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 Brief
Details
Directed
by:
Mel Gibson
Writing
credits:
Benedict Fitzgerald (screenplay) and
Mel Gibson (screenplay)
Plot
Outline:
A film detailing the final hours and crucifixion of Jesus
Christ.
Useful
Expressions
1.
No one
man can carry this burden.
= cope with this worry
burden = a duty, responsibility that causes worry,
difficulty or hard work
2. He
casts out devils, with the help of devils.
= get rid of
3.
Who
called this meeting anyway?
= ask somebody / something to come quickly to a particular
place
= said we should all meet
4. Your
verdict. What is your verdict?
= decision / answer that is made by a JURY in a court of
law.
Release him! = let him go
eg)
If you wish to see her again, you'd better behave.
5. PETER: Wherever you go, Lord, l will follow. To prison,
even to death.
JESUS: Amen, l say to you. Before the cock crows.
Three times
you will deny me
= this is how rooster " talks"
Cf) dog = bark
cat = miaow
puppy = yap
6. lf
you think you've betrayed innocent blood, that's your
affair.
= That's for you to sort out / that's your business / that
has nothing to do with us. / That's for you to do
7. Watch
out, it's like burning oil from his bones!
= Look out!!
8.
You will only
bring trouble on yourself.
= It will not be good for you and " bad " things
may happen to you
9. My kingdom is
not of this world. lf it were, do you think my followers would
have let them hand me over?
= give me to them
10. l don't want
to cause an uprising.
= war / trouble between people
11. Have him
crucified!
= Kill him /arrange someone to hang him on a cross
Grammar) We use "Have
something done" to say that we arrange for
Somebody else to do something for us
Eg) He repaired the roof (he repaired it himself)
He had the roof repaired. (He arranged for somebody else to
Repair it)
12. See, Mother,
l make all things new.
= everything will be alight
13. Don't fret.
= Dot worry about anything
14. Who do you think you are?
= How dare you!!! Go away / Don't ask for anything / Don't
come here
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