During Batholomew's interrogation, Clavius threatens to crucify him, to which Bartholomew replies that he'd happily submit, "Just strike." According to Christian tradition, Batholomew was eventually crucified for his faith.
While it has been the traditional belief that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute as the film portrays her, there is no evidence in Scripture of her having been one. The only Biblical reference to her sinful past is written in Mark 16:9 which relates that Jesus "had cast seven devils" out of her.
In 2013, Kevin Reynolds was set as a director for the planned project The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, a mystery thriller film and an unofficial sequel to The Passion of the Christ (2004) set to depict the events surrounding the 40 days following Christ's resurrection in a script written by Paul Aiello.
Tom Felton plays a character named Lucius. This was also the name of his character's father in the Harry Potter franchise.
When Clavius and Lucius first examine the empty tomb, Lucius picks up the burial wrappings and examines the facial impression left upon them. The impression is made to look like the Shroud of Turin. The famous Shroud has been venerated for centuries, especially by members of the Catholic Church, as the actual burial shroud used to wrap the body of Jesus of Nazareth after his crucifixion, and upon which Jesus's bodily image is miraculously imprinted.
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