History Series / TheChosenTVSeries

* DramaticIrony:
** Simon (Peter) and Judas both state that they would go to the ends of the earth with Jesus (and in Judas’ case his followers). Those who know the Gospels will know that later on, Simon (Peter) will end up denying the fact that he knows Jesus three times while Judas ends up betraying Jesus.
** In season 1, Simon (Peter) states that his fighting days are over. Later when Jesus gets arrested in the garden of Gethsemane, he cuts a servant’s ear off.

* AdaptationDistillation: Rare, considering all the AdaptationExpansion that is taking place in order to fill out a full series from the source material. However, when Jesus arrives on the boat after walking on the water, He then calms the storm with a command. In scripture, these are two separate incidents. (Jesus was in the boat all along when He stills the tempest.)
* AdaptationExpansion: Loads of it. All of the disciples, including those who aren't really discussed beyond a brief mention in the source material. This can be a point of contention for Christians who criticize the show for "changing scripture." Producer Dallas Jenkins compares this criticism of the show to complaining about a tree in a painting of Jesus because it's not mentioned in the scriptures. If ''The Chosen'' were written without taking any creative liberty to fill out details in the lives of the characters, it would be a montage of events in Jesus's life instead of a cohesive narrative. Jenkins also points out that ''The Chosen'' is a TV show, not scripture.

* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: This is what Yanni is trying to convince Shmuel of after finding out Nicodemus more or less quashed the inquiry into Jesus. Shmuel sees it as a moral imperative and has a bit of a seething disgust at the notion of making everything political.

* AscendedExtra: Many background characters from the Bible get expanded in this series, including but not limited to:
** Eden: In the Bible, Simon Peter's wife is [[NamedByTheAdaptation never named]], but in this series, she is a central part of season 1.

* BrassBalls: Matthew is praised by Quintus for having these, even as Gaius is all but expecting himself and Matthew to be killed for the latter's potential "disrespect"

* BunnyEarsLawyer: John the Baptizer, a raggedly looking preacher wandering the wilds, who refuses to eat meat because its too much effort, jump-scares people arriving to meet with him, and enjoys [[TheGadfly aggravating government officials and leaders of the religious establishment]]. He is nevertheless devoted to following the will of God and supporting his cousin Jesus, and has a large following among the people as a teacher.

* CatchPhrase: "That's a discussion for another time..." Usually said by Jesus, but occasionally by others.

* ContinuityNod: In the first episode of season two, Andrew mentions his fear of ghosts. In season three, when the disciples see Jesus walking on the water, Andrew is the one that freaks out, thinking it is a spirit.

** Simon in his attempt to stave off ruin by fishing all night. His utterances about the history of Israel while alone on the boat drive home his inner turmoil.
** Nathanial spends his introductory episode in the midst of one, after an accident at his worksite gets him blacklisted from the architectural job he'd been working towards his whole life.

* DudeNotFunny: Played with a little bit when Jesus and his disciples spend the evening with Melech in Samaria, especially when Jesus indicates it's time to return to town and references Melech's VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory trials (see below) concerning bad men and robbers.

** Further confirmed early in Season 3 with the women's conversation with Ramah about Thomas plus the parallel conversation at Zebedee's house with Thomas

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Simon (Peter) and Andrew are portrayed as this. Andrew tends to stick to the rules and avoids taking risks with their family possessions. Meanwhile, Simon is more impulsive and more willing to bend the rules to do what he needs to do. Inverted toward the end of Season 2 when Andrew begins freaking out over a) John's arrest and b) Jesus being detained (along with totally flipping out at Mary Magdalene) and it's Simon who is the one calmly reminded him about the divine plan and "getting used to different" and so forth

* TheGhost: Nicodemus becomes this in Season Two
* GodBeforeDogma: Nicodemus's stance on the new street-preacher puts him somewhat at odds with the rest of the Sanhedrin.

* NeverLearnedToRead: Ramah, being a young woman, was eager to learn so she could study Torah. Averted with Mary Magdalene, whose father had taught her as a child.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: Simon sees his brothers-in-law as pests, and vice versa, getting in repeated fights both verbal and physical with each other. Averted with his mother-in-law, who he's fond of.
* OCStandIn: Many of the characters are at least mentioned in [[Literature/TheBible the Bible]] but, as stated above, don't receive much elaboration beyond that in the source material or historical record; logically, much of their personalities and character arcs are this. Other characters, such as Ramah or Shmuel, are more whole cloth [[OriginalCharacter original characters]], only stand-ins in the sense that they are part of groups that had more members than just those who are individually mentioned in the Bible.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Philip visits Nathanael early in Season 2, his attempt to get Nathanael to meet Jesus is full of this. Even Nathanael says, "I've never heard you speak this way before"

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Philip had to apologize for not knowing who Thomas was; he relates that after all the months of traveling with John the Baptist, no one knew anyone else's name, just nicknames and aliases.

* PassThePopcorn: Two children who brought a bowl of snacks to hear Jesus speak at Zebedee's house. Matthew at first refuses their offer to share, but reaches over and grabs some when Jesus heals the paralyzed man from the roof.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Simon the Zealot and the lame man at the Pool of Bethesda [[NamedByTheAdaptation (given the name Jesse here)]] are brothers.

* SiblingTeam: Simon and Andrew, as well as James and John, work together and get in trouble together. James and John even receive a nickname, "The Sons of Thunder", underlining this.

* ThereWasADoor: Justified when the paralyzed man's friends tore a hole in Zebedee's ceiling, as the entrances to the building were crowded with people blocking the way to the person they knew could heal their friend. Not that Zebedee was particularly thrilled about the hole in his roof.
* ThousandYardStare: Gaius begins to show this especially after he witnessed the Sermon on the Mount in his interactions with fellow Romans such as Atticus, Quintus, and his subordinate Julius.

** Simon’s (Peter) animosity towards Matthew the tax collector, is lifted from ''Series/JesusOfNazareth''. Both series have a scene where Simon tries to attack Matthew but Andrew (and John the apostle in Jesus Of Nazareth) hold him back. Phillip being a former follower of John the Baptist was also lifted from this series.