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Jesus telling Judas to wait to after supper is an easter egg that points to Judas waiting til after the last Supper to betray Jesus.

The Chosen has written the character Judas very very well

I just would like to give a shout out to Luke who portrays Judas in such a relatable way. He gives him so much depth and humanity. PLUS, Luke is such an awesome guy. He makes my heart break for Judas.

Way back when Judas was 1st joining Jesus, he had a scene with his sister. At one point they were discussing safety. Judas stated "if he's truly the Messiah he can't be killed." If Judas is operating with this assumption, it adds another layer to his betrayal of Christ in the show.

The explanation of the scripture of “talents” is such an incredible lesson!!! We are not meant to hoard the gifts we are given and the profits we earn. We are meant to share them with others, using them in dedication to The Lord. This is truly an UNLEARNED lesson for so many Jewish as well as Christian believers!! Thank you @thechosensleuth for bringing this to our attention.

Notice the messenger states “till we meet again, boys”.

I've seen this for the first time in theatre with a Polish narrator. When the words " We trust you Matthew, indefinitely" are spoken, we do not see who speaks and because of the narrator we did not hear the voice of the speaker. It was such a cool surprise to watch it with original sound and hear that these were Peter's words!❤

at least i'm not the only one who picks up on Music cues 😂i'm a musician so I easily pick up tiny sound details

😄😂come on people... Be honest... How many thought John the Baptist head was in the box?!?! 🙄😬 after Rhama... anything could happen???!!!! 🙄

Stepping in to becoming Matthew for a minute. That one statement from Peter is HUGE!!!

Z made me jump. Glad I wasn’t drinking anything !😂

It also reminded me of when they were building the sukkah and Andrew raised his hand, "Take ME, take Me" ;-)

Forging documents!! Ok I will wasn’t sure what he was doing at the start of the scene. Thanks for clarifying that!!!

My favorite part in this scene is where they question if it's a rabid animal and Matthew immediately backs away 🤣 3:20

I’ve heard this theory before. That Judas really didn’t think Jesus would be crucified but rather he’d push the issue on the Mt of Olives and at that cross road Jesus would squelch the Romans and conquer here on earth. Such an interesting theory. We know none of the apostles thought bad of him when Jesus said one of you will betray me and they all said, “is it I”. And Judas threw away the coins and hung himself. If he just wanted the money he’d take it and go buy possessions.

There was something i didn't quite agree with when i watched Luke Dimyan's interview in the episode 5 live stream. We know he's always been sympathetic to Judas, and that's a good thing to be, but towards the end he summed up by saying something along the lines of "Judas couldn't help it" almost implying that it was Judas' fate and he didn't have a choice in the matter. I don't know if he really meant it to come across that way, but the way i see it (and the way the Chosen seems to be portraying it) was that Judas absolutely did have a choice. Much like the rich young ruler who wanted to follow Jesus and ALMOST was willing to give up everything - but couldn't quite do it - we keep seeing Judas choose his own way and his own understanding over the lessons Jesus was trying to teach them. Every disciple came to Jesus with a bunch of flaws and misconceptions, as do we all, but the key is that you have to be humble and surrender your will to Him.

Did you pay attention in Episode 1 when Judas said to Zee, "Nobody is checking Jesus's books!" He knows that nobody is checking the ministry's finances!

I don't think Judas was being sneaky when he didn't knock. I think he assumes Hadad is kinda like family.

As a Brit, when I hear a character on The Chosen say "Hades and Styx!" I hear it as an equivalent to "Bloody hell!", as we would say it.

I’m so happy you explain these things…I miss so much…thanks so much!

Really appreciate these videos, I learn a lot not just on the bible but the characters that are being portrayed in this show. Thank you so much!

I have to say that I'm pleased to see more and more dark-skinned people in this show

