Jesus on trial before Pilate (with lyrics)

[@lynnannsutch6000]

I was fortunate enough to see this unbelievable performance three different times with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson. I’ll never forget it. ❤

[@evahinterlach6485]

I envy you, I have never seen them do this live

[@mattjohnson9753]

Mary’s scream at 3:19 as the flogging begins is simply chilling. This movie is is epic.

[@bravesoul5743]

Yes I felt it too!

[@victoriajohnson5461]

Should have gotten a boatload of Academy Awards Nominations.😮

[@philipoconnor4263]

If you listen carefully the virgin mother says, `oh Joseph never whipped me like that, I can feel my juices rising.`

[@denisemcnulty4467]

She who loved so much!🥲😢

[@bruanlokisson8615]

Right after Mary screams the camera cuts to Pilates wife, who staggers and clutches the wall for support, She never utters a sound in the movie yet appears in many scenes, so overlooked yet so powerful in her performances.

[@alexplayspad]

Whoever plays Pilate, their acting is so good, his body language is like I don't want to do this, but his words are not. At the end, I thought Pilate screamed in anger, but now I see he was crying and wish the outcome was different.

[@jacobh9344]

Pilate was played by Barry Dennen, who unfortunately passed on a few years back.

[@GrandManor]

@@jacobh9344 I had the great fortune of seeing him perform this on stage. 😊

[@ACETON-j3u]

Роль Пилата здесь моя любимая. Но часто задумываюсь над тем стал бы Пилат пытаться помочь Иисусу и сочувствовать ему, если бы не сон, приснившийся ему накануне. Сон, где его обвиняют в смерти мессии. Возможно, после этого сна Пилат защищал прежде всего себя, чтобы не быть проклятым в веках. Но страх (толпа напоминает ему о Цезаре) мешает ему пойти до конца. Есть русский писатель Михаил Булгаков. В его романе "Мастер и Маргарита" писатель пишет книгу о Иисусе (Иешуа) и Понтии Пилате. В этой книге он называет главным грехом Пилата - страх. (Он не захотел рискнуть должностью и самой жизнью, чтобы защитить невинного, но тогда это и не было принято. Прокуратор не стал бы защищать бродягу.) Трусость приравнивается к смертному греху.

[@BlueYiperoo]

Pilots’ wife had a nightmare about Pilot sentencing Jesus to die.

[@michaelfrohn6119]

I Love my Christine and black Betty!!! And ??? !!! ❤❤❤😂!!! Overwehlming und Wunderschön und Wunderbar!!! I am Michael Matthias Frohn Mühlstroh und Jesus Christus!!! Buy me!!! Do Something good for me!!! Make my day!!! Thank you for this Song and Video!!!

[@grahamthicke]

you have nothing in your hands, any power you have comes to you from Far Beyond.....the Future is Fixed, and you can't change it

[@philbrown1474]

And all these years later, in 2023, I’m taking my family to watch the touring state production of this saga. When the album came out in 1970 I was a teenager. I bought the album. I think JC Superstar has done more to bring young people into the fold than 100,000 TV evangelists ever could. Weber and Rice created a truly timeless work that continues to mystify and enlighten.

[@c0brah2OO2]

I'm 21 and absolutely love it.

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

I got two Rock Operas alvums when I was a teenager one was Jesus Christ Superstar and the other was Tommy with the Who, Elton John, Tina Turner and others.

[@c0brah2OO2]

@@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl that's got a good soundtrack too.

[@ritajan-kumar3777]

Agree 500%!!! ✝️🙏🙏✝️

[@ritajan-kumar3777]

Of course I have the album plus & listened & sang to it constantly 4 years. And cried profusely what happened to Jesus, our Lord & Savior!!! ❤️🙏✝️❤️

[@mrjoemikeymercado8197]

Ted Neeley, the best Jesus Christ actor ever, 👍👍

[@mounts655]

Catch Jeffery Hunter in Jesus of Nazareth

[@Crispvs1]

@@mounts655 I think you will find that was Robert Powell.

