"The Chosen" Sets A Guinness World Record

The Bible holds the record of being the best-selling book of all time with over 5 billion copies of The Bible having been sold throughout the world. And now, "The Chosen" television series, the first multi-season television show about the life of Jesus, has proven that The Good News can still set records. As The Guiness World Records, known for its famous Guinness Book of World Records, has officially awarded "The Chosen" a certificate for its Season 1. As the first season of "The Chosen" is officially the most translated season for a streaming series.

Created by Dallas Jenkins, the son of Jerry B. Jenkins of the famous "Left Behind" book series, Season One of "The Chosen" has been dubbed into 58 languages. With it also being subtitled into 86 languages. The translations for "The Chosen" series focused on the life of Christ are done by the Come and See Foundation. And their goal is to translate "The Chosen" into 600 languages. As Dallas Jenkins has stated that "We want 'The Chosen' to be in every country in the world, and we want it translated into every language, and we want at least a billion people to see it."

A spokesperson for the Guiness World Records has also stated that the record is not "just a number", but more importantly, it is about "connecting communities, cultures, and hearts." Although, the number of translations of "The Chosen" series have not been accomplished without great effort. For around 200 individuals from around the world are translating "The Chosen" into various languages. With some of them even putting their lives at risk by doing so. As "The Chosen" is Biblically based and as Dallas Jenkins has stated, "In some countries, the very act of doing this, of translating "The Chosen" can put their lives at risk."

Currently, Season 5, of "The Chosen" series is not far behind its Season 1 in its number of translations. For it has been dubbed into 50 languages ranging from "Albanian, Afrikaans, Armenian, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Swedish, and Thai." The Season 5 livestream of a clip of "The Last Supper" on Sunday was dubbed into Hungarian, Slovak, Malay, Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin, Italian, and French among others.

In addition to working on the rest of the seasons for "The Chosen", Dallas Jenkins, has also announced that they are releasing an animated series called "The Chosen Adventures". A series aimed at seeing Jesus through the eyes of children. As it features the nine-year old Abbey and her best friend, Joshua, as they encounter Jesus during their adventures in the ancient city of Capernaum. Jenkins has also announced that the next convention for fans of "The Chosen" series, known as ChosenCon, will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina from February 19th, through the 21st in 2026.

Incidentally, The Guinness World Records, has also recognized the British, "Jesus" movie as the most translated film throughout the world. For it is available in 817 languages ranging from Acholi in Uganda, to Zaza in Turkey. A feat which was accomplished by The Jesus Film Project which worked on translating the film from October 09th, 1979 through July 09th, 2012.

With The Bible being the best-selling book of all time, "The Chosen" being the most translated season of a streaming series in history, and the most translated film being the United Kingdom movie on the life of Christ, "Jesus", it is clear that The Gospel Light is just waiting to reach audiences worldwide, whether via print, film, television, technological means yet to come, or even from a friend during a time of need.

Luisa Reyes is a Tuscaloosa attorney, piano instructor, and vocalist.