Movies like the Passion, or books on Christ are a good example of what happened back then? Or are they just creative people wanting to make a living? I had to write a paper on this, and I thought it would be cool to see what other people said besides me.
Actually no, we just went over this on Wednesday. The passion is completly innaccurate.
Jesus didn't speak Latin, Greek was the common language in the eastern parts of the Roman Empire.
Jesus was probably nailed through the wrist which was considered part of the hand in Roman times.
Jesus was portrayed as having suffered more then others. Thats not true, the gospels would have made a note of it if he had. The gospels just note that he was flogged and crucified, just like any common criminal. It wasn't how much he suffered it was
WHO suffered.
The trial that Christ had before the Jewish authorities is portrayed as a secret trial, and while it might have been kept secret from the Romans, the movie shows that not the entire council was there. However the bible says it was before a full council.
One of the gospels has Mary nearby, but she wasn't at the foot of the cross.
Parts of it such as the woman who stops to wipe off Jesus's face (I think she's the adultress he saved from stoning) and tried to give him a drink of water actually came from a crazy nun that had all these dreams and wrote them down. She belived she had visions of all of this, however she was considered crazy by everyone else in her convent.
Jesus didn't carry a full cross he carried the cross beam like everyone else. Plus a full cross would have weighed 350 pounds. Not something that is physically possible for a man to carry in the condition Jesus was in. (Doctor verified)
Here is another thing
The film follows Jesus along the 'Via Dolorosa' (way of Sorrow), by way of the fourteen 'Stations of the Cross'. These are played out in detail although they are not described in the Bible. It is worth noting that some contemporary Catholics explicitly see the Stations of the Cross as being a help to meditation, rather than a statement of historical reality.
http://www.facingthechallenge.org/passion_historical.php
Oh oh and what happened to Joseph of Armethia who buried Christ. He's completly written out of the movie with Mary pulling him down and him laying in Mary's arms in a pose of a typical catholic sculpture of the event.
There is more stuff then this. Minor stuff like the snake in the garden where Jesus prayed wasn't mentioned in the gospels.
Jesus did not invent the elevated table.
This is a typical traditionalist Catholic interpretation of the Passion. Complete with Jesus speaking Latin (The language they consider divine) an over focus on Mary, mother of Jesus, and an attempt to show that Christ suffered more then others. (But its more important who he was then how he suffered).
On top of that it concentrates on the crucifixition. We timed that it shows aproximatly 43 seconds of easter Sunday and the rest of the movie is on Good Friday. (with little scenes here and there of gospel events).
ya now im not gonna eat it. lol jk. i wish i could portray something like that. how did yall feel about da vinci code? I thought it was an awesome movie, but it just was so innacurate. I mean the author of the book stated it was fiction but I dunno, I would never talk about God in a way that was fictional. I dont that gets you such a good seat with the Big man.
