And the devil said unto him, all this power will i give thee, and the glory of them. The book of eli a postapocolyptic setting where a blind man memorizes the king james bible in order to preserve it for mankind even the godless like oscar wilde and the writer of the book of eli know how brilliantly crafted that translation was. I also have solar power to charge the pad and some lights. Bible verses about eli bible verses related to eli from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order. If your question is not about the movie itself but about the book denzel washingtons fictional character eli carried, that book is a braille publication of the king james version of the bible. Dec 25, 2018 eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the king james version of the bible. As recounted by carnegie and eli, bibles are scarce due to a largescale book burning after the falloutmany irrationally blamed. Hes guided by a voice in his head that told him that he must protect this book and he is personally lives by the message of the bible, basically to do more for others than for yourself as he puts it.
In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. Jan 11, 2010 the bible plays a starring role in the book of eli, a postapocalyptic action film starring denzel washington that opens in theaters jan. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. This leads him to memorize the entire bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. Once inside, eli, revealed to be blind, begins to dictate the bible from memory to lombardi malcolm mcdowell, the. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. Why was there never a sequel to the movie the book of eli. So hannah rose up after they had eaten in shiloh, and after they had drunk. Carnegie gets the book, which is the bible, and eli s been blind all along. Eli was the high priest kohen gadol of shiloh, the secondtolast israelite judge succeeded only by samuel before the rule of the kings of israel and judah. However, the violence and language is too much for families.
If the studio decided to release an edited version of this film, then it might find a bigger christian audience flocking to the theaters. I find it to be a very helpful and very practical version of the bible and i like reading it. In the movie eli didnt want solara to know about the book or the ipod, thats why i think there maybe exists a correlation between the two. But the priest eli was mentioned in 1 samuel and 2 samuel. The motion picture, with denzel washington as the vault dweller carrying the geck. The lord calls samuel the boy samuel ministered before the lord under eli. And at that time eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family, resulting eventually in the death of eli and his sons. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a. The book of eli believable except for this one small.
Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in. Being a postapocalyptic movie, that writing can be referenced to an apocalyptic book in the bible, revelation. In the town, the eng ine er op ens eli s loc ked b ible, which carnegie discovers is in bra ille. When hannah came to shiloh to pray for a son, eli initially accused her of drunkenness, but when she protested her innocence, eli wished her well. One night eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. More like 18, and those are for enormoussized books roughly three full sets of encyclopaedia britannicas. As it turns out, the bible was blank and he was blind. One night eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. At that time eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place. And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the lord of hosts in shiloh.
And the two sons of eli, hophni and phinehas, the priests of the lord, were there. Just because the bible is written in braille doesnt mean he is blind. A postapocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across america in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Loving your neighbors is only the second greatest commandmentthe first is to love the lord your god with all your heart, soul, and mind. Bible verses about eli 31 passages king james version.
And then it gets really, really, monumentally, incredibly stupid. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her daughter, solara mila kunis, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. Thank you lord for a warm bed to sleep on, thank you for the food we are about to eat, thank you for a roof over our heads on cold nights such as this, thank you for companionship in hard times like. World braille day and the book of eli museum of the bible. In the bible, eli grew gradually more blind, from partial sight up to the stage of his. In the town, the engineer opens elis locked bible, which carnegie discovers is in braille. So apparently i completely misunderstood the ending of the book of. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. While this book is currently available from specialized booksellers.
And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written. Since purchasing an ipad, the 1st thing i did was download all the free copies of any bible that i could find in the app store. Throughout the movie, eli dramatically quotes bible verses, like this. And there was d eli vered unto him the book of the prophet esaias. Wouldnt a braille edition of the bible take up a couple of shelves whole. Eli was blind before the war and after finding the bible and hearing gods voice he regained his sight until his task was completed finding a safe place for the bible this is why he did things a blind man would do and could read braille and also why is eyes were normal at the start of the film and clouded and the end. Eli was blind the entire move, so yes divine intervention was the entire. Eli is best remembered for his blessing on samuels mother and for. The plothole is that eli constantly makes eye contact and watches people even though he is blind. Jul 05, 2019 it didnt really leave itself open to a sequel. But one night, eli was asleep in his room, 3 and samuel was sleeping on a mat near the sacred chest in the lord s house. The book of eli dvd 2009 this is probably one of the most highly underrated movies of 2010 due to the overwhelming surge of 3d films brought on by avatar which was out around the same time of this film. What was on elis ipod in the movie the book of eli.
There is no book of eli in the bible although there is a priest called eli see 1sam. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. King james bible king james version kjv search the bible select a.
