Complex sentence: Much of the episode was inspired by Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "The Last Temptation of Christ", and a scene showing an operation on Mulder has been thematically compared to the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Split into simpler sentences: Much of the episode was inspired by Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "The Last Temptation of Christ". A scene showing an operation on Mulder has been thematically compared to the Crucifixion of Jesus.