Moments from "The Chosen" that live rent free in my head:
• Season two: John the Baptist excitingly screaming "yeah!" when Jesus cast a demon from Caleb.
• Season two: "The Son of Man- that's Me, btw."
• Season two: Simon P and Andrew's argument ("My little brother whom I love very much?")
• Season two: Phillip's introduction was the best.
• Season three: BIG AND LITTLE JAMES HUGGED ON THEIR 2 BY 2 MISSION AND BIG JAMES HAD TO PICK LIL' JAMES UP BECAUSE HE'S SO SMALL.
• Season three: Angry Phillip.
• Season three: When the man broke into Andrew's flat. ("Knock next time!")
• Season three: When Simon P told Nathaniel and Z to be quite.
• Season three: The Sons of Thunder being jealous of each other because of Thomas.
• Season two/three: Thomas asked Ramah to marry him???
• Season one: "I'm not exactly jumping of out my sandals because Creepy John pointed at someone!"
• Season one: When Andrew got that huge coat for Jesus ("I think I could fit all of you in here with Me.")
• Season two/three: Jesus telling John (and Little James I'm pretty sure?) that He loved them.
• Seasons two and three: Jesus calling His disciples by their nicknames.
• Season two: Simon P introducing the others to Simon Z ("That's Nathaniel, he says what first comes to his mind, so don't be offended.")
• Season two: The Son's of Thunder and the Son's of Jonah competing to see who goes fishing. (Sore loser Andrew lol)
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MY FIRST CHOSEN DRAWING! (that's digital anyway..)
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I am proud to say that the chosen has made a very positive impact on my life it allowed me to see jesus and in a whole new light
The chosen does a great job at showing me the humanity of christ this show does a great job showing jesus having a sense of humor and loving his mother
And also showing his sorrow but that's to be seen at a later time I just love the way they show him loving his mother and his disciples
A lot of people get so caught up in his divinity they forget he was a man too a man a bared the weight of all our sins that he understands all of feelings because he felt them as well
This drawing has the characters in their season one outfits featuring Jesus hugging Simon Peter in the finale of season 1
Now I not saying that every single thing that happens in the show is entirely scriptureally accurate but to quite honest with you what Movie/TV show is about the bible is..
It has its own added characters to give the show more life such as Barnaby and Shula and Tamar And they man at the well which they named Jesse who they written as the brother the Simon the zealot
But it does have quite a bit that is scriptureally accurate such as the healing of the paralytic Man The healing of the leopard walking on water Jesus wept healing of the man at the pool and so on and so forth
If you're someone who watches movies about the Bible about the New testament about Jesus and you're just not connecting with it I recommend you try the chosen it feels real it feels like something that happened in real life it doesn't feel like something that was just written by a random man or made up religion it feels really good to watch it and to see Jesus in a whole new light it for sure made me feel closer to him and like I was seeing things in a new way
Anyway I'm rambling a bit I just wanted to sure my thoughts on series and and how much it means to me
And as always til next time!
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A (probably wrong) theory about Matthew’s sister
So, I recently developed this odd and far-fetched theory after watching the season 3 premier. It’s a real stretch, but I thought I’d unleash it on y’all for funsies. (Sorry for how LONG the post ended up.)
(Slight spoilers for first two episodes of season 3)
I’m really hoping we see more of her (as is everyone, no doubt). While I loved the scenes between Matthew and his parents in 3:02, I was also a bit disappointed that she didn’t appear or even get mentioned. The only references to her so far are a brief glimpse in ep 1:02 and a couple lines in 1:07. Even the novelization doesn’t really shed much more light on the character.
In any other show, I’d assume she’d been retconned, but The Chosen is too well-planned in advance for them to give Matthew a sibling and then just act like she never existed. So where is she? She clearly doesn’t live with their parents at this point.
The most probable explanation is that she’s married, and maybe her husband's trade involves him being out of town for days at a time to explain his absence.
The main problem with this theory is the extreme repercussions Matthew’s career brought on the whole family. In such a strict honor/shame society where the full approval of one’s parents were required for marriage, it would be extremally difficult to find a family willing to let their son marry the sister of a tax collector.
It almost seems like the writers are keeping most things about her a secret. But if so, why? Is it something that will come into play later?
So the gears have been turning, and I thought of these two lines
Obviously the expected question one would ask of a relative they haven’t seen in a long while, and it’s probably just so Matthew can tell Elisheva that he was there earlier.
And yet, it’s almost put forward in a way implying the sister would have reason to not be well.
And that made me think of another character in need of healing, who’s face and identity have been a closely-guarded secret.
COULD THEY BE THE SAME PERSON??
Of course this brings up questions, for which I might have possible answers.
The purity laws (as they were originally written) wouldn’t forbid her from being in her parents’ house and eating the Shabbat meal with them, just as long as they didn’t touch her or her chair (she doesn’t appear to be sharing a seat with anyone). Women being kept entirely secluded from everyone during times of impurity wasn’t really a thing practiced outside the households of priests, religious leaders, or the wealthy.
The bleeding woman’s age is never mentioned in the gospels, only that her condition lasted 12 years. It could’ve started in her teens or early 20′s, and it’s not yet stated which sibling’s the eldest, leaving some wiggle room.
I can’t really come up with any definitive reason why the family makes no inference to something so important. It feels like the writers would have them maybe hint at it by now. Perhaps they do later in the season, now that Matthew’s staying with their parents when the group’s in Capernaum. Maybe she’s hidden from them just how bad it’s gotten, or has times when it’s a little better.
Again, it seems unlikely. You’d think it would be mentioned in the scriptures if she was a sister of an apostle, since the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law is written. Then again, some historians and scholars believe Jesus and the Sons of Zebedee might’ve been cousins, despite it never being explicitly mentioned. Her relation to Matthew could’ve been omitted for various reasons.
For one thing, disability or chronic illness was usually seen in that culture as a sign of God’s anger. It’s possible she moved out of the family home partly for practical reasons (staying in a crowded house made it easier to accidentally break purity law), so she wouldn’t trouble them, and to distance her long-suffering parents from the gossip and shame that would accompany her condition.
If it is her, then anyone who knew about it would probably assume God was punishing the family for Matthew’s betrayal. Especially since it would’ve began just 2-4 years after he became a tax collector (The novel says he’s in his late 20′s at the story’s onset). It’s very possible Matthew partly believes this himself, and guilt’s kept him from asking Jesus to heal her.
As a theory it doesn’t hold much weight. There could be any number of reasons the Bleeding Woman’s appearance has been kept a secret and not much is revealed about Matthew’s sister. She may be someone else farther down the line, perhaps even the Woman Caught in Adultery (the fact John’s is the only gospel that mentions that incident may be significant. Matthew didn’t want to write about such a painful moment for her but trusted John with it, maybe?)
I’m probably reading way too much into things and making huge leaps in reasoning, but I thought it would be fun to share.
Thoughts?
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“So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’” ― JOHN 4 (NIV)
The Chosen S01E08
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"The Chosen," season one, episode four:
• "I'm not exactly jumping out of my sandals become Creepy John pointed at someone!!"
• Andrew's fanboying when he sees Jesus.
• John, James and Zeb??? How did they run that fast in water?? Hello???
• Simon after the miracle: "can u do that again?"
• Poor Matthew spent the night on the beach :(
• + his dog staying by his side
• Simon talking with Matthew before he fishes on Shabatt (first time we see him being "nice" to Matthew??)
• Simon saying to Andrew "go help Eden's brothers, they must be cooking. I can smell it burning"
• Eden's brothers IMMEDIATELY going after Simon when he said they're Eema couldn't stay with them.
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