I thought of it, too.

Excellent. WOW. 😮

I'm thinking of when Thomas is told to put his hand into jesus's side. Then he might believe ramah's resurrection. Or ramah could be one of the resurrected after crucifixion.

Oh, that’s insightful and makes sense! Thanks for sharing that point of view!

Paras does a great job of aging. The make up is great!

When she looked at the empty tomb of Lazarus, it was very moving, as if she was having a premonition

True.

I love the fact that Matthew has grown in many ways. Very intuitive and as always kind and thoughtful

Did y’all notice Matthew and Mary hugged in the cave? I mean they actually touched, more than touched.

I understand too. I was in a car wreck and spent nearly two years hoping to save my foot. I prayed and prayed for healing that did not happen. Since having an amputation the big picture was finally revealed. I have been blessed enormously! I still have pain and frustration at times, but this is the best life I could have ever imagined! I have found my purpose serving the Lord!

God bless you! Your comment reached my heart in a powerful way. I also suffer with chronic pain & that scene with little James was life changing for me. I haven't accomplished acceptance into seminary yet, but at 64 yrs young your comment gives me such hope. Right now I've been homeless for 6 days due to black mold in my low income, subsidized senior apt. I'm trusting God to set me where I'm supposed to be. I'm so grateful for warm weather & a sister to stay with. Please pray for me. ❤

@@marlenering2620 Praise God for you! First, YOUR testimony is empowering to me so do not discount it! (I skipped a lot of pain and suffering including watching my mother die in front of me, losing several jobs, losing an apartment and more…I can’t put the whole story in a KZfaq comment 😅) so I need constant encouragement and you provided that! Thank you! I will be praying for you (healing, restoration, and protection as God wills it) in the next 10 minutes! If there is anything specific I should add let me know! Please add a prayer for me that I have the health & resources to complete this degree! Beyond that, please continue growing towards the Light that will overcome everything!! Your willingness to provide inspiration and share your testimony shows you have great wisdom and experience to offer this world!

@@marlenering2620 @marlenering2620 Amen! God has even more blessings for you because He never runs out! There will be pain and trials as well along the way but God will be with you at every step! (PS One of my biggest lessons of faith was that the presence of pain/suffering does not mean the absence of God…)

@@LS-ek1fd Amen! I love your confidence and transformation! The thing is, you don’t realize the transformation as it happens. I started off thinking “OK, I’ve got health issues. I’ll just pray about it and keep it moving.” Things got worse. Along with more pain and suffering, I started to doubt everything. Then I began to re-read Job and the Gospels. I began to see that nowhere in the Bible is there a guarantee that we won’t go through trials. No where in the Bible does it show that everyone is healed on this side of Heaven….but what is guaranteed is that God will be there. Where God is, there will be a solution because God doesn’t leave anything undone…even if we (in our limited human brains don’t get it!) it sounds like you are learning that lesson and I encourage you to share that personal testimony wherever you can because there is so much pain & suffering out there. Your testimony can bring light (even for a moment to someone’s suffering. (PS I’m about to do midday prayer so I’ll add a prayer for you and yours as well!)

I think so, too. I wonder if it will be similar to the way we'll relate to each other in heaven?

Written by Tyler Thomson, who also wrote the Christmas monologues - brilliant, indeed!

Is Zee ‘Simon the zealot’ in the Bible ?

​@@mariradclifferozanski1123Yes his name is Simon. They just call him Z

This makes it super ironic that Christ Chose him to be an apostle for him to use this kind of skill to good use. What a mighty God we serve.

@josiah3820 We don't know if that's why. We do know that Jesus wasn't afraid and with knowing that those skills weren't important

YES.

The Resurrection to them. But all disbelieved until John and Peter raced to the tomb. Then only Thomas doubted until he saw the real wounds on the glorified Body of Christ. jJesus then said we all are blessed because we have believed without seeing His Real Presence. Thank you producers of the Chosen and Mr. Snipe, for unpacking this presentation of the Human side of Jesus and His chosen ones.

agree

Absolutely, I'm really disappointed. All the focus is on Thomas & fictional Ramah were it could of been on the foreshadowing of Jesus's death & resurrection. They just turned a key point of our salvation into a soap opera of poor Thomas. Jesus wept not bc of the impact this would have on his group in light of Thomas, Jesus wept bc he was heartbroken that He was running out of time & the Apostles & Mary & Martha still wasn't getting it. And instead of projecting this, the Chosen didn't get it & they missed showing the world the real heart of our Lord.