Thank you again! Brandon! Excellent video as always. I was thinking about this when you started speaking about Judas's theme: I wonder if they chose to do three notes (the final note being off-centered) to symbolize the Trinity and to show that Judas may understand some of Jesus's teachings, but ultimately can't (and won't) fully understand Him/God/Holy Spirit in the end. Regarding Judas not knocking on the door, I never thought of that scene being a sign of his deceptiveness (what a great observation!). I assumed it was symbolic of Judas literally not understanding Jesus's "Knock and the door will be opened to you" or any of Jesus's teachings. He refuses, for whatever reason, to fully open up and trust God/Jesus. Do you think that they'll continue to push the "I don't understand, but I'm trying" narrative for Judas or do you think it will eventually change into being something more sinister (such as he adopts bitterness, anger, etc. which leads to hatred and the betrayal)? I love how many layers are in this show. Big shout-out to everyone involved for doing such amazing jobs. I also want to shout out Luke for his excellent portrayal of Judas. I was genuinely saddened to hear he's getting hate from viewers - I think he's doing a great job. EDIT: Welp, I just got to the talents part of the video and felt convicted when you said we need to use our talents for God's kingdom. I used to create art and write all the time, but due to being wiped out from my current job (which is very logistics-based) my creativity is practically non-existent. People around me keep telling me to go back to what God gave me, but I've dismissed their requests. It seems I need to make time daily to do something creative even if it's difficult. I hear you, Lord. 🙋‍♀

I appreciated the music insight. I hadn't noticed. Anyone notice the music is a little different this season. It is a good change.

🤔😮the "Judas " theme 🎶... Good to know. Ty ♥

One of the things I noticed as soon as Judas met Jesus is unlike the rest of the disciples, he approached Jesus first and talked to Him about being with Him. While Jesus approached the others and asked them to follow Him. “You did not choose me, but I chose you”

Brandon--I so appreciate all your insights into the Chosen seasons! Thank you for doing these videos & sharing those insights!

Thank you for doing this analysis. Well done!

I appreciate all the work you do into the series. I have always found the Judas paradox fascinating.

Thank you sir for explaining the Bible,it is amazing how you describe every single scripture, you are amazing,and your description of everything is to be good, thank you,I love The Chosen,it brought me back to the Bible

Great points on Judas. Him taking the coins from the purse as well as the silver seems more akin to the Israelites temptation to gather more mannan than needed daily or the sin of self preservation, like Achan or Ananias and Saphhira

I think it would be interesting if Hadad ends up being the thief on the cross

Really appreciate these deep dives 😊

Have not really watched your commentary until now, though I began watching The Chosen when there was only a Season One. Your commentary has given me more insight. Thank you!

Wow! So good. I am learning new things all the time from your videos. Thank you!

I wondered if Z scaring Andrew was adlib'd or scripted ;-)

Hi Brandon!! Thanks so much for the insights into the Chosen’s season four- for each episode!! I’m greatly looking forward to your next video breakdowns & livestream!! Thank you & Vanessa for all you do!! Can’t wait!!😍😍😍🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Brandon! Great insights! You have really helped bring out more meaning to this show. I wondered how the writers would develop Judas this season.

Bats are also non-kosher flying things...extra insult for them

Just found you today. Love your commentary and insight. Thanks for walking with the Lord!

Judas is an example for all of us. Maybe not a perfect example but just the little things that he does that goes against what God wants us to do and be. I fail a lot more than I want to... I'll admit. And if i happened to be forced to walk one mile, my automatic thought would NOT to go two miles (at least in that context in the show lol). A lot of us need to work on our humility.

Andrew was like, yea, that's me! 😆 So funny!

Love Judas's music for him! 🥰

When you talked about the music first heard you talking about during the laundry and been rewatching the chosen along side watching the S4 watch party but yesterday rewatching S3 Ep1 and was like oh yeah the theme didn’t hear it before

So true,,beloved in the faith,, so amazing to understand how true this spiritual/political realm that Jesús lived,,, just like today 😢

To the Chosen Sleuth, I love the way your hair is cut.

I finally get the parable about the talents!!!

Thanks!

That funny z made Andrew jump

Ich dachte auch dass ein Körperteil von Johannes dem Täufer in der Box ist...

I just want to say A BIG THANK YOU for explaining some of these points in the Chosen that Jesus references in the bible.

Hello Brandon. Della Warren here

Wow, this is so necessary. God doesn't need our help to accomplish his will, meaning he's not bound to our methods. Judas would've tried to manipulate the mission instead of learning and following Christ.

River Styx.

Hello again.

Andrew is hilarious 😂

At first, I was afraid it was going to be John the Baptist.

I thought he was just using the candle to see as he wrote 😅 Also i thought Judas just coming in was because he thought he was still welcomed there 🤔

I'm curious what Judas would have done if Hadad wasn't home. I like Luke, but I'm starting to give Judas the side eye. Lol

I love this show, but sometimes I wonder what Jenkins would do with Acts:5. How would he handle Peter there?.

