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Jesus and Little James

Season 3 · Episode 2 - 6:34

When Jesus's disciples are given the power to heal others, one of the disciples—called "Little James" in The Chosen—wants to know why he hasn't been healed of his own affliction in this imagined scene from the series.

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How to introduce this clip

“In the list of Jesus’s twelve disciples, you’ll see that there are two men named “James.” In The Chosen, the creators of the show playfully imagine one of them as being called “Big James,” with the other being called “Little James.” As you might guess, Big James is tall, and Little James is a little shorter. But here’s another part of Little James’ story that the creators of the show have imagined for him: he has a disability. Throughout the first two seasons of the show, we watch Jesus heal scores of people, but he never heals Little James. As you might imagine, it leaves Little James a little baffled, a little hurt. And in Season 3, when Jesus tells the disciples he is going to send them out not only to preach but to heal others, the show’s creators imagine a moment where Little James comes to Jesus with some difficult questions. Let’s listen in on the imagined conversation they have in this clip from The Chosen…”

*If your church does not know about The Chosen, before you show the clip, you might also want to tell them the following: “The Chosen is a television show that tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of the people who knew him.”