Judas Iscariot

The Roman Empire in the late second century CE, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and the early reign of Commodus.

The Roman execution of Jesus of Nazareth in Jerusalem during the prefecture of Pontius Pilate.

Jewish preacher whose ministry and crucifixion form the narrative center of the film.

Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the authority responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion.

The major political and religious center of Judea and the setting for much of the film’s story.

Galilean village traditionally associated with Jesus’s upbringing and early life.