A simple craftsman named Joseph faces a personal test of faith in the small town of Nazareth, when his fiancée Mary tells him she is expecting a child, who is the Son of God.

30 years after Jesus is born, his life intersects with that of John the Baptist, a radical preaching in the desert against Judea's rulers, including Herod's son, Herod Antipas. Inaugurating his divine mission, John baptises Jesus.

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is torn between wanting to protect her son and letting him go to fulfil his sacrificial destiny when the time is right. Until Jesus is thirty, only she and Joseph know his mysterious mission.

Caiaphas, High Priest of Jerusalem and religious leader of the Jewish people, faces an impossible dilemma. Caught between his faith and the might of Rome, Caiaphas must judge how great a provocation Jesus poses.

What prompted one of Jesus' closest friends to turn on him? It remains one of the Bible's great mysteries, one explored as Jesus and his disciples enter Jerusalem for Passover and what will become the Last Supper.

Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, has to make a decision about a troublesome preacher called Jesus. As pressure builds to execute Jesus, Pilate's wife, inspired by a prophetic nightmare, urges him to leave Jesus alone.