THE CHOSEN: An Interview With Peter’s Wife, Eden (As Portrayed by Lara Silva)
If you have been following the record-breaking series, “The Chosen,” about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, you have likely seen the wonderfully spunky, patient, no-nonsense portrayal by Lara Silva of Eden, the wife of the Peter the Apostle.
Lara Silva portrays Eden in the record-breaking crowd-funded television series on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, “The Chosen.”
Peter is headstrong, somewhat given to impulsiveness and over-confidence, so I relate to him and that perhaps makes Eden’s continuously bringing him back to Earth is so appealing to me.
In any case, as Silva explains, The Chosen emphasizes the importance of women in the life of Jesus. “Most faith-based stuff, sometimes I feel like it’s not portrayed as well as it could be. And this is the first time we get to see Jesus as He really is and how He viewed and saw women, how He lifted them up. In His eyes, they are just as important and their jobs are important.”
Silva has much more to say in this CBN interview about the series and about her faith that HillFaith readers generally and congressional aides specifically will find interesting and perhaps even challenging: