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 4, Broken water well. This episode is mostly about character development. We find out Rabbi Yusef comes from a wealthy family who own the stone quarry and brick manufacturing in Jerusalem. I think this is the wealthy Biblical member of the Sanhedrin named Joseph of Arimathea who stood up in defense of Jesus during his trial and provided the tomb that Jesus' body was laid in. Zebedee is only mentioned twice in the Bible, as being with his sons when Jesus called them. There is nothing about him selling his boat and buying an olive grove. The character Gaius could be the army officer mentioned in the Bible as having a sick servant whom he asks Jesus to heal, so that episode may be coming in season 4.
Biblical content in this episode; 2%. The Apostles heal and expel demons as they preach the good news of the coming Kingdom of God. Jairus' daughter is sick, and the woman with the constant flow of blood is real. The rest of the episode is invented.