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People call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it's a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. >> this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. >> jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied since 63 b.c. at the time the romans killed jesus, around 30 a.d., scholars say, the jews were desper...

Today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it's a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. >> this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. >> jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied since 63 b.c. at the time the romans killed jesus, around 30 a.d., scholar...

♪ >> by the start of the 2nd century, christianity was at a crossroads. after the crucifixion of jesus around 30 a.d., the new testament recounts how the faith he started took on a new life. inspired by the leadership of the apostles peter and paul, the message of the resurrected jesus spread into the heart of the roman empire. but success brought persecution and death. as christianity's early leaders began to die out, it was critical to keep the story of jesus alive, so they compiled sacred books about his life,

People call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it's a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. >> this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. >> jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied since 63 b.c. at the time the romans killed jesus, around 30 a.d., scholars say, the jews were desper...

♪ >> by the start of the 2nd century, christianity was at a crossroads. after the crucifixion of jesus around 30 a.d., the new testament recounts how the faith he started took on a new life. inspired by the leadership of the apostles peter and paul, the message of the resurrected jesus spread into the heart of the roman empire. but success brought persecution and death. as christianity's early leaders began to die out, it was critical to keep the story of jesus alive, so they compiled sacred books about his life, what we know today as the new testament. but to the south and the desert sands ...