The show has biblical scholars from a variety of Christian denominations help to review scripts to ensure biblical accuracy, as well as contextual accuracy.
Despite playing son and mother, Jonathan Roumie is in fact 5 years older than Vanessa Benavente, who plays Mother Mary.
Jonathan Roumie based his accent on his father's Egyptian accent and his aunt's Palestinian accent because he thought using an American or British accent would be unrealistic.
The show is filmed in English, but anytime writing is seen it is in the period-correct Galilean Aramaic (which was the native language for Jews in the region) or Koine Greek (the lingua franca of the region, which would have been used for communication by the Romans and among groups who had different native tongues).
The show derives its name from the meaning of "Christ". The word is Greek meaning "anointed one" or "chosen one". Another meaning is seen in how Jesus chooses his followers and asks them to follow him.