About
The first ever made for TV miniseries documents the story of Jesus Christ from birth to resurrection.
Cast
Art Gilmore
as Narrator
Eileen Rowe
as Mary the Mother
Peter Whitney
as Herod Antipas
George Bruggeman
as John
Gayne Whitman
as Judas Iscariot
Carl Milletaire
as Pharisee
Bing Russell
as Lazarus
Jeanne Bates
as Mary - Sister of Lazarus
I. Stanford Jolley
as Dismas the Good Thief
James Flavin
as Longinus
Dennis Moore
as Assyrian Messenger
John Alvin
as Joseph
Eddie Dew
as James
Mort Mills
as Habor
Grandon Rhodes
as Nicodemus
Allene Roberts
as Dora
John Crawford
as Joel
Trevor Bardette
as Isaiah
Robert Holton
as Jesus
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Holy Night
Prophecies of Isaiah concerning the Messiah come to pass centuries after their foretelling with the annunciation and subsequent birth of Jesus Christ.
Escape to Egypt
Joseph and Mary remain in Bethlehem following Jesus' birth. Baby Jesus takes rites of presentation in Temple, as Simeon recognizes the child as the Christ. The Wise Men arrive, and King Herod attempts to outwit them. Joseph, warned in a dream of the King's murderous plans for the child, takes Mary and Jesus and escapes to Egypt.
Boyhood & Baptism
Joseph, Mary and Jesus return from Egypt, and the boy Jesus begins school training and Temple. Newly appointed governor Pontius Pilate faces pushback from Herod and the priest Caiaphas. John the Baptist arrives and his menace to the Herodian throne explained. Jesus is baptized.
Men of the Wilderness
Jesus seeks solitude in the wilderness for forty days, climaxed by three temptations. Returning to Jordan, He learns of John's imprisonment by Herod, who attempts to break the Baptist's spirit. Conflict arises between Herod and Herodias over disposal of John. Now the great ministry of Jesus begins. He calls His first disciple, the humble fisherman. Jesus heals of a mad man at Capernaum, and cures the sick and lame in the courtyard of Peter's home.
Challenge of Faith
Christ begins a preaching ministry with His first disciples, Peter, Andrew, James and John. John the Baptist is secretly visited in prison by friends. On the shore of Galilee, Jesus renews friendship with the disciples' old fishing companions, and Jesus calls Matthew to discipleship. Jesus heals a paralytic.
Discipleship
As Jesus' popularity rages, multitudes follow Him. After a night in prayer, He chooses twelve from a group of disciples whom He names Apostles. Jesus gives the Sermon on the Mount, instructs on prayer and offers the Lord's Prayer before healing a leper.
Return to Nazareth
Jesus heals a centurion's servant and attends the wedding at Cana, where He changes water into wine. At Nazareth, He rejects. Nicodemus visits at midnight. Jesus explains spiritual birth, forgives the sins of a woman at Samaria and her witness, and His parable of the Good Samaritan.
Conflict
As increasing political intrigue in Jerusalem builds to Christ's crucifixion, loyalty to Jesus of the man born blind, and Jesus' reassurances. Despite gathering clouds, Jesus' concern is still for others like Mary and Martha of Bethany, to whom He emphasizes importance of spiritual concerns over the material. Returning to Galilee, Jesus sends the Apostles on their first missionary trip.
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