the Passions of the christ

The Passion of the Christ

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The Passion of the Christ , by Mel Gibson , claims to have depicted the final twelve hours of Jesus ' life on earth . The movie , made in 2004 opened to much critique and disapproval for the graphic nature of the film . The film presents an artistic vision of the story , told over numerous scenes to include flashbacks . The flashbacks take the viewer back to early stories of Christ , as seen by Jesus , Mary , Mary Magdalene Peter , Judas and others . These portions of the

film are above and beyond the final twelve hours

The final hours of Christ 's life are described within the four gospels The books of Matthew , Mark , Luke and John have varying viewpoints on the occurrences leading up to the crucifixion of Christ . The film itself therefore , cannot be an exact telling of each book , as it would have to have many versions . Some books agree right down to the wording , others simply graze over the s . The movie presents and amalgamation of the four books , relying on the most widely held beliefs as the versions to pick . The question is how accurate was the portrayal

The movie depicts Judas going to the Jew Priests and offered Christ to them for 30 silver pieces . Although the book of John does not describe the exact scene of Judas meeting the priests , the other three do so , and seem to match the telling of the movie with exact detail (Matthew 26 :14 , Mark 14 :10 , Luke 22 :3

In the film , during the Last Supper , Jesus tells Peter that : before the cock crows , you will deny me three times ' This scene is depicted in extremely similar wording with Matthew 26 :34 , Mark 14 :29 , Luke 22 :34 and John 13 :38 , all of which show Peter in disbelief

All of the books show Judas signifying Jesus to the soldiers with a kiss on his cheek . In the film , Jesus says , You betray the son of man with a kiss ' This is reiterated in Luke 22 :48 using slightly different wording . The general idea is present in all but the Book of John

While Christ is praying in the film , we see him rise and walk to the sleeping disciples . He says to Peter , Could you not stay awake with me one hour ' This line is word for word from Matthew 26 :40 . It is also told in Mark 14 :37 and Luke 22 :46 , although in different wording

All four books and the movie recant the tale of the soldier 's ear being cut off , Jesus healing him and asking all present to lay down their swords for , He who lives by the sword , dies by the sword (Matthew 26 :51 , Mark 14 :47 , Luke 22 :50 and John 18 :10

While Jesus is being taken to the Jewish court in the middle of the night , we see Peter 's tale of denial come true . All four books share this story in...