Boyhood and Baptism

Starting with the return from Egypt, this episode dramatizes the home and school training of the boy Jesus, the boy at the Temple, the advent of Pontius Pilate as governor, his political problems with Caiaphas and Herod. John the Baptist is introduced and his menace to the Herodian throne is explained. The growing influence of John's message and a vivid depiction of the baptism of Jesus is depicted.