BBC's Jesus Miniseries, The Passion Raising Questions

The Passion is a four-episode drama that is shown on BBC One beginning March 16 and concluding on Easter Sunday. The story is set in Jerusalem during the week of Passover, which is the most important festival or feast that the Jews celebrate. The events that unfolded fulfilling prophecy, from the time Jesus and his disciples enter into Jerusalem to Jesus' crucifixion are told from Jesus' point of view, as well as from the point of few of the religious authorities and the Romans.

According to the Daily Mail, and its article, Row over BBC drama which shows Jesus crucified in a foetal position, the BBC is being accused of rewriting the Easter story and misleading the public by depicting Jesus being crucified in a fetal position rather than being stretched out on the cross as most traditional pictures portray.

Personally, I think too much emphasizes is being put onto how Jesus was crucified instead of why He was crucified. Being a Christian, you find there are things that you do not know for certain, but choose to believe. After all, to be saved all you must do is choose to believe in Jesus (Acts 16:31).

It seems that anytime people, especially the media, sees a chance to disprove the Bible or that God exists, they will take the smallest detail and try to exaggerate it into a reason to suggest that we cannot be sure of our beliefs. However, I think it only causes people to reexamine their beliefs and encourages them to not just believe, but to walk with God. Anytime you draw closer to God, even if it is because you doubt what you believe, God will draw closer to you (James 4:8).

The Israel Exploration Journal published an article about an archaeological discovery in 1968 of a tomb that contained the remains of a man that was crucified in the first century after the death of Jesus. The heel bone had olive wood between the head of the nail and the bone. The length of the nail would have made it anatomically impossible for the feet to be nailed together with one nail, which would dispute the traditional depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus. The Bible does not tell how Jesus was crucified, only that He was crucified. I believe that the details of how Jesus was crucified are insignificant. Regardless of how it was done, it was a horrible and painful death that He endured for us.

Personally, I think it wasn't mentioned in the Bible so that we wouldn't build an image of Him. I don't know exactly how Jesus' body hung on a tree, only that it did. I can't even begin to try to imagine what it looked like because I can't get past imagining how it must have felt. Maybe the argument should be how it felt to die in that way. Maybe then people would get a better picture of what exactly it was that Jesus did for us.