Ben Hur——Christian spirit, benevolence, fraternity, great love

Marshall 2022-04-20 09:01:17

The Jewish prince Ben-Hur of Judea and the new Roman commander Mesera were good friends when they were young. Mesera asked Ben-Hur to cooperate with his brutal rule of the Jews, and asked Ben-Hur to hand over the Jews who wanted to rebel against Rome. Xu firmly refused, saying he could not betray his people. When Messera and the governor passed through Ben-Hur's house, the tiles on the top of the wall just fell, startling the governor's mount, and fell off the governor; Mesera knew that this was purely an accident, and still drove Ben-Hur to the battleship In order to make the Jews lose hope of revival. Through this passage, the film unfolds the brutal rule of Rome against the Jews, and also sets up Ben-Hur against the backdrop of Mesera. Esther, the daughter of Ben-Hur's liberation chief, is a free man and wants to give her a ring as a symbol of slaves; she begs Mesera to treat his mother and sister well, and these details vividly and delicately depict Ben-Hur's filial piety and kindness , A tall image of fraternity. When Ben-Hur was driven across the desert by the Roman soldiers, his mouth was dry and his breath was dying. The Roman centurion did not allow the people of the Jewish village to give him water, but a Jew still held a water scoop to let Ben-Hur drink water. The centurion was about to reprimand, but when he went to the man and looked at the man, he stepped back a few steps, his face ashamed. This man only sees his back, who is it? Ben-Hur has been doing hard labor on the command ship in Rome for more than three years. There is also a controlling sanity", he asked Ben-Hur to go to Rome to be his gladiator; Ben-Hur categorically refused, because it was still a slave, and he believed that "God will not abandon him". When the Macedonian warship collided with the command ship of Kuntus, the sea water poured into the swaying cabin, Ben-Hur strangled the guards first, took the key, rescued a few companions, and on the deck, he was the first to throw the javelin to kill the javelin. The Macedonian soldier of Kuntus; when Kuntus fell into the water, Ben-Hur jumped into the sea without hesitation and rescued Kuntus to a board; several times prevented Kuntus from throwing himself into the sea. Kuntus brought Ben-Hur to Rome, and tried to force Chen Bin-xu to do no harm to the governor in the Senate; and Ben-Hur won several championships for Kun-Tous in horse racing, and Kun-Tous accepted Ben-Hur as his adopted son to inherit everything. In the end, his wish was fulfilled and let him go back. This paragraph seems a bit far-fetched, but only in this way can Ben-Hur return to his hometown as a free man to find his mother and sister, and the story can continue. Ben-Hur, as the heir of Kuntus, scolded Mesera and ordered him to find his mother and sister; who knows, Ben-Hur's mother and sister have been locked in the dark castle dungeon, and even the guards dare not The leper who took a second look; they were let out and silently arrived at the dilapidated home, saw Ben-Hur's figure, and insisted that Esther would not tell Ben-Hur the truth and go to the valley of leprosy; Te also endured his grief and resentment, and told Ben Hur only that his mother and sister had already died in prison. All this makes people see the benevolence and fraternity spirit of Christ radiated from Ben-Hur's mother, sister and Esther.

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Ben-Hur quotes

  • Judah Ben-Hur: [as Judah Ben-Hur hugs Simonides, in friendship] Simonides.

  • [Messala is mortally injured after being trampled in the chariot race]

    Doctor: We cannot wait, Tribune.

    Messala: [softly] He will come.

    [he convulses with pain; they hold him down]

    Doctor: We cannot wait any longer, Tribune!

    Messala: [shouts] He will come! He will come. I have sent for him, and he will come!

    Doctor: If you wish us to keep you alive, we have to go to work *now*, Tribune. Do you understand?

    Messala: Cut the legs off me... Not yet. Not till I've seen him. I can't receive him with half a body!

    [Drusus and the surgeon share a look; they begin binding Messala in preparation for amputation]

    Messala: [struggling] NO!

    [Judah appears in the doorway]

    Messala: I told you, Drusus; I told you! There he is.

    [Judah approaches and stands over Messala]

    Messala: Triumph c... triumph complete, Judah. The race won, the enemy destroyed.

    Judah Ben-Hur: I see no enemy.

    Messala: What do you think you see? The smashed body of a wretched animal? There's enough of a man still left here for you to hate. Let me help you.

    [he convulses with pain]

    Messala: You think they're dead, your mother and sister? Dead, and the race over? It isn't over, Judah. They're not dead.

    Judah Ben-Hur: [leaning closer] Where are they?

    [pause]

    Judah Ben-Hur: Where are they? WHERE ARE THEY?

    Messala: [with grim satisfaction] Look... look for them... in the Valley... of the Lepers! If you can recognize them!

    [Judah doubles over with grief]

    Messala: It goes on. It goes on, Judah. The race... the race... is not... over!

    [he dies]