I simply pointed out one such diversion - that is not in MY Bible - and it was more than one scene -
The film's script is based on the New Testament - books of John, Luke, Mark and Matthew - and books written by St. Anne Catherine Emmerich and St. Mary of Agreda. But since it is a film, we must also allow for some artistic license without detriment to the truth; as such, this film was shot in the languages of that time - Aramaic and Latin.
The Passion of the Christ is about Christ's final 12 hours and His struggle during the last hours of his life. His pain, temptation, fears, and his total obedience to His Father for which his death -the price of redemption- in obedience to His Father provided a new covenant between God and man.
“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” -John 15:13
Even though this film is mainly about Christ's last hours, there are also scenes of his childhood, his relation with his mother, and many different passages of his life.
“And Jesus being full of the Holly Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.” - LK 4:1,2.
Satan's first temptation: "tell these stones to become bread." (Mt.4:3)
Second temptation: "Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: "He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone." (Mt.4:5-6).
Third Temptation: "I will give you all the world... if you will bow down and worship me." (Mt.4:9)
Gibson's portrayal of Satan's temptations occurred while Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane (this is where the artistic license kicks in) however, the meaning of such spiritual warfare is well conveyed as Satan appears at Jesus’ side and tells Him that saving people's souls is too great a task. Let's not forget that Jesus was also a man who hungered, thirsted, suffered, was tempted and ultimately died as a man. The only scene where a worm comes out the devil's nose represents the prevailing maleficence of Satan. The snake at the devil's feet that slithered over and onto Jesus as He prayed in total agony, symbolized Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
Jesus not only fights temptation but rises and crushes the snake which according the Genesis 3:15 indicates that Jesus would crush and defeat Satan by dying in the cross.
“And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” - John 3:14-15