Despite his disciples’ warnings of “rusty nails and splintered bones,” Jesus is determined to fulfill the prophecy of a Messiah who rises from the dead. While The Da Vinci Code popularized the theory that Jesus was married, another conspiracy had emerged decades earlier: what if Jesus “came back to life” because he’d never really died? Based on a 1965 bestseller, the plot centers on a drug which can simulate the appearance of death.
It’s not the greatest film on the life of Jesus, but the addition of jaunty country music makes it enjoyably original.īuy Gospel Road: A Story Of Jesus on Amazon. While we now ridicule the image of a light-haired, blue-eyed Jesus, it was de rigueur in 1973, and Elfstrom is so Caucasian he’s positively Nordic. Jesus is presented with the cross and is ordered to carry it through the streets of Jerusalem, all the way up to Golgotha.Director Robert Elfstrom also doubled up as the lead. Pilate washes his hands of the entire dilemma. Bloody and unrecognizable, he is brought back before Pilate. Jesus is then handed over to the Roman soldiers and is brutally flagellated. Herod returns Jesus to Pilate who decides to give the crowd a choice between which prisoner they would rather to see set free - Jesus or Barrabas.
Pilate listens to the accusations leveled at Jesus by the Pharisees and decides to defer to King Herod in deciding the matter of how to persecute Jesus. Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate for his sentencing. There, the leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy. Jesus is arrested and taken back within the city walls of Jerusalem. The Garden of Olives is where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Summary: The last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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