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A depiction of the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. The story opens in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, the controversial Jesus--who has performed miracles and has publicly announced that he is the Son of God--is arrested and taken back within the city walls of Jerusalem. There, the leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy; subsequently, his trial results with the leaders condemning him to his death. Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate, the prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, for his sentencing. Pilate listens to the accusations leveled at Jesus by the Pharisees. Realizing that his own decision will cause him to become embroiled in a political conflict, Pilate defers to King Herod in deciding the matter of how to persecute Jesus. However, Herod returns Jesus to Pilate who, in turn, gives the crowd a choice between which prisoner they would rather to see set free--Jesus, or Barrabas. The crowd chooses to have Barrabas set free. Thus, Jesus is handed over to the Roman soldiers and is brutally flagellated. Bloody and unrecognizable, he is brought back before Pilate who, once again, presents him to the thirsty crowd--assuming they will see that Jesus has been punished enough. The crowd, however, is not satisfied. Thus, Pilate washes his hands of the entire dilemma, ordering his men to do as the crowd wishes. Whipped and weakened, Jesus is presented with the cross and is ordered to carry it through the streets of Jerusalem, all the way up to Golgotha. There, more corporal cruelty takes place as Jesus is nailed to the cross--suffering, he hangs there, left to die. Initially, in his dazed suffering, Jesus is alarmed that he has been abandoned by God his father. He then beseeches God. At the moment of his death, nature itself over-turns.
In Jerusalem, against the backdrop of turmoil around the biblical 33 A.D., Jesus of Nazareth, a supposedly seditious local, is captured in the dead of night at the Garden of Gethsemane, after the betrayal of his disciple, Judas Iscariot. Tried by the Pharisees and turned over to the high priests and the angry mob after Pontius Pilate, the doubtful Roman governor, has washed his hands of the matter of Jesus freedom, the Son of God has to carry His cross to Golgotha to be crucified. During His final twelve hours on earth, Christ endured extreme suffering, torture, and, ultimately, death in reparation for our sins, only to rise from the dead on the third day.
Jim Caviezel
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Monica Bellucci
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Mary
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John
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