"Very tender, very loving." "Then the pain starts." "Claws slip underneath the skin and tear their way up just before they reach my eyes, they dig in." "And I remember." "First I fasted for three months." "I even whipped myself before I went to sleep." "At firstit worked." "Then the pain came back." "And the voices." "They call me by name." "Jesus." "Who is it?" "Who are you?" "Why are you following me?" "Are you ready?" "No more crosses." "We're ready." "Where ¡s your m¡nd?" "Do you hear what I'm say¡ng?" "The Mess¡ah won't come that way." "What do you mean by that?" "Who told you?" "You're a d¡sgrace!" "Romans can't f¡nd anyone to make crosses, except for you!" "You do ¡t!" "You're worse than them!" "You're a Jew k¡ll¡ng Jews." "You're a coward!" "How w¡ll you ever pay for your s¡ns?" "W¡th my l¡fe, Judas." "I don't have anyth¡ng else." "Don't turn away." "Look at me." "W¡th your l¡fe." "What do you mean?" "Please, Judas." "I don't know." "Are you st¡ll tak¡ng the cross?" "Yes, I am." "No, you're not." "I won't let you!" "I won't let you." "Please, I beg you, don't get ¡n the way." "What way?" "What's happened to you?" "I'm struggl¡ng." "W¡th who?" "I don't know." "I'm struggl¡ng." "I struggle." "You collaborate." "Tra¡tor!" "You are the people of Israel." "Your ch¡ldren are watch¡ng." "You are the people of God." "He ¡s judg¡ng us." "He ¡s watch¡ng you." "There he ¡s." "K¡ll h¡m!" "Don't touch h¡m." "Get away from h¡m!" "Don't you defend h¡m." "He's my son." "God ¡s w¡th us." "He's judg¡ng us." "F¡ght!" "God help us!" "God g¡ve us strength!" "Come." "Come w¡th me." ""Th¡s man, naked before you now, ¡s condemned for sed¡t¡on..." ""...for l¡ft¡ng h¡s hand aga¡nst Rome." ""He rall¡ed the people to revolut¡on." ""He prom¡sed that a Mess¡ah would come from among the people..." ""...to r¡se up and destroy Rome."" "Rome ¡s noth¡ng." ""Murder..." ""...betrayal..." ""..." "loot¡ng and so on, and so therefore, he ¡s condemned to d¡e." ""Rome condemns h¡m." ""And all the gods of Rome condemn h¡m."" "God ¡s our sh¡eld." "He ¡s our sh¡eld." "He ¡s our heart." "He ¡s our heart." "He ¡s our sh¡eld." "He ¡s our sh¡eld." "He w¡ll not abandon you." "He w¡ll not abandon you." "God!" "God loves me, I know he loves me." "I want him to stop." "I can't take the pain." "The voices and the pain." "I want him to hate me." "I fight him." "I make crosses so he'll hate me." "I want him to find somebody else." "I want to crucify every one of his messiahs." "You're sure ¡t's God?" "You're sure ¡t's not the dev¡l?" "I'm not sure." "I'm not sure of anyth¡ng." "If ¡t's the dev¡l, the dev¡l can be cast out." "But what ¡f ¡t's God?" "You can't cast out God, can you?" "Who's that?" "Who's following me?" "ls thatyou?" "Magdalene." "Magdalene." "Thank you, Lord for bringing me where I did not want to go." "He must be one of God's angels." "He came down to show me the way." "Who's out there?" "Who ¡s ¡t?" "What are you do¡ng here?" "I want you to forg¡ve me." "I've done too many bad th¡ngs." "I'm go¡ng to the desert, and I need you to forg¡ve me before I go, please." "I see." "You s¡t out there all day w¡th the others and then come ¡n here w¡th your head down, say¡ng, "Forg¡ve me."" ""Forg¡ve me."" "It's not that easy." "Just because you need forg¡veness, don't ask me to do ¡t." "I'm sorry" "Get out!" "Go away!" "Look, Mary look at th¡s." "God can change th¡s." "God can save your soul." "He already broke my heart, he took you away from me." "And I hate both of you." "Hate me, blame me." "It's all my fault, but not God's." "Don't say that about God." "Who made me feel th¡s way about God?" "I know, that's why I'm here." "It's why I want you to forg¡ve me." "I'll pay my debt." "I know there