more saving. more doing. that s the power of the home depot. wipe out weeds for less, with bayer advanced durazone weed and grass killer, now just $19.88. reporter: tradition holds it was on that hillside, along the sea of galilee where christ delivered the sermon on the mountain. blessed are the meek, he said, for they shall inherit the earth. but when his apostles, peter and paul tried to spread the message of peace they were forced to pay the ultimate price. we return to greg burke and that story. reporter: what did peter and paul finds when they came to rome? christiane was brand new, in stark contrast with the beliefs of the romans, who worshipped the gods, some friendly and others vengeful. but the apostles also found something else here. a well established jewish community. as a teacher, explains.
abundance of caution and the affected nuts were produced in var and sold in 12 ounce cans bearing a january 9, 2014 expiration date, i m anita vogel, now back to who is jesus. reporter: this would have been the main street of jerusalem in jesus day, a street built by the romans, the roman empire extended its reach and influenced both before and after the time of christ. and it was to rome, that jesus apostles, peter and paul went, as they crisscrossed the known world, spreading his message. greg burke takes us on a walking tour of the eternal city. reporter: all roads lead to rome? perhaps not, but this one certainly does, just as it has for more than 2,000 years. the apian way was built three centuries before the birth of
where the obelisk was originally made, it was brought to rome the first century by the emperor and he put it in a stadium next to where the present-day st. peter s basilica stands. the stadium was then named the stadium of nero, his successor, and that was where the apostle peter was martyred. reporter: the professor of the gregorian university in rome says peter and paul came to the heart of the empire for different reasons. rome is the scene of peter and paul, where the two columns of the ancient church offered their final witness to christ. in shedding their blood here. paul, who was beheaded on the via, and peter who was crucified at vatican hill. it is their testimony, their witness in this city, which establishes rome as the firm foundation of the church.
irreligious people into fully devoted followers of jesus. and come to our doors because they re at a point of pain in their lives. the numbers alone tell the story. associate pastor of willow creek church in chicago, is successful at spreading the word of jesus. we have anywhere from 18 to 20,000 that will attend our services. the message of christianity hasn t changed in 2000 years, but putting it in a way that they can relate to it, we believe that there is compelling evidence that this person who died and rose from the dead, that s a compelling piece of evidence that people have to wrestle with. it s a struggle this former willow creek minister knows well. meet the investigative journalist the author of the case of christ, the ultimate
from the hill into the center of the forum and it is plausible peter and paul used the road to come into the center of rome. reporter: according to legend, at one point, peter tried getting out of the state, when things got too hot for christians. that wonderful story of quo vadis when peter is in the midst of persecution, in the city, he flees the city, so as to spare his life and on the way out of the city, christ appears to him, and sees christ coming into the city of rome and peter asks the lord, quo vadis, where are you going, lord and the lord responds, i m returning to rome to die again if your place. at which point peter turns around promptly, returns to the city of rome, and, then, is martyred, crucified upside-down. reporter: many christians followed the example of peter and paul, dying as martyrs in the eternal city.