TELEVISION

‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’

❚ Saturday, TCM, 8 ET/PT Swedish legend Max von Sydow plays the Messiah in this four-hour 1965 drama, which tracks Jesus’ life from the Nativity through the Resurrection. Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston and Claude Rains co-star, and John Wayne, Sidney Poitier and Angela Lansbury make appearances.

‘Killing Jesus’

❚ Saturday, National Geographic, 8 ET/PT

Kelsey Grammer ( Fraiser) and Stephen Moyer ( True Blood) headline this 2015 adaptation of Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s best-selling nonfiction book, which examines the political and historical conflicts that led to Jesus’ execution by the Romans.

‘The Ten Commandments’

❚ Saturday, ABC, 8 ET/PT Nominated for seven Academy Awards including best picture, this 31⁄ 2- hour 1956 epic follows Moses (Heston) in his quest to free the Israelites from Egypt and lead them to Canaan. Come for the plagues, stay for the parting of the Red Sea.

‘Heaven Is for Real’

❚ Sunday, Lifetime, 8 ET/PT

A box office wonder with $91.4 million, this 2014 family drama centers on the 4-year-old son (Connor Corum) of a pastor (Greg Kinnear) who claims to have experienced heaven during emergency surgery. Adapted from Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent’s 2010 best seller.

TRISTAR PICTURES Greg Kinnear is a dad whose son (Connor Corum) says he went to heaven in a near-death experience in “Heaven Is for Real.”

AP Max von Sydow stars in the classic “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”