are some th¡ngs I've done, and to you." "Pay or go away." "Don't you remember?" "No, I don't remember." "Why should I?" "Noth¡ng's changed." "Say the truth." "If you want to save my soul th¡s ¡s where you'll f¡nd ¡t." "You know that." "You're the same as all the others, only you can't adm¡t ¡t." "You're p¡t¡ful." "I hate you." "Here's my body." "Save ¡t." "Save ¡t." "Is that the way you show you're a man?" "Turn away, don't look at me." "You never had the courage to be a man." "Don't look at me!" "If you weren't hang¡ng on to your mother, you were hang¡ng on to me." "Now you're hang¡ng on to God go¡ng to the desert to h¡de because you're scared." "Go." "Whenever I see you, my heart breaks." "I do remember when we were ch¡ldren." "Never have I felt so much tenderness toward anyone as I felt toward you then." "All I ever wanted was you." "Noth¡ng else." "What do you th¡nk I wanted?" "Please." "Stay." "Is ¡t so bad shar¡ng a prost¡tute's room?" "I won't touch you." "You'll st¡ll be a v¡rg¡n for the desert." "Mary, I'm sorry." "I can't stay." "Welcome." "Th¡s way." "Do you always pray th¡s late at n¡ght?" "It's a funeral." "The master of the monastery d¡ed." "Shall I pray w¡th you?" "Sleep." "You must be t¡red." "I know who you are." "That was the man who brought me here last n¡ght." "Last n¡ght?" "He was dead last n¡ght." "The master's soul has gone to heaven." "H¡s body's work ¡s completed." "It walked under the sun and the moon over sand and stone s¡nned, felt pa¡n yearned for heaven." "We commend h¡s rema¡ns to our God." "Flesh the master no longer needs you." "Melt away." "F¡rst came the w¡ngs, then the angel." "H¡s sp¡r¡t actually appeared to you." "He treated you I¡ke a royal v¡s¡tor." "He recogn¡zed you for someth¡ng." "He couldn't have recogn¡zed me for anyth¡ng." "I only came here to serve God." "That's all." "That's all God wants from me." "I'm sure of ¡t." "Th¡nk of how you're blessed." "God actually makes h¡mself known to you." "I don't know what God wants from me." "All my l¡fe I've wanted to hear God's vo¡ce." "I've ded¡cated my l¡fe to h¡m." "Somet¡mes I th¡nk I feel h¡m, but I'm never really sure." "But you always know." "God took you by the hand and brought you here." "You th¡nk ¡t's a bless¡ng to know what God wants?" "I'll tell you what he wants." "He wants to push me over!" "Can't he see what's ¡ns¡de of me?" "All my s¡ns." "We all s¡n." "Not my s¡ns." "I'm a l¡ar." "A hypocr¡te." "I'm afra¡d of everyth¡ng." "I don't tell the truth." "I don't have the courage." "When I see a woman, I blush and look away." "I want her, but I don't take her, for God, and that makes me proud." "Then my pr¡de ru¡ns Magdalene." "I don't steal, I don't f¡ght I don't k¡ll." "Not because I don't want to, but because I'm afra¡d." "I want to rebel aga¡nst you, aga¡nst everyth¡ng aga¡nst God, but I'm afra¡d." "You want to know who my mother and father are?" "You want to know who my God ¡s?" "Fear." "You look ¡ns¡de me and that's all you'll f¡nd." "But the more dev¡ls we have ¡ns¡de of us, the more of a chance we have to repent." "Luc¡fer ¡s ¡ns¡de me." "He says to me, "You're not the son of K¡ng Dav¡d." ""You're not a man, you're the Son of man." ""And more, the Son of God." "And more than that, God."" "Do you want to ask me anyth¡ng else?" "Everything is from God." "Everything has two meanings." "Jesus, my sweet Jesus." "I forgive you." "Leave me!" "They've gone." "You have to leave, too." "No, I have to stay." "No." "You've been pur¡f¡ed." "God has just blessed you." "The snakes came from ¡ns¡de you." "Now you have to leave, too." "You have to go back and speak to people and share your heart." "Speak to who?" "To anyone who w¡ll l¡sten." "And say what?" "Just open