Easter 2024 – The Chosen

The way we view the world has changed forever. Even the presentation of the life of Jesus is now a multi-season, episode-based portrayal that could be “binge-watched” like shows on streaming mediums.

 It called The Chosen and is an American Christian historical drama television series. It’s the first multi-season series about the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. Primarily set in Judaea and Galilee in the 1st century, the series centres on Jesus and the different people who met and followed or otherwise interacted with him.

The producers had the intention of differing from previous portrayals of Jesus, by crafting a story arc which focused more on the people who encountered Jesus and how they viewed him through their eyes. This was to present Jesus in a way that was more personal, intimate, immediate.

Amazingly, the show’s producers have primarily used crowdfunding to finance production, and it continues to be the most successful crowdfunded TV series or film project.

According to a 2022 analysis 108 million people have seen at least part of the show through the app and streaming platforms. It has been translated into as many as 600 languages.

Synopsis so far:

• The first season is set in 1st century Galilee, where Jesus starts to build a group for his ministry, inviting several people with different backgrounds and performs his first miracles.
• Beginning in Samaria, the second season moves into nearby regions such as Syria and Judea, where Jesus continues to build his group of students and he continues to perform miracles while preparing for Sermon on the Mount. The word of Jesus continues to spread throughout the region as he encounters both opportunities and difficulties.
• The group returns to Capernaum in the third season, with the increasing popularity of Jesus troubling different societal and political groups, including the Romans and the Pharisees. Following the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus sends his twelve apostles, two by two, to preach and perform miracles without him, leading to the disciples facing their biggest challenge yet.
• Jesus then returns to his hometown, Nazareth, which sees a change to his ministry at the year of his popularity. At the end of the season in the Decapolis and at the Sea of Galilee, Jesus feeds thousands with loaves and fishes and then walks on the water.

We await the fourth season.

Oh, by the way the book is already out for some time now…

I think it’s called it the Bible.