The Chosen TV Series

Jgremillion83 said:
I have to agree with your thoughts on this too. But just think, if we didn’t have that basic knowledge of the truth about Jehovah, Jesus and some background knowledge about the apostles, we would tend to go with it whatever they put forth in the movie.

Now for example, I can kind of see why the back story of Mary Magdalene could be portrayed the way she was in the movie. And for sure the Apostles not always getting along. I mean after all, remember the how the Bible, on 2 occasions they were fighting over who was the greatest!

But what I couldn’t quite figure is how did they get the idea that Matthew had those particular problem he displayed, always looking like he was going to jump out of his skin lol. He really played his part well.
Peter has always been my favorite, so the way they portrayed him was probably not far from how he really was. So many of us have a similar personality. I’ve always been able to relate to Peter.
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Knowing the truth is a blessing. Never forget that. And as for Matthew being weird, I could see how they could come up with that. He was a Jewish tax collector who absolutely would have bee seen as a traitor. But this begs the question, why would a Jew choose to do that unless they had something deeper going on inside?

Autism is hard enough to live with in modern times, try growing up with autism in ancient times. Good lord. I imagine that would have been difficult to say the least. If nobody likes you anyway, it would make sense to fall into a job where you just look out for yourself because no one else would.

Plus, autism fits very well for a tax collector because many people with that disorder are great with numbers. They did the same thing on another show called the Good Doctor. From the outside it would just appear that Matthew was nothing but a sellout and a trader, and most of the time, for most other people in that line of work back then would have been a safe assumption. But we know that assumption was not true because Jesus chose Matthew. For Christ to have chosen him he must have seen something inside him that the world did not see. So to me it makes sense that Matthew would be at least a little weird looking from the outside-in. Granted, I never thought about that until now, but that's what a good story can do. They can make us think about things in a different way.
 
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Jahrule said:
Knowing the truth is a blessing. Never forget that. And as for Matthew being weird, I could see how they could come up with that. He was a Jewish tax collector who absolutely would have bee seen as a trader. But this begs the question, why would a Jew choose to do that unless they had something deeper going on inside?

Autism is hard enough to live with in modern times, try growing up with autism in ancient times. Good lord. I imagine that would have been difficult to say the least. If nobody likes you anyway, it would make sense to fall into a job where you just look out for yourself because no one else would.

Plus, autism fits very well for a tax collector because many people with that disorder are great with numbers. They did the same thing on another show called the Good Doctor. From the outside it would just appear that Matthew was nothing but a sellout and a trader, and most of the time, for most other people in that line of work back then would have been a safe assumption. But we know that assumption was not true because Jesus chose Matthew. For Christ to have chosen him he must have seen something inside him that the world did not see. So to me it makes sense that Matthew would be at least a little weird looking from the outside-in. Granted, I never thought about that until now, but that's what a good story can do. They can make us think about things in a different way.
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@Jahrule

Good point and great insight! 👍🏼
And when you think of the fact that Jesus evidently saw good in Matthew, it makes me think how grateful we should be that Jesus and Jehovah will be the final judges of us all.
 
Jgremillion83 said:
@Jahrule

Good point and great insight! 👍🏼
And when you think of the fact that Jesus evidently saw good in Matthew, it makes me think how grateful we should be that Jesus and Jehovah will be the final judges of us all.
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Yep. I'm one of the few people who can be insightful and an idiot at the same time. I said trader when I meant traitor. :sneaky: At least you got what I was going for. And yes, it is refreshing to take note of Jehovah's decisions. What Jesus did on earth back then is a direct reflection of what Jehovah himself would have done since Jesus is a perfect representation of his father. By getting to know Jesus we are getting to know Jehovah as well. It's very reassuring that he's the one in charge of how this story ends and restarts. When I think about it like that, I'm kinda not so much worried anymore. Until I forget all that by tomorrow and go back to worrying again.
 
