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See the Dramatic Reenactment of Jesus’ Birth in Mark Burnett’s Epic ‘The Bible’ History Channel Series

Dec. 12, 2012 8:52am Billy Hallowell

Famed reality show producer Mark Burnett has brought Americans popular programs like “Survivor,” “The Apprentice,” “Shark Tank” and “The Voice.” But his next project, “The Bible,” a mini-series set to air on the History Channel in 2013, may come as a surprise to some. The program, which takes the holy book from Genesis to Revelation and re-enacts it, will air in two-hour intervals over a five-week period.

Recently, TheBlaze attended a screening that was hosted by Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”). After airing 90 minutes of the 10-hour series, the duo shared their passion for “The Bible” project, while also highlighting the intense process they went through to see the series come to fruition (Downey plays Jesus’ mother, Mary).

Mark Burnett & Roma Downey Release Nativity Scene From The Bible | History Channel

Among the clips shown during the event, undoubtedly, one of the most powerful was the Nativity scene, as the sights and sounds provide heartfelt context to the events and emotions surrounding Jesus’ birth. The gripping scene opens with the brilliant Star of Bethlehem signaling Christ’s birth to the Wise Men and shepherds, alike.

As rain pours down incessantly, Joseph can be seen frantically seeking help, as he is accompanying his fiance, Mary, who is in labor. Keeping with Biblical tradition, Mary and Joseph inevitably find a place for her to give birth, despite the fact that “there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7).

Burnett and Downey’s depiction of an event that is traditionally limited to textual interpretation brings the pain, fear and excitement that is inherent in the story to life, encapsulating the events in an unprecedented — and entertaining — manner.

Watch the Nativity scene from “The Bible,” below:

As for the project in its entirety, the husband and wife duo are immensely passionate. During the screening event, the two openly shared their faith and devotion, noting that this project is rooted in a deeply-felt connection to a higher power.

“We really felt called to do this. [It] just kept tugging at our hearts,” Downey explained, later adding, “We really felt God’s hand there with us.”

Burnett made it clear that the series is truly cross-denominational and that it was produced while considering the multitudes of differences that exist among and between various Christian cohorts. In addition to appealing to believers, Burnett also hopes that non-Christians will also be intrigued and walk away with a deep understanding of the Bible’s many stories.

“If someone who never opened the Bible — and isn’t going to — loves this, we’ve done it well,” he said.

When TheBlaze asked which scene in “The Bible” was the most difficult to execute, Downey was candid. She described the crucifixion, which was not shown during the screening event, as the most intensely-challenging — and for a variety of reasons. Safety concerns, of course, topped the list.

Mark Burnett & Roma Downey Release Nativity Scene From The Bible | History Channel

Producer Mark Burnett (L) and his wife actress Roma Downey arrive at Operation Smile’s 30th Anniversary Smile Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on September 28, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. Credit: Getty Images

“We did endless tests with the cross, making sure it was bolted in the ground,” she said.

One of the most interesting stories the couple told was about an individual they described as the “snake man,” a professional who would go into locations prior to shooting (the series was filmed in Morocco) to remove the reptiles before the actors would go on set. On the day the crucifixion scene was shot, he cleared 48 snakes from the area — a monumental number.

It was fascinating to hear both Burnett and Downey highlight the importance of on-set prayer circles and their connections to God in helping to move the project along. Considering the long, five-month overseas filming process and the many Biblical details that were needed to take viewers through the world’s most impactful story, some would argue that connection to a higher power was a must-have.

See additional scenes from the series, below:

“The Bible” will begin airing on the History Channel in March, with its final episode showing on Easter Sunday. For more about the series, click here.

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7thAvatar
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:10pm
In reply to IAM SAVED, who wrote:

““Mary remained a virgin”??? I guess Jesus’ brothers and sisters all had virgin births too?

Matthew 13:55-56 – Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us?

End quote. This passage cannot be taken at face value. The word “brother,” or “sister” was used in ancient Jewish society to describe any close relative, or in this case, ‘step brothers or step sisters.’ Nowhere in Scripture does it ever say that so and so was the son or daughter of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Nowhere does anyone but Jesus ever refer to Mary as “mother.” Also, if one maintains that James et al, were truly the brothers and sisters of Jesus, then why did Jesus break the old established Jewish custom of remanding his mother into the care of John, his youngest disciple? While he was dying on the cross, Jesus said to John, and by extension the world, “Behold thy mother.” -

Joh_19:27 After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.

If James was truly Jesus’ full biological brother, and Mary his biological mother, he would have been entrusted with her care, not John

Yes, Mary remained a virgin throughout her entire life, and she bore only one biological child – Jesus of Nazareth.

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- by faith
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:25pm
  From the beginning and by the 3rd century the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary was well established and defended by Hippolytus, Eusebius and Epiphanius, important early Christian theologians. Much of the church therefore did not accept that Mary could have had any children apart from Jesus.; Eusebius and Epiphanius held that these men were Joseph’s sons from former marriage. Jerome, another important early theologian, also followed the perpetual virginity doctrine, but argued that these adelphoi were sons of Mary’s sister, whom Jerome identified as Mary of Cleopas.
  The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church mentions that a modern scholar, whom it does not identify, has proposed that these men were the sons of Clopas (Joseph’s brother according to Hegesippus) and Mary, the wife of Cleopas (not necessarily referring to Jesus’ mother’s sister).
  
  The official Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox doctrine is that Mary was a perpetual virgin; this view was also held by many of the early Protestants,
  
  including Luther and Zwingli,as well as John Wesley, the 18th century Methodist leader.
  
  Indeed, the majority of early Christians seem to have left this doctrine completely unquestioned.
  
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- Platonician
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:29pm
  As I said to other poster that’s a common problem with literal interpretation, which doesn’t take into account the different meanings of the words in different cultures and times.
  
  The Catholic Church teaches that Mary remained virgin, the passage you quote was wrongly translated, as the word for brother and cousin are one and the same in Aramaic. And the only reason Luther, Henry VIII. and the other protestants contested this truth and dogma was because as the depraved sexually-driven individuals they were, they couldn’t imagine such a pure and sacred notion.
  
  Remember the origins of protestantism: Luther wanted to marry a woman after he was ordained priest, instead of leaving the priesthood, he attacked the Church. Henry VIII wanted to divorce and remarry. They have created the roots of modern depravity in secular societies.
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:50pm
  Matthew 1:24-25
  … When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
  
  THE HOLY BIBLE (NIV) – Matthew 1:18-25
  
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- Bloody Sam
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:53pm
  I will watch. And I will cry.
  Heck, I still cry at the end of “Jesus Christ Superstar”.
  
  To have been there and see it happen must have been soul wrenching to the apostles.
  
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- WhiteFang
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 4:05pm
  These filmmakers from Hollywood/History Channel are never accurate. The writers just cannot tell the story with accuracy. From start to finish they take so many liberties that it is un-watchable by those who have Bible understanding.
  If Hollywood cannot bring themselves to tell the story with accuracy, then they should just go with their favourite subject, fiction and fantasy. Otherwise they are guilty of teaching un-truths to the gullible and undereducated.
  If truth is what we want, we must go to the source and leave Hollywood to their gullible supporters who will believe anything presented in movie format..
  
  Read God’s Word the Bible.
  
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- paprtowl
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 5:45pm
  definition of a “virgin” in that time period was an unmarried women .
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 5:49pm
  Cathy
  Scripture’s statement that Joseph “knew [Mary] not until she brought forth her firstborn” would not necessarily mean they did “know” each other after she brought forth Jesus.
  
  Until is often used in Scripture as part of an idiomatic expression similar to our own usage in English. I may say to you, “Until we meet again, God bless you.” Does that necessarily mean after we meet again, God curse you? By no means. A phrase like this is used to emphasize what is being described before the until is fulfilled. It is not intended to say anything about the future beyond that point. Here are some biblical examples:
  2 Samuel 6:23: And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to (until) the day of her death. (Does this mean she had children after she died?)
  1 Timothy 4:13: Until I come, attend to the public reading of scripture, to preaching, to teaching. (Does this mean Timothy should stop teaching after Paul comes?)
  1 Corinthians 15:25: For he (Christ) must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. (Does this mean Christ’s reign will end? By no means! Luke 1:33 says, “he will reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”)
  
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- Roberta J
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 6:14pm
  You see much the same reference in Mark 6:3-4. Jesus calls them “kin.” There was no reason for Mary to remain a virgin after the birth of Christ. It was to confirm his deity as the Son of God. And it is not a sin to lose one’s virginity after marriage. Mary was not called to perpetual virginity anywhere in scripture. Don’t assume what isn’t there.
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 6:30pm
  Agreed
  One should not assume Mary and Joseph had children together or even marital relations. Because it isn’t there.
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 6:33pm
  The Case for Mary’s Perpetual Virginity
  http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/the-case-for-mary%E2%80%99s-perpetual-virginity
  
  The Holy Spirit is Mary’s spouse, but Joseph was her spouse and protector on this earth for at least two obvious reasons. First, as Matthew points out in his genealogy in chapter 1, Joseph was in line to be a successor of David as King of Israel. Thus, if Jesus was to be the true “son of David” and king of Israel (see 2 Sm 7:14, Heb 1:5, Rv 19:16, 22:16), he needed to be the son of Joseph. As the only son of Joseph, even though adopted, he would have been in line for the throne.
  
  Also, in a culture that did not take too kindly to espoused women getting pregnant by someone other than their spouse, Mary would have been in mortal danger. So Joseph became Mary’s earthly spouse and protector as well as the protector of the child Jesus.
  
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- Roberta J
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 6:49pm
  Sorry, ByFaith. If you say that the Holy Spirit was Mary’s spouse, then she has two husbands at the same time…not something Mary’s son would have “espoused.” And because Jesus calls them kin and brothers and sisters, there is more evidence that is what they are rather than what they are not. The Catholic church has always given Mary a higher status than the Bible. Nothing new here.
  
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- davecorkery
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 6:55pm
  I love that legend.
  
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- Roberta J
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 7:04pm
  ByFaith, Jesus did not need Joseph to have a line back to David. Mary was in that line and it was a bloodline. If Jesus had to have the line through Joseph, it could not/would not have been by blood.
  
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- ashestoashes
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 8:40pm
  Luke11:27 And a woman cried out..”blessed is the womb that gave you birth and breasts that nursed you..Jesus replied..”Blessed rather are they who hear the word of God and obey it..
  Mat 12:46-50 While Jesus was still speaking..his mother and brothers are waiting to speak to him..when told..He replies “Who are my brothers and who is my mother? Pointing at his disciples he says..”Here are my brothers and mother..for whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother..my sister..my mother..
  John 16:23..In that day..you will no longer ask me anything..I tell you the truth..my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name..
  Deut.5:8..you shalt not make thee any graven image..or any likeness of anything above the earth..on the earth or below the waters of the earth..
  1Cor 6:9 Who will not enter the kingdom of heaven..Idolaters are mentioned..
  