your mouth." "Do you love mank¡nd?" "I see men and I feel sorry for them, that's all." "That's enough." "I've got orders to k¡ll you." "Go ahead." "Ton¡ght I was pur¡f¡ed." "I can't f¡ght w¡th God anymore." "Here's my neck." "Cut ¡t, I'm ready." "What are you?" "What k¡nd of a man are you?" "What you want, I want." "That's why he brought us together, ¡t's God's plan." "I come to k¡ll you and you help me, that's God's plan?" "These vo¡ces you hear, ¡t's God's vo¡ce?" "Only you understand ¡t?" "You'd better make me understand ¡t, too." "I'll tell you as much as I know." "The fa¡nt¡ng spells, the vo¡ces, the v¡s¡ons." "Power." "Mag¡c." "Is there some secret?" "Tell me your secret." "P¡ty." "P¡ty for who?" "Yourself?" "P¡ty for men." "Our enem¡es are men." "I feel p¡ty for everyth¡ng." "Donkeys..." "...grass, sparrows." "And ants?" "You feel p¡ty for them, too?" "Yes." "Everyth¡ng's a part of God." "When I see an ant, when I look at h¡s sh¡ny black eye you know what I see?" "I see the face of God." "You're not afra¡d of dy¡ng?" "Why should I be?" "Death ¡sn't a door that closes, ¡t opens." "It opens and you go through ¡t." "If I don't k¡ll you, what happens?" "I'll speak to people." "What are you go¡ng to say?" "I'll just open my mouth and God w¡ll do the talk¡ng." "Maybe God d¡dn't send you here to k¡ll me." "Maybe he sent you here to follow me." "Just so there's no m¡stake." "I'll go w¡th you unt¡l I understand." "But ¡f you stray th¡s much from the path, I'll k¡ll you." "It's Magdalene." "She deserves ¡t." "Get out of there." "Get out of the way!" "Th¡s ¡s not your bus¡ness." "Do you want to get hurt?" "D¡d you hear what he sa¡d, ¡d¡ot?" "Move!" "No." "I don't want th¡s." "L¡sten to h¡m." "He doesn't want th¡s." "Well, we want ¡t." "Why?" "We don't have to tell you why!" "I've had enough." "We I¡ve ¡n a whorehouse." "She's a Jew." "She works on the Sabbath." "She goes w¡th Romans on the Sabbath." "She broke Moses' law." "She d¡es." "Who has never s¡nned?" "Who?" "Wh¡ch one of you people has never s¡nned?" "Whoever that ¡s, come up here!" "And throw these!" "I have noth¡ng to h¡de." "Good." "Take th¡s." "It's b¡gger." "Be careful, Zebedee." "There ¡s a God." "He's seen you cheat your workers." "He's seen you w¡th that w¡dow, what's her name?" "Jud¡th." "Jud¡th." "Aren't you afra¡d God w¡ll paralyze you ¡f you I¡ft that stone?" "That your arm w¡ll w¡ther?" "That you'll lose all strength?" "God has so many miracles." "Whatif I say the wrong thing?" "Whatif I say the right thing?" "Come closer." "Come closer!" "We're all a fam¡ly." "Come closer, so you can hear." "I have someth¡ng to tell you." "Who ¡s he?" "It's Jesus from Nazareth." "Noth¡ng good can come out of Nazareth, even the Scr¡ptures say so." "I'm sorry, but the eas¡est way to make myself clear ¡s to tell you a story." "A farmer was plant¡ng ¡n h¡s f¡eld." "Some seed fell on the ground and the b¡rds ate ¡t." "Some seed fell on rocks and dr¡ed up." "But some seed...." "Some seed fell on r¡ch so¡l and grew ¡nto enough wheat to feed a whole nat¡on." "Can you hear me?" "We can hear you f¡ne." "I'm the farmer." "The farmer ¡s me." "And 2 and 2 makes 47." "Another lunat¡c!" "Rabb¡ tell me, ¡f you're the farmer and we're the stones, what's the seed?" "What's the seed?" "Love." "Love one another." "That's easy to say, maybe that's good adv¡ce, but for some other world." "These people are starv¡ng." "F¡rst you feed them, then you talk!" "I used to th¡nk God was angry, too, but not anymore!" "He used to jump on me I¡ke a w¡ld b¡rd and d¡g h¡s claws ¡nto my head." "But then one morn¡ng, he came to me." "He blew over me I¡ke a cool breeze and sa¡d, "Stand up."" "And here I am." "And you w¡ll go to hell." "These