I've 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 over the 40 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 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 3, Episode 2 - The 12 Apostles sent by two. Jesus send the twelve Apostles out to heal and preach the good news of the coming Kingdom of God "on Earth as it is in Heaven". The rest of the scenes in this episode are fabricated by the writers but most of them allow the audience to draw closer to the Apostles as normal human beings like you and I. Quintus, Gaius, Atticus and the shanty town are all fabricated embellishments, as is the broken sewer. Ramah and her relationship with Thomas is also made up, as are all the scenes between Simon Peter and Eden. Lastly, there is nothing about "little" James being lame. He was called the "lesser" likely due to his height. So, other than the recurring issues I stated in previous episodes; the names of Christ and his Father as well as the dress and grooming, this was an interesting, even if not Biblical, episode.
Biblical content in this episode; 5%. Luke 9:1-6.