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- ben_benny
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:39pm
  til I saw the draft that said $9878, I didn’t believe that…my… mother in law woz like actualey bringing in money in their spare time from there new laptop.. there uncles cousin started doing this for only sixteen months and just now repaid the debts on their mini mansion and bourt Renault 5. I went here,,, http://ace60.com
  
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 12:54am
  @WHITEFANG
  
  They were sticking to exactly what you want them to stick to when telling this story.
  
  Fiction and Fantasy.
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 9:48am
  Roberta,
  Hate to be the one to tell you this, but a person’s blood line during the time of Christ was determined by the father. Actually a woman’s bloodline didn’t matter at all.
  You are correct about one thing the Catholic Church has always given Mary a high status. A status that predates the Bible. Even until the time of the reformation, the majority of Christians had a “Catholic” view of Mary. Your position is a creation of man that has manifested itself over the last couple hundred years. Jesus loves His mother and I do too. Why would any woman buy into the misogynistic view of Mary being little more than a useful tool?
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 9:53am
  Kin, that is your “evidence”?
  I have lots of kin that are not siblings
  Do people even today only refer to half brothers as such or do they just say “my brother”
  Are adopted children always refered to as adopted?
  
  Ashes,
  When Jesus was on the cross He gave Mary to John as mother and son. Why did he do that? Did Jesus forget he had brothers that could take care of Mary?
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 10:02am
  Ashes
  Again with the idol worship?
  
  God commands the Israelites to make two golden statues of angels as part of the lid of the Ark of the Covenant (Ex 25:17-19). That’s an image of something from heaven. Then, in 1 Kings 6, God commands that graven images of flowers and palm trees be made, as well as 15-foot tall statues of cherubim. And in Numbers 21, God commands that a bronze serpent be made and uses it to heal the Israelites. It was preserved for 800 years and then destroyed when some began to worship it (2 Kgs 18:4). Catholics do not worship statues, because only God is deserving of adoration. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is adamant in affirming this (CCC 2112–2114). If someone enters your house, he should expect to find a picture of your mother. So, when someone walks into a Catholic Church—the household of God—he should not be surprised to find a picture of the mother of God, along with the rest of the heavenly family! The Church absolutely recognizes and condemns the sin of idolatry. What anti-Catholics fail to recognize is the distinction between thinking a piece of stone or plaster is a god and desiring to visually remember Christ and the saints in heaven by making statues in their honor. The making and use of religious statues is a thoroughly biblical practice. Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t know his Bible.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 10:35am
  BY FAITH . . . “This passage cannot be taken at face value.”
  
  Now you’re talkin’.
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 11:14am
  Pantload
  
  your quote was from 7thAvatar
  
  Not saying I don’t agree with it, but give credit where credit is due
  
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- Platonician
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:24pm
  @Roberta J
  “There was no reason for Mary to remain a virgin after the birth of Christ.” “And it is not a sin to lose one’s virginity after marriage.”
  
  I’m sorry?!! We are talking about the Mother of God here! Not about Barry Soetoro’s mom…..
  
  These are the typical problems with all protestant interpretations of the Scripture: subjectivism and ignorance. Without the anthropological, linguistic, historical and theological guidance of the Church, each one draws the most absurd conclusions based on his/her own limited worldview.
  
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- loneindividual
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 9:49pm
  1. Jesus giving John the charge of looking after his Mother was a temporary charge.
  
  Mary remaining a virgin? I highly doubt that. She is The Virgin Mary by title cuz she actually did that. Thus it sticks with her no matter what.
  
  2. The Catholic Church didn’t want divorce, because the idea of divorce is like looking for another religion.
  
  I’m pretty freaking sure that the Catholic Church was corrupt and still is today. All history bears witness to the Romans hijacking Christianity after severely abusing it…and then Constantine FORCES it upon all the Empire. Genocide, Torture, Theocracy…you name it.
  
  Screw the Romans.
  
  3. Remember, the Pilgrims came to The New World: America for Religious Freedom. Why? Because there was none in Europe! All the Religions of Europe had Central & Absolute Authorities.
  
  4. Remember…Christians & Deists wrought the Declaration of Independence.
  Not one of them to my knowledge was Catholic, Muslim, or Atheist.
  
  So enough of everyone’s historical revisionist hogwash. I will never forget the horrible things that those Churches did. Religion has been hi-jacked for thousands of Years. Even Jesus fought against THEM.
  
  Marx (Promethean & Nihilist) The view Tyrants have.
  “Religion is the Opiate of the Masses.”
  Church is for the Distribution of the Opiate.
  
  Myself (Lockean & Anti-Promethean) The view a Son of Liberty would have.
  Religion is the Cause of the Individual.
  Church is for the Organizing of that Cause.
  
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- Imjetta
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 2:15am
  What a load of dung. Mary and Joseph were MARRIED; they were nowhere asked to remain CELIBATE throughout their lives. Mary bore sons, and most likely daughters. Only ONE was a virgin birth.
  
