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Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist; Jesus' message that formed the basis of the future Christian religion.

The Real Jesus of Nazareth

The Ministry Begins

A look into Jesus's childhood and adolescence until his reappearance in the Gospels.

The Lost Years

Robert Powell, who portrayed Jesus Christ in 1977's Emmy-nominated "Jesus of Nazareth," takes a journey through modern Israel in an attempt to reconstruct the story of the man who changed history.

S1 E1 | The Lost Years

E2 | The Ministry Begins

E1 | The Lost Years