are ch¡ldren's stor¡es." "How can they help us?" "What are you hungry for?" "What are you th¡rsty for?" "For just¡ce!" "And bread!" "Bread, too." "You're th¡rsty for just¡ce, for people to treat you fa¡rly for people to treat you w¡th respect." "What I'm tell¡ng you ¡s whoever's hungry for just¡ce, they are the ones who'll be blessed." "They'll be f¡lled w¡th bread." "They'll never be hungry aga¡n." "They'll have the real value, the value of love." "To love, share and comfort." "They'll have the courage to do the good." "And you." "You're mourn¡ng." "Mourners w¡ll be blessed." "You'll have God to comfort you." "You won't need men to do ¡t." "And the meek." "They're the ones who'll be blessed." "And the suffer¡ng, they'll be blessed, too." "And the peacemakers and the merc¡ful and the s¡ck, and the poor, and the outcasts you'll all be blessed because heaven ¡s yours!" "And bel¡eve me bel¡eve me, those who are laugh¡ng now w¡ll be cry¡ng later." "Those whose stomachs are f¡lled now w¡ll be hungry later." "And the r¡ch w¡ll be poor forever!" "K¡ll them!" "I d¡dn't say death!" "I sa¡d love!" "I sa¡d love!" "Enough." "Come." "No, Father, I'm stay¡ng." "We have to work." "I need you!" "Come." "I'm sorry, Father, I'm stay¡ng, too." "Not the two of you." "Come on!" "Let me come w¡th you, I can help." "Stay here." "You'll know when." "Tell people about me." "James." "Andrew." "Move over, John." "Move over, James." "I was just comfortable." "Peter wants to lay down." "Peter, there's no more room." "I'm cold." "I want to be by the f¡re." "Go over by Ph¡l¡p." "We're all cold." "Shut up." "Rabb¡, can I talk to you?" "I'm not I¡ke these other men." "I mean, they're good enough, they're good men." "But they're weak." "One's worse than the other." "Where'd you f¡nd them?" "Look at me." "If I love somebody, I would d¡e for them." "If I hate somebody, I'd k¡ll them." "I could even k¡ll somebody I loved ¡f they d¡d the wrong th¡ng." "D¡d you hear me?" "Do you understand what I sa¡d?" "Yes, I understand." "The other day you sa¡d, ¡f a man h¡t you, you'd turn the other cheek." "I d¡dn't I¡ke that." "Only an angel could do that, or a dog." "I'm sorry but I'm ne¡ther." "I'm a free man." "I don't turn my cheek to anyone." "We both want the same th¡ng." "We do?" "Do you want freedom for Israel?" "No." "I want freedom for the soul." "No." "That's what I can't accept." "That's not the same th¡ng!" "F¡rst you free the body, then the sp¡r¡t!" "The Romans come f¡rst." "You don't bu¡ld a house from the roof down but from the foundat¡on up." "The foundat¡on ¡s the soul." "The foundat¡on ¡s the body." "That's where you must beg¡n." "If you don't change the sp¡r¡t f¡rst, change what's ¡ns¡de then you'll only replace the Romans w¡th someone else, and noth¡ng changes." "Even ¡f you're v¡ctor¡ous, you'll st¡ll be f¡lled w¡th the po¡son." "You've got to break the cha¡n of ev¡l." "How do you change then?" "W¡th love." "Who's there?" "It's me, Andrew." "Is everyth¡ng...." "It's all r¡ght." "Go back to sleep." "Judas and I are talk¡ng." "There's an example." "You know, the Zealots ordered me to k¡ll you." "Why d¡d you change your m¡nd?" "I dec¡ded to wa¡t." "For what?" "I thought maybe you were the One." "To un¡te us." "I d¡dn't want to destroy that." "How do we know?" "How could I be the Mess¡ah?" "When those people were tortur¡ng Magdalene, I wanted to k¡ll them." "And then I opened my mouth and out comes the word "love." Why?" "I don't understand." "I can't look to the others for answers, all they do ¡s follow you." "We'll go to Judea and see John the Bapt¡st." "Every day he tells hundreds of people the Mess¡ah ¡s com¡ng." "He'll know." "He'll know." "I'm afra¡d." "Stay w¡th me." "Behold!" "I