I would have been afraid to participate or star in this trash.
To give a sense of what we’re dealing with, a review from The Wrap explains:
The film begins with the birth of Jesus, and follows Joseph and Mary as they escape Herod’s mass murder of all the young children in Bethlehem. It’s freaky stuff, and genuinely terrifying. Years later, Joseph and his family are still on the run. He’s turned into a stern, paranoid taskmaster. He’s constantly afraid of attracting attention and is obsessed with his son’s moral upbringing. Jesus is a young teenager, and like all young teenagers, he’s knee-deep in a rebellious phase and hanging out with the local troublemaker, in this case an androgynous goth kid who is obviously Satan (Isla Johnston).
Satan tempts Jesus with fun illicit acts like touching lepers and playing with wooden snakes. (Whee!) Joseph will have none of that, and throws Jesus in a wooden cage so he think about what he’s done. It’s tempting to say Joseph shouldn’t throw stones, since he’s making his money by carving false idols, but this is a prequel and “shouldn’t throw stones” hasn’t been invented yet.