The Chosen creator Dallas Jenkins defends Season 6 angel depiction
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The gist
The Chosen creator Dallas Jenkins defended his Season 6 teaser's warriorlike angels, saying critics make certainty an idol.
The mixed reactions center on how the show depicts supernatural beings ahead of the Nov. 15 premiere.
Background
Dallas Jenkins is the creator, co-writer and director of The Chosen, a multi-season historical drama on the life of Jesus that premiered in 2019 and has reached more than 250 million viewers worldwide. A teaser for Season 6 showed three armed, supernatural-looking figures preparing to intervene as soldiers approach Jesus, and some viewers questioned the styling and effects. Jenkins responded that the angels were developed after considerable thought and deliberation, and that the teaser was intentionally edited without the full context of the scene.
How it unfolded
- Nov 1, 2026A Season 6 teaser posted on the show's official X account showed three armed, supernatural-looking figures preparing to intervene as soldiers approach Jesus; one carried a bow and drew attention for styling some viewers read as Native American-inspired.
- Nov 3, 2026Jenkins wrote a Facebook post saying "Some people make 'certainty' an idol," distinguishing confidence in God's authority from confidence in one's interpretation of a brief clip.
- Nov 4, 2026Jenkins addressed the controversy, urging curiosity and saying critics should not make an idol out of certainty.
- Nov 5, 2026Deseret News reported Jenkins said the culturally diverse, shimmering, warriorlike angels were developed after considerable thought and deliberation.
- Nov 15, 2026Prime Video is set to release the first three episodes of Season 6, followed by one episode each week through Dec. 6, with the finale scheduled as a stand-alone theatrical release in spring 2027.
Key terms
- Prime Video
- An American subscription video-on-demand streaming service owned by Amazon that distributes films and TV series.
- theatrical release
- A film shown in cinemas, often opening simultaneously in many theaters across a country.
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Who’s saying what
- Support
- Some viewers welcomed the scene as a creative interpretation of Jesus' arrest.
- Caution
- Others questioned the costume choices and visual effects, comparing the figures to characters from Avatar and Twilight.
- Critics
- One commenter called the scene a demonstration of "forced diversity" and compared it to the movie Apocalypto.
- Creator
- Jenkins said anyone claiming to know what all supernatural beings look like, or what the clip shows without seeing the episode, should be seriously questioned or ignored.
Still unverified
Some viewers speculated the imagery drew on the Book of Mormon, with one warrior resembling a Native American; there is no historical record corroborating the Book of Mormon's Nephites claim.