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- Quester55
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:47am
  In those Early years of the Establishment of the Roman Catholic Church, many So Called & Self Proclaiming Wise men entered the catholic History Books By Translating the Words of the Hebrew followers of JESUS, & Distorted his Litters & Those things that Jesus Said, All in Accordance to the wishes of the Roman Church.
  The first two comments we read on the Comment section, Contains many of these Distortions and Out & Out LIES. For Example; The Followers & Believers of & in JESUS CHRIST, NEVER CALLED Themselves, CHRISTIANS!, The Scriptures state that THEY WERE FIRST CALLED CHRISTIANS in Antioch! Note, It Did Not Say that THEY Called Themselves Christians, It Said THEY WERE First CALLED Christians There. A Small Fact but any Lie, No matter how Small, Is still a Lie!
  This Movie seems like it will be good, as a Fictional telling of the birth, Life & Death of JESUS, But I’ll Hold back my Comments until then. That is if the Muslims & Obama don’t shut it down first!
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:59am
  Loneindividual
  1. Where is there any proof that this was a temporary charge? The perpetual virginity of Mary has been taught and believed from the beginning of Christianity. It was even believed by Luther, Zwingli and Wesley (all reformers)
  2. The church doesn’t like divorce because when you get married you stand before God and promise to stay together until death, not until you get tired of each other.
  3. “The gates of hades shall not prevail”…Jesus
  4. The Pilgrims left Europe because they didn’t want to be forced to follow state religion…i.e. the Church of England.
  5. Your knowledge is incorrect. Charles Carroll of Carrollton was Catholic
  
  Matthew 16:18-19
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:18am
  Know what else happened in Antioch?
  St. Ignatius of Antioch
  The second Bishop of Antioch, Syria, this disciple of the beloved Disciple John was consecrated Bishop around the year 69 by the Apostle Peter, the first Pope. A holy man who was deeply loved by the Christian faithful, he always made it his special care to defend “orthodoxy” (right teaching) and “orthopraxy” (right practice) among the early Christians.
  In 107, during the reign of the brutal Emperor Trajan, this holy Bishop was wrongfully sentenced to death because he refused to renounce the Christian faith. He was taken under guard to Rome where he was to be brutally devoured by wild beasts in a public spectacle.
  He was dedicated to defending the true teaching handed down by the Apostles so that the brothers and sisters in the early Christian communities, and we who stand on their shoulders, would never be led astray by false teaching. He urged them to always listen to their Bishops because they were the successors of the Apostles.
  Ignatius is responsible for the first known use of the Greek word katholikos (καθολικός), meaning “universal”, “complete” and “whole” to describe the church,
  When Ignatius wrote the Letter to the Smyrnaeans in about the year 107 and used the word catholic, he used it as if it were a word already in use to describe the Church. This has led many scholars to conclude that the appellation Catholic Church may have been in use as early as the last quarter of the 1st
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:42am
  Imjetta
  “Mary bore sons, and most likely daughters.” I would love for you to provide one shred of evidence to prove this statement.
  
  you can quote scipture where Jesus is told his brothers are waiting to see him, but you need to prove Mary gave birth to them. Those men could be 1/2 brothers (Josephs children from a previous marriage) or cousins or adopted children.
  So please inlighten me. Prove your statement.
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:43am
  “Your mother and brothers are here to see you”. Jesus said “who are my mother and brothers? Those who believe in me and follow me are my mother and brothers”. I am paraphrasing.
  The term “adelphi” that was used in aramic means “cousin or kinfolk”. It was a very common term used during this time. In fact, in the book of Tobit we see “this is my brother, Tobit” followed a few short sentences later with “have you met my cousin Tobit?”
  This endearing term is still used today in some middle eastern and African cultures, though not that exact word. The word was used to describe a cousin or kinfolk that is referred to as “brother”.
  This interpretation of the meaning of the word “brothers” is supported by several other references in the gospels to these guys. For example, Matthew reports that watching Jesus on the cross from far away was amongst others, Mary the mother of James and Joses. This cannot be the same Mary, mother of Jesus as John 19:25 has her standing at the foot of the cross. There are other references in Mark and Acts to the people named as Jesus’ brothers, but in those they have different fathers, strongly indicating that they were not Jesus’ blood-brothers.
  But more significantly don’t you think it’s rather strange for Matthew and Mark to write “Mary the mother of James and Joses” instead of just Mary, Jesus’ mother seeing as the gospels are about Jesus and not his brothers?
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:08am
  Also, John reports that when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved he said to his mother “Behold your son” and to that disciple “Behold your mother”. Now if Jesus had all those brothers and sisters it would have been extremely offensive and unusual in a culture where family and kinship ties were totally central for Jesus just to “give” his mother away like that. There’s no reason not to think that if Jesus actually had any actual brothers or sisters they would have been quite capable of looking after Mary.
  Another point is that if Jesus did have a number of brothers then it didn’t take years and years for them to be born. Yet 3-4 years after Jesus’ birth Matthew tells us Joseph took the child and his mother back to Egypt. Not children and their mother. Similarly Luke 2 has Jesus at the temple when he was 12 years old. It has his parents returning home while he stayed behind in the temple. Later when they come back to get him, Mary says “your father and I were anxiously looking for you”. No mention at all of any siblings. If he was still an only child at 12 then Mary and Joseph must have waited an awful long time to have more kids!
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:10am
  It would certainly complicate matters theologically if Jesus had siblings. What is their status then? Are they sons and daughters of God as well by virtue of being Jesus’ half-brothers and sisters? After all, the same womb that conceived by the Holy Ghost bore them as well. It is plainly repugnant to the spirit if not the letter of the gospels to imply that Jesus had siblings. This is a case where ancient Church teaching definitely needs to be invoked to prevent blasphemy and heresy.
  In context the Bible verses mentioned can have only one meaning, since Mary was clearly Jesus’ mother and His other siblings were with her. If the generic term was meant then literally all believing men and friends of Jesus would be His brethren and all females in the same relation His sisters, which is the distinction He plainly draws.
  Jesus Himself in the gospel passages is clearly and plainly drawing a distinction between the earthly relationship of kinship and the spiritual brotherhood and sisterhood. Any other interpretation makes the dialogue utterly meaningless.
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:12am
  If you look at the customs of the time and the laws as well, you will find the answer in scripture.
  