[@Usedw0tm8]

I mean... have you seen Steve Balsamo? He was absolutely incredible, his take on Gethsemane makes me cry so hard, and I'm a damn atheist

[@fredsmith9788]

Of course, but as I re-watched flogging scene, I was reminded of this scene of Captain Kirk slapping himself in the Star Trek episode, Plato's Stepchildren kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqK2h5Vvl7aYp68 And I thought to myself, hmm. William Shatner. What if....

[@philbrown1474]

Gillan on the original album is better voice wise.

[@jacquelinemarie6325]

Barry Dennen really nails this performance.

[@kaizt]

powerful performance. "dont let me stop your great demolition"

[@henriquezauba]

Best part for shower singing

[@hannahlarocco4699]

Ok

[@walterseverin607]

@@henriquezaubatrue, I always sing “don’t let me stop your great demolition” while in the shower 🚿

[@rosadallago9543]

That movie is a masterpiece.

[@walterseverin607]

Jesus Christ superstar?

[@petertuba7603]

Yes!He is above the stars!!​@@walterseverin607

[@theseculargamer3339]

As someone purely Secular, this whole play is amazing, but this song...man, I love how much it shows the human side of things with Pilate. It was more of a political decision than any hatred. War was literally about to break out if he didn't get things under control, so it's a fascinating character study.

[@bravesoul5743]

True

[@mzmadmike]

He didn't get to be a Roman governor by being ignorant. He knew manipulation when he saw it. "I can't crucify him, he hasn't DONE anything." "CRUCIFY HIM!" "Alright, but it's only because of a legal obligation to you. You are making a huge mistake and I'm not taking credit for it."

[@beaed9296]

I never understood why the crowd turned against Jesus,shouting for his death after all the good things he had done. They even shouted for Barrabas to be freed instead of Jesus. Still I love this film.

[@theseculargamer3339]

@Bea Ed at least from the perspective of the film (can't speak for any other sources tbh), it was because he silently accepted his fate. Again, people were ready to go to war with the Romans here. The Jewish people were getting tired of being subjugated by everyone and wanted someone to "lead" them, but my interpretation is Jesus was NOT that leader and just wanted to spread a positive message. He didn't want people to die on his account, so he welcomed martyrdom.

[@beaed9296]

@@theseculargamer3339 You could be right but I still cannot comprehend why the crowd turned against him. Ok he wasn’t a leader for war against the Romans but he was a good man and a prophet.

[@bruanlokisson8615]

Pilates wife, never utters a sound through the whole movie, yet she appears in many scenes, her facial and body language says she is certainly a follower of Jesus Christ. at 3:09 you can see her shaking her head and pleading with her eyes to Pilate not to have him flogged. She is so subtle in all her appearances, that so many never even notice her.

[@wcsxwcsx]

It's unfortunate that the writers didn't let "Pilate's Dream" be sung by his wife, to be more Biblically correct.

[@johnmitilias3063]

Great performance from Pontus Pilot 👏🏻👏🏻

[@walterseverin607]

Well done 👏👏

[@VC-xj1fs]

Barry Dennen should have won an Oscar for this.

[@donnalombardo1135]

Yvonne elliman too she was nominated for a golden globe but didn't win unfortunately

[@mounts655]

How easily he went from the concept album to screen….entire movie Oscar worthy

[@donnalombardo1135]

@@mounts655 he wasn't on the original album or Broadway he just had a small part on Broadway he did the film and the revivals Yvonne elliman was there from the beginning

[@donnalombardo1135]

@@mounts655 excuse me I'm sorry I made a mistake I thought u were talking about ted neeley I apoloe

[@ultraviolettas]

we both have trOoOothssss

[@mariacatalina7840]

When I was a kid this scene made me cry so much, everything is so beautiful and well made.

[@ernestguinovart1651]

Man, those guitars crescendo during whipping are just unbelievable

[@niconestra]

"everything is fixed and you can't change it".

