Two comments. First, Nigel posted:

"We may not know, we can not tell,
What pain He had to bear.
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there!"

It is appropriate to note that Mel Gibson cannot know or tell either.

Second, William Safire had a column in this morning's New York Times, in which he claimed that Gibson's use of a religious theme finally allowed him to go over the top in portraying violence and cruelty. He said that some people in the audience he was in were gasping at the blatant, lingering shots of utter savagery in the film.

I still think Gibson has a perspective on torture and pain that is a little off the wall.