S3, E5
As is normally the case with these episodes, the vast majority of this episode is fictional. There are some things in it that are factual, some things that are helpful, and some things that are errors.
Biblical: What We Find in Scripture
Jesus' teaching on new wine and old wineskins is pretty accurate to the accounts found in Mt. 9, Mk. 2, and Lk. 5.
The healing of the woman with the discharge of blood and the healing of Jairus' daughter are both portrayed mostly in line with what we see in the Bible. These are recorded in Mt. 9:18-26; Mk. 5:21-43; Lk. 8:40-56. You should read those accounts to see what we actually know. But from the time the crowd forms as Jesus heads to Jairus' house until the time he raises the girl from the dead, most of the content is accurate and follows the biblical story with only a little embellishment. The crowd pressing in, Jesus feeling someone had touched him, calling the woman daughter, all of these are accurate to the biblical story of the woman who was healed. The flute players, professional mourners, mocking when Jesus said she was sleeping, removing everyone but the parents from the room, taking the girl by the hand, all of these are accurate depictions as well. Sadly, everything else in this episode is either fiction or incorrect.
Unbiblical: What Contradicts Scripture
This episode portrays Philip as having been one of John's disciples, asking Jesus about why his disciples don't fast. This is recorded in Mt. 9:14-17; Mk. 2:18-22; Lk. 5:33-39. Philip is nowhere said to be a disciple of Jesus in the Bible, only Andrew is. Additionally, the account in Matthew states that some of John's disciples came to Jesus and asked him the question. This gives us two reasons to account for this in the unbiblical category.
Extra-biblical: What Is Made Up but Doesn’t Contradict Scripture
Eden's loss of a child as depicted in the opening scene is fictitious.
Jairus, his wife, and his daughter being paid a visit by what is presumably a doctor, is not in the biblical record.
Eden and Peter in the kitchen, as Peter prepares to leave, and the tension between the two is fictional and created for this episode. Actually, the character Eden is fictional. While the gospels clearly communicate that Peter was married, they say nothing more about his wife.
The scene where James and John are talking to their mother about Remah and their father comes in and says he is going to buy a vineyard is fiction.
Additionally, the scene where Zebedee, the father of James and John, buys an olive grove is fictional. Zebedee is said in the Bible to be a fisherman, and that is affirmed in this episode. However, the last time Zebedee is mentioned in the Bible is when his sons, James and John, leave him to follow Jesus. Their mother is said to be at the crucifixion in Matthew 27, but nothing is ever said of their father following Jesus.
There is no knowledge of how the woman with the bleeding found Jesus. In this episode, Nathaniel and Thaddeus find her, but that is fictional.
Peter and Gaius fixing a sewer is fiction. Gaius is entirely made up and never recorded in the Bible.
We also are not told in the Bible how Jairus came to know of Jesus.
Jairus' wife's anger at his not being present when their daughter died isn't in the Bible.
The closing scene with the woman who had been healed, Jesus being told by Pharisees he is unclean, the disciples swimming in the lake, and Eden standing sadly nearby is all fictional.
Helpful: What Might Be Helpful To the Watcher
The scene with the crowd and the woman being healed is helpful in showing us how hard it would have been for her in Jewish society as she was considered "unclean." It also shows her boldness and faith in going to just touch the hem of his garment, something we are told in the accounts that she was trying to do.
Dangerous: Things That Have Been Added That Might Be Dangerous to Accept as Fact
I believe that there is a danger inherent in every episode, and for that reason, I’m including this suggestion in every episode guide. The danger is assuming that the things in the episodes of the Chosen that are not in the Bible are true, part of the biblical record. In order to avoid this danger, I would encourage everyone who watches the Chosen to compare it to the biblical record. In part, this is because most of what is in each episode of the Chosen is not found in the Bible. There is more speculation here than actual events recorded in the Bible. If you want a harmony of all of the gospels in chronological order to aid this, then I would recommend purchasing a copy of One Perfect Life by John MacArthur. It is a compilation of all of the gospel records in order of the events as best as we can understand.
Anachronisms and Errors: Things that are out of place regarding the time, etc.
All 3 gospel writers put the account of Jesus being questioned about fasting and answering with his teaching on new wine skins immediately after the calling of Matthew, then called Levi. This likely means that it happened earlier than portrayed in this episode as Matthew has been a disciple for quite some time before this episode.