Trailer Photos 7. Top cast Edit. Kevin Sorbo Joseph as Joseph. Lara Jean Chorostecki Mary as Mary. Ashley Armstrong Leper as Leper. Josh Bainbridge Aaron as Aaron. Morgan I. Sean Bell Tiberius as Tiberius. Katie Boland Rebekah as Rebekah. Jim Calarco Magi 2 as Magi 2. Rod Carley Magi 1 as Magi 1. Lucius Hoyos Jesus 12 as Jesus Greg Janveau Villager as Villager.
Roger Christian. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Consequently, he makes it his life's mission to avenge their deaths according to the laws of the land.
Complications ensue when Elijah spends time with Joseph, Mary and their young Son, who challenges the very beliefs that fuel Elijah's quest for retribution. He begins to question the true identity of this young boy. Could Jesus possibly be the Son of God? Was Elijah bearing witness to a two thousand year old prophecy?
When the time comes to face his life-long enemy, Elijah finds himself warring within, whether or not to kill or to turn the other cheek and choose forgiveness, contradicting every scripture upheld by Elijah's forefathers. Not Rated. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. User reviews 5 Review. Top review. Herod is the ruthless King who raises taxes for his extravagant vision. Joseph Kevin Sorbo and a pregnant Mary live a simple life and help those in need.
They find no room in Jerusalem as they arrive for the census. Their friend Rabbi Elijah is taken with Rebekah who was left a widow after her husband was killed by Herod's tax collector. The first half is an expanded version of the Nativity of Jesus. I'm not a biblical scholar. I'm not going to get into an argument over any biblical issues.
As a movie, the production is a step below. The time had come to bear witness to a year prophecy: a child of God would be born. Rhys-Davies' close association with epic films, and indeed biblical films, in his younger days gives his introduction extra significance, a trusted and authoritative voice of experience, "old-world knowledge" and "apostolic wisdom".
Babington and Evans As with the opening of King of Kings the voice-over is accompanied by images of the temple set against the clear blue sky. When the film descends to street level to pick up the story, we find that the annunciation, and the accompanying emotional drama, has already happened.
Furthermore, Mary conceiving outside of marriage does not seems to have caused the least bit of controversy. This couple form a contrasting pair with Mary and Joseph, particularly Elijah who is selfless and good. Indeed his devotion to his Jewish faith marks him as exactly the kind of positive, yet fully Jewish, character that was so needed in The Passion of the Christ In contrast, Rebecca is afflicted by the urge for revenge.
The same soldier, Tiberius, kills her husband in the opening scene, then her two children during the slaughter in Bethlehem. As the years pass, her thirst for revenge remains unquenched.
When her and Elijah are reunited with Mary and Joseph twelve years later in the moments after Jesus has been lost in the temple Elijah and Rebecca have married. Rebecca is no longer clad in the black of the opening scenes, and unusually for a character set on revenge, her desire for it has not corroded her soul entirely, but she is still determined to get even. The appearance of Jesus in Jerusalem is also interesting for the way it portrays Judaism. Not for the first time in the film there is debate amongst the Jewish leaders which manages to be passionate yet jovial.
The men clearly love the cut and thrust of debate, and to defend their own ideas and listen to those of others as a natural part of faith and community, rather than as a source of conflict and division. These men are arguing together because they like one another, not because they don't. Jesus brings another angle to the discussion. It's welcomed and they are impressed, but they don't stand back in awe as if centuries of learning have suddenly fallen by the wayside.
Again this is a very positive portrayal of Judaism, and not merely one where all the good characters are Christians-in-waiting. However, the downside of this extra emphasis on Elijah and Rebecca, in addition to that on Joseph and Jesus, is that Mary is very much pushed to the margins. As with Lucius in King of Kings and Severus in The Young Messiah , Tiberius is a member of the roman-who-keeps-crossing-paths-with-Jesus trope, encountering the holy family at several points along the story's extended timeline.
He first enters the story before Jesus' birth; then doesn't quite encounter them at the slaughter of the innocents; and then again later after the twelve-year-old Jesus' trip to Jerusalem. He also seems to be the character tasked with injecting a bit of camp into proceedings given the shortness of his tunic and sleeves.
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