Here again we find another episode, which makes it 3 for 3, where no event in the chosen is drawn from Scripture. There are, however, things that are helpful in understanding the background of the times. But this episode is entirely fictitious and should be understood as such.
Biblical- What We Find in Scripture
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Unbiblical- What Contradicts Scripture
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Extra-biblical: What Is Made Up but Doesn’t Contradict Scripture
The opening scene where Jesus is praying. I thought at first that this might be a flash forward to the garden of Gethsemane, but it was in fact not. This scene is not only made up, but may be unhelpful. We are often told that Jesus withdrew from the crowd to pray. This often seems to be a restful and peaceful thing for Jesus. While the garden prayer before his arrest was excruciating, but most of Jesus prayer times seem to be life giving. This opening scene seems to be a trying time of prayer rather than a joyful time of communion with his Father. The second
The scene where a girl named Abigail stumbles into Jesus camp. The following scenes with Abigail and her family are not found in scripture.
All of the scenes of Jesus in his camp are not found in Scripture, including the visits of children to see him.
Jesus quotes Is. 61:1-2 to the children at his camp in one of the scenes. Jesus did apply this verse to himself in Luke 6 when he was rejected in Nazareth after his baptism and temptation. It is not impossible, nor even unlikely, that he used this verse to refer to himself at other times. However, this instance is not found in scripture.
Helpful: What We Might Be Helpful To the Watcher
Jesus care and affection for children in a day when children were not valued in society is contextually helpful in understanding Jesus interaction with children in Scripture.
When the larger group of kids leave the camp of Jesus talking about who he is, one girl says that he is a prophet. One of the other children says that there are no new prophets. When Jesus comes on the scene, there has not been a prophet in Israel for over 400 years, with the exception of John the Baptist. The people were living in a time where they had not heard from God in a long time.
Jesus’ instruction to the children is drawn on Scripture, and might even reflect some things that Jesus taught later, but none of it is direct discourse from Jesus teaching in the gospels.
Dangerous: Things That Have Been Added That Might Be Dangerous to Accept as Fact
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