Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ—which gorily depicts the sufferings of Jesus during his last days—opens tomorrow amid great anticipation and controversy. But how did Jesus’ anguish ...

Set in modern day, The Passion follows Jesus of Nazareth as he presides over the Last Supper, and then is betrayed by Judas, put on trial by Pontius Pilate, convicted, crucified and resurrected.

The success of “The Passion of the Christ” has rekindled ... a self-financed $25 million Latin and Aramaic-language film about the last hours in the life of Jesus, has been the talk of the ...