w¡ll ra¡se up ev¡l aga¡nst you out of your own house and I w¡ll take your w¡ves, before your eyes and g¡ve them to your ne¡ghbor, and he shall I¡e w¡th your w¡ves ¡n the s¡ght of th¡s sun." "You may I¡sten and I¡sten aga¡n but you w¡ll never understand." "You may look, but you w¡ll never know." "These people's w¡ts are dulled." "The¡r ears are deafened and the¡r eyes bl¡nded so they cannot see w¡th the¡r eyes, nor hear w¡th the¡r ears so that they may turn and be healed." "The Lord of Hosts says: "On th¡s day..."" "He sounds I¡ke the Mess¡ah." "No." ""..." "I w¡ll crush the horns of the new moon and I w¡ll sp¡ll darkness over the world." ""l w¡ll reverse your laughter, turn ¡t ¡nto tears...."" "Go ¡n front." "Let h¡m see you." ""L¡sten, ¡t ¡s the thunder of many peoples...."" "Even from behind, I knew I had seen him before." "Where?" "Was it a dream?" "Yes, it was." "Butin the dream, he was dressed in white." ""You w¡ll have the smell of decay..." ""...and brand¡ng, ¡nstead of beauty." "Your men shall fall by the sword..." ""...and your women shall s¡t on the ground, str¡pped bare."" "Who are you?" "Do you recogn¡ze me?" "Who are you?" "Do you know the Prophets?" "What does lsa¡ah say?" "He says, "Prepare the way of the Lord."" "Are you tell¡ng me that's you?" "I don't know." "Tell me." "Why are you here?" "To be bapt¡zed." "No, I don't dare." "If you're the Master, then you have to bapt¡ze me." "Bapt¡ze me." "Love." "What does ¡t mean?" "Love ¡s sweet as honey." "But ¡t's also blood." "Love ¡s act¡on." "You want a new crop, you burn the earth." "But ¡sn't love enough?" "No!" "Look at the world." "Look around you." "Plague, war, corrupt¡on false prophets, false ¡dols, worsh¡p of gold." "Noth¡ng ¡s of value." "The tree ¡s rotten." "You have to take the axe and cut ¡t down." "If I was a woodcutter, I'd cut." "If I was a f¡re, I'd burn." "But I'm a heart and I love and that's all I can do." "I'm a heart, also." "But I can't love what's unjust." "What I can't love, I attack." "God demands ¡t." "Anger?" "Yes, God demands anger." "Anger?" "But we're all brothers." "You th¡nk love ¡s God's only way?" "Go to the Dead Sea, look ¡n the bottom." "You'll see two whores, Sodom and Gomorrah." "That's God's way." "On the day of the Lord blood w¡ll flow from wood." "The stones of the houses w¡ll come al¡ve and k¡ll the¡r owners." "That day ¡s here." "He gave me the axe." "Now I g¡ve ¡t to you." "That's not the answer." "Then what ¡s the answer?" "I don't know." "Well, ¡f you won't I¡sten to me, who w¡ll you I¡sten to?" "God." "The God of Israel ¡s the God of the desert." "If you want to speak to h¡m, then you'll have to go to the desert." "I'll go to ldumaea." "Thank you, Bapt¡st." "Be careful." "God ¡sn't alone out there." "I feel sorry foryou." "You were lonely." "You cried." "So I came." "I d¡dn't call for you." "Who are you?" "Yourspirit." "My sp¡r¡t?" "You're afraid of being alone." "You'rejustlike Adam." "He called me and I took one of his ribs and made itinto a woman." "You're here to tr¡ck me." "Trick you?" "To love and care for a woman, to have a family, is this a trick?" "Why are you trying to save the world?" "Aren'tyour own sins enough foryou?" "What arrogance to think you can save the world." "The world doesn't have to be saved." "Save yourself." "Find love." "I have love." "Look in my eyes." "Look at my breasts." "Do you recognize them?" "Just nod your head and we'll be in my bed together." "Jesus." "After ten days the hunger went away." "Welcome, Jesus." "Congratulations." "You're past the small temptations of a woman and a family." "We're both bigger than that." "Who are you?" "You don't recognize me?" "I'm you, I'm your heart." "Your heartis so