The Visual Bible: Matthew

The Visual Bible: Matthew is a 1993 film portraying the life of Jesus as it is found in the Gospel of Matthew. The complete Gospel is presented word-for-word based on the New International Version of the Bible. It was directed by South African film maker Regardt van den Bergh and stars veteran actor Richard Kiley in the role of St. Matthew (who narrates the movie), newcomer Bruce Marchiano as Jesus, and Gerrit Schoonhoven as Peter. Marchiano portrays Jesus as a joyous, earthy, personal man with a sense of humour.

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• References

The film has been dubbed into various foreign languages including Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese.

Plot

In modern day Israel/Palestine/Jordan, then known as Judea (Roman province) of the Roman Empire, Jesus Christ of Nazareth travels around the country with his disciples preaching to the people about God and salvation of their souls. He claims to be the son of God and the Messiah. He is arrested by the Romans and crucified. He rises from the dead after three days.

Cast

Richard Kiley as Old Matthew

Bruce Marchiano as Jesus Christ

Joanna Weinberg as Mary (mother of Jesus)

Tony Caprari as Joseph

Marcel van Heerden as John the Baptist

Gerrit Schoonhoven as Peter

Hannes Muller as Andrew

Charlton George as James, son of Zebedee

Kevin Smith as John

Ivan D. Lucas as Phillip

Jaques De Klerk as Bartholomew

Sean Cameron Michael as Thomas

Matthew Dylan Roberts as Young Matthew

Tony Joubert as James, son of Alphaeus

Jonathan Pienaar as Thaddaeus

Darryl Fuchs as Simon the Zealot

Dawid Minnaar as Judas Iscariot

Gordon van Rooyen as Caiaphas

Brian O'Shaughnessy as Pontius Pilate

Patrick Mynhardt as Herod the Great

Chris Truter as Herod Antipas

Pippa Duffy as Mary Magdalene

Dominique Newman as the Young Woman

David Müller as the Pharisee

Dawie Maritz

DeWet Van Rooyen

Denise Newman

Goliath Davids

Keith Grenville

Maria Zak and Sasha Zak as the Children of Babylon