![]() Without saying a word, the boy Jesus gives Ben-Hur a life-saving drink. ![]() His mother and sister are dragged off and he knows not where.Īs Ben-Hur is marched toward his new existence as a slave behind an oar, the Romans pass through Nazareth, where he encounters Christ. Messala fingers Ben-Hur as the culprit, and he is torn from his family and sent to the galleys as a slave. Leaning over the roof to observe, Ben-Hur dislodges a tile, which strikes Gratus. The next day, Gratus, a new Roman governor, rides into Jerusalem. He determines to learn war from the Romans. Her account of Jewish roots reaffirms him. The two quarrel and part.ĭepressed, Ben-Hur returns home and asks his mother if a Jew is not as good as a Roman. Messala has become superior and insolent. ![]() It was also a gripping (though far-fetched) tale.Ī Jewish youth, Ben-Hur finds his childhood friend, the Roman Messala, greatly changed after years in Rome. Many Christians rejected all fiction on moral grounds, but exempted Ben-Hur because of the place Christ had in it and the light it shed on His day. Something similar happened 120 years ago through the novel Ben-Hur. The year 2004 witnessed the incredible phenomenon of the film The Passion of the Christ thrusting the story of Jesus into the mainstream culture by means of an entertainment vehicle. ![]()
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