The Great Passion Play

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them and says, "I am he". The guards arrested Jesus and took him before the Sanhedrin Counsel.
The crisis of the play is when Jesus is crucified upon the cross. He dies an agonizing death and it is not until his death that many of the people believe that he was the Son of God.
The reversal took place and the play shifted when Jesus was raised from the dead in the tomb. He has now fulfilled what the prophets have foretold and he appears to Mary and the disciples.
The element of discovery in the plot is when Jesus rose from the grave after fighting with Satan in the bowels of Hell and the Son of God is victorious.
There were several conflicts and arguments in the play. The Scribes and Pharisees are questioning Jesus in front of the temple. They seem to try and trap Jesus into answers that would turn the people away from him but Jesus responds to their questions wisely and avoids their traps. In the upper room while the disciples were partaking in the Last Supper, Jesus tells ...

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the Son of God, and that through him you can enter into the kingdom of heaven.
The significance of the play opens ones eyes to the fact that Jesus came to earth and suffered and died on the cross for each of us.
The production was set in the beautiful Ozark Mountains. The scenery was built along the hillside and used to perfection. The palaces and temple where at center stage with the dirt road in front of them. The hillside behind this set was used as the garden in the Mount of Olives.
Elaborate costumes of many colors could be found on characters in scenes from the streets, temple and in the woods. The robes worn by the characters were striped with different colors. Some ...

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