  Are you familiar with how Jesus actually died on the cross? When one was crucified, it caused extreme pressure on your chest and made breathing very difficult. You had to push up with your feet, which had a large nail thru them, to breath. This cause extreme pain. You basically suffocated as your strength gave out.
  With this in mind, one would come to the conclusion that if you wanted to speak, you would make sure that what you said was very important because of what you had to endure in order to speak. Jesus did speak from the cross. He said “woman”- which in that era was a term of endearment, “woman, behold your son”, then turning to His beloved disciple, He said “Behold your mother”.
  He then asked John to take her into his home to care for her.
  If Jesus had brothers, he would not and could not have done this.
  We would have also heard major dissent from his siblings over him saying this.
  There was none because there were no siblings.
  It was the custom and the law for the next oldest male to have taken in the mother to care for her, but Jesus asked John to do this as Jesus was an only child.
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:18am
  Paul called Timothy his son
  Jesus and Peter both calls Abraham father
  
  Do you also believe these are true familial relationships?
  
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- UrbanApologist
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 4:10pm
  If Mary remained a perpetual virgin then Joseph is the real saint…
  
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- ShortTom
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 3:33pm
  @ByFaith, what’s the driver behind the perpetual virginity of Mary doctrine? To elevate her to the Queen of Heaven (as in sinless and worthy of deity status). This is biblically inaccurate. First of all, John’s epistles tell us that if any man says he has not sin, “he is a liar”. Mary was a sinner as much as anyone.
  
  Also, and much MUCH more important, Mary was in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Ghost was poured out. She received the same salvation that every man, woman and child must experience to be saved: she repented and was baptized (inferred by her participation with Peter, who preached this was necessary), and received the baptism of Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. She needed to be saved just as much as anyone, and is NO heavenly Queen.
  
  She is a simply a godly example of the faithful saints of the early church.
  
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- myownperson1970
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:59am
  Jesus gave Mary to John to care for because James was not yet a believer. When Jesus is born then Mary goes and makes a sin offering in Luke 2:24/Leviticus 12.
  
  Then in Matthew 1:25 it says that Joseph did not know her until after Jesus was born.
  
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environmentalandawake
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:56pm
This is brilliant. Downy is a great actress. Having said that, any bets on when the G will shut it down?

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MMSands
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:25pm
I guess it’s good to see some of it, but a newborn with no umbilical cord and no placenta? And the Three Kings arrived on the 12th day of Christmas (at the very earliest, although there are those who claim that Jesus was a toddler by the time they got there).

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FaithfulFriend
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:00pm
Every published Bible is a copyrighted work and each version must be different and offered under a different name. This is a problem.

However, being born a gentile, He in me was a free gift and has been provided by the Father as the same to you. Reconciled before GOD through the saving grace of Jesus, His Son and the promise of life everlasting.

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- Roberta J
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 6:01pm
  FaithfulFriend,
  
  Actually, the Authorized KJV is not copyrighted. It is in the public domain. Maps and study helps will be if there are any in your copy, but the Bible itself is not.
  
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GKS
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:22pm
“Burnett made it clear that the series is truly cross-denominational and that it was produced while considering the multitudes of differences that exist among and between various Christian cohorts.”

Speaking from the Greek Orthodox “cohort” perspective:

1) The Ever-Virgin Mary was thirteen at Christ’s birth not a mature woman.
2) St. Joseph the Betrothed was an elderly widower with his own children who was only the guardian of Mary and later the Child. He is always painted with either grey or even white hair.
3) The Magi were Persian (Iranian) astrologers (not multi-racial kings) who followed the star because it moved east to west (instead of the reverse), stopped and started as they journeyed and finally stopped over the place of Christ’s birth. It was no ordinary star. They are depicted riding horses in ancient Christian art, not camels.
4) The birth of Christ was miraculous as was His conception. There was no pain and Mary remained virgin after the birth which is why She is called the “Ever-Virgin Mary.” In iconography She is depicted with a star on each shoulder and on Her forehead symbolizing that She was a virgin before, during and after the birth of Her Son Jesus Christ.
5) Jesus is the Greek for Joshua.

The Nativity of Christ was not a common one although it invariably is portrayed as such in these productions. I recognize that other “cohorts” have divergent opinions but this is certainly the one of ancient Christian art and the earliest patrist

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- GKS
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:27pm
  I recognize that other “cohorts” have divergent opinions but this is certainly the one of ancient Christian art and the earliest patrist
  
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- iamsaved
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:56pm
  “Mary remained a virgin”??? I guess Jesus’ brothers and sisters all had virgin births too?
  
  Matthew 13:55-56 – Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us?
  
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- Platonician
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:04pm
  @iamsaved
  That’s a common problem with literal interpretation, which doesn’t take into account the different meanings of the words in different cultures and times.
  The Catholic Church teaches that Mary remained virgin, the passage you quote was wrongly translated, as the word for brother and cousin are one and the same in Aramaic. And the only reason Luther, Henry VIII. and the other protestants contested this truth and dogma was because as the depraved sexually-driven individuals they were, they couldn’t imagine such a pure and sacred notion.
  
  Remember the origins of protestantism: Luther wanted to marry a woman after he was ordained priest, instead of leaving the priesthood, he attacked the Church. Henry VIII wanted to divorce and remarry. They have created the roots of modern depravity in secular societies.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:14pm
  IAMSAVED..she was a virgin after the birth of Christ meaning she still had her maidenhead until she birthed James, Salome..etc. What GKS is saying is that Mary’s maidenhead was not broken during the birth of Jesus. A virgin conceived and birthed Jesus.
  
