[Mike Evans] and others say that [Mel Gibson] agreed to add such a one- sentence postscript following a private screening of the film on Aug. 9 in Dallas. According to participants, the audience of about 30 invitees that night included Don George of the Assemblies of God, Jack Graham of the Southern Baptist Convention and Evans, an evangelical Christian who heads the pro-Israel Jerusalem Prayer Group and the Netherlands-based Corrie ten Boom Foundation, which combats anti-Semitism.

Evans said he decided last week to publish an account of the meeting with Gibson on the website WorldNetDaily.com, after reading accounts of Anti-Defamation League officials' dismay over a cut of the film they saw during a screening for Protestant clergymen in Orlando, Fla. When no response from Gibson or his representatives was forthcoming, Evans said he "became concerned. Mr. Gibson has never communicated to me that he had changed his mind."

"Dear Mr. Gibson, As one who opposes anti-Semitism, I wish to thank you for your willingness to consider adding the ... statement to the end of your movie.... This is an extremely important change because it will clarify your intent to promote Christ's life-saving message of hope without promoting anti-Semitism around the world. I don't want Jew-haters to use the story of my Lord's suffering to incite anti-Semitism as they have in the past. I realize that great numbers of Jew-haters will attempt to persuade you not to put this simple statement in the final cut. However, no anti-Semitic country, regime or group will use the movie for evil purposes if they know the film ends with the terrible suffering that the Jewish people have experienced."