The Upper Room Part I

I liked Marcus and the faith in his dream and his dream becoming true. I liked the memories of Apostles in the way to location of Lat Supper. And, sure, the touching - powerful scenes of washing feeds .

An episode about fears , doubts, about apparences - the meeting of Judas and his elder sister - and about new beginnings - again, Marcus.

Sure, first part of episode . No doubts, profound inspired portrait of Peter like part of us know him. But the veil of sadness, it matters first.

Is it just me? Or is all the constant back and forth past, present get annoying and downright confusing? If I didn't know the order these things happened in, I think I would just be lost.

It's OK that there is added , non-biblical material, but what would be wrong with just doing it mostly in order?

Our family absolutely loves The Chosen. We've reveled in awe at just how emotionally engaging this series has been. Dallas Jenkins and team have taken us on an amazing journey into the lives of Jesus and his disciples, and have done so in a way that has far exceeded expectations. This is why our family was so surprised at just how devoid of emotion season five's seventh episode was. We were expecting a much more explosive conclusion for the first half of the last supper episodes, but instead were given erroneous flashbacks into the disciples lives that seemed more like filler instead of actual content that fit the current narrative. We really hope things pick back up again for the last episode!

Episode 7 Day of the Supper We see the build up to the last supper, a dream come to reality, a betrayal underway, all while Jesus is trying to deliver one last message to his followers, we open the episode with the washing of the feet, humility at its finest. On our way to the supper we get a chunk of flashbacks with some of the disciples.

Another good episode, I see some cribbing the last episode was filler when you could argue all the flashbacks in this I found quite filling. A tad too much BUT other than that no criticism.

A lot more Judas, for good or for worse, it's arguably pitty you feel as he wants to believe but needs even more proof, he truly thinks what he is doing is going to help them all. 7.5/10.

I have been an avid Bible student since I was 21 years old. Prior to that I lived my life without caring what my Creator thought about my choices. My Bible study has only increased in the 40 plus years since I first started reading the Gospel accounts.

I know the Bible very well and am thoroughly enjoying The Chosen series. Naturally, since I am so familiar with the Bible account, I have some opinions about this series. I believe it is important to point out that less than 10% of each episode of The Chosen is actually from the Bible accounts. Ninety percent of these episodes are embellishments; the producer's ideas of how the Bible characters may have spoken, looked and acted, beyond what is written in the Bible. I have no problem with most of those embellishments. As a matter of fact, I appreciate and enjoy much of the non-biblical inventions by the writers of this series.

I would like to speak about the good and the not so good embellishments created by the writers of this series. I hope you will not be offended by my critique.

Season 5, Episode 7 - The daytime before the final Passover

As with all season 5 episodes, this one starts with the final Passover (the last supper) and that scene is very well done, especially the washing of the feet.

The next scene is an invented one involving big James seeing the make-believe character Cafne and some paranoia about what he is plotting; unscriptural nonsense. The Apostles are trying to make preparations for the Passover celebration in a Pagan house but then decide to ask Jesus about it. Only the question to Jesus about where to have the Passover is in the Bible. The rest is unnecessary embellishment which adds nothing to the truth found in Scripture.

While the previous embellishments are useless, the next embellishment involving the scene of Peter and John going to find the house and prepare the upper room for the Passover was excellent! All those details were not found in Scripture but were very well depicted in this scene. The graffiti on the wall was a pretty cute embellishment.

I like the introduction to the Gospel writer Mark, although Scripture would indicate that Mark was a disciple (not Apostle) for some time before the final Passover. Just a note here that Mark's father is not mentioned in Scripture, nor is the notion that the upper room was in Mark's family's house.

There is a scene in episode 7 with Judas and his sister. Judas' sister is not mentioned in the Bible, but this scene is one of the more interesting of all the make-believe scenes in season 5. The writers of The Chosen are really pushing the idea that the reason Judas betrayed Jesus is that he was convinced that the Messiah was supposed to use supernatural power to destroy Rome.

Biblical content 5% - John 13:1-20; Mark 14:12-16.