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- handmaidlean
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:29pm
  This Orthodox Christian applauds your irenic answer!
  Christ is born! Glorify Him!
  
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- MONICNE
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 4:12pm
  If pasty lil AverageJoKer knew anything about human female anatomy he would go to the maidenhead of the class.
  
  Our much-maligned misomater moans about Virgin Mary, saying, “meaning she still had her maidenhead until she birthed James, Salome..etc.”
  
  A human woman would have been deflowered during conception and not birthing.
  
  Just another misrepresented factual detail from our ever changing cut & paste political pundit, social scientist, medical doctor, economist, advisor and now clergyman, A-WankerK – who is also a fake American citizen.
  
  TEA Hee (Wallaby-wannbe.)
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 2:35pm
  Yes but MONICNE/ENCINOM/SLEAZY HIPPO/KREGNEVA/ad nauseum..Mary, mother of Jesus wasn’t impregnated by a man so your baiting amounts to nothing more than the bitter ranting of a twisted lefty troll screaming for my attention . Immaculate conception ring a bell?
  Thanks for playing clownshoes.
  
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endlessummer
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:07pm
When I saw the two clips from the upcoming movie, I cried. I don’t care that the details weren’t correct, but only that the truth is that Jesus is real, is God, and was born of the Virgin Mary.
How beautiful to be reunited with a visual connection to the real meaning of Christmas at a time that my heart is so weary with the troubles of the USA, and the world.
May God bless all of you, and reconnect you with the joy, wonder and peace of this Christmas season.

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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:58pm
  I agree!! Thank you ENDLESSUMMER! Thank you HISTORY CHANNEL!
  
  The Reason for the Season? John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  
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- derekb
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:38pm
  Likewise. AMEN! Share the good news, do not hide His word!
  
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neffy812
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:42am
I’d rather see them try to reenact the conception.

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- Cesium
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:53am
  Other sci-fi stories like Prometheus have that part covered
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:09pm
  We humiliated, tortured and nailed him to a cross to die two thousand years ago…and it seems that’s not enough..so today we still want to humiliate and demean him. Why do you want to do that to him didn’t he suffer enough for you?
  
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- nonofmybiznez
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:10pm
  AvengerK…Jesus can take it. He is the only one that continues to change the world. Granted there are those that don’t love him, but they have a chance to change their heart until they die. He does not feel the pain, we cannot hurt him. He loves us so much that he does it all for us. All we have to do is love. Love him, love each other and learn to love our enemy. The table is set and all are welcome to join. May God bless all who question him for they will have their answer.
  
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:00am
  @AVENGERK
  
  I don’t remember asking him to die for me.
  
  Therefore his “sacrifice” was forced upon me.
  
  Why did your God create a system where sin needed to be forgiven by a human sacrifice?
  
  It is your God who supposedly sent “himself” as his “son” to “die” for our “sins” only to be “resurrected” to become the person who judges the “souls” of men.
  
  Therefore
  
  Your God was so incompetent that he created a system where his creation was destined to fail, and then sent himself and sacrificed himself, to himself to create a loophole that he created.
  
  NONSENSE!
  
  But yes, please tell me again that “I just don’t understand Christianity.”
  
  Let me ask you, if you were to say something about Islam, and a Muslim said, “you just don’t understand” would you take them seriously?
  
  No, the problem is, is that I completely understand your bogus nonsense and call it for what it is.
  
  You are either so consumed by it you can’t see it, or are being willfully ignorant and looking at your fairy tales through rose colored glasses because you can’t think for yourself.
  
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by faith
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:41am
Haven’t you heard? The book is always better than the movie.

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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:30pm
  THE BOOK – THE HOLY BIBLE
  
  Old Testament – Isaiah 9:6
  For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders;
  And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
  
  New Testament – Luke 2:10-11
  I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  
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- Mr Sanders
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:11pm
  Ah… yes… but some whom lack “vision” need the action before them to take hold.
  
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- Xyskalla
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:22pm
  Amen to that.
  
  Genesis to Revelation in only 10 hours? I have a bad feeling about this.
  
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by faith
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:37am
Some of you people are amazing.
Just because this trailer doesn’t match word for word with your preferred translation of the Bible you complain?
There are dozens of different translations of the Bible.
The complete KJV wasn’t published until 1611. Over the centuries, numerous changes have been made, with the result that most versions of the KJV currently on the market are significantly different from the original. This has led one publisher to recently re-issue the 1611 King James Version Bible. (who was King James and why does he get his own version of the Bible anyway. Wouldn’t that be kinda like the President Obama Version of the Bible, but I digress)

The Catholic Church has multiple versions that are approved/recommended.
What is important about the story of Jesus is not the word for word recitation of a book. Jesus and what He did are so much bigger than any one book or one song or one movie can even dream of capturing.
It’s the story that matters more than the word.

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- by faith
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:47am
  Jesus is the Word and the Bible tells His story
  
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Brother Winston Smith
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:59am
Maybe this series will help FAKE-conservative/libertarian REPUBLICAN Glenn Beck cease his MISLEADING, through DECEPTION, coercion to support the ANTI-GOD, Constitution-SHREDDING, Chickenhawking, progressive republican/democrat (same thing) party.

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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:59pm
  Huh?? So, you are admitting that you are a TROLL, FAKING the fact that you are a member of this board? HUH?
  
  You bumble-butts always have to be in the thick of things because you cannot stand the TRUTH THAT SETS MAN FREE because you LOVE ENSLAVEMENT. Jesus came to free mankind and even if we lived in a Communist enslaved country, because Jesus dwells in our hearts, WE WILL ALWAYS BE FREE. You really hate that, don’t you?
  
