How Do You Explain This? God!

“Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; otherwise believe on account of the works themselves. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to the Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
John 14:11-13

There are many people who don’t believe in miracles. Mel Gibson is not one of them. Throughout the filming of The Passion, the crew experienced several miracles that helped reaffirm what they were doing.

During the first month of shooting in November 2002, assistant director Jan Michelini was struck by lightning during the crucifixion scene. To everyone’s amazement, the young man stood up and walked away unharmed. Ten months later when they returned to Italy for additional footage, Michelini was struck by lightning a second time, and Jim Gaviezel, who plays Christ, was also hit. Neither of them was hurt.

Gibson noted a case where someone regained sight, and a little girl connected with the crew was healed of epilepsy. She had suffered as many as fifty epileptic seizure a day, but now she no longer has any.

Gibson said, “We’re not kidding around about this stuff, it’s happening.” Jim Gaviezel noted the spiritual miracles, as well. He said, “There are many cast members and people who’ve been deeply moved, and some accepted the Lord during our time there.” As Mel Gibson explained, “This was not your normal movie set.”