Mel's "passion of Christ"?

Question

Comments about "passion of Christ"?

how did you find (if you saw it) this filmstory?

Is Mel Gibson revealing the truth about how harder things were with Roman soldiers and Jesus?

Was it worth seeing Jesus hitted 12 times by them and transforming him to dead blooded meat?

How did ya find filmscreen and directory of it?

Answer 1

Thought it was fantastic. I think it portrayed better than anything else exactly what Christ went through to save us from our sins. I was moved to tears and grateful that someone made such a wonderful accounting of what truly happened to our Lord.

Answer 2

It was worth seeing many times. It was a great movie. Mel Gibson is the greatest evangelizer because he told people about how much Jesus suffered to open the gates of Heaven for us. I think Mel tried to be as truthful as possible. I think it was a great movie, one of the best films produced in history. If you think you are not loved, watch this film and know how much Jesus loves you and all of us. He had to die to open the gates of heaven which were closed when Adam and Eve disobeyed God. The film showed that Jesus was God because when He died there was a big earthquake and the temple was torn in half. Great film. I hope more films are made to uplift people's lives to tell them how much God loves us.

Answer 3

Big news in America when the film was released, good film, things were probably even worse with the Roman soldiers and Jesus than what the film depicted a real life event always is. A good dose of reality for some folks. Good film well directed.

Answer 4

Absolute rubbish.

The law in Judea at the time of Jesus was simple-
(1) if you were a Roman citizen, you were subject to Roman law, therefore the court of Pilate.

(2) if you were not a Roman citizen, then you were subject to Jewish and law enforcers such as the Temple guard and Sanhedrin.

Contrary to any claims otherwise, Rome did not manage all levels of law, including cultural law, but only enforced Roman law. Religious law (including executing people for blasphemy by stoning) was left to the appropriate Jewish councils known as "Sanhedrin" across the Province.

Lets be absolutely clear, so no misinformation can cloud the subject- if you were Jewish and not a Roman citizen from 6CE to 62CE then you could be stoned to death on orders of a Sanhedrin without the need of Roman approval!

Under no circumstances would a Roman governor place himself in the middle of a dispute between Jewish groups if the person in question was not a full Roman citizen, no matter what the claims.

So if Jesus was only Jewish, then the Great Sanhedrin did not require Pilate's approval. They could have put Jesus to death any day of the week they liked. To claim otherwise is pure ignorance and deliberate nonsense.

To say that Pilate was "scared" or some other excuse why he was tried by Pilate is absolute rubbish. The only reason, BY LAW, that Jesus would have been brought before Pilate and the ONLY REASON that the Great Sanhedrin could not execute him was that he was a full Roman Citizen!!

Now, if Jesus was a full Roman citizen, then under Roman law (a) He could not be flogged, and (b) He had to be beheaded, as crucifixtion was forbidden for Roman citizens.

Again and again, Christians gloss over these indisputable and historic facts. Again and again they duck about, throw walls of meaningless text as a feeble defence.

It is clear Jesus was more than just a poor Jew. He was of course suppose to have descended from the line of Kings, whether or not this was recognized by the Great Sanhedrin. But his Roman citizenship has always been deliberately confused in allagory and mixed messages. Why? That is the real secret missing from Mel's ficticious film. Why doesn't the church admit he was a full Roman citizen?

Answer 5

The depiction of Christs passion was brutal and had many people running for cover unable to take it in, but Gibson consulted many Theologians and Scholars before making his film, also documents and Roman experts were consulted regarding the methods of crucfixion, so all in all it was as close to actuality as we are ever likely to get.
Architect is wrong on several points, firstly the Sanhedrin never reconised the royal line of Jesus until it occured to them to use the pretext that Jesus said He was a King to force Pilate`s hand.
The Romans had a set mentality in any land that they conquered and this was to avoid unrest and uprising so that they could collect taxes and goods with the minimum of protest.
Their had already been several attempts at an uprising in Jerusalem and so Pilate was specially chosen by Caesar to keep the peace at all costs,he himself was later to find his position very precarious indeed because of reports of unrest constantly getting to Rome, and he knew that much more would cause Caeser to recall him to Rome for a dressing down and loss of position.
Pilate was only interested in his standing with Caeser and detested the Jews,when the Chief Priests and scribes saw that Pilate was about to release Jesus they touched on this raw nerve of Pilate`s and by threating to send a report to Caeser they finally broke any resolve he had left to free Jesus,and so Pilate literally washed his hands of the matter for his own selfish interest.
Lastly the Sanhedrin had lost the power to execute it`s wrong-doers as Rome decreed that this was the right of Caeser alone, they could administer lesser punishments but not the death penalty,this is the reason why they railroaded Jesus by saying that He was setting Himself up as a greater authority than Caeser.

Answer 6

It was a great film. Finally an honest attempt at The Passion.

The real scene was likely even more brutal, but even as depicted, we got the message!
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Answer 7

"The Cash In Of The christ" is hatemongering tripe fueled by a catholic cult. I wouldn't watch that fictional fable if you paid me, never mind see it on TV for free.


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Answer 8

Anything that's based on truth like this makes me mad..........outstanding movie

Answer 9

Mel did so well.

Answer 10

loved that movie...had tears when i was in the cinema