The Young Messiah
– Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Naz..
Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.
11 Mar 2016
English
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Cyrus Nowrasteh
Anne Rice (novel), Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh (screenplay), Cyrus Nowrasteh (screenplay)
Adam Greaves-Neal, Sara Lazzaro, Vincent Walsh, Finn Ireland
At the age of 7, Jesus Bar-Joseph lives with his family in Alexandria, Egypt, where they have fled to avoid a massacre of children by King Herod of Israel. Jesus knows that his parents Joseph and Mary have secrets they are keeping from him, secrets about his birth and about traits that make him very different from other boys. His parents, however, believe him too young to grasp the truth of his miraculous birth and purpose. Learning that the murderous Herod is dead, they set out to return to their home of Nazareth in Israel, unaware that Herod's namesake son is, like his father, determined to see the boy Jesus dead.
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