Corrected entry: Ruling out divine intervention, the scourging Jesus receives would not have been survivable. The beating with the roads and whips could be survived. However the whips embedded with sharp pieces of metal were used for executions, usually for soldiers who had deserted. After about 20 strokes so much skin and muscle would be torn off the back that the internal organs would be exposed. In addition, there is an enormous amount of blood left on the ground. That amount of blood loss would have been fatal. Death would follow swiftly.
Phixius
12th May 2008
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
7th Mar 2008
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Corrected entry: Condemned prisoners were crucified naked by the Romans as a final act of public humiliation. Given that it is an 18 cert movie, why would the director skip past this well known fact?
26th Feb 2008
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Corrected entry: Jesus is roped to the cross by his wrists, then nailed to the cross, which is then turned over in order to hammer flat the nails. Baffling and totally pointless: he isn't exactly in a position to try and escape.
Correction: The source of the scene is from the Dolores passion accounts of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich. She never stated the flipping of the cross in her detailed vision. The cross was in fact not flipped over but an exaggeration of the imagination of Mel Gibson regarding Roman torturous crucifixion.
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Correction: Which is why, for the purposes of the movie, divine intervention is not ruled out. The scourging didn't kill Jesus because he was meant to die on the cross. It is established, within the context of the movie, that God and Satan exist and that Jesus is the son of God.
Phixius ★