Word: cyrenian
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...Lord crucifixion. And by people I mean the Jews.” I’d like to hear Gulay’s justification for this, since his article provides none. I saw the film last night, and if Gibson had an antisemitic agenda, he failed miserably. Simon the Cyrenian emerges as a major hero in the second half of the film. As in the gospels, one of the thieves (yes, a Jew) is seen as a sympathetic figure for his genuine remorse. Just as many Jews were depicted in the film as wishing for Jesus’s death...
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