Apocalypse Of John, and The Ten Commandments. Though they are not 100% one and the same with the Bible I am very pleased with them. But “Paul The Apostle” (though as a motion picture is a great film) is not a reflection of the actual life of Paul and has a lot to be desired. There are many acts of this apostle that are not based in the Bible. For example: The Bible says that Paul and all the men that were with him fell to the ground when he was called by Jesus and the film doesn’t show that. It also doesn’t show the other times that Jesus talked to him. It seems to me that the directors of this movie were more worried about building up a superficial story and forgot history. There is a made up friend of Paul’s, the way baptisms are done are not based on truth, Stephen doesn’t see the Heavens opened and the list goes on.
I still think we should buy it in order to cooperate with this trend of making films based on the Bible. If there is no demand for this type of films, they will simply stop making them.

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I had been looking to purchase this DVD for months . When I saw it listed I bid until I won it! Paid for it right away . And recieved it within a couple of days . This is a big plus for me!!

The most amazing religious movie I have ever seen and the closer to the Bible story! you have to watch it!

This was a very good DVD. It was close to what the Bible has to say about Paul.
I would recomend this one, to other people.. I decided to buy this DVD because I had never seen a tape or DVD on Paul. It was very interesting, kept my attention to the end. Love it.

heres a couple places to see reviews....one of them reveals that there is a nude scene in it....but there is people who hated it and people who loved it

http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=714

in this other site there is three reviews...one indicating a nude scene...something that really grasps my attention

http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=817297&event=1007SBF|1170623|1007

but if after all this you still want to get it...the link above is selling it at 4.99 when this review was written so it might be better than ebay

God Bless

I have never received this. I have sent many emails asking when it would be sent out to me with nooooooo response. I see where it was paid for and a mailing label was made but was never mailed out to me.
I sent the seller a email just today again. Still have not heard anything.

This revision of my previous review of this movie is based on additional knowledge since learned, as well as new considerations.

These considerations are expounded upon in the following points:

1. This movie has the best acting of a "Christian" movie I have seen yet. I know not if they professing Christians, but they did perform well.

2. Though "apparently" biblical, only with the obvious. There are many things in the bible different from how the movie depicts it. Paul and Barnabas splitting over pride (really it was over Mark), Paul killing a beggar when persecuting the church (the bible never mentions this), and the sprinkle baptism (baptisms are full immersions) to name a few.

3. There are two very ungodly scenes in the movie. One, of course, as mentioned earlier, is the nude scene. Though in the dark, you can still very much make out the young woman’s figure, leaving little to the imagination. The second, a very licentious dancing scene with a woman wearing very little clothing. These scenes of course, were omitted in the TBN version I saw. I was not aware of them before I bought this DVD, and I shall leave it up to thy conscience and relationship with Christ to determine whether this be permissive to thee. Nevertheless, I do bid thee all beware, for you WILL have to fast forward past these scenes, the scene selection feature is very limited.

4. The movie has more than one plot and extra dialog than that of the bible story (naturally). This makes it somewhat more entertaining.

All considered, this is a very entertaining movie. It is about 45% biblical. It was refreshing to see the story of Paul visualized; but I declare it a necessity to read the biblical account of ACTS first before viewing. It not only gives you the truth before the twisted, but also refreshes your mind so you’ll enjoy the movie more.

I recommend it minus the unchaste scenes.