Confused and enraged at Jesus' inexplicable resignation and refusal to defend himself, Pilate realizes he has no option but to have Jesus executed to subdue the angry masses. Jesus is taken back to Pilate, who believes Jesus is delusional but has committed no actual crime, yet he is pressured by the crowd to condemn Jesus to death. Blaming God for giving him the role of the betrayer, Judas is overcome by grief and regret and hangs himself. Herod urges Jesus to perform various miracles, but dismisses him as a fraud when he does not. He is then sent to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, but since he does not deal with Jews, Pilate sends Jesus to King Herod. The guards take Jesus to Caiaphas, who finds him guilty of blasphemy. Judas leaves and returns with guards, fulfilling his betrayal, while Peter denies being with Jesus to members of the populace.

A bitter argument between Jesus and Judas ensues, as Judas angrily accuses Jesus of losing sight of their cause. Judas reveals that Jesus will be at the Garden of Gethsemane on Thursday night.Īt the Last Supper in the garden, Jesus expresses skepticism about his apostles loyalty, stating that Peter will deny him and Judas will betray him. Taking advantage of Judas' doubts, the priests offer him money for leading them to Jesus. While Jesus wanders in the desert and heals a leper colony, Judas goes to the priests and expresses his concerns, along with his worries about the consequences of betraying Jesus. Jesus then visits a temple where he is furious to see it has been taken over by money changers and prostitutes and, to Judas's horror, destroys the stalls and forces the vendors to leave. When Jesus and his followers joyfully arrive in Jerusalem, he rejects both Caiaphas' orders to disband the crowd and the suggestions of Simon and fellow Zealots to direct the crowd towards an uprising against their Roman occupiers. Meanwhile, temple priests inlcuding Caiaphas, Annas and the Pharisees are worried that the Romans will see Jesus's popularity as an uprising and all agree he must be executed. He calls out Jesus' association with the likes of Mary Magdalene (historically accused of being a prostitute), as well as the fact that Jesus does not give to the poor despite having a lot of money.

Judas is worried about Jesus' popularity He is being hailed as the son of God, but Judas feels he has too much faith in his own message and fears the consequences of their growing movement. They assemble their props, get into costume, and dance to the film’s overture as Carl Anderson, already in character as Judas Iscariot, walks away from the group. The film's cast travel by bus to the Israeli desert, in order to re-enact the Passion of Christ with modern-day clothes and props.

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