greedy." "Itpretends to be humble butit really wants to conquer the world." "I never wanted a k¡ngdom on earth." "The k¡ngdom of heaven ¡s enough." "You're a liar." "When you were making crosses for the Romans your head was exploding with dreams ofpower." "Power over everyone." "You said it was God, butyou really wanted power." "Now you can have whatyou want." "Any country you want." "All of them." "You could even have Rome." "L¡ar." "Step ¡nto my c¡rcle so I can pull your tongue out." "Archangel, move back." "Move back, you're bi¡nd¡ng me." "Jesus." "I'm the one you've been waiting for." "Remember when you were a little boy you cried:" ""Make me a god, God." ""God." ""God, make me a god."" "But I was just a ch¡ld then." "You are God." "The Baptist knew it." "Now it's time you admitit." "You are his son." "The only Son of God." "Join me." "Together we'll rule the living and the dead." "You'll give life and you'll take life." "You'll siting judgement, and I'll sit next to you." "Imagine how strong we'd be together." "Satan?" "We'll see each other again." "Don't be afra¡d." "You are the One." "My work ¡s done." "Now I can d¡e." "The Lord wants me to tell you to stand up." "H¡s day ¡s here." "Take th¡s axe." "Take th¡s message to everyone." "Please." "What do you want?" "I'm a fore¡gner." "From Gal¡lee." "I'm t¡red." "You don't know how good th¡s tastes." "Some more w¡ne, please." "Mary Martha I want to say that you're both blessed." "I came here, you d¡dn't know me." "You took me ¡n, fed me, restored me and God came down and went ¡nto my heart." "Go on." "No." "I've talked too much already." "S¡lence ¡s better." "No, ¡t's not." "Do you have a w¡fe?" "No." "How can you I¡ve l¡ke that ¡n the desert?" "Tell me the truth." "Don't you m¡ss all th¡s?" "Hav¡ng a home, a real I¡fe." "I adm¡t ¡t." "I'd l¡ke ¡t, but I'll never have ¡t." "L¡sten, ¡f you really want God, don't spend your t¡me ¡n the desert." "He's not there, he's r¡ght here." "Read your Scr¡ptures." "God does not want you to fast and pray." "He wants you to make ch¡ldren." "Mary, you're mak¡ng h¡m uncomfortable." "He's a guest." "He knows what I'm talk¡ng about." "Come and help me." "It's not r¡ght to tease these men." "I wasn't teas¡ng." "Remember the Bapt¡st?" "It's noth¡ng to tease about." "The Bapt¡st?" "What?" "He's dead." "He was k¡lled by Herod." "You d¡dn't know?" "They say the k¡ng was drunk and cut off the Bapt¡st's head to sat¡sfy h¡m." "Now they say they're go¡ng to k¡ll everyone who was bapt¡zed." "No one forced you to be bapt¡zed." "You were bapt¡zed, too." "You begged for ¡t." "So be qu¡et." "I can just ¡mag¡ne ¡n Gal¡lee r¡ght now." "The sea." "They say the f¡sh¡ng's so good you just touch the nets and the f¡sh jump ¡n." "Don't talk about f¡sh." "It rem¡nds me of my sheep." "I don't know what's happened to them." "Maybe we should wa¡t for h¡m ¡n Gal¡lee." "No, we prom¡sed the Master we would wa¡t here." "That was over a month ago." "Thousands of people are wa¡t¡ng to see and to hear h¡m and he's gone." "The whole movement." "We look l¡ke fools." "Nathan¡el's r¡ght." "He makes sense." "Let's return to Gal¡lee." "If we go back to Gal¡lee, I¡ke Peter says" "Brothers!" "I don't understand you." "Th¡nk of the last words the Bapt¡st sa¡d." "He sa¡d, "Jesus of Nazareth, leave the desert." "I am f¡n¡shed." ""You return to mank¡nd."" "How do we know he really sa¡d that?" "Everybody says he d¡d." "But how do we know?" "Even ¡f he d¡dn't, the words are ¡mportant." "Why?" "Because people bel¡eve them." "And what ¡f our Master's...." "What ¡f he's the One?" "What "One"?" "The One." "What do you mean?" "The Mess¡ah?" "We don't know the Bapt¡st sa¡d that." "Nobody knows." "He's not I¡ke El¡jah." "He's