Did Jesus Get Lost in Translation? by Gary Northby Gary North On February 25, 2004, Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion of the Christ, better known as The Passion, hit the movie theaters. This was Ash Wednesday. For most attendees, Ash Wednesday is not part of their vocabulary, but it is part of Mel Gibson's. Clearly, he did not schedule this release date for commercial reasons. The movie is shown without previews of coming attractions. This fact alone would have made it an oddity. Something very strange is going on. As the producer, Gibson made an entrepreneurial decision when he...