"For God loved the world So much…"
A word for word depiction of the life of Jesus Christ from the Good News Translation Bible as recorded in the Gospel of John.
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Social & External
The people behind it
Christopher Plummer
Narrator (voice)
Henry Ian Cusick
Jesus Christ
Stuart Bunce
John
Daniel Kash
Simon Peter
Stephen Russell
Pontius Pilate
Alan van Sprang
Judas Iscariot
Diana Berriman
Virgin Mary
Richard Lintern
Leading Pharisee
Scott Handy
John the Baptist
Lynsey Baxter
Mary Magdalene
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