Ben-Hur was transformed from bible scripture to a movie because it is the most read scripture in the Bible. The scripture tells the story of a man, Judah Ben-Hur, who trades his life as the prince of Jerusalem with the life of a slave. The story tells of his journeys and triumphs as a slave. The story starts with the five wise men as their journey to find Jesus. When they arrive in Bethlehem they come bearing gifts for the newborn king. After the birth of Jesus the movie changes to two Roman soldiers who are in a meeting.
One of the soldiers, Tribune Musala, is an old friend of Judah. Judah comes in and meets with Musala and invites him to his home for dinner and to see his family. Musala tells Judah how the Romans will conquer his people and if he wants to save his family he can turn in the Rebels who plan to revolt. Judah is enraged that his friend would ask him to turn in his own people, and storms out of the meeting. After the meeting Judah returns home to find an old friend / slave of his there waiting for him.
The slave asks permission that his daughter be allowed to marry. Judah gladly grants his wish and meets the young woman, Esther. The two have a private talk in which Judah grants Esther her freedom and says that he will wear her slavery ring until he finds his true love. The Romans enter Jerusalem and the entire city watched from rooftops. As Judah and Esther watched Esther accidentally knocks a shingle loose and scares a horse causing it to kick and buck a general from the horse killing the general. The Romans enter the city and arrest Judah, his sister, and mother.
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His friend Musala orders Judah to be sent to the galleys. Judah escapes from confines to find Musala and asks him why he would do this to a friend. Musala says, ‘People will fear me for persecuting my own friend.’ A chain gang of slaves traveling through the desert stop so the Romans can get a drink of water. The guards allow the slaves very little water, but allow their horses to drink a plentiful amount. The guards say ‘No water for him’ referring to Judah. A man gives Judah water and the guard gets angry and yells at the man.
The guard and the man look at each other and the guard cowards. The man is portrayed as Jesus. At the end of the desert travels Judah finds himself in the galleys of a boat as a numbered rower. He spends over three years in the galleys of numerous boats.
Governor Arius who puts Judah up to an endurance test rules the boat. Most of the other slaves pass out due to the rigors of the test, however Judah withstands the test and wins. As they are going into battle Arius has a guard unchain Judah. The boat is rammed and Judah escapes from the galley and sees Arius get knocked into the water. Judah saves Arius and the two watch the boat sink as they float on a piece of wood.
The next day a Roman boat saves the two. Arius tells all on the boat that Judah saved his life. When they return to land Arius plea’s with the Roman government to free Judah. They the give Judah to Arius to do with him as he wishes.
Arius then has a celebration where he gives Judah a family ring and asks him to be his adopted son. He also makes Judah the sole heir to his land and possessions. A few weeks after the ceremony Judah tells Arius that he wishes to return to Jerusalem. On his journey back to Jerusalem Judah crosses paths with an Arab who he makes friends with and agrees to race for them in the Circus. Judah and the Arab enjoy a fulfilling meal and at the end to show delight they belch. The better the belch the better the meal.
When he returns home he finds Esther and her father. Her father was tortured by the Romans to find out where Judah’s fortune is hidden. The old man does not give in and is tortured so that he can no longer walk. Judah meets with Musala and orders him to find his mother and sister. He also challenges Musala to race against him in the Circus. Musala finds Judah’s mother and sister only to find out that they have leprosy.
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The two were released from prison after five years. Upon their release they find Esther and beg her not to tell Judah of their condition and to rather tell him that they are dead. When the Circus takes place Judah races for the Arabs. Musala has a ‘Big Chariot’ which means that he has spikes on his wheels. Musala uses the spikes to destroy the wheels of the other racers.
Musala tries to destroy Judah’s wheels and whip him at the same time, however Judah grabbed the whip and took it away from Musala causing him to lose control of the horses and get drug behind his horses until he lets the reins go and is trampled by another chariot. Judah won the race and was crowned victor. After the race doctors want to amputate Musala’s legs, however he wants to wait to see Judah first. Judah arrives and Musala tells him that his family is not dead and that they are in fact in the valley of the lepers. Musala then died in front of Judah. When Judah goes to the valley of the lepers he sees Esther, he gets angry with her for lying to him.
She explains their plea to her. Judah then returns to the valley again the next day, this time to see his mother and sister. When he sees his mother she tells him that his sister, Tirza is dying. They go to see Tirza and take her to Rome. When they arrive they find out that a man is being tried.
They find that the man being tried was actually Jesus being crucified. As Jesus is carrying his cross up the hill he falls down and is whipped. Judah gave him some water as he did for Judah in the past. One of the guards kicks the water away from Jesus. The four watch as Jesus is crucified. Later that night the three women are sitting in a cave when a bad storm rolls in.
At the peak of the storm Jesus died. After the death of Jesus Marius and Tirza are cured of their Leprosy. They then see Judah the next day and everyone was happy that they were cured.
