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'The Passion of the Christ' is based on the four Biblical gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, respectively. Mel Gibson (also director/producer) and Benedict Fitzgerald adapted the original 'Passion' story into a screenplay.

Indeed, Jim Caviezel's eyes are blue, but during post-production they were digitally changed to brown. Although it cannot be confirmed, it was probably director/producer/writer Mel Gibson's decision to change them to brown.

30. Jesus was beaten thirty times by the switches.

Gesmas, the convict to Jesus' right on the cross, said this quote. He was the one convict who was cruel and did not believe in Jesus or his preachings. Gesmas was also the convict who was wounded by a crow that landed on the cross. Christ then said to everybody, including Gesmas, that the other convict on the cross would be in paradise with Jesus. This shows the love and passion of Jesus Christ, and that everybody who believes in him, will go to heaven.

Jesus and his disciples speak Aramaic, which is an old dialect of Hebrew. The Jewish authorities speak actual Hebrew, while the roman soldiers and pontius Pilate speak Latin, although when they converse with a Jew, they speak Hebrew as well.

In order to be nominated for any major awards, there must a good amount of screentime and speaking for that to happen. In the Passion, throughout most of the film, Jim Caviezel is mostly just getting beaten to a pulp and tortured. Also, he did not have much lines to talk with, because throughout most of the film, he is surrounded by heavy torture make-up and prosthetics.The film itself is not carried on by Jim's performance, but by his character's suffering, special effects and dramatic music, so this cannot be considered as acting if you are just in pain and getting tortured to death. Although he's very natural in the scenes where he speaks and does actual acting, such as the sermon on the mount, fixing the table, the last supper scenes, and the agony in the garden, thats only about 20 minutes of actual acting in a 2 hour movie, and that's just not enough to get an oscar nomination.

1) Jesus is fixing a table and chairs while his mother observes his work and tells him to come inside the house, which is suppose to represent their relationship as a mother and son.

2) Peter denies Jesus as he's getting up and remember's at the last supper when Jesus warned him that before the cock crows, he will deny Jesus. This is to show that Christ can know what will happen.

3) While Jesus is getting whipped, he looks at the feet of the roman soldier and remembers when he washed his disciples feet and taught about how no servant is greater than his master. This is to show Christ's love to all, even his executioners.

4) Mary and mary magdalene are wiping Christ's blood from the ground after he's been brutally whipped. As Mary magdalene is doing this, she remembers how when she commited adultery, she was to be stoned until Jesus came, wrote on the ground, and told everyone that he who is without sin, may stone her, to which they all left, dropping thier stones, and Mary touches his feet and Jesus helps her get up. This shows how anyone's sins can be forgiven if they just go to Jesus.

5) As Jesus is presented to the crowd, Pontius Pilate washes his hands, to which he remembers when he and his discciples washed thier hands. This shows all the good times that Christ had with his followers.

6) Jesus is carrying the cross as the romans are hitting him and the crowd is screaming at him. Then a brief scene of Jesus riding on a donkey as the people are putting palms down, resembling good and evil between the crowd taunting Jesus and the crowd welcoming Jesus.

7) Jesus falls down with his cross to which Mary his mother, remembers when he was a child and fell to which she ran to help him get up. She runs to Jesus and comforts him. Jesus says to her, "You see mother, I make all things new." This shows that Jesus is going to end all captivity of sin and make a new beginning, and also shows the love between a mother and son.

8) Simon and Jesus are carrying the cross together, and Jesus looks at the mountain of where he is to be crucified and remembers when he taught at the sermon on the mount about loving and praying for your enemies. This symbolized Christs teachings.

9) As Jesus is nearly to the mountain, he remembers when he preached about how no one can take his life, but only Jesus can take it down and take it up again. This shows that Jesus will pay the ultimate price of giving his life in order to save mankind from sin.

10) Jesus stands up to be crucified and looks at the sun and remembers the last supper. A disciple is bringing bread covered by a cloth to the table. Jesus opens it to which the roman soldiers rip his clothes apart. This shows Christ is offering his body to us.

11) Jesus is crawling to the cross and remembers when he told his disciples there is no greater love than to give your life for a freind. This is coming to the point where Christ is about to sacrifice himself for us.

12) The soldier pushes the nail on Jesus hand and he remembers when he told his disciples to love one another as he has loved them. This shows how much Christ loves his children.

13) The soldier begins hammering the nail through Christ's hand as he wither's in pain. He then remembers telling his disciples that he is the way, the truth, and the life. This shows that only Jesus can give you life and redemption and no one else.

14) Jesus takes the bread and raises it, saying, "This is my body, given up for you." The cross begins to rise up as well. This is connected to show that Christ is alive in bread and gave his body for us to be saved from sin.

15) After the cross has been raised and now its standing, The flashback of Jesus pouring the wine offering it to his disciples and saying, "This is my blood, given for many sins. Do this in memory of me." We then see the blood coming down from his body, meaning that its his blood that we drink in order to be saved.

16) The final flashback shows after Jesus died and was put in the tomb. The tomb opens and a shining light comes in. We see the grave clothes spread apart, and we see Jesus, risen from the dead with all his bruises gone. He stands and we see the nail holes on his hands, still visible, and he exits the tomb, having defeated death and destroyed sin.