Have we considered the possibility that eli wasnt blind until he got to alcatraz. Book of eli movie quotes meet your next favorite book. Later biblical passages mention the fortunes of several of hi. This article about eli, together with other tools, activities, aids and materials and are designed to be used by an individual or a christian bible study group. Jan 15, 2010 eli completely missed the most important lesson to be learned from his precious book. The gospel according to the book of eli popmatters. By patti maguire armstrong patti maguire armstrong is an awardwinning author and was the managing editor and coauthor of ascension press bestselling amazing grace series. Matt has his suit and billy clubsnot the latest version of the clubs, the regular ones. Jan 22, 2010 at the end of the movie, we find out he is blindlike the biblical eliand that the book hes been carrying around throughout the film is the bible in braille. My friends and i discussed this and we think it is maybe some type of recording of the bible, which he listens to istead of reading or something like that. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene.
It happened at that time that the philistines mustered to make war on israel and israel went out to meet them in war, pitching camp near. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him. Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test. The titular book of eli, a braille bible, purportedly containing the entire kjv text, would take up much more physical space than one volume. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to lombardi, the sanctuarys leader. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of th e bible. If he was truly blind then he wouldnt be able to do so because he wouldnt know where they. He was blind, so he could not see what was happening, but he could hear the loud noise of the people crying. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Is denzel washington blind in the book of eli answers. No, he meant the tanakh, its two books to the left of the kings james bible in that last scene which stands for torah, nviim, ktuvim. Berean study bible and at that time eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room. The lord calls samuel 1 and the boy samuel ministered to the lord before eli. Eli the book of eli vs daredevil mcu battles comic.
Elkanah also had another wife peninnah who bore him. The book is a modern bible that relates biblical teachings to you as though you were sitting down with jc having a casual one on one conversation with him. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire movie. Trivia goofs crazy credits quotes connections soundtracks. The book of elibest scenejennifer bealsgary oldmandenzel. Was there an eli in the bible that was blind answers. But id like to imagine how different the world of tbol will be, now that the king james version of the bible has been made extant again after somehow being totally wiped off the face of the earth by. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. Eli was now 98 years old and almost completely blind.
The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she. Hebrew reads his sons have made themselves contemptible. Eli in the bible was a jewish priest living in the days of the judges and serving god at the tabernacle in shiloh, a city near the hill country of ephraim 1 samuel 1. A montage of deleted scenes on the dvd include a scene where claudia reads the braille bible to carnegie as he lies on his deathbed. Was eli blind because the bible was written in bral. In reference to physical blindness it is used as a noun frequently or else as an adjective with the noun man. The simple words used in the eli bible story for adults, teens, children and little kids about eli are an ideal resource for protestant or catholic christian parents and christian sunday school teachers to tell the famous and great stories of the bible including how the idol fell down before the ark inspired from the scriptures of the bible. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. Somehow eli has been walking in the right direction the whole time. Eli lives long enough to recite the entire king james version of the bible to a secret order eager to bring books and civilization back to the last. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the king james version of the bible. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to. Incase you havent seen it, heres the surprise ending of the book of eli.
Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. It would seem that eli was left on earth after the war to do the works of god as displayed throughout the rest of the movie as he travels with a woman named solara mila kunis who has lived in this corrupt town with her blind mother and an evil man named carnegie whos main goal is to get the bible from eli and that is what ultimately causes. When eli encounters a group of road bandits, behind them is a tunnel structure with a bold 14.
It spends the first 30 minutes pretending to be fallout. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. In those days, the lord hardly ever spoke directly to people, and he did not appear to them in dreams very often. Further, alcatrazs version of the torah is likely a different translation from the nkjv of the bible that eli dictates. This story of hannah, with which the books of samuel begin, involves eli. If youre referring to the recent denzel washington movie the book of eli, then yes the character is supposed to be blind, like zaitoichi. Now in those days the word of the lord was rare and visions were scarce. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her.
The big twist in the book of eli is that at the end is it revealed that eli is blind and his bible is in braille. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. The book of elibest scenejennifer bealsgary oldman. Eli is best remembered for his blessing on samuels mother and for his part in samuels first prophecy. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. The book of eli is a strong story about a godfearing man determined to obey the will of the lord. Jan 19, 2010 the gospel according to the book of eli. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. At the end of the movie, we find out he is blind like the biblical eli and that the book hes been carrying around throughout the film is the bible in braille.
English standard version at that time eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place. The big twist comes when the leaders engineer picks the bible s lock to open a new king james version, written in braille, which he has no way of reading. Eli a free christian bible study resource we hope that this eli article will provide useful information and ideas for those following a bible study plan. Jan 22, 2010 eli after losing the book, was blind once again. This book isnt so mysterious at all, and that is another element which seemed to throw audiences of when they saw eli. World braille day and the book of eli sign up for the book minute denzel washingtons movie character in the book of eli carries a book hes convinced will bring hope to an apocalyptic world ravished by wartreacherously tracked by one man who will do anything to stop him.
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