Completely agree! Totally unnecessary

I agree. And especially since it isn't scriptural.

GREAT ACTING, BUT THOMAS AND HIS HATE SUCKS ALL THE AIR OUT OF THE ROOM. IN REAL LIFE, I'D SAY:"R" WOULD NOT HAVE BEHAVED THIS WAY. SHE WOULD HAVE MOVED ON..."

that territory in Roman Empire time was Gallia or Gaul in English.

And Etienne is French for Steven. Not reading anything into that - just noting for interest.

Interesting that you caught that, because the writers suggested she was living in caves in Gaul. Which, apparently some extra biblical sources have cited.

Yes!

I dont understand this mental gymnastics is there another way to say it?

Jesus came to die for our sins. Even though his flesh wanted there to be another way, there was no other way.

​@@petrabanjarnahor229 It could be that humans don't have a full understanding of time. Using the sun, we made something up that works for our day to day lives; hours, months, years. But, what if time wasn't linear? The prophets were either able to see the future, gain divine knowledge, OR everything is happening at the same time. It is hard to understand, and I don't feel equipt enough to explain it😂, but it's something that physicists have pondered for a while. It can be googled if your interested.

We had trouble hearing/understanding Mary's beautiful words, even seeing it three times in theaters. Just watched with captions--so great. Woman's name is spelled Etienna. French-ish spelling, meaning crown.

I can understand that, yet it also comforts me since I have an illness that can not be cured this side of .... It's what Jesus says about glorifying Him, even in your unhealed state that also gets me each time!

Unfortunately it's still ending up confusing people. Yesterday in The Chosen Fan Club on Facebook, someone posted about being so inspired by the episode that she went out and bought a copy of the Gospel of Mary to read it and discover what the Holy Spirit wants her to learn. Eek 😔

Yes, this monologue was written by Tyler Thomson, who also wrote the Christmas monologues

I thought that too. Although she was with the group before Matthew was called, I got the impression from the start that Matthew was the first real bond she felt.

Written by Tyler Thomson, who also wrote the Christmas monologues - excellent, indeed!

I guessed it was Matthew by his walk too.😅

I agree! I also think they’ll do a series on JTB, this series didn’t get into the amazing things he did and how he did pave the way for Jesus. I’d also like to see one about Peter, Moses, and Abraham.

That's going to be WILD! I really hope it happens. And the shipwreck, when they do it, AH! And Paul throwing the viper into the fire in the end - YES!

Yup!

I don't want to see a series just on Paul. I'd like to see a series that is about the all of the Apostles. It can start after Pentecost. Paul would be worked in since he wasn't there at the time. Have Jesus come to him on his way to Damascus and then into Europe

@@Eli46123 I'd be happy with it all, haha. Sounds fantastic to me.

Are you a son of a bishop 🤓🚀

Actually Dallas confirmed that the feelings were mutual, but that doesn’t mean they ever did anything about it. Dallas wanted to show that the disciples were human, having all the feelings that others have.

I have read that the Roman Catholic Church forced priests to be celibate around the eleventh century-late middle age. That means priests/presbyters had the option to marry for about one thousand years before it changed.

Same.

​@@robertdelisle7309 Where I live in Lebanon they used to choose a wise married man to be the priest in the early maronite church

As a Catholic, agree, we know Peter was and he was chosen as the foundation for the church. At least one of the earthly foundations.

The only person who cannot be married is a bishop or episcopacy spans to the early church. Later the Latin rite, or Roman Catholic changes its traditional view of the priest or Presbyter to be non married. Other Catholic rites can marry, and on some occasions the Pope can allow a married man to become a priest. Which happens today. It's only in the Latin rite are priest required to be unmarried. .

If I recall correctly, he was a Sadducee.

EXCELLENT JOB, EXPLICATING THE WORKS HERE.

It was for Jesus so he deserves the finest but I still think what John might have said, after all he told Nicodemus how many hungry children in Nazareth his expensive garments would feed.

