After the death of Jesus, Paul’s revelation leads him to embrace Peter’s faith and to use his formidable talents to spread his new beliefs around the Roman Empire.

With their messiah executed and their cause deemed subversive by the Roman Empire, the followers of Jesus face a bleak future. However, an explosive moment of hope saves the movement from extinction, when Peter and others envision the risen Jesus. The sighting convinces them that Jesus has not been beaten. Re-infused with hope and determination, Peter becomes an indomitable figure, uniting the group into a tight community of ardent believers. Persecution, imprisonment and dispersal follow, but support arrives from an unexpected source. A fervent Jew and a former persecutor of Jerusalem's Jesus community, Paul has a startling revelation that leads him to embrace Peter's faith in Jesus as his own. Educated, passionate and determined, Paul is also dogmatic. For the fledgling movement, it is a turning point, as Paul uses his formidable talents to spread his new beliefs around the Roman Empire.