Sent to Athens to recuperate, Marcellus finally gives in to Demetrius' urging and touches the robe, and his mind is subsequently restored. Reluctantly wearing the garment, Marcellus apparently suffers a nervous breakdown and returns to Rome.

During the banquet, a drunken centurion insists that Marcellus wear Jesus' robe. Marcellus wins and asks Demetrius to take care of the robe.įollowing the crucifixion, Marcellus takes part in a banquet attended by Pontius Pilate. Marcellus and some other soldiers throw dice to see who will take Jesus' seamless robe. In Jerusalem during Passover, Marcellus ends up carrying out the crucifixion of Jesus but is troubled since he believes Jesus is innocent of any crime. Prince Gaius, in an effort to rid Rome of Marcellus, banishes Marcellus to the command of the Roman garrison at Minoa, a port city in southern Palestine. The book explores the aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus through the experiences of the Roman tribune, Marcellus Gallio and his Greek slave Demetrius. As difficult as it was to read this story, I do not regret a minute of it. I had read it before when I was much younger, and did not really grasp the scope of it until I picked it up now. It is a book that should be read in every Christian's lifetime. He has done a masterful job of combining fiction, folklore and history in this book. will knock your socks off and rock your world if you let it When Lloyd Douglas's housekeeper asked the innocent question about the crucifixion, 'What happened to his robe sir?' this was the beginning of Lloyd Douglas's magnum opus.

This very real entry into the first century A.D. It is a very weighty tome that will probably cause readers to re-evaluate and re-discover their life lessons It is a book that will hit you in the solar plexus. We see how a cocky, young Roman Centurion becomes a humble citizen whose main goal in life is to educate the people about Jesus Christ and his promised Kingdom. Marcellus was present at the time of the crucifixion of Christ, and his presence at this momentous occasion forever changed his life. The amount of work that went into this novel is astounding, and the skill in which it was created is beyond belief.

Marcellus, Demetrias and Diana were as real to me as people that I may meet on the street corner any day of the week. We learn to love and care for the main characters as we hear about Jesus's life story. Yes, the story is familiar to us as Christians, but Douglas has created a wonderful meld of fiction and history in this book. Douglas has created a masterpiece here, and it has some of the the most beautiful language and prose I have ever read. It ends about 2 years after that in a Roman forum. This is a story of Jesus, and it begins just before the crucifixion on the grassy knoll at Golgotha. It is timeless in its message and in its story.

Book the robe by lloyd c douglas