Calm Before
- Episode aired Jun 13, 2024
- 1h 5m
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Funeral procession marks the start of Jesus' final ministry days. His disciples crave prominence, while a Roman leader approaches with a modest plea.Funeral procession marks the start of Jesus' final ministry days. His disciples crave prominence, while a Roman leader approaches with a modest plea.Funeral procession marks the start of Jesus' final ministry days. His disciples crave prominence, while a Roman leader approaches with a modest plea.
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Shaan Sharma
- Shmuel
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Too much time on non Biblical characters
I've been an avid Bible student since I was 21 years old. Prior to that I lived my life without caring what my Creator thought about my choices. My Bible study has only increased in the 40 plus years since I first started reading the Gospel accounts.
I know the Bible very well and am thoroughly enjoying The Chosen series. Naturally, since I am so familiar with the Bible account, I have some opinions about this series. I believe it is important to point out that less than 10% of each episode of The Chosen is actually from the Bible accounts. Ninety percent of these episodes are embellishments; the producer's ideas of how the Bible characters may have spoken, looked and acted, beyond what is written in the Bible. I have no problem with those embellishments. As a matter of fact, I appreciate and enjoy much of the non-biblical inventions by the writers of this series.
I would like to speak about the good and the not so good embellishments created by the writers of this series. I hope you will not be offended by my critique.
Season 4, Episode 4 Roman centurion petitions Jesus. The first half of this episode deals with the fallout from the death of a fictional character made up by the writers of The Chosen. After that, we see that Gaius (not mentioned by name in the Bible and only ever having one short encounter with Jesus) sends for Matthew and Peter tags along. In Scripture, Peter did not know the Roman army officer who came to Jesus (which the writers of the Chosen have named Gaius) and there is no indication that Matthew knew him either. Also, the Roman army officer did not ask the Apostles to take him to Jesus; he came to Jesus on his own. Those changes aside, I wept when Gaius was before Jesus. The actors have all been excellent!
The other Biblical account addressed in this episode was that of James and John asking for positions of prominence when Jesus establishes God's Kingdom "on Earth as it is in Heaven". I especially liked how Jesus made it clear that it is not for him to choose who sits at his right hand or left hand in the Kingdom, but it is only his Father who makes that choice. Then when Jesus tells them he came to give his life as a ransom for many, Peter asks "a ransom for who?" and Z asks "who is being held hostage, Rabbi?". Of course, Jesus did not answer this at that time, but the Apostles were all inspired by God's holy spirit to write about the ransom after Jesus was resurrected by God. We find God's holy spirit inspired the Apostle Paul to reveal the meaning of the ransom at Romans 5:11-12, 19. Mankind was held hostage to sin and death until Yehovah sent His firstborn, only-begotten Son as a ransom for all who choose to live their lives according to the example of Jesus.
Biblical content 15% Matthew 8:5-13; Matthew 20:18-28; Mark 10:33-45.
I know the Bible very well and am thoroughly enjoying The Chosen series. Naturally, since I am so familiar with the Bible account, I have some opinions about this series. I believe it is important to point out that less than 10% of each episode of The Chosen is actually from the Bible accounts. Ninety percent of these episodes are embellishments; the producer's ideas of how the Bible characters may have spoken, looked and acted, beyond what is written in the Bible. I have no problem with those embellishments. As a matter of fact, I appreciate and enjoy much of the non-biblical inventions by the writers of this series.
I would like to speak about the good and the not so good embellishments created by the writers of this series. I hope you will not be offended by my critique.
Season 4, Episode 4 Roman centurion petitions Jesus. The first half of this episode deals with the fallout from the death of a fictional character made up by the writers of The Chosen. After that, we see that Gaius (not mentioned by name in the Bible and only ever having one short encounter with Jesus) sends for Matthew and Peter tags along. In Scripture, Peter did not know the Roman army officer who came to Jesus (which the writers of the Chosen have named Gaius) and there is no indication that Matthew knew him either. Also, the Roman army officer did not ask the Apostles to take him to Jesus; he came to Jesus on his own. Those changes aside, I wept when Gaius was before Jesus. The actors have all been excellent!
The other Biblical account addressed in this episode was that of James and John asking for positions of prominence when Jesus establishes God's Kingdom "on Earth as it is in Heaven". I especially liked how Jesus made it clear that it is not for him to choose who sits at his right hand or left hand in the Kingdom, but it is only his Father who makes that choice. Then when Jesus tells them he came to give his life as a ransom for many, Peter asks "a ransom for who?" and Z asks "who is being held hostage, Rabbi?". Of course, Jesus did not answer this at that time, but the Apostles were all inspired by God's holy spirit to write about the ransom after Jesus was resurrected by God. We find God's holy spirit inspired the Apostle Paul to reveal the meaning of the ransom at Romans 5:11-12, 19. Mankind was held hostage to sin and death until Yehovah sent His firstborn, only-begotten Son as a ransom for all who choose to live their lives according to the example of Jesus.
Biblical content 15% Matthew 8:5-13; Matthew 20:18-28; Mark 10:33-45.
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- Jun 13, 2024
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