The Visual Bible - The Gospel of John (2003)

The Gospel of John, the best-loved of the four Gospels, vividly comes to life in a faithful and powerful dramatization of the Biblical text. The Gospel of John meticolously re-creates the era of Jesus during a tumultuous period that changed the course of history. Starring Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus, and narrated by Christopher Plummer, and with a cast of over 2500, The Gospel of John has been adapted for the screen, word for word, based on the American Bible Society's Good News Bible, by Emmy-nominated John Goldsmith and is directed by acclaimed British director, Philip Saville. Product Description

Wonderful Film. Give it a Chance

With all due respect to K. Taddei, who feels the movie has Mormon undertones, I have to disagree with his overall review of the film.

You cannot take one speech out of a three hour film and say "Aha! There is the proof. They are trying to brainwash us into Mormonism!" I have watched this movie many times, it has quickly become my favorite film. I have yet to be swayed towards Mormon beliefs and philosophies. The quote K. Taddei references, "God called you gods" is not a major part of the film for me. You cannot categorize a three-hour film based upon a 30 second sound bite.

This is a wonderful film in that it portrays Jesus as a man with emotions; anger in the temple, frustration with the authorities, sadness for the people who don't believe, and love for his Disciplies and followers. This movie has opened up John's Gospel in a way that reading it never could.

I would, and have, recommend this movie to anyone. You will not be dissapointed, and if you are like me, it will work in your heart.

I, too, did the Google search that Mr. Taddei reccomends and the only hits that came up were references to this movie. NOTHING about a Mormon conspiracy!

God bless. March 28, 2008

This is not a Mormon movie

This is not a "Mormon" film. If you read the description above it states very plainly:
"...word for word, based on the American Bible Society's Good News Bible..."

I Googled the names as our witch-hunter recommended and found a very favorable recommendation of this film by John Ankerberg at:
www.ankerberg.com/Articles/media-wise/MW1003W3.htm January 12, 2008

Wonderful addition to any DVD collection

I have watched this DVD many many times, and I really enjoy each time. While I'm not a big fan of the translation they chose to use, I don't see any theological problems in how they've presented the film. It is literally a word-for-word reading of the Gospel of John.

I was shocked to see that others think the video has a Mormon slant. I just had to investigate these claims. After watching over and over the scene where Jesus says "you are gods", I came to the conclusion that this is exactly what the Bible says, and I didn't see any sneaky attempt to put in the Mormon teaching. Obviously this movie isn't claiming to be scripture so it shouldn't be treated as such.

Too bad the creators aren't going to make one following the book of Acts! December 28, 2007

This is not the Christian bible that I know!

Though this is a well-acted and well-put together movie, it makes small deviations that are absolute blasphemy to the Holy Bible. The subtle changes can be easily missed if the viewer hasn't read the bible but anyone that does study will quickly see the major faults. Keep in mind that all of the makers of this film are connected strongly to the Mormon church (LDS). If you know that Mormons are not Christian and that they believe that they will become gods, then you will see why they have changed scripture.

I'll cut to the chase and point out the most obvious scene, where Mormons try to mislead the viewer. In and around the acting of John 10: 34-38, terrible changes were made. There is not a single Christian Bible that would ever state that God said that "you will become a god" yet here it is to see. ALL CHRISTIAN BIBLES read something extremely close to this if not exactly this:
John 10: 34 Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'? 35If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came--and the Scripture cannot be broken-- 36what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'? 37Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. 38But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

This Mormon rendition does very nasty things. The dialog in this series of scenes plays out as follows and claims to be John 10: 34 on but is clearly as far from it as can be. IT READS EXACTLY AS FOLLOWS with the actor for Jesus saying:

"IT IS written in your Law that GOD SAID YOU ARE GODS! We know that what the scriptures says is true forever and GOD CALLED THOSE PEOPLE GODS - THE PEOPLE TO WHOM HIS MESSAGE WAS GIVEN. As for me, the father chose me and sent me into the world. How then can you say I blasphemed because I said that I am the son of god. Do not believe me then, if I am not doing the things my father wants me to do. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, you should at least believe my deeds in order that you may know once and for all that the father is in me and I am in the father."

I would not want anyone to feed money into the Mormon machine. I am not really telling people to rent this movie for fun. I am telling you where to find the most obvious abuses to the Bible that was put there for blatant, purposeful propaganda in favor of Mormon recruitment. If you must watch this film, at least read the Bible first and know what it really says. Also, be ready to catch all the other subtle changes throughout.

You may wish to just review the names of the people involved in the making of this move and do a search with their name in quotes with the added word Mormon. You will find out all you need to know about these people. Below is a list of the main people that made the film, but the rest are Mormon too.
Produced By:
Garth H. Drabinsky & Chris Chrisafis
Directed By:
Philip Saville

IF you want a movie to learn from, this is not your movie. If you want an accurate depiction of the Bible, this is not your movie. If you want to see how low Mormons will stoop to try to justify their belief that they will become gods, this may be for you. I wish I knew who made the film before I rented it. I would have never given any of my money to them. September 24, 2007

What a wonderful DVD to add to my collection!

I love this one! So true to the book of John. What a wonderful addition to my DVD library! I am still waiting for the book of Mathew to come out as it said on the video "coming soon". You won't be disapointed. This is so true to the Word. When you go back to your bible to read the book of John you will be able to better visualize everything because it's so well made. June 14, 2007

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