A Believer Weighs Meat Offered to Idols

Prompt

1 Corinthians 8: meat offered to idols, 'take heed lest this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.' At a butcher's stall beside a pagan temple in Corinth, a Christian man stands large and central, a cut of sacrificial meat in his hand, pausing thoughtfully as he notices a younger, troubled fellow believer watching him at his shoulder. Behind them the columns of the temple and its smoking altar; bright morning sun, simple paved street. The men wear wrapped head-cloths over their hair. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.