[@mounts655]

😔😔😔😔

[@hannahlarocco4699]

What does everything is fixed and you can’t change it soupoed to mean

[@niconestra]

@@hannahlarocco4699 great question!

[@hannahlarocco4699]

It is?

[@sachsenfuchs8955]

@@hannahlarocco4699 it means that he has no control over the situation

[@christinemccarthy602]

Greatest scene of the movie in my opinion. God they are both so talented.

[@joycortez7077]

Still touched to the core by this epic film. Goosebumps

[@manuelaverdugo]

Ted Neelie, es para mi el mejor Jesús de todos. Vi la película en 1975 y siempre será para mí la mejor de todas, ni las grandes producciones la ganan, ni en guión, música, escena, actores. Siempre será la mejor. ❤💯

[@victoriajohnson5461]

Pilate acting is amazing!😮

[@psleaf5864]

ピラトだけがイエスの本当の理解者だった。それをイエスが理解したとき、イエスは全てが手遅れだったことを感じて膝から崩れ落ちた。 …そのように自分は感じて、そして泣いた。この二人は最高の俳優です。

[@psleaf5864]

「私はこの神がかりの自殺から手を引く！この哀れな操り人形め…」

[@TheHManShow]

For me I haven’t seen or heard a better Pontius Pilate than Barry Dennen. He knows exactly what he needs to do with his voice to properly convey the emotion needed with each lyric. And that last section is so powerful as he just lets out all of his anger with the masses and Jesus at that moment

[@countbenjamin1442]

This actor is my Pilates anytime else I hear the song. I just never get the feeling down in my bones like I do with him and his singing

[@angelaclancy1904]

There will never be none like that! I cried for days after i saw this.. Ted Neeley really depicted the humanity and Divinity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ . We love Him so...🎵🎵🎵❤️🙏✝️

[@The-Real-Spaniard]

Are you referring to the fictional character Jesus, you must be aware that there's absolutely no evidence that Jesus ever existed as portrayed by the fictional book the Bible

[@olegrooo713]

@@The-Real-Spaniard Sorry, but I hate proselytism and missionaries, especially impolite and arrogant ones like you. So... You must be aware that there is no evidence that after death you will not burn in a fiery hyena, rot in the kingdom of Hel, or become a worm in the next life, for which I, in fact, congratulate you.

[@alaukasiak6160]

Yvonne Elliman's scream stays in the memory....

[@maruselamorajudo]

La mejor ópera rock de la historia, eso es lo que es👌🏾💖

[@JulietSpoto-pn2lx]

Andrew Lloyd Weber!!! ❤

[@annamcfarland492]

It was this scene and this movie that first pointed me to the gospel. I never knew why church was important until that moment. I was nine and my mom would watch this around easter. Before we went to Good Friday Mass, we were at the part where Jesus was getting beaten. I was balling. After, I asked my mom why they did that to him. He didnt do anything wrong. My mom looked at my with tenderness and said, "Honey. Thats the point. He didnt do anything wrong. But he took on our punishment so we can go to heaven." This movie will always hold a special place in my story and my heart.

[@cathakjordi]

Except that probably all points to be a complete and utter fabrication. The more the gospels advance in time of original writing, the more the jews are 'guilty'. Nothing points but to the Romans to be the ones who actually executed Jesus (and for their own good reason, Jesus was very obviously a political leader). But since the first christian communities drifted each time more and more from judaism and more and more towards Rome, the fact that their main christ figure had been executed by the Romans was... quite inconvenient. So the later a gospel or a testimony is written the more that somehow the Romans are exonerated, and the more the jews are given the blame. Even when it had its own historical reasons that had nothing to do with it, the fact that this ressulted in an ingrained antijewish sentiment and hatred would have terrible consequences.

[@deeds7529]

⁠@@cathakjordiwhat new gospels are antisemitic and exonerates Rome?

