Clean, Part 2

> *"My daughter's name is Nili. She is twelve years old, and her eyes are closed, but not forever! It cannot be forever, do you hear me?"*
> -Jairus, to Judas
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## *Clean, Part 2

### Writer

Dallas Jenkins, Ryan Swanson, Tyler Thompson

### Director

Dallas Jenkins

"Clean, Part 2" is the fifth episode of the third season of The Chosen.

## Synopsis

While Simon and Gaius work on repairing the cistern, Eden grapples with a painful secret, and Veronica and Jairus become desperate to find Jesus.

## Summary

### The End of Hope

A flashback reveals Eden had a miscarriage two weeks prior that nearly took her life, with only Dasha and the doctor aware she was ever pregnant.

In the present, the same doctor examines Nili after she’s taken a turn for the worse and sadly informs her parents she doesn’t have long to live. While Jairus struggles to accept this, he begs that the necessary funeral arrangements be halted while she’s still alive and hurries to the synagogue.

### Like Oil and Water

Before heading out to work on the cistern, Simon tries Gaius’s advice and apologizes to Eden for “Whatever it is”, but the vagueness of his apology doesn’t placate her. Both her anger and fear of Simon’s pain have kept her from telling him about the baby yet.

Zebedee tells his sons that he’s sold his fishing boat and will now devote his time to the oil business along with the women. When asked if it was because they’ve been gone so much, he assures them that he only fished to provide for the family until they found their calling, and now that they are doing something new, so can he.

### A Different Kind of Doctor

While returning from the well out of town, Nathanael and Thaddeus happen upon a trail of blood, and follow it to Veronica at her campsite. They offer to help her, with Nathanael suggesting Jesus can heal her. At first frightened of facing another charlatan healer, she realizes He is the Rabbi she’s been looking for, and having heard about Him from a former paralytic, stating just touching His garment will be enough to heal her.

### Working

Judas accompanies Zebedee and the women to buy an olive grove, but the trees prove to be sickly. They find the former caretaker’s son, who says his father has been too ill to care for it lately. Judas negotiates for the young man to teach Zebedee how to care for the trees in return for a small amount of the first profits.

While at work, Simon tells Gaius that his advice didn’t work, to which Gaius says he needs to know what it is he’s apologizing for first. He tells Simon that he and his wife are raising the son of a deceased maidservant along with their own child, and seems rather sensitive on the subject.

### Old and New Wineskins

At Simon and Eden’s house, Jesus and some of the disciples discuss fasting, as He has never required it of His followers, unlike other rabbis. He tells the parables of the Bridegroom and Wineskins, telling them new ways of life will not fit into old frameworks and they have no need to mourn while He is still with them, hinting that He will be taken away. Sensing Eden’s pain, Jesus tries to make her feel appreciated and included in the conversation, to which she’s only partly receptive.

### "I Know You"

Jairus tells Yussif about the situation at home and begs to be taken to Jesus. The best Yussif can do is take him to Andrew’s house, where they meet Judas. Though initially wary, he’s moved by Jairus’s pleas to point them towards Simon’s house. Jairus tells Jesus he knows Who he is and that he can heal his dying daughter, and Jesus is moved by his faith despite never having met Him. He agrees to go, and everyone heads out while Eden appears triggered by seeing Him rush to save someone else’s child.

### "Who Touched Me?"

While Simon and Gaius are discussing their respective cultures and religions, they notice a commotion beginning in the street. John and Big James alert Simon that Jesus is about to perform another healing and they join the others as a thick crowd of pilgrims forms and hinders the progress to Jairus’s house. Simon Z. is startled to recognize a member of his former order in the crowd, but the Zealot disappears in the confusion.

Thaddeus and Nathanael come along with Veronica and try to catch their Rabbi’s attention, but are unable to and apologetically tell her to try tomorrow. In desperation at being so close, Veronica works through the crowd despite her impurity and manages to briefly grasp the tzitzit hanging from Jesus’s tunic. He suddenly halts as power goes out from Him and asks to know who touched Him, to which Simon incredulously points out the crowds pressing around Him.

Veronica confesses to the act, apologizing for not asking first but tearfully confirming she’s been healed. Touched, Jesus tells her He’s been blessed by her faith, and that it was what healed her rather than His garment, calling her “Daughter”. Before continuing with Simon and the Sons of Thunder, He asks the women and other apostles to stay with Veronica to make sure nobody troubles her.

### Joy and Sorrow

Flutes and professional mourners greet Jesus and the other men when they arrive, with another rabbi sadly informing Jairus Nili passed while he was gone. Jesus states that she is only asleep and it is not too late, and asks the rabbi and mourners to leave, despite their protests. While a distraught Michal yells at Jairus for leaving, Jesus approaches Nili’s body and bids her to rise, and both parents watch in shocked joy as she is immediately restored to perfect health. While the family thanks Jesus, He asks them along with Simon, John, and Big James to tell nobody what happened yet to protect the family.

Veronica burns the menstrual rags and joyfully immerses in the Sea of Galilee, finally clean again. Jesus and the apostles greet her as they also immerse themselves after the other rabbi heard they touched Veronica or else Jesus after He touched her. She apologizes for the scene she caused, which Jesus calls a welcome interruption. As the men end up cavorting in the water, Tamar and Mary ask Veronica how she endured those twelve years, which she says is a long story. Eden watches everyone from a distance, struggling to feel happy for everyone despite her own pain.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Jonathan Roumie as Jesus
* Shahar Isaac as Simon
* Lara Silva as Eden
* George H. Xanthis as John
* Abe Martell as Big James
* Paras Patel as Matthew
* Jordan Walker Ross as Little James
* Noah James as Andrew
* Yoshi Barrigas as Philip
* Austin Alleman as Nathanael
* Giavani Cairo as Thaddeus
* Elizabeth Tabish as Mary Magdalene
* Amber Shana Williams as Tamar
* Luke Dimyan as Judas Iscariot
* Alaa Safi as Simon Z.

### Recurring

* Ivan Russo as Yussif
* Alessandro Colla as Jairus
* Kirk R. B. Woller as Gaius
* Nick Shakour as Zebedee
* Nina Leon as Salome
* Zhaleh Vossough as Veronica
* Ella McCaine as Nili, Jairus's daughter
* Mel Mehrabian as Michal, Jairus's wife
* Leticia Magana as Dasha

## Themes

This episode is based on Matt 9:18-26, Mark 5:21-43, Luke 8:40-56, and Luke 5: 33-39.

### Events

* We learn Eden was pregnant and miscarried while Simon was on the mission
* Veronica is healed
* Simon and Gaius kickstart repairs on the cistern and form an unexpected connection
* Nili is brought back to life
* Zebedee buys an olive grove for the oil business

## Trivia

* A small detail: from the previous episode onward throughout the rest of the season, Eden's lips have a slightly gray tinge compared to earlier episodes, implying she's maybe still anemic from the alarming volume of blood she lost from the miscarriage (pregnant women are more prone to anemia, especially without prenatal vitamins and iron supplements, and the human body can take a few weeks to replenish red blood cells).