I didn't realize that there was forging going on...

Judas is going further into his deconstruction journey.

Poor judas in it all for wrong reasons

The CHOSEN is that television show that seems to wash the Religion out of Christianity.

I hope we'll get to see in season 5 of The Chosen: the coin in the fishes mouth, jesus whipping the temple (which in an interview Jonathan said that he's very excited to play that scene as an actor) and also Jesus casting out the demon from the man who's so powerful not even chains could hold him so he casted them out into the pigs. Can you do a video on things we might see in The Chosen season 5 based on the things we've already seen?

Judas: Bro, this love your enemies thing is awesome! *Jesus actually loves his enemies* Judas: Wait, this actions don't make any sense!

Joanna packs stuff like Amazon. Just throw it all in there,who needs bubblewrap for all those jewels.

I saw the scene with the gifts in the box as setting up a contrast for the anointing at Bethany. (I haven't seen episodes 6-8 yet, but I assume this will happen either at the end of this season or the beginning of season 5.) Seeing a woman smash a bottle of expensive perfume to anoint Jesus will probably hit different for both the audience and for Judas when we've witnessed other people giving valuable gifts as financial support.

Anyone else make the connection that the gems mentioned are used in the priestly garments?

Was did Peter want Judas to split the things up in the box and not any other disciple that was there? I just thought that was interesting! 🤔

I'm glad I am getting some insights, even though they are not Biblically based because none of this is actually in the Bible, it's all just assumption, but I never did understand the hows and whys of Judas and I always kind of felt sorry for him and didn't want to judge him at all because the Bible says he repented and went and hanged himself, which to me would mean he felt so badly about what he had done and so unworthy that he took his own life. And that is just very sad. Maybe even if none of this is true, it can help me piece together some other aspects that may have occurred to help me understand why he would do what he did, and then why he would immediately freak out after finding Jesus condemned, give the money back, repent and hang himself. It's inexplicable to me. Some movies have suggested other things, like perhaps he was fooled into thinking that the religious leaders just wanted to talk to Jesus and Judas wanted them to understand who Jesus was, so he took it upon himself to "get them together" so to speak, but then realized he had been used by the religious leaders. There has been much speculation about Judas down through the centuries. What "some believe" and what "others believe" is the difference we have to this day. It's between those who study the Word of God themselves, and those who just listen to others who tell them what's in the Word of God. The ones who study, KNOW. The ones who just blindly believe what others say, DON'T. Perhaps we don't see the truth because of our own perceptions of what "should be" and our expectations. That is the sin of assumption, or even presumption. I believe the children of Israel committed that in the wilderness, and probably we all do on a regular basis. It's a very difficult sin to figure out. Kind of like the sins done in "ignorance" which really means, you don't even know or understand that you are sinning. But it's a very real thing. What we all deserve is hell. What we get for believing is eternal life. We can never repay that because it is a gift, not merchandise. And everything we have, our life, our breath, and all physical things, is from God, not from us. We didn't make any of it. It is all given. So if you believe that, you will never be under the spell of thinking you're not getting what you deserve. Never ask for what you deserve, you just might get it.

21:05 you heard my theory? 😅 i had wondered if he was in his head 😮

She’s the one you couldn’t remember her name

People are always giving crap about Judas but never realize that we’re no different from him. A wise man once said “Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, but we betray Jesus for free”. Even after becoming followers of Jesus, we still sin and betray Him.

Also Judas lied to Jesus saying that guy was like a father to him when clearly the guy doesn’t care for him. He doesn’t think of Judas as a son or even a friend at all. Judas called this guy like a father but Rahma truly believed Jesus as her Father. Quite different and a little sad. But Judas is exactly like what the Bible says “they like the darkness more then the light”.

Same with Thomas … he is different

I didn't know it was the river of the RIVER " StYX AND THE GOD OF THE DEAD. :RIVER OF THE DEAD. IT IS "STYX.' ... I NOTED THE EXCLAMATION BEFORE--THOUGHT IT WAS :"HADES AND STICKS.'" NO.... I WAS WRONG. "THE RIVER OF THE DEAD ,THE RIVER STYX.'--THANKS FOR THE INFO!!!!!!!!!!!

Wax = 1st century Liquid Paper. :)

Also the 30 cons was the price of a slave in that time.

