. 3 0   a . m . ▁and ▁it ▁took ▁five ▁hours ▁to ▁apply ▁cut s , ▁bru ises ▁and ▁bl ister s ▁to ▁his ▁body . ▁As ▁he ▁carried ▁the ▁cross ▁over ▁the ▁sand , ▁M aw le ▁imag ined ▁the ▁pain ▁and ▁exhaust ion ▁Jesus ▁felt ▁when ▁he ▁did ▁it . ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁traditional ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁the ▁cru c if ix ion , ▁where ▁Jesus ▁is ▁shown ▁na iled ▁to ▁the ▁cross ▁by ▁his ▁hands , ▁production ▁designer ▁Simon ▁Elli ot ▁chose ▁to ▁show ▁Jesus ▁in ▁the ▁fo etal ▁position , ▁with ▁the ▁n ails ▁through ▁his ▁arms . ▁Mark ▁Good acre ▁ad vised ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁common ▁and ▁effective ▁method ▁of ▁cru c if ix ion ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Rom ans , ▁and ▁Elli ot ▁believed ▁that ▁" the ▁Victor ian ▁image " ▁did ▁not ▁match ▁historical ▁evidence ; ▁The ▁Pass ions ▁interpretation ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁ske leton ▁of ▁a ▁cru c ified ▁man ▁that ▁was ▁discovered ▁near ▁Jerusalem ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁ex tras ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁trial ▁scenes ▁in ▁E pisode ▁ 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁episode ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁preview ▁screen ing ▁by ▁the ▁BBC ▁at ▁the ▁Apol lo ▁West ▁End ▁cinema ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁The ▁episode ▁was ▁introduced ▁by ▁BBC ▁controller ▁of ▁fiction ▁Jane ▁T ran ter ▁to ▁an ▁invited ▁audience ▁of ▁press ▁and ▁religious ▁leaders . ▁The