Jahrule said:
Yep. I'm one of the few people who can be insightful and an idiot at the same time. I said trader when I meant traitor. :sneaky: At least you got what I was going for. And yes, it is refreshing to take note of Jehovah's decisions. What Jesus did on earth back then is a direct reflection of what Jehovah himself would have done since Jesus is a perfect representation of his father. By getting to know Jesus we are getting to know Jehovah as well. It's very reassuring that he's the one in charge of how this story ends and restarts. When I think about it like that, I'm kinda not so much worried anymore. Until I forget all that by tomorrow and go back to worrying again.
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Trader=traitor, yeah, I knew what you meant.
Your thoughts at the end of your comment, sounds like the way I am.
Thank you for your encouraging comments.
 
This one scene today cracked me up. It's episode 5 or 6, season 2, when the demon possessed guy wandered into the camp while Matthew and Thomas were chopping vegetables. Thomas picks the knife up off the table, and then Matthew reaches over and grabs a wooden spoon. Even the demon guy looked confused. I lost it.
 
Aw. I'm so sad now. The actor who plays Jesus really makes you love him. They plan to go on for 7 seasons, and I am already attached to all these people. I finished both seasons. Now I have to wait probably forever for a new season. The show is different in that it focuses more on what happens in between the events in the Bible to lead up to the new testament as we know it. It follows the disciples, their struggles, their conflicts, their misunderstandings, etc, throughout the couple years of Christ's ministry.

From what I gather, the show isn't supposed to be the gospels turned into a TV show. It's more, "Hey, 3 years is a long time. A lot probably happened to the disciples throughout that period of time. How could we respectfully use our imagination centered on the Bible, history, and what we know about Jesus, to tell a story about that?"

That too may be oversimplifying the show because it technically starts before Jesus begins his public ministry, and I suspect it will continue after it concludes. I don't get to say this much, but good job, evangelicals. If the following seasons are even half as good as the first two, you have a fan for life. Credit where credit is due. They could still ruin it later, but so far so good.
 
Jahrule said:
Aw. I'm so sad now. The actor who plays Jesus really makes you love him. They plan to go on for 7 seasons, and I am already attached to all these people. I finished both seasons. Now I have to wait probably forever for a new season. The show is different in that it focuses more on what happens in between the events in the Bible to lead up to the new testament as we know it. It follows the disciples, their struggles, their conflicts, their misunderstandings, etc, throughout the couple years of Christ's ministry.

From what I gather, the show isn't supposed to be the gospels turned into a TV show. It's more, "Hey, 3 years is a long time. A lot probably happened to the disciples throughout that period of time. How could we respectfully use our imagination centered on the Bible, history, and what we know about Jesus, to tell a story about that?"

That too may be oversimplifying the show because it technically starts before Jesus begins his public ministry, and I suspect it will continue after it concludes. I don't get to say this much, but good job, evangelicals. If the following seasons are even half as good as the first two, you have a fan for life. Credit where credit is due. They could still ruin it later, but so far so good.
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My husband enjoyed it too and recommended it to me a while back, but it just didn’t do anything for me. However, we all take in videos/movies just for entertainment value and so why not with this movie series about this time period that is so compelling to us. As they say, if the shoe fits wear it and I say wear it proudly.
 
a watcher said:
How could we dramatize, speculate, add to the Bible, and confuse people...?
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It doesn't confuse me, and the rest of the world is already confused so what's the difference? If it's wrong to speculate, does that mean it is wrong to imagine what life in paradise would be like? Like if I wanted to, I can't make a movie or show about what it might be like to live in paradise?
 
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Driven said:
My husband enjoyed it too and recommended it to me a while back, but it just didn’t do anything for me. However, we all take in videos/movies just for entertainment value and so why not with this movie series about this time period that is so compelling to us. As they say, if the shoe fits wear it and I say wear it proudly.
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Good point. I am a huge fan of film in general. It's an art that I really appreciate for what it can do, so I am always happy to see it done well. It's so rare these days.
 
