Ben-Hur, Part 8, Chapter 10 summary

What happens

1. At Golgotha, Ben-Hur finds faith in the Nazarene’s spiritual kingdom while soldiers prepare and carry out the crucifixion.
2. Darkness covers the scene, and the Nazarene’s promise of Paradise to a criminal brings Simonides to faith.
3. The Nazarene dies, an earthquake scatters the crowd, and Ben-Hur discovers that Balthasar is also dead.
4. Iras disappears; Ben-Hur brings his mother and Tirzah home, where the household worships God and Christ.
5. About five years afterward, Iras tells Esther she kills Messala, refuses help, and disappears again.
6. During Nero’s persecution, an inheritance and Simonides’ advice prompt Ben-Hur to fund underground Christian worship and prepare for Rome.

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