[@cathakjordi]

@@deeds7529 I would not calll Matthew or John 'new gospels'... Matthew 27:24-25 is utter historical fiction. The only explanation is some fairy tale story to exculpate Roman authorities as much as they could and put the whole deicide chatge on the shoulders of the Jewish authorities. And I am not saying that the gospels are antisemitic. At most antijewish (which are two very different terms). And even then that they were particularly bad about it. Just that those passages ressulted with time an an ingrained antijewish and eventual evolvedinto an outright antisemitic hatred. Which you can hardly blame in a work of fiction, but you can in the supposedly inerrant word of god.

[@JeffreyDanielMejia-vt8ft]

Bah, Our Sacred Texts is “Historical Fiction”?! Hah, I Found the You-Know-Who!

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

this is so rhythmical it's beautiful

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

It's now 2023, and this movie is as relevant as it was back then.

[@bravesoul5743]

Amen to that!!

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

Masterpieces are like that- transcend Time

[@KoolKman]

YUP!

[@alexanderkalinchenko4038]

If not more.

[@briannasons8979]

I think this was my favorite version

[@RooTheGuy]

The worst day to be a middle manager, even worse day to be called son of God

[@amig9318]

Beautiful. No words can describe really. ❤

[@javiersblog2083]

Pilot was literally acting as his lawyer

[@mounts655]

His wife’s dream…although here they said Pilate’s dream….

[@georgeblack589]

It's awesome, actually. They crowd accuses him of not being a friend of caesar if he didn't issue the death penalty. This was an actual title rulers had. "You'll be demoted, deported" was tame compared to what the crowd was insinuating would happen if he didn't keep the peace by killing Jesus.

[@andreaneuman]

​@@mounts655wwWwwßßisln

[@andreaneuman]

​@@mounts655wwWwwßßisln

[@ggggg77273]

A large chunk of Roman elite were lawyers. Maybe he was one.

[@devanmoran]

Rip barry dennen ): amazing performance

[@mzmadmike]

Pilate didn't get to be a Roman governor by being ignorant. He knew manipulation when he saw it. "I can't crucify him, he hasn't DONE anything." "CRUCIFY HIM!" "Alright, but it's only because of a legal obligation to you. You are making a huge mistake and I'm not taking credit for it."

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

I saw this movie about 25 times in High School because we did the play and I played the part of Judas in it.

[@c0brah2OO2]

An awesome role

[@RachellMangosan-mv7dw]

My lord and my king. Lord of Lord and kings of King lord God Jesus Christ.

[@Pedro-s4k3y]

I love the line "Everything is Fixed and you cannot change it"

[@michaelfrohn6119]

I am Michael Matthias Frohn Mühlstroh und Jesus Christus!!! Overwehlming und Wunderschön und Wunderbar!!! A Masterpiece and a Diamond!!! ❤❤❤😂!!!

[@joaovilaca4204]

The best musical I ever Saw. O was 15 old, and stil my best preference. O am now 66 yold.

[@conxagarridoromagosa3124]

Y yo pronto 71 y no puedo evitar verla todas las semanas santas, y la canción e interpretación de Getsemaní, es llorar si o si. Una obra única!

[@joanabooz7457]

No dejo de llorar al ver estás escenas 😢

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

barry dennan, so good. this is so camp, this whole film.

[@andrewcribbin1260]

The person flogging Jesus is exhausted from the effort

[@иринаи-з6с]

Великое произведение!

[@ClaireWharton-b3n]

He did not just gave is his faith he showed us it as well he lived it for is ❤

[@devanmoran]

6:16and 6:48 goosebumps every time amazing performance (:

[@elinoreberkley1643]

We all can learn something from this.

[@712Stephanie]

Pilate was not acting as his defense lawyer....He was truly frightened by his wife's dream and he did not want to be blamed for calling for the execution of someone he knew to be innocent....

