[johnb838]

it would be difficult to understand why anyone was mad enough at Jesus to subject him to the punishment he received.

If you were Jewish you should know what the reaction would be among the Pharisees (a Jewish Sect) to a man who claimed publicly to be the Son of God.

perhaps Jesus as depicted in this move shed more blood than a human body has.

He didn't shed THAT much blood. People have a lot of blood.

[Servant of the 9]

it would be difficult to understand why anyone was mad enough at Jesus to subject him to the punishment he received.
If you were Jewish you should know what the reaction would be among the Pharisees (a Jewish Sect) to a man who claimed publicly to be the Son of God.

The Romans didn't do prisons.
If an offense was too serious to be handled with a fine and you were not a citizen, they either sold you into slavery, or scourged you and crucified you.

Don't forget people in Europe were being sentenced to death for petty theft only a few hundred years ago.

So9