A physician analyzes each step of the Passion of the Christ, explaining the impact of each from a medical perspective on the body of Christ. By doing so, He reveals how the process of the Passion was ordained to inflict maximum pain upon Christ's body - a reflection of God's wrath on the sin Jesus assumed on mankind's behalf - and the unique fulfillment of prophecy that occurred along the way ("...crushed for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities...")