Jim Caviezel Says Jesus Spoke to Him While Filming Crucifixion Scene for Passion of the Christ

Dorothy Cummings McLean : Apr 18, 2025
LifeSiteNews.com

"He was with me when I was on the cross." -Jim Caviezel

[LifeSiteNews.com] The star of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ told Raymond Arroyo that he heard Jesus Christ speaking to him during the filming of the crucifixion scene. (Screengrab image: via Arroyo Grande)

In an interview posted to social media on Wednesday, Jim Caviezel tells the popular ETWN host that he experienced an interior locution [hearing from God] as he underwent the grueling experience. As he acted the last hours of Christ's Passion, Jesus spoke to him, he says.

"He was with me when I was on the cross," the actor recounts.

"I had this internal locution, and He said, 'Am I too close?' And that's when the doctor's putting his stethoscope on my heart, and I was struggling (with) breathing," he continues.

"And I said, 'You're not close enough!' And I cried when I said that."

Caviezel recalls that this was at the end of the scene; at the time, he was "blue" with cold. He intimates that he was no longer acting; he suffered real hardship—and real dangers—during the crucifixion scene. While carrying his cross, he had fallen, dislocating his left shoulder and biting through his tongue and cheek. His dislocated shoulder caused him great pain as his arms were stretched out on the cross... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Continue reading, and watch the interview with Caviezel Here.