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scanner
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:53am
Hey! Where’s the Little Drummer Boy! Don’t tell me they left him out.
I wanted to see the animals keeping time to the music and how about a
cameo for Frosty the Snowman. I mean, if you are not going to actually read the Bible
why not pull out all the stops? Toss in a chimney with Santa bringing a present
and have a red-nosed reindeer leading the shepherds?

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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:38am
  I would not trust the History Channel to produce anything that is actually biblical.
  
  The resurrection/rapture comes http://youtu.be/ahEVxIzlxwo
  
  Read, Understand, BELIEVE Romans 10:9-10 and become believers before it is to late
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:16pm
  As I told the other mockers here…
  We already humiliated, tortured and nailed him to the cross to die two thousand years ago. Why do want to continue to mock and humiliate him today? Didn’t he suffer enough to please you?
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 13, 2012 at 6:29pm
  The theological notion of”rapture” was invented 170 years ago.
  In 1830, in Port Glasgow, Scotland, fifteen year old Margaret MacDonald had a vision concerning the return of Christ. Her vision was adopted by John Nelson Darby a British minister and founder of a denomination called the “Plymouth Brethern.” In 1909, an American, C. I. Scofield, pubished an annotated version of the “King James” translation of the Bible called the “Scofield Reference Bible.” Scofield’s annotations were based on the theology of John Nelson Darby. The “Scofield Reference Bible” popularized the teachings of Darby. Fundamentalist Christians in the U. S. adopted Scofield’s Bible as authoritative. With the rise of fundamentalism in the U. S. in recent years, the popularity of the theological notion of the “rapture” has also gained popularity.
  Pre-tribulation rapture does not appear in the Bible.
  Jesus’ second coming does not happen twice.
  
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brigott
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:30am
“…considering the multitudes of differences that exist among and between various Christian cohorts.”

“Cohorts”? Seriously? those that hold a particular Christian belief are now “cohorts” of Christianity?

While the scene shows some of the emotion of the event, what happened to the angels saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”

And He isn’t just the “promised king of his people” as the scene portrays, He is the eternal King and Righteous Judge over all the earth; yay, over all creation, for He is The Creator.

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- termyt
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:49am
  Yes, cohort. An odd usage, but accurate as “cohorts” can represent a collection of people of the same or similar demographic – Christianity in general, in spite of its many divisions.
  
  As for the angels, you saw 5 minutes of a two-hour show. Let’s save the disappointment until we can actually see the whole thing, OK?
  
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- brigott
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:01pm
  Except that the excerpt starts with a pregnant Mary and ends with the shepherds and wise men at the stable.
  
  The angels spoke to the shepherds before they went to the stable, so this section does not allow for them to be accurately portrayed anywhere.
  
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salvawhoray
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:21am
seems like the new word that the sheepeople use is “EPIC” I’m so tired of seeing or hearing the word.

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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 5:32pm
  Do you find the use of the word ‘EPIC’ as ‘SHOCKING’ as I do?
  
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ctrcswaw
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:05am
I applaud them for trying to get the Word oud, however I wish they would have read the Bible first. So much fail I can’t even begin.

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schroeder123
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:00am
Two things you cannot argue over.
The Ten Commandments and what Jesus taught.
Pray in private, one on one.

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- jakartaman
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 4:21pm
  Our current world civilization is morally – spiritually and financially bankrupt.
  As the ancient did – they ignored Gods teachings and paid dearly. We too have turned our backs on GOD and I am afraid we are on the cusp of his wrath!
  
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Vickie Dhaene
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:56am
I for one is anxious to become a regular viewer of this series. I love biblical stories and still watch the “oldies”. I would also like to see a rerun of “The Robe”.

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- OutOfTheAether
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:21am
  One of my favorite old movies. You can go on YouTube and watch it.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wbHZaWDmyM
  
  Enjoy!
  
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jrc99
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:56am
Well I hope it turns out good. But I always have my doubts when it comes to TV portraying anything correct in the Bible.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:37pm
  I have a feeling anything that you disagree with is automatically incorrect. I prefer to keep my mind open for business, I’m willing to learn something new.
  
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nonofmybiznez
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:52am
Wow, looking forward to seeing how many people will tune in to watch this. It could be epic. Loved the Cee Lo Green version…who knew he could sing that good? Well done trailer…I couldn’t help myself but feel the emotion. Can’t wait! Thank you Mark!

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handsmcml
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:40am
Jesus was born in the early fall, not the start of winter. The shepherds would not have been out in the rain and nowhere does it say that there were three Wise Men. The bible just lists three gifts. Mary, who was probably 13 or 14, would have called the child Joshua bar Joseph, not the Greek name Jesus. I hate it when the History Channel can’t get the history correct!

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- nonofmybiznez
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:53am
  And, what does the Bible itself say?
  
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- schroeder123
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:54am
  Thank you.
  
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- Dman626
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:04am
  I agree with the comment about the rain and especially the Three Kings. But Gabriel had already told Mary to name the child Jesus before he was conceived. So that she named him Jesus shouldn’t be a surprise.
  
  The part that I get really annoyed with is that the Three Kings were NOT there at the birth! In fact, it could have been as much as a year to two years LATER before the Three Kings arrived. They saw the star, and headed east. Knowing that the star signaled the birth of a “king”, they did what Kings would do and assume: they went to the ‘palace’ and saw the Governor Herod. How long after the birth that the Three Kings finally arrived in Jerusalem is unknown. But the star was still shinning. Herod assembled his researchers and scholars and confirmed the Three Kings’ story. Herod, afraid that a “king” not of his line had been born, told the Three Kings to continue their journey and to report back to him after they found the child so that he may worship him, too… nudge nudge… The Three Kings found Mary, Joseph, and Jesus under the star. Again, no idea how much time has passed. They were warned in a dream to NOT report back to Herod, and they snuck out of the country. When Herod realized he was tricked, he order the execution of all first born sons under the age to two, to coincide with when the star had appeared.
  
