The Passion of the Christ of the Passion in art. For example, the fourteen Stations of the Cross are central to the depiction of the Via Dolorosa in "The Passion of the Christ." All the stations are portrayed except for the eighth station (Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem, a deleted scene on the DVD) and the fourteenth station (Jesus is laid in the tomb). Gibson was also visually inspired by the representation of Jesus on the Shroud of Turin. At the suggestion of actress Maia Morgenstern, the Passover Seder is quoted early in the film. Mary asks, "Why is this night different from other
The Lost Tomb of Jesus does contradict the belief that Jesus physically ascended to heaven. Finding someone's remains in Jesus' tomb conforms to the Muslim belief that a substitute for him was crucified, while he was raised bodily to heaven. The Islamic view of his disappearance, as mentioned in the Qur'an, states: "That they said (in boast), "We killed Al-Masih 'Isa the son of Maryam, the Messenger of Allah"; but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them". The general Muslim interpretation of the verse is that God, to revenge from Judas' betrayal to Jesus (the fatherless