Jahrule said:
Aw. I'm so sad now. The actor who plays Jesus really makes you love him. They plan to go on for 7 seasons, and I am already attached to all these people. I finished both seasons. Now I have to wait probably forever for a new season. The show is different in that it focuses more on what happens in between the events in the Bible to lead up to the new testament as we know it. It follows the disciples, their struggles, their conflicts, their misunderstandings, etc, throughout the couple years of Christ's ministry.

From what I gather, the show isn't supposed to be the gospels turned into a TV show. It's more, "Hey, 3 years is a long time. A lot probably happened to the disciples throughout that period of time. How could we respectfully use our imagination centered on the Bible, history, and what we know about Jesus, to tell a story about that?"

That too may be oversimplifying the show because it technically starts before Jesus begins his public ministry, and I suspect it will continue after it concludes. I don't get to say this much, but good job, evangelicals. If the following seasons are even half as good as the first two, you have a fan for life. Credit where credit is due. They could still ruin it later, but so far so good.
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@Jahrule

Yes, I was eager to find out when they would be releasing Season 3. I looked it up and they say December 2022.
I don’t know if you knew that this passed Christmas season they released a special The Chosen featuring the events leading up to Jesus’ birth just in case you’re interested.
 
Driven said:
My husband enjoyed it too and recommended it to me a while back, but it just didn’t do anything for me. However, we all take in videos/movies just for entertainment value and so why not with this movie series about this time period that is so compelling to us. As they say, if the shoe fits wear it and I say wear it proudly.
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I was the one that got your husband Medi-tator to watch it. My favorite part so far is Jesus with the woman at the well. You can watch on you-tube. Just type in Chosen woman at the well. It's 8min long.
 
Brother potato said:
I was the one that got your husband Medi-tator to watch it. My favorite part so far is Jesus with the woman at the well. You can watch on you-tube. Just type in Chosen woman at the well. It's 8min long.
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@Brother potato

I do remember that scene when watching this before...Although I did refer to that 8 minute part on YouTube that’s taken from John 4:1-29 with the woman at the well.
The scene can really leave an impact on you because you can imagine how she must have felt living under those conditions. Emotions can be stirred up to where you can relate how she‘s feeling and feel her pain.

Then, after Jesus patiently reassures her who he is she finally realizes it is he, the Messiah!
You can almost imagine being in that place and time.
After watching it I went to read the account in the Bible again. I see that they pretty much have taken what’s recorded in John chapter 4.…

John 4:24,25 Jesus said “God is a spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.” The woman said to him: “I know that Messiah is coming, who is called Christ. Whenever that one comes, he will declare all things to us openly.”

In the video I like the way the one who plays the Samaritan woman put it. “Until the Messiah comes, and explains everything and sorts this mess out, including me, I don’t trust in anyone.”

Truly, it’ll be when the second coming of Christ or the “second time he appears“ ( accurately rendered) will be when all these things are to be revealed. And we know that is to be very soon now.
 
Jgremillion83 said:
@Brother potato

I do remember that scene when watching this before...Although I did refer to that 8 minute part on YouTube that’s taken from John 4:1-29 with the woman at the well.
The scene can really leave an impact on you because you can imagine how she must have felt living under those conditions. Emotions can be stirred up to where you can relate how she‘s feeling and feel her pain.

Then, after Jesus patiently reassures her who he is she finally realizes it is he, the Messiah!
You can almost imagine being in that place and time.
After watching it I went to read the account in the Bible again. I see that they pretty much have taken what’s recorded in John chapter 4.…

John 4:24,25 Jesus said “God is a spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.” The woman said to him: “I know that Messiah is coming, who is called Christ. Whenever that one comes, he will declare all things to us openly.”

In the video I like the way the one who plays the Samaritan woman put it. “Until the Messiah comes, and explains everything and sorts this mess out, including me, I don’t trust in anyone.”

Truly, it’ll be when the second coming of Christ or the “second time he appears“ ( accurately rendered) will be when all these things are to be revealed. And we know that is to be very soon now.
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That was the first clip I saw of this show.
 
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