There is a scene from The Chosen where Jesus and his guys attend to the needs of a crippled man and his family. Not coincidentally, the man is the robber who attacked a stranger along a road at night and left him for dead—this from the parable of the Good Samaritan.
At the end of the scene, Jesus says that they have to get back to town because you never know “who you might meet along the road at night.” There is a pregnant pause. Did He really say that? Then Jesus places His palms up, shrugs His shoulders, and deadpans, “Too soon?”
This scene seems to have annoyed a few grumpy Catholics who think that Jesus does not have a sense of humor, and even if He does, He never shows it.
There are three questions to consider. Does Jesus have a sense of humor? Does Jesus express this sense of humor by actually laughing? Does Jesus deliberately make others laugh?