Haven’t watched the episode yet but what’s the harm in watching this 😅

It is sure true that there is nothing like going to Israel to make the Bible come alive to you!!!

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He should never have gone to see Haddad. I know he went struggling with understanding Jesus's teachings. Thats why you never go visit your past life once you have decided to follow Christ. If youre in it continue on until you find vlaritg in prayer. He didnt hate Jesus, he was mortally convinced that he could help him be the military leader the Jews were expecting. He had no idea at this point what Jesus was doing.

WOW, WHAT A SPOILER 😏😅🤣

It’s so odd because I’ve grown up as Catholic. I know the story. I know like the back of my hand. I know Judas betrays Jesus and that it needed to happen because of our salvation. But The Chosen just makes me feel bad for him and want him to make different choices and to talk to Jesus.

Love your drawing attention to "the Judas theme" and the function of the (always beautiful) music! But I can't agree that Judas' eventual actions were innocent, or that they had "nothing to do with money." All three Synoptics show him taking the initiative in approaching the Jewish leaders, who he knew wanted Jesus dead. In Mt he starts by asking, "What will you give me?" Lk says, "Satan entered into him" right before that (later, Jn agrees.) This is clearly presented as something much more nefarious than simple misunderstanding and wrong-headed hopes, which all the disciples were guilty of. All three Synoptics say the leaders "agreed" to give him money, as though it were a condition or demand on Judas' part. It looks more like Judas is totally disappointed in the type of Messiah Jesus conceives himself to be, loses all faith in him, wants out, and uses his position to get money on the way out. He quickly realizes that what he has done tortures and kills an all-the-same innocent person in the process. But he still appears not to believe in Jesus and his message of forgiveness, and so he throws the money back and despairs. I don't believe the "standard narrative," universally presented in the New Testament, is wrong, or that Jesus sadly calls him "son of perdition" for nothing. So I disagree with your interpretation this time...but always enjoy your in-depth look at the artistry of Chosen creators! Thank you so much!

I always thought of Judas as no more than a smart business man who always had money on his mind. On the other hand Matthew being a tax collector, he and Judas would have been the right people to build a financial stable income and have a building dedicated to Jesus like we have today. However Jesus didn't appoint them for that purpose. But they would have been good in that way in my opinion.

Styx

So hades Styx is the same as WTH 😅

I'm dead positive that I watched this days ago, so why does it say "7 hours ago" ? Are you just re-posting videos every week?

Google shows 1 talent= $400,000

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I have a real hard time with your assertion that implies that the way Judas is depicted in The Chosen is the truth as it happened in history. When you commented that the negative way people talk about Judas as being horrible wasn't the truth. (Something to that affect.)

Styx is the river that flows through the Underworld. When the Greeks, Romans and many Egyptians died, their family and/or friends would place coins on their eyes for the ferry man. According to tradition, the great warrior Achilles was dipped into Styx by Thetis, his mother, when Achilles was an infant. This bestowed immortality on him; however, his mother neglected to notice she was holding him by the heel of his right foot. Thus he was vulnerable there. Also, according to tradition, the great coward, Paris of Troy, (with the help of Apollo) was, ironically, the killer of Achilles. Using a poisoned arrow Heracles left in the city a generation before (poisoned, I think, with the blood of the hydra), the god helped him aim the arrow at Achilles heel. As far as Judas is concerned, I hope they aren't too sympathetic with him. The scriptures paint Judas as a son of perdition That shouldn't be ignored or mitigated in any way by Christians as Jesus said, concerning Judas, that it would be better for him that a mill stone were placed around his neck and he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Styx.

Poor Judas 🙁was caught up in his EGO. (you called it "Satan") this struggle was apparently what they were all dealing with. Jesus was mystical. He couldn't get them to see through the veil. I love this show because it is helping us to evolve into our heart, or, CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS!!!

Do you guys think Judas was possessed to do what he did or was it just plain greed? I’ve heard different opinions?

I hate to say it, but I kinda feel like Judas. Imagine being raised to wait for the messiah, having a non-biblical traditional image of him, and yet Jesus being so different to what we expected. Maybe Judas had ambition, but he had no spiritual vision.

I think this show is really starting to cross the line of false gospel. All of these things you all are talking about are not doctrinal. This is not the same Judas of the Bible, therefore this is not the same Christ. I can only hope that there aren’t too many souls who don’t already know Jesus who know better falling to the path of false idols.