I haven't watched the series, "The Chosen," although a friend suggested it to me several months ago. I watched a short clip on Mary Magdalene recently and found it true in spirit. And I would say the same about this clip -- that it is true to life. I've always been frustrated with the "chapter and verse" people who think they know everything there is to know about God. You will never be able to figure God out with your mind. Only with your heart.
And so it was back in the day. The figure who's playing Christ has to get past this woman's emotional and intellectual defenses. She's been hurt and she blames his people. He doesn't run from the argument but he is not aggressive either. In the end, it's that he knows her from the inside out that reaches her. How do you defend against someone who knows your deepest secrets and yet does not reject you, but loves you? I love that fact that she was the first to whom he disclosed his truth. He knew her heart of hearts, and as you can see from her reaction, in her heart of hearts she was ready to hear his truth.
I've always hated portrayals of Christ on film. He's always shown as solemn, morose, and humorless and that has always rung false to me. Here, he's human, warm, and open even when attacked. This feels true. True to life, and more true to my sense of his real character than anything I've seen heretofore.
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