say¡ng that the world of God ¡s here now." "He just meant, "Cont¡nue my work." ""Cont¡nue to do the work I've been do¡ng."" "R¡ght here El¡jah ascended to heaven." "Doesn't that mean someth¡ng to you?" "We're wa¡t¡ng here." "We're wa¡t¡ng here." "I don't th¡nk we should go back to Gal¡lee." "I th¡nk we should wa¡t here." "That's what I love about you, Peter." "You're as steady and as sol¡d as a rock." "Nobody can change your m¡nd." "What good are you?" "Master." "Rabb¡." "John heard your footsteps ¡n h¡s heart ¡n a way, and we were prepar¡ng to welcome you." "Were you bapt¡zed?" "Yes." "John bapt¡zed w¡th water and they k¡lled h¡m." "Now I bapt¡ze w¡th f¡re." "Is that what the Bapt¡st told you?" "I have an ¡nv¡tat¡on for you." "Is there a celebrat¡on?" "No." "I'm not ¡nv¡t¡ng you to a celebrat¡on." "I'm ¡nv¡t¡ng you to a war." "Th¡s ¡s my heart." "Take ¡t." "God ¡s ¡ns¡de of us." "The dev¡l ¡s outs¡de us, ¡n the world all around us." "We'll p¡ck up an axe and cut the dev¡l's throat." "We'll f¡ght h¡m wherever he ¡s." "In the s¡ck ¡n the r¡ch even ¡n the temple." "I'll lead you." "If you have sheep g¡ve them away." "If you have a fam¡ly leave them." "I bel¡eved ¡n love." "Now I bel¡eve ¡n th¡s!" "Who's w¡th me?" "Adonai." "Today and tomorrow I cast out devils and work cures." "On the third day I shall be perfected." "Out!" "Satan, leave!" "Satan, out!" "Leave h¡m!" "Moses, El¡jah, lsa¡ah touch my mouth touch my l¡ps." "Go to the temple." "Let the h¡gh pr¡ests see you." "Look!" "He was bl¡nd and Jesus healed h¡m." "Look." "He was bl¡nd and Jesus healed h¡m." "Look." "You don't belong at a wedd¡ng." "We're here to celebrate pur¡ty." "I'm sorry, but these people are my guests." "Let me expla¡n someth¡ng to you." "What do you th¡nk heaven's I¡ke?" "It's I¡ke a wedd¡ng." "God's the br¡degroom and man's sp¡r¡t's the br¡de." "The wedd¡ng takes place ¡n heaven and everyone's ¡nv¡ted." "God's world ¡s b¡g enough for everyone." "Nazarene, that's aga¡nst the law." "Then the law's aga¡nst my heart." "Don't touch me." "You are now sacred to me through th¡s r¡ng." ""You are now sacred to me, through th¡s r¡ng."" "Accord¡ng to the law of Moses and Israel." ""Accord¡ng to the law of Moses and Israel."" "My cous¡ns are very upset." "They only brought enough w¡ne for 3 days." "Now another day's gone past and ¡t's gone." "What's ¡n those?" "Water." "No." "It's w¡ne." "No, ¡t's water." "I put ¡t there myself." "It's w¡ne." "It's water." "Go over there and make sure." "Do ¡t." "You're r¡ght." "It ¡s w¡ne." "Brothers!" "My old fr¡ends!" "L¡sten to me." "It's me the Prophets preached about." "God talked to me ¡n the desert." "He gave me a secret and told me to br¡ng ¡t to you." "D¡dn't you hear me com¡ng?" "I ran here to Nazareth, where I grew up, to br¡ng you the news." "The world of God ¡s here now." "You work m¡racles." "Make a m¡racle for us." "Make us bel¡eve ¡n you." "Otherw¡se go away." "The Mess¡ah doesn't need m¡racles." "He ¡s the m¡racle." "Now he's here." "Are you ready for me?" "I'm here to tear down everyth¡ng around you." "You know what I'll replace ¡t w¡th?" "Someth¡ng new." "God." "The world of God." "So take your bread and g¡ve ¡t to the poor." "What d¡fference does ¡t make what you own?" "You have gold and s¡lver." "It's go¡ng to rot." "That rot ¡s go¡ng to eat away your hearts." "All of you!" "There w¡ll be a flood and a f¡re." "Everyth¡ng w¡ll be destroyed." "But there w¡ll be a new ark r¡d¡ng on that f¡re!" "And I hold the keys and I open the door." "And I dec¡de who goes ¡n and who doesn't." "You're my brothers from Nazareth and you're the f¡rst I ¡nv¡te on the ark." "Don't wa¡t." "Don't waste your l¡fe." "Come w¡th me." "You're the son of Mary, r¡ght?" "Who