Dallas Jenkins Defends ‘The Chosen’ Season 4 Shocking Plot Twist

Protestia ^ | June 17, 2024 | staff

[Morgana]

he Chosen Director Dallas Jenkins has defended a plot twist in season four of his hit Jesus show, featuring the Savior choosing not to heal the Apostle Thomas’s fiancee after a Roman official straight up murders her in front of them. According to Crosswalk Headlines:

The plot twist occurs at the end of Season 4, Episode 3, when a Roman official, Quintus, grows irate at his inability to capture Jesus in a large crowd and begins swinging a sword. In his anger, Quintus stabs Ramah, the fiancee of the apostle Thomas in the series. Quintus then flees the scene.

With Ramah lying on the ground, bleeding and dying, she urges Thomas to “stay with” Jesus. Thomas then pleads with Jesus to raise her back to life. A tearful Jesus expresses remorse but responds, “It is not her time. I love you, Thomas. He loves you. I’m so sorry.” Moments later, the credits appear on the screen.

We hesitate to think how many people will believe this story is somewhere in the scriptures. Thomas and Ramah’s relationship was frequently featured in The Chosen, and it will almost certainly play a crucial role in why Thomas is given the moniker “Doubting Thomas” following Jesus’ resurrection.

Responding to criticism and comments in his post-episode livestream, Jenkins offered:

“This was not something that we just did to be interesting or to be shocking. This is something that we have thought about and planned since season 1, actually — since we were first coming up with all seven seasons of the show. What you just saw is not something that took place in Scripture … but the truth, the spiritual truth of what we portrayed just now, is extremely important.”

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TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: dallasjenkins; falsedoctrine; ledastray; thechosen; thechosenisfiction

[cowboyusa]

This one, I knew the fruit was bad from the begining.

[Morgana]

I’ve not seen it but since reading about it in Protestia and posting these stories here you all have been telling me all about it.

No one has had anything good to say about it.

[Craftmore]

just as true as the book of mormon

[cowboyusa]

Scripture says beware anything that ads to it. THE WORD OF GOD IS ENOUGH.

[pigeoninthepark]

I’m pretty sure the Bible has multiple times Jesus could have done a miracle but chose not to, so this story segment does not sound inconsistent

[SaveFerris]

Where is that in the Bible again?

[Migraine]

I see plenty of good in it. The scripture is plenty good all by itself; but I am liking the pieces that give a plausible motivation for some of the apostles.

I am an inveterate discerner, and I’ve seen nothing yet to cause me to denigrate this series.

[fidelis]

I’m pretty sure the Bible has multiple times Jesus could have done a miracle but chose not to, so this story segment does not sound inconsistent.

Name one, please. The only time he refused to do a miracle that know of was for the Syrophoenician woman, but that was just to test her faith and he eventually did heal her daughter.

[Zuriel]

**I’m pretty sure the Bible has multiple times Jesus could have done a miracle but chose not to, so this story segment does not sound inconsistent**

In the 4 gospels Jesus only raised 3 people from the dead: the widow’s son in Nain, Jarius’ daughter, and Lazarus. If there were more, the scriptures don’t mention that. In John 5, at the pool of Bethesda, there was a “great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered”, yet he chose to only heal one man.

That said, I’ve seen one episode of the Chosen, about 2 years ago, and was not impressed.

[No name given]

And just as true as Jehovah’s Witnesses.

[roving]

The freak that plays Jesus practices grave sucking.

[pigeoninthepark]

“that freak that plays jesus” has been a consistent Christian his whole life and has done of charitable work, troll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Roumie

[Republican Wildcat]

Can’t really say this is worse than when it started, but it sure isn’t getting any better or less disturbing as time goes on.

[Republican Wildcat]

More information / links on that?

[Republican Wildcat]

but I am liking the pieces that give a plausible motivation for some of the apostles.

Question - why is that needed, or appropriate?

[fidelis]

We hesitate to think how many people will believe this story is somewhere in the scriptures.

Bingo. Never underestimate the laziness of people who can't put forth the monumental effort to crack open a Bible, but week after week over the course of several years will soak up like a sponge someone's theatrical representation of it. Modern television is for zombies.

[skr]

I don’t mind stories based on the Bible, such as Ben Hur and Risen, as long as they don’t make up stories about the life of Jesus or any of the Apostles. Ben Hur did have a moment with Jesus, but it didn’t change anything about the real story of our Savior.

This penchant to basically write fan fiction is just distracting and can deceive people without the writers intending it to.

[ransomnote]

Naturally, the movie makers assumed they could improve on the Bible!

[Rocco DiPippo]

"No one has had anything good to say about it."

Not true at all.

The series, in my opinion, is great. It's acted and filmed beautifully. It is moving and powerful and, in all major details, true to the Gospels. Have artistic liberties been taken here and there? Sure, but not in a bad way.

I highly recommend you watch it. It will move you to tears, make you think about Christ and strengthen your Faith, as it already has for millions of people.

One thing's for sure, it utterly blows away all the corny, schlock film renditions of the Gospels out there.

This series led me to look at the works of Bishop Robert Barron, the writings of C.S. Lewis and Father Chad Ripperger's talks on the spititual world. Their cumulative effect was to reignite my belief in Christ.

Watching "The Chosen" started the whole ball rolling.