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Because its close to arrest am aic. the language he spoke to his disciples. this is fabulous to recovering more information about what thomas was up to. and the story goes that after jesus death, the disciples are getting together and trying to decide who goes where. and they actually draw lots. thomas chooses the short straw. >> the disciples believe drawing lots would allow god to decide where they should go to spread the word. thomas gets india. >> i cannot go. i do not wish to go.

Triumphant entry, he calls peter and all the apostles together for a meal. when jesus and his disciples meet for the last supper, theres a number of open conflicts with the authorities and the attention and narrative is really ramping up. >> peter thinks that with jesus installed as messiah, peter is probably very excited about the role hes going to play in jesus reigning over israel.

Carola, southwest india. around 7 million christians here trace their faith directly to the apostle famous for his doubt. they believe their ancestors were baptized by one of jesus 12 disciples. thomas. >> stop doubting and believe. >> my lord, my god. >> thomas vanishes from the new testament after the resurrection. but his story is taken up by a third century epic narrative, the acts of thomas. >> now it seems that the acts of thomas provides at least some accurate historic information. >> but...

Jesus. hes in the inner circle. hes jesus most trustee, loyal companion. peters the most human of the disciples, because he just reacts off-the-cuff, all of the time. shoots from the hip. so hes hot-headed, he has a bit of a temper, he says things that he regrets. he changes his mind about things. hes the most three-dimensional of the three dies isciples. >> significantly, early on in his ministry, jesus renames peter. >> peters actual name is simon or simeon. and he appears to have been renamed...

Others teach different variations of that message. but regardless of interpretation, in the first century, any follower of christ is seen as a threat to the roman empire, and hunted for his beliefs. >> when you think about the beginning of the christian movement, its astonishing that this movement went anywhere. people are being arrested. theyre being tortured. theyre being killed in public. you see competition between different disciples. different versions of the message of jesus. >> all of ch...

A question so rushed i was caught has been asking for years. before i thought this i was lucky to make experiment could i a western musician who plays drums but not tabla learn the system up to speed this is and then bring my own musical traditions to the instrument of to put it in the agony but its what i call. is really a pioneer of indian music and musicians call him ocean of rhythm and in a way hes very traditional at the top of the tetons traditional teaching he believes in the old guru shi...

Disciples feet. as jesus finished, he said, ive set an example for you. do as i have done, serve one another. by this the world will know youre my disciples, if you serve and if you love one another. at the end, we all knelt. we all placed our hands on the president. we said our prayers together. and then we were silent. for a full long measure, as this man, who changed all of our lives, who changed our nation, who changed our world, left this life for the next. it was a beautiful end. it was a ...

Say, he wrapped a towel around his waist and without words he washed his disciples feet, and as jesus said, i have set an example for you, and do as i have done, serve one another, and by this, the world will know that you are my disciples if you serve and you love one another. at the end, we all knelt, and we all placed our hands on the president. we said our prayers together, and then we were silent. for a full long measure. as this man who changed all of our lives, who changed our nation, who...

He sought in light and went through the ascetic life if our steed disdaining the claims of the body he was prepared to die. concerned friends and tempters too and even the gaunts to abandon his just izing self-denial but see dr would not. no matter how much you fasted however enlightenment escaped him he saw that fasting is weak and makes you a good body was standing in his way so finally gave up his ascetic life of fasting and south denial his disciples it is true deserted him but he sued under...

>> reporter: thank you very much. democrats hope to flip the number of congressional seat in california and the balance of power in the house is close by disciples close on the west coast the entire country stand to wait to see which party will be in charge come january. jonathan hunt is live today following key california house races. >> reporter: there are 5 potentially critical races in california, one is the largely agricultural central valley but four of them are either wholly or partly in ...