Man of Galilee, Yeshua Ha Mashiah, Jesus of Nazareth

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Song by John Starnes

Ecce Homo - Behold the Man

Movie: Jesus of Nazareth (1979)
starring Robert Powell and directed by Franco Zeffirelli who captures this moment in time more dramatically I believe than any of the other , albeit fine performances and productions.

Zeffirelli was born and grew up in Florence, under the auspices of the British expatriate community and was particularly involved with the so-called Scorpioni who inspired his semi-autobiographical 1999 film Tea With Mussolini.

During World War II, he fought as a partisan before he met up with the British soldiers of the 1st Scots Guards and became their interpreter. In the post war years, he studied art and architecture at the University of Florence, and worked with directors such as Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini and Luchino Visconti.

In the 1960s, he made his name designing and directing his own plays in London and New York, and soon transferred his ideas to cinema.

Zeffirelli has also been a major director of opera productions since the 1950s in Italy, Europe, and the U.S.. Of particular note is his 1964 Royal Opera House production of Tosca with Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi, and several productions for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, including La bohème and Turandot. Also of note is his set design for Madama Butterfly in the fall of 1985 for the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

In November 2004 he was awarded an honorary knighthood by the United Kingdom. In 1999 he received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

In 2007, disappointed with the manner in which Pope Benedict XVI had been presenting himself to the media, Zeffirelli openly offered his services to the Pontiff as an image consultant. In connection with this matter, he was quoted as saying "I am a Christian down to the depths of my spirit."

The movie scripting refers to Pontius Pilate as a "procurator", a specific post that differs from the one that the Gospels imply that he held - prefect or governor.

Historically, Pontius Pilate's title was thought to have been procurator but an inscription on a limestone block - apparently a dedication to Tiberius Caesar Augustus - that was discovered in 1961 in the ruins of an amphitheater called Caesarea Maritima refers to Pilate as "prefect of Judea".

Archaeologists believe it to be genuine. In this instance, the Gospel account is supported by archaeology, since the surviving inscription discovered at Caeserae states that Pilate was prefect and the movie should have followed also as it is based on Gospel accounts.

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Video Comments:
Stevend2be (October 21, 2008 at 9:37 am)
Maybe you didn't ask with so much words, but he saved you from sins you made before you were a human being on earth, in the spiritual life you had, and then did things wrong. Maybe you don't know this right now, but Ill ask He'll show you.
May he bless you with His Love and Grace
meak911 (September 16, 2008 at 6:28 am)
jesus died for himself because he chose to hang himself, i nvr asked for him to do it for me.
cheryljane (August 15, 2008 at 4:44 pm)
Praise The Lord!
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Thank God for Jesus Christ.Praise the Father...he has saved my soul!!!
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no words....no words
Charles Dickens