My observations and questions on this episode:

The central and most controversial claim Jesus made in the synagogue in Nazareth was “TODAY this is fulfilled in your hearing.”

The episode expanded on what Bible readers have long noticed about Jesus’ reading of Isaiah 61 – he left out the bit about the “day of the vengeance of our God.”

The story (to the degree it was drawn from the Bible, not the moviemakers’ imaginations) was from Luke 4. The strong emphasis on Isaiah 61 (and thus Jesus in preaching it) was talking about SPIRITUAL debt (rather than monetary) seems more in line with Matthew’s take than Luke’s.

In reference to the Widow of Zarephath and Naaman the Syrian, Jesus says that they were “hungry enough to know that they needed God.” My follow up question: How do we learn to recognize our need for God?

They have Jesus responding to the challenge that he is going against the Law of Moses with, “I AM the Law of Moses.” Using the “I AM” phrasing happens in the Gospel of John, though never in this particular way. If I were writing the movie script I would have left this out.