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Such a fantastic album. I still have the vinyl, and the CD! {:o:O:}

[@YsraelLugo-dw1gg]

Jesus was a man like others but religion took over everything

[@PoppinPsinceAD33]

Uh, no, the only sources on his life show he claimed an extraordinary identity, so it either makes him a liar, a lunatic, or a lord. Don’t make him a great moral teacher unless you understand what he claimed, either he is what he claims or he is delusional

[@AnuJaanu-uz2pe]

4 the lord sent his only son n we r the biggest Sinners..time 4 the coming of the son....

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

i like the quiet part he feels sorry for jesus

[@asyasvet]

It's a pity that Pontius had such a difficult role.

[@geotom2023]

Every lawyer and judge in this world abides by this statement @01:16 to 01.26

[@ThomasAllan-up4td]

Christ told Pilate " You are less guilty than my perscutors. " Less guilty: but guilty none the less.

[@martincontla8828]

A master piece

[@alpate7864]

40 lashes was the maximum allowed by law. If it was exceeded the punisher was flogged. 39 was given to avoid any slip up.

[@monmothma3358]

I've never been able to understand why the crowd turned on Jesus so quickly and vehemently..

[@aiasfree]

From what I understand, the crowd that cheered Jesus when he arrived to Jerusalem were pilgrims and the like from outside the city who had heard Jesus's message. The crowd that demanded Jesus's crucifixion were religious leaders and chief priests and the like within Jerusalem who already despised Jesus. By the time of Jesus's trial, his supporters would've likely hid away out of fear of arrest, much like Peter and the apostles.

[@lamartin37]

They did not want to show their disloyalty to Ceasar or the Roman's. They too would be punished.

[@JulietSpoto-pn2lx]

One of Queens members is in this too, but I don't know who!

[@evelynevantol4814]

Van het kastje naar muur gestuurd😂dat gebeurt nog steeds hihihi

[@antjoshwww]

"you Hippocrits you hate us more than him"

[@henryhenricy752]

1000 year reign people !!!

[@LovePeaceBlessing711]

To know what he really went through... How can I not be thankful.

[@williamwilson6499]

It’s a Roman story. You have nothing to be thankful for. It’s like thanking Frodo for taking the Ring to Mount Doom.

[@georgeblack589]

​@Jesus Bermudez You understand that 40 lashes with the cat of nine tails was a death sentence, correct? At 39 lashes, Jesus' back would have been torn clear down to bone. There's a reason he couldn't carry his cross, and that Joseph of Arimathea was conscripted to carry it by the Roman soldiers executing Jesus. Jesus was barely alive at that point, even before the crucifixion. I doubt you've gone through worse, perhaps you have, but I doubt it.

[@georgeblack589]

@Jesus Bermudez I'm sorry, none of that makes sense.

[@georgeblack589]

@Jesus Bermudez I don't have any context to reflect on what you've shared. Do you have a link to your story?

[@fatumsfaber8809]

@Jesus Bermudez Simon of the desert 1965 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZS8lZqqbK94ppY

[@eoinMB3949]

You gotta keep in mind that the crowd all yelling Crucify him crucify him want the death of a man who did nothing but good. Jesus healed the sick, cast out demons, gave sight to the blind, opened the ears of the deaf, healed the crippled, healed lepers.......yet they asked for his feath and tge release of a murderer. Thats humanity for you

[@boxelder9147]

Oh yeah we are fallen. Salem witch trials

[@charlie-obrien]

They were paid by the Priests to do so.

[@formerfundienowfree4235]

This was an artistic creation that simply had to exist.

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

if i ever get publicly whipped, i hope this music will be playing 3:19

[@lokijam]

To truly get reference to this scene, you have to watch the Pilates Dream scene. It adds tons of context.

[@manuelafigueira4037]

His own people....Very loyal.....

[@BobWebbpure]

Al these Quert. y years anbb look what it comes down too. Again 😢

[@Buggy-su4oy]

Murray Head or Richard White could play Pilate in an audio Production with Carlos PenaVega as Jesus.

[@manuelafigueira4037]

The performance of the actor is very convincing.He manages to turn Pilate into a detestful or hateful creature.

