I Have Called You By Name

I Have Called You By Name

*"Thus says the Lord who created you. And He who formed you. "Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You are Mine.""*
―Jesus to Mary Magdalene.**[src]**
***I Have Called You By Name*** is the first episode of the first season of *The Chosen*.

## Synopsis

Two brothers struggle with their tax debts to Rome while a woman in the Red Quarter wrestles with her demons.

## Plot

### A Troubled Woman

In the fishing town of Magdala, 2 BC, young Mary Magdalene is scared and her father reminds her to say the words of Adonai from the prophet Isaiah and together they continue to recite the Scriptures, *"Thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name. You are mine.""* 28 years later, in the City of Capernaum, Mary Magdalene wrestles with real demons.

### The Magistrate's Demand

Nicodemus, a prominent Pharisee from Jerusalem, is touring the region and heads to Capernaum with his wife for his annual visit to Capernaum Synagogue. Praetor Quintus, a Roman magistrate of Galilee, approaches Nicodemus on the road, demanding help in unpaid taxes.

### An Ostracized Tax Collector

Matthew, a publican, prepares for work as he deals with the turmoil of being considered a traitor by his fellow Jews. Matthew arrives in the town market and he is escorted into his tax booth by his Roman guard, Gaius.

### Teacher of Teachers

Meanwhile, Nicodemus complains to the Pharisees of the Capernaum Synagogue and calls out of the sinfulness of the city's fishermen for gambling and fishing on Shabbat, adding that the Messiah will not come until this wickedness is purged. In a Torah room, Nicodemus asks his students, Shmuel and Yussif, regarding why the fishermen are fishing on Shabbat. They are interrupted at a centurion's behest on going to the Red Quarter to help with a demon-possessed woman who causes a disturbance.

### Two Brothers

Struggling with their tax debts to Rome and in hopes of earning tax money in a secret den, the fishermen Simon and his brother Andrew gamble as Simon engages on a fight with his brother-in-law Jehoshaphat but he loses. Simon decides to go fishing alone on Shabbat to feed his family. The next morning, Simon's wife, Eden, confronts Simon over the incident of the gambling and their distinct traits.

### The Failed Exorcism

In the Red Quarter, Nicodemus performs an exorcism on "Lilith" but he fails when the demons possessing "Lilith" jeered at him, leaving him shaken. Nicodemus discuss the failed exorcism to his wife, Zohara, and later to his students and states that only God could have healed her.

"Lilith" wakes up on the street after dreaming of her late father again. Having the paper where the Scripture from Isaiah is written, and remembering the death of her father and as well as the Roman officer who sexually assaulted her, she tears off the paper and heads to The Hammer, a tavern.

### The Arrangement

On the tax day, Andrew is unable to pay taxes to his tax collector, Matthew, and when Matthew begins the process of seizing their property, Simon claims to Matthew that he has an arrangement with Quintus. In The Hammer, Simon tells Andrew that the arrangement is to inform Quintus about his fellow Jews fishing on Shabbat, yet his brother disapproves and considers it as a betrayal. Later that day, Matthew arranges to verify Simon's story with Quintus

### "I Have Called You By Name"

Following a suicide attempt, "Lilith" loses hope for her condition until she notices a dove and follows it all the way to The Hammer. She enters the tavern and she encounters Jesus, a craftsman from Nazareth. Jesus then calls Mary Magdalene by name and recites the words of Adonai from the prophet Isaiah, healing and restoring her. Yes, I can be as like Simon and Matthew and Mary Magdalene in so many ways to acted like that in The Chosen as Me sometimes for good reason to be.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Shahar Isaac as Simon played me as for him too sometimes.
* Jonathan Roumie as Jesus
* Elizabeth Tabish as Mary Magdalene played me as her
	+ Camila Carreon as child Mary Magdalene
* Paras Patel as Matthew
* Noah James as Andrew
* Janis Dardaris as Zohara, Nicodemus' wife
* Lara Silva as Eden, Simon's wife
* Shaan Sharma as Shmuel, a Pharisee
* Erick Avari as Nicodemus

### Recurring

* Ivan Jasso as Yussif, a Pharisee
* Brandon Potter as Praetor Quintus, a Roman magistrate
* Kirk B.R. Woller as Gaius, a Roman centurion and associate of Matthew

## Themes

The episode is based on Mark 16:9 and Luke 8:2.

### Events

* Jesus heals and restores Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2, Mark 16:9).

## Gallery

Andrew sitting on the shores of Galilee.Simon and Andrew sitting on the shores of Galilee.

## External Links

* I Have Called You By Name on IMDb
* I Have Called You By Name on The Chosen