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Dallas Jenkins Defends ‘The Chosen’ Season 4 Shocking Plot Twist
Protestia ^ | June 17, 2024 | staff

Posted on 06/18/2024 9:07:40 PM PDT by 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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KEYWORDS: dallasjenkins; falsedoctrine; ledastray; thechosen; thechosenisfiction
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1 posted on 06/18/2024 9:07:40 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

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


2 posted on 06/18/2024 9:11:16 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: cowboyusa

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.


3 posted on 06/18/2024 9:12:51 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

just as true as the book of mormon


4 posted on 06/18/2024 9:13:47 PM PDT by Craftmore
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To: Craftmore

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


5 posted on 06/18/2024 9:15:44 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Morgana

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


6 posted on 06/18/2024 9:49:32 PM PDT by pigeoninthepark
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To: Morgana

Where is that in the Bible again?


7 posted on 06/18/2024 9:50:46 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Morgana

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.


8 posted on 06/18/2024 9:58:56 PM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: 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.

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.

9 posted on 06/18/2024 10:02:39 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: 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**

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.


10 posted on 06/18/2024 10:07:27 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Craftmore

And just as true as Jehovah’s Witnesses.


11 posted on 06/18/2024 10:07:35 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: cowboyusa

The freak that plays Jesus practices grave sucking.


12 posted on 06/18/2024 10:10:24 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: roving

“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


13 posted on 06/18/2024 10:19:29 PM PDT by pigeoninthepark
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To: Morgana

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.


14 posted on 06/18/2024 10:29:45 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: roving

More information / links on that?


15 posted on 06/18/2024 10:30:28 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Migraine
but I am liking the pieces that give a plausible motivation for some of the apostles.

Question - why is that needed, or appropriate?

16 posted on 06/18/2024 10:35:02 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Morgana
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.

17 posted on 06/18/2024 10:38:18 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Morgana

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.


18 posted on 06/19/2024 12:06:58 AM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Morgana

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


19 posted on 06/19/2024 12:22:38 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Morgana
"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.

20 posted on 06/19/2024 1:02:14 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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