"The passion of the Christ" recites 12 last hours in the life of Jesus, starting with his betrayal by Judas. Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate to be punished, but no fault of him is found, so Pilate asks the crowd to choose to free Jesus or the violent criminal Barabbas. As the crowd choose Barabbas, Jesus is hung in the cross, but still prays forgiveness for those who did this to him and redeems a criminal crucified next to him.