Ben Hur movie

The Ben Hur movie showed that not all the Jews trusted Jesus. Most of them went to listen to his preaches but never actually believed he was the son of god. The Ben Hur movie depicts the chariot racing in great detail. It seems that the chariot racing was very popular in ancient rome as there were at least a thousand people in the stands watching the chariot racing. The horses seemed to be very fit and trained. Ben Hur's horse was very well trained as it was able to jump over one of the wrecks and still continue running. The chariot racing was also a very dangerous sport as they were to chariot drivers who got injured in the race. One of them even died after being stampeded over. The winner of the chariot race was given a crown of olives, which symbolized, godliness and power. This was because the romans believed that the winner of the chariot races were very powerful and sacred. The race that Ben Hur raced in was very important as racers from many countries came to take part. This is like in the modern day football where the countries compete for fame. However I think that the race between Messalah and Ben Hur was much more than just for the countries honor. This is because Ben Hur blamed Messalah for imprisoning his mother and sister and believed that they had died in the prison. I also learned that leprosy in the ancient times was considered a unholy disease and people believed that if you had a leprosy and breathed into another person's face than that person would get leprosy. The people with leprosy would go to an underground cave and stay there away from all the other people.