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The Preciousness of Accuracy

    Since the movie, "The Passion of The Christ," was released, many inaccurate statements have appeared in the media about the crucifiers of The Christ. As I have listened to the secular and religious discussions, I have not heard a holistic explanation of the crucifixion. Therefore, in reading the Biblical account, I asked, "Who was involved in the death of The Christ?"

  • The Jewish religious leaders clamored for His crucifixion. John 7:1b, "The Jews sought to kill Him." John 19:6-7, "When the chief priests therefore and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye Him, and crucify Him: for I find no fault in Him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God." Matthew 26:3-4, "Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4: And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill Him." Matthew 26:59, "Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put Him to death;" Matthew 27:25, "Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children."

  • The Gentile politician, Pilate, consented to the crucifixion. John 19:15-16, "But they cried out, Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. 16: Then delivered he Him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away."

  • The sins of each person led to His death. Isaiah 53:5-6, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. 6: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all."

  • The Father placed the penalty for each sin upon The Christ. Isaiah 53:10a,  "It pleased the Lord (The Father) to bruise Him (The Son)." II Corinthians 5:21, "For He (The Father) hath made Him (The Son) to be sin for us, Who (The Son) knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (The Son)."

  • The Christ voluntarily submitted to crucifixion and death in order to make salvation available for each person. John 10:17-18, "Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again. 18: No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of My Father."

Truth is always accurate, balanced, and nonprejudicial. Romans 3:4 summarizes the sensible response to nonsensical discussions, "Let God be true, but every man a liar."

A few days after the film was released, a lady asked if I would view the movie when it becomes available on DVD. My reply was "no" for three reasons.
  • Hollywood typically distorts Biblical truth and promotes perversion.
  • Extra–Biblical material mingles fact and fiction in the narrative.
  • Christ is degraded in the eyes of the viewer because His perfect speech, perfect actions, perfect temperament, perfect body language, perfect emotions, and perfect death cannot be accurately portrayed by a sinful, finite person.

Perhaps the most precise analysis and response to the movie, "The Passion of The Christ," is found in Revelation 22:18-19: "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."