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yeah the hard part about doing this live right after the episodes.

I took it to be the empty grave, since the camera focuses on Lazarus’ grave.

Really? What’s the time stamp

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AH.A FRIEND BROUGHT HOME A SAMPLE OF SPIKENARD, FROM HER TRIP TO THE HOLY SITES. A TIN VIAL--BUT EXPENSIVE.FASCINATING.

Well done. I loved this deep dive, especially the historical background of how the apostles were martyred. Also loved the reference of Jesus putting back together the broken pieces of our lives and how much more effectively we serve Him

This FACT is true, yet the words used are still grammatically interchangeable

@@jorinebustraan9659 True. They are used that way but to be precise, they shouldn't be per the reasons I spelled out. So many want accuracy in this show and the words and terms used biblically, then use "raised" and "resurrection" in the proper context. :)

I believe that is actually the canonical consensus. Mark recorded Peter’s recollections.

The Gospel of Mark was written by John Mark who had been a protégé of Paul. There is an instance in Acts where Paul and John Mark have a "falling out" and he returns to Jerusalem. I'm sure Mark went back to Jerusalem to get the full story from Peter and recorded it since Peter would be the main eyewitness to Jesus's ministry. At some point, there is also an instance where Peter and Paul have a bit of a "falling out" as well that is recorded in Acts.

Correct! John Mark recorded Peters recollections.

During a deep bible study of Mark, I learned that Mark was a scribe for Peter. He was like a son to Peter and followed him and wrote his sermons and recollections. It became the book of Mark.

Since in The Chosen Mary is literate, I’m not surprised to see her writing.

Her text was written by Tyler Thomson, who also wrote the Christmas monologues

More clarity is given on the Chosen App by Dallas and the actors during the after show.

Mary's "poem" was written by Tyler Thomson, who also wrote the Christmas monologues

Many believe they are the same person.

​@jamesajiduah2001 but clearly not, or James would have been with Jesus at the cross. None of Jesus family was there, as is clear because he gave conservatorship of Mary, his mother, to John.

@@swampfaye what if I told you that is not clear at all that Jesus gave Mary to John? There is a theory that the Gospels of John was written by "John the elder" (who also wrote the letters of John) who is different from John the Apostle (who wrote Revelation). In that theory, John the elder was writing about the beloved disciple, who wasn't himself, but rather Jesus' brother, James.

@@d4vidsilva931 The "theory" yes - but that's all it is, a theory. You're talking about Tradition- and clearly, someone is taking care of Mary until the point of Jesus death, but none of his family and NONE OF THE APOSTLES are there but John. And it's not John his brother, clearly. If his brother was there, he wouldn't have said anything, because even if he did, a son of Mary would still have obligation over her, no matter what Jesus said.

@@swampfaye that's the point! The beloved disciple to whom Jesus says "behold your mother", it's the actual son of Mary, James. Jesus was being very literal. He was passing the responsabily of taking care of Mary to his brother James. "It's just a theory", yes, just like think John was the beloved disciple is a theory as well. Most people accept it, but James suits better. It wouldn't make sense for Jesus to give Mary to John when John's actual mom was right there, and Jesus' brother was still alive. Do you understand these things?

First of all, this is a show. This is for entertainment. So, don't expect them to always keep to scripture.

Yes but I agree that Thomas's grief is slowly taking the emphasis off the miracle and how the apostles would react to it. Instead they are spending time showing them reacting to Thomas's grief.

​@@jamesfarrell4545 yes! The focus should have been on Jesus's grief that Mary Martha & the Apostles still wasn't getting it & Jesus was running out of time. Jesus Wept! One of the saddest parts in the Bible & the Chosen didn't get it! They could have portrayed it beautifully but instead cheapened it to a soap opera.

Yes!

And that's a very good thing if they READ THEIR BIBLES, don't you think? That's the point. 😅

yes, that's my understanding, as well. And Tyler and Ryan in the aftershow shared that out of several accounts about what might have happened to James the Less, they chose to go with the version that mentioned Egypt

HE LOVED HER AS A SISTER.

priest studying this actually said that he was overwhelmed by the lack of faith of everyone so