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Here's a clip from a film, the clip is based on a story in The Acts of Peter which was probably written some time in the second half of the second century AD. The relevant section says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Wmmt5LQT4
It struck me that the film makers made the young lad seem to be experiencing a charismatic gift (not tongues in this case) that didn't engage his mind but only his voice and language. It's interesting. The film was made in 1951, before the current charismatic movement began but well after the pentecostal movement began.
Any thoughts on the clip, the ancient text, and the film maker's approach?
35 And as they considered these things, Xanthippe took knowledge of the counsel of her husband with Agrippa, and sent and showed Peter, that he might depart from Rome. And the rest of the brethren, together with Marcellus, besought him to depart. But Peter said unto them: Shall we be runaways, brethren and they said to him: Nay, but that thou mayest yet be able to serve the Lord. And he obeyed the brethren's voice and went forth alone, saying: Let none of you come forth with me, but I will go forth alone, having changed the fashion of mine apparel. And as he went forth of the city, he saw the Lord entering into Rome. And when he saw him, he said: Lord, whither goest thou [quo vadis] thus (or here) And the Lord said unto him: I go into Rome to be crucified. And Peter said unto him: Lord, art thou (being) crucified again He said unto him: Yea, Peter, I am (being) crucified again. And Peter came to himself: and having beheld the Lord ascending up into heaven, he returned to Rome, rejoicing, and glorifying the Lord, for that he said: I am being crucified: the which was about to befall Peter.
It struck me that the film makers made the young lad seem to be experiencing a charismatic gift (not tongues in this case) that didn't engage his mind but only his voice and language. It's interesting. The film was made in 1951, before the current charismatic movement began but well after the pentecostal movement began.
Any thoughts on the clip, the ancient text, and the film maker's approach?