The Chosen: Season 1, Episode 4 | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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What scripture is The Chosen season 1 episode 4? ›

Scripture References: John 1:28-29, 35-42 This happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing… he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” ... He (Jesus) said to them (Andrew and John), “ Come, and you will see.” …

The Rock on Which it is Built

The title of this episode refers to Simon's other name, Peter, which Jesus gives him later on. The name “Peter” means “rock,” and Jesus says that Peter himself will be the “rock on which the church is built.”

However, while the apostles are gone on their mission, Eden, Simon's wife, gets pregnant but loses the baby. She becomes burdened with grief and frustration with Simon's absence. After telling Simon what happened, Simon distances himself from the group and his family, seeking comfort by hanging around with Gauis.

Though fixing the cistern might solve the issue for most women in town, it doesn't help Veronica, a woman who has had a blood issue for the past 12 years. She cleans blood-stained rags in a spring, and she meets Peter's wife, Eden, who decides to help her with her laundry.

Atticus is not mentioned in the Bible and lived during the same time as the apostles.

“The Chosen” is upfront in its approach to creating a scripted drama from God's Word. Indeed, the first episode offers this important note: “'The Chosen' is based on the true stories of the Gospels of Jesus Christ. Some locations and timelines have been combined or condensed.

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"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

Foundations help protect our physical homes from disaster. What's our life built on? We must build on the Rock to have protection from spiritual disaster. “Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock” (Matthew 7:24).

In a recent video, Ross revealed that he was born with cerebral palsy and scoliosis. “When [showrunner] Dallas [Jenkins] came to me and asked if we could make my own disability part of the character, that was exciting and scary at the same time,” he explained, adding that it gave depth to Little James' character.

Why is James crippled in The Chosen? ›

In the Bible, there is no indication that Little James had a disability or paralysis. In The Chosen, Little James is portrayed as a person with a disability to enable the show to explore important themes and ideas (see more above).

Eden, Zebedee, Salome, Dasha, & Yussif

get to hear Asaph and his choir perform Psalm 77. The Psalm establishes the idea of crying out to God in the midst trouble and grief.

Jesus is said to have cast seven evil spirits out of her (Luke 8:1-3). In The Chosen, when we first Mary Magdalene in Season 1 Episode 1, she has already been possessed by evil spirits for some time. Jesus heals her evil spirit(s) at the end of Episode 1.

The main function of her death in the story of the show is to provide motivation for Thomas' doubt, Kaphni's anger, and Quintus' demotion. Therefore, Ramah was created and killed off simply to advance the story of male characters.

↑ The Chosen [@thechosentv] (2021-05-23). "We portray Matthew as on the autism spectrum. The writers looked at some of Matthew's characteristics (numbers and facts guy, didn't mind choosing a career being a social outcast) and thought "Asperger's" was a plausible choice and would be compelling" (Tweet).

Look unto me, and endure to the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life,” the verse reads. The headline of one article said “The Chosen” had come “under fire” for the apparent Book of Mormon reference and quoted reaction from social media.

The episode begins with Mary and her father quoting Isaiah 43:1, is repeated again in the middle when her father asks, “what do we when we are scared?” and concludes with Jesus saying these words to Mary: “Mary of Magdala, thus says the Lord who created you: fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name.

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For I, the LORD, am your God, the Holy One of Israel, your savior. I give Egypt as ransom for you, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my eyes and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you and nations in exchange for your life.

EPISODE FIVE

Scripture references from this episode: Luke 2:41-52 - Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. 42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to custom; 43 and when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.