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- termyt
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:10am
  You forgot the most important error – Mary and Joseph didn’t speak English! OMG, this is blasphemy!
  
  If they translate “Help me!” to English, why not use the names we are all most familiar with as well?
  
  And so, just how many “wise men” where there? Could you please provide the Biblical number so they can get the casting correct? What? It doesn’t say? You mean it’s possible there were exactly three? Huh.
  
  This is why Christianity is so divided. We can’t get past the minutia to see what is truly important.
  
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- JEANNIEMAC
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:33am
  Mary did not suffer pain in giving birth to Jesus. She was preserved as a virgin before and after the birth. Just as Jesus passed through the door when He appeared to the apostles, so He passed through the body of Mary in being born.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:26pm
  But he was not “ben Joseph” and Mary and Joseph knew this. Why call him son of Joseph when he was not Joseph’s son? Furthermore….Yeshua is the Hebrew pronounciation. The Latin and Greek pronounce his name “Iesus” (the “Ie” in his name is pronounced like the letter “Y”in English).. hence the plaque above his head on the cross in Latin “INRI” (Iesus Nazareus Rex Iudaeum..Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews) and the Greek “INBI” (Iesous Nazareos Basileos ton Ioudaion..Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews). It’s the English that puts the “J” in Jesus. If you want to quibble about the various pronounciations of Jesus then please quibble more accurately.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:37pm
  NONOFMYBIZNEZ…the bible doesn’t say what season it was. But we know what season it was by the referrence in Luke about the shepherds being out in the fields at the time. This tells us late spring early autumn in Judea. Luke also tells us that Caesar Augustus had decreed a census and Joseph and Mary had to return from Egypt to Bethlehem for the census. Now until recently there was no evidence that this demand to return to one’s home for the census took place in the Roman world but a recent archeological discovery confirmed the practice.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:41pm
  HANDS…in both the Latin and the Greek…Yeshua is written as “Iesus” and “Iesous” respectively. The “Ie” is pronounced as a “Yeh” in English. Hence…phonetically it’s pronounced “Yesus” which is closer to the Hebrew “Yeshua”. It’s modern English that turns the “Y” to a “J” sound in Jesus. As for “ben Joseph”..he was not Joseph’s son..why call him “ben Joseph” son of Joseph?
  
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- nonofmybiznez
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:43pm
  Thanks for the wonderful background info. You don’t get educated on the history of the languanges in school, so we never learn theological “stuff”. Who knows if they are teaching any proper world history these days.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 2:26pm
  You’re welcome NONOFMYBIZNEZ.
  
  Here’s one that I’ve found shuts atheists and Christ-haters up very fast. They use “Easter” as a “pagan” holiday therefore Christians don’t know what they’re celebrating..that in turn..it’s all a sham.
  
  They are merely show their ignorance when they do that.
  
  Easter is derived from the German “Oester” which the English later co-opted. But the older christian cultures, the ones closer to the events and the early church..Latin, Greek, French etc..still use variations of the word “Pascha” for Easter. And “Pascha” is derived from the Hebrew “Pasach” for Passover because of the proximity to Christ’s passion, crucifixion and resurrection with the Jewish Passover/Pasach. This why we have terms like “Paschal lamb” for instance. Use this one next time…you’ll watch their jaws drop.
  
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Mahtoska
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:28am
Now the haters will come out in droves. I have only one thing to say: “A fool hath said in his heart ‘there is no God’.

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- brigott
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:33am
  Except that there is really nothing in this scene for them to hate.
  
  They hate God, and there is absolutely NOTHING in this depiction of the nativity that links the incarnation and virgin birth of Jesus to His divinity.
  
  Just another cute, emotional story the way it is portrayed.
  
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copatriots
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:27am
I wondered just the other day whatever happened to Roma Downey…..wasn’t at a computer to look it up. Good for her and her husband. I love the prayer that accompanied the filming. I hope the end result is honoring to God.

Interesting about the snakes. I wonder about the significance of finding 48. Satan’s tactics never change. Once a snake, always a snake.

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RRFlyer
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:25am
I hope they were sincere in making this movie. It will be nice to see something related to God that isn’t all blasphemy.

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BrotherWill
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:24am
CeeLo Green? The guy who wrote and sings the song “F*** you!”? How appropriate.

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- nonofmybiznez
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:55am
  One never knows when one will be called to do God’s work.
  
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iamsaved
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:17am
It would have been nice had the trailer been Bibically accurate. The 3 magi didn’t show up at the cave/stable where Jesus was born. It was later, when the child was no longer an infant but a young child living in a house.

Matthew 2:11 – And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

One must watch shows about Christianity on the Discovery channel very carefully as they are loose with the facts and interpretation of the Bible.

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- iamsaved
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:23am
  Sorry, I meant to say the History Channel. Although the same can be said about the Discovery Channel.
  
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huey6367
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:11am
The ad for Atlas Shrgged II was great.

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- RRFlyer
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:23am
  And what does that have to do with this story????
  
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- brigott
  Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:35am
  RRFLYER,
  
  I has to do with the fact that we had to watch an ad for Atlas Shrugged before we could watch the trailer for the nativity scene.
  
  Doh!
  
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