Originally posted by JustaFied
First thing: The quote at the beginning of the film, "He was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities. By his stripes we are healed.", is from the Book of Isaiah, which is from the OLD TESTAMENT. So who is the "He" that this is referring to? This book was written 400 years before the time of Christ.
It may have been written even earlier than that. But, suffice it say, the quote is specifically from Isaiah 53:4. The pronoun refers to a rather enigmatic character who recurs in Isaiah, known as the Servant of the Lord. In Isaiah, there are approximately four servant songs of which Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 is probably the most well known, especially in Christian circles. Typically Christians regard the Servant Songs as prophecies of Jesus since there are many telling parallels and he seems the best fit especially with this last Servant Song. The Jews generally take the position that the Servant is Israel; indeed, at one point the Servant is identified in an earlier song as Israel. However, this last Servant Song clearly refers to an individual, which may mean that the nation is simply anthropomorphized. Other suggestions made have been Isaiah, Moses, prophets in general, a hypothetical servant, Cyrus, David, Solomon, Hezekiah, Jeremiah, etc. etc.

Originally posted by JustaFied
Gibson is clearly a pre-Vatican II Catholic fundamentalist. He believes that only those who have the same strict beliefs will gain salvation in the afterlife. "There is no salvation for those outside the Church. I believe it. Put it this way. My wife is a saint. She's a much better person than I am. Honestly. She's, like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And it's just not fair if she doesn't make it, she's better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it".
Rather funny of course that Gibson thinks all the Evangelicals he courted to see the movie are going to hell...