David Suchet: Recording the NIV Bible is my legacy | Christian News on Christian Today

David Suchet: Recording the NIV Bible is my legacy | Christian News on Christian Today

Famous for his long-running role as Hercule Poirot, Suchet came to Christian faith after reading Romans 8 in a hotel room in 1986. In this interview, he speaks of the effect of reading the entire Bible aloud on his own faith and devotional habits, and how he dealt with the genealogical sections:

"For me the big challenge was Chronicles - it's filled with numbers, families, names and tribes, and I just thought how am I going to get through this? And then I realised that behind every name was a human being with a life, so I told myself not to rush it, to remember that it would have originally been read out loud to people who would have known those people, and it would have meant a lot to them, so it should to me too! These people had families and lives, just like you and I do."