<P> Among the many elements taken from the Dolorous Passion are scenes such as the suspension of Jesus from a bridge after his arrest by the Temple guards, the torment of Judas by demons after he had handed over Jesus to the Sanhedrin, the wiping up of the blood of Jesus after his scourging, and the dislocation of Jesus' shoulder so that his palm would reach the hole bored for the nail . </P> <P> Certain elements of The Passion of the Christ do not have precedent in earlier depictions of the Passion . In the Garden of Gethsemane scene at the beginning of the movie, Satan appears and attempts to distract Jesus while he is praying . Jesus then crushes a serpent beneath his heel (a reference to the protoevangelium, Genesis 3: 15--a prophecy of Messiah); this does not occur in any of the gospels . In another example, Judas Iscariot is tormented by children who appear as demons to him . The film gives focus to the fragile relationship of Tiberius Caesar with Pontius Pilate through Pilate's discussion with his wife about imperial orders to avert further Judean revolts . The movie clearly identifies Simon of Cyrene as Jewish, although the Synoptic Gospels provide only his name and place of origin . In the film, a Roman soldier derides Simon (who helps Jesus bear the cross) by derisively calling him Jew . In contrast, Simon is described as a pagan in The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ . Another major difference that passes most unnoticed is the INRI titulus on Christ's cross which is written only in two languages (however occupying three lines), instead of three as mentioned in the Gospels . </P> <P> Other scenes unique to the film include the one in which the crucified thief who taunted Christ has his eye pecked out by a crow (in some Catholic iconography a crow is represented above the bad thief and a dove or angel above the good thief) and the flashback of Christ at an earlier time building an elevated, four - legged table for a Roman . The scene of Satan carrying a demonic baby during Christ's flogging has been construed as a perversion of traditional depictions of the Madonna and Child, and also as a representation of Satan and the Antichrist . Gibson described this scene: </P> <P> It's evil distorting what's good . What is more tender and beautiful than a mother and a child? So the Devil takes that and distorts it just a little bit . Instead of a normal mother and child you have an androgynous figure holding a 40 - year - old' baby' with hair on his back . It is weird, it is shocking, it's almost too much--just like turning Jesus over to continue scourging him on his chest is shocking and almost too much, which is the exact moment when this appearance of the Devil and the baby takes place . </P>

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