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The people of Jerusalem are suffering under the reign of Herod, and are hoping to be delivered from the Roman occupiers by the Messiah whose arrival, it is rumored, is to take place very soon. Unlike his nephew Judas, who wants to join the zealots (freedom fighters), 35 year old widower Joseph is not interested in participating in any fighting against the Romans.
Close To Jesus is a series of four films depicting the lives of several peripheral persons from the Gospels of the life and times of Jesus Christ, including Mary Magdalene, the spy hired to investigat...