[@delfinevenson9594]

this scene is the only way you can get me to dance to counting to 39

[@lloydpulver2104]

That man shed his blood so that we, whoever shall believe in him shall be saved.

[@hmackie6823]

as they would today,they pass the buck,no integreity

[@CR7xMESS1]

Wow I likeit

[@katemcglasson9570]

jesus is more imprtant to the world but he had to die to save us from sin.

[@patrickphilip777]

Correct sister! God bless you

[@iwasonlydoingmyjobpodcast]

no king but Ceasar... I mean King Herod is sitting right there

[@henryhenricy752]

Should of listened to Pilot !!!

[@somethingiswrong1916]

The rag was red. He must have wiped blood from his hands many times...

[@skynet1200]

water turned red is a nice touch

[@jeanmarc7563]

4:39 Wow. That guy got off on that

[@free322001]

Interesting. I always thought that he stopped, and thought to himself "This ain't right."

[@donnalombardo1135]

Exactly

[@Szriko]

No, he's exhausted from that much whipping.

[@Buggy-su4oy]

Jesus likely knew that even if Pilate had freed him the Pharisees and scribes would have just found someone else to convict him and he also knew what the scriptures say about when he was to die and that he would have to be put to death that day.

[@rachohelmutjacoby2452]

wonder where are the mp40 macine guns used in this movie now

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

Yes Pilate did

[@warplanner8852]

The added touches in this production - like the anachronistic Uzis and military helmets. in the hands of the soldiers - is commentary on the Mideast troubles both then and now.

[@eliseereclus3475]

Unfortunately, such "touches" are merely multiplying the ridicule to the n factor.

[@myearsloveit]

🕊

[@KamJ2010]

Insane!

[@henryhenricy752]

The irony of it kills me !!!

[@emileventer]

Yvonne Eliman made this song hers. Only Sarah Barreiles with John Legend as Jesus could try to make it better. NBC production could not surpass the original ALW play/movie of 1973.

[@PaulSmith-tt2cy]

Can you imagine on Broadway ?

[@CodaMission]

Since the comment section is amazed that Pontius Pilate is acting to defend Jesus, I feel its important to share the historical events. Yes, there was a historical Jesus. Historians of all faiths are certain that an ascetic preacher in Galilee was baptized as an adult and eventually crucified for his teachings sometime around the 30s AD. Both Jewish and Roman records attest to this. And since he was crucified, a roman method of execution, we know he probably went before a Magistrate of some kind, most likely one Pontius Pilatus, who was governor of Judea at the time. The politics of Roman Judea were awkward at best, a minefield at worst. Religious sects basically became political parties as the Sadducees and Pharisees were embroiled in conflict over the Roman occupation. The Sadducees, whose ideologies and religious dogma could best be described as part of the Elite, favored romanization, while the Pharisees were more populist and, although not outright resisting roman occupation, were not big fans. To give you an idea of how tense it was, the next generation of young Jewish men would start stabbing collaborators in the streets. Although Herod Antipas had some legal jurisdiction in Judea as a Tetrarch (not a king), it was shared somewhat with Pontius Pilate, and there was considered a muddy distinction between Roman Law, Jewish secular law, and Jewish scriptural law. When Jesus is arrested in Gethsemane, he's not brought to Pilatus, but to a Jewish rabbinical court called a Sanhedrin, portrayed as being almost improv and played by ear, as opposed to a proper Sanhedrin which is orderly and open. Christian narratives were implying it was a kangaroo court. The Gospel narratives say the Jewish religious authorities proceed to Pilate's court at first like to ask they he be crucified as a claimant to the title "King of the Jews", a direct challenge to Roman authority. There, the narratives say, Pilate questions the ascetic on the charge of sedition, and, as you see here, finds no threat to Roman authority when Jesus claims no earthly kingdom. In Luke, this is the point where he sends Jesus to the court of Herod, who is disappointed with the miracle worker who doesn't perform miracles, and returns him to Pilate. Luke frames this as two rival political leaders showing respect to one another to bury a hatchet, but it seems like a game of hot potato. In the biblical narrative, this is when Pilate reluctantly sentences Jesus to be crucified and "washes his hands of the blood" spilt by the Jewish elders, but this part is important: Not only is it ahistorical, its pretty much a narrative pushed by Roman Christians embarassed for having killed their messiah, and so decide to blame it on the Jews. Not only would Pilate have been entirely within his own power to crucify or not crucify any poor preacher he wished, his decision was willful and done in Rome's interest. The act of shifting blame was not a matter of believing in Jesus' innocence, but a matter of skillful diplomacy. Early histories and Christian writings make no two ways about it, Jesus was executed as a rebel by Roman authorities. It was only later that Pilate became sympathetic.

[@phantasosxgames8488]

even so , Pilates could very well see Jesus as innocent and wash his hands of the blood. Not out of some outworldly guilt , but as a matter of political maneuver. Remember that he tries to bring amnesty to Jesus , while condemning Barrabas , an actual proven jewish zealot. It is indeed a game of hot potato , more out of escaping any charges against any future crime of Barrabas , than the actions of Jesus.

[@LovePeaceBlessing711]

Just like man... always blaming others...

[@CodaMission]

@@phantasosxgames8488 my friend, you can't use the Bible as a source in this, I'm afraid

[@weezerfan084]

The rabbis boast of responsibility for Jesus' Crucifixion, “hanged,” even though the Romans were “inclined toward acquittal” of Jesus (Sanhedrin 43a); therefore Jewish denial and blame-shifting to the Romans is a lie. The infamous Toledoth Yeschu, Maimonides’ Hilkoth Akun V, 3 and Letter to Yemen), and the 1905 Jewish Encyclopedia (page 170), all boast of Jewish responsibility for Christ’s death. Matthew 27: 24-25 "When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children."

[@CodaMission]

@@weezerfan084 The sourcing of this comment is just awful and belies the insidious motivations behind it. Firstly, it assumes the biblical account is accurate, which....no. the only thing we know for certain to be true in the Bible os that a figure named Jesus was baptized and later executed. So believing the Bible on the matter of a Roman acquittal simply because the Bible says so is circular. Secondly, the Toledot Yeshu (interesting you used a German spelling. Where you getting them sources, friend?) Is non-canonical and agreed to be written in the medieval era, frequently used by anti-semites to malign Jews. You might as well cite the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (and I bet you would). The fact of the matter is that Romans paid little attention to Jewish law, and certainly wouldn't listen to filthy colonial subjects on how to execute people, and they certainly wouldn't use the cross for such a matter, a method of execution meant for those who subvert the power of the state.

[@NostromoFeratu]

you wouldn't think he would want to roll onto his fucking back lol

[@haysbrickell9579]

Very poignant, extremely.well-acted

[@luv1000]

Typically...........Mel Gibson's... . 😭The Passion😭 SHOULD be the BETTER movie... . But I love this.........Some of it's off but it's STILL EXCELLENT to me

[@patcomerford5596]

When I saw this as a young man in '73 it convinced me that religion is the root of all evil. I became an atheist, and 50 years I still repel all forms of religion.

[@tatejohnson2364]

I pray for you

[@patcomerford5596]

@@tatejohnson2364 Praying is the action of the deluded.

[@grandson_0623]

I am curious as to how a movie about a guy going around helping people and ultimately sacrificing himself made you detest religion.

[@brubeck1]

love it ..some of the guards have spears 1 or 2 have machine guns lol.

[@dr.migilitoloveless2385]

Is that Eric Idle halfway through the video?

[@susanwarner8902]

Acting as his lawyer. That’s what he was that’s pretty deep

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

You're the king of the jews." Your words not mine"

[@ThomasAllan-up4td]

Pilot did his duty.

[@JoanMilhoan-jn2lf]

Cruify him?.... human nature or animal lust? The whole story is a statement on society written a long time ago. We haven't changed at all.