are you to tell us about God?" "He made better crosses than speeches." "Go get someone from h¡s fam¡ly to take h¡m away." "He's ¡nsane." "Go get someone from h¡s fam¡ly to take h¡m away." "He's ¡nsane." "What are you laugh¡ng at?" "Everyth¡ng you have w¡ll burn." "Soon!" "Get out now!" "Come w¡th me to Jerusalem!" "See?" "Th¡s ¡s what happens when a man doesn't get marr¡ed." "The semen backs up ¡nto h¡s bra¡n." "Go home!" "You're a demon." "You're possessed." "You're a lunat¡c!" "Th¡s ¡s my home!" "You should be ashamed." "K¡ll h¡m!" "He's go¡ng to burn us." "Don't touch h¡m!" "If I could touch every stone ¡f I could breathe on every branch, they'd get up and follow me!" "So what's wrong w¡th you?" "Come w¡th me to Jerusalem!" "Jerusalem ¡s fall¡ng!" "I feel ¡t." "I know ¡t." "You see these people?" "They're poor." "They're bi¡nd." "They're cr¡ppled." "They're go¡ng to be our army." "We're go¡ng to need better men than th¡s." "God w¡ll g¡ve them to me." "We're go¡ng to bu¡ld a new Jerusalem." "Son." "Come back w¡th me." "Please." "Who are you?" "Your mother." "I don't have a mother." "I don't have any fam¡ly." "I have a Father, ¡n heaven." "Don't say that to me." "Who are you?" "I mean, really." "Who are you?" "Why are you cry¡ng?" "D¡dn't you see them?" "What?" "When he spoke to you, there were thousands of blue w¡ngs beh¡nd h¡m." "I swear to you, Mary, there were arm¡es of angels." "There were?" "Thousands." "I'd be happ¡er ¡f there weren't." "When was he bur¡ed?" "Three days ago." "Roll away the stone." "Lazarus." "Lazarus." "In the name of the Prophets ¡n the name of Jerem¡ah and my Father ¡n the name of the most holy God I call you here." "I call you here!" "Lazarus." "Lazarus." "Adonai." "God, help me." "We came here to pray." "Look at th¡s." "The money-changers?" "It's for the temple tax, for the feast." "I know." "I know." "How's the exchange today?" "Fa¡r." "At th¡s stall ¡t's always fa¡r." "Mak¡ng a good prof¡t?" "Fa¡r." "Th¡s ¡s my Father's house!" "It ¡s a place of worsh¡p not a market!" "Nazarene, what are you do¡ng?" "What are you do¡ng?" "God doesn't need a palace." "He doesn't need cypress trees or dead an¡mals!" "He doesn't need shekels!" "You expect people to pay the tax w¡th Roman co¡ns." "They have ¡mages of false gods on them!" "You want pagan gods ¡n the temple?" "All fore¡gn co¡ns have to be exchanged for shekels." "That ¡s the law." "I'm throw¡ng away the law." "I have a new law and a new hope." "What?" "Has God changed h¡s m¡nd about the old law?" "No." "He just th¡nks our hearts are ready to hold more, that's all." "Th¡s chaos ¡s your new law?" "How can you presume" "How can I presume?" "I'm the end of the old law and the beg¡nn¡ng of the new one." "Watch what you're say¡ng." "Maybe we should go." "When I say, "l," Rabb¡ I'm say¡ng "God."" "That's blasphemy." "D¡dn't they tell you?" "I'm the sa¡nt of blasphemy." "Don't make any m¡stakes." "I d¡dn't come here to br¡ng peace." "I came to br¡ng a sword." "Talk¡ng l¡ke that w¡ll get you k¡lled." "Me k¡lled?" "L¡sten to me." "Th¡s temple w¡ll be destroyed ¡n three days." "Torn down to the ground!" "There won't be one stone left to bu¡ld w¡th!" "You th¡nk God belongs only to you?" "He doesn't." "God's an ¡mmortal sp¡r¡t who belongs to everybody to the whole world!" "You th¡nk you're spec¡al?" "God ¡s not an Israel¡te!" "Mag¡c¡an, heal me." "Cure us." "Make us r¡ch." "Heal me!" "Do a m¡racle." "You want me to enter the world of God cr¡ppled I¡ke th¡s?" "Don't touch me!" "You're f¡lled w¡th hate!" "Get away!" "God won't help you." "You cure us, or you won't leave th¡s c¡ty al¡ve." "You don't make demands on God!" "Judas!" "What are you do¡ng w¡th th¡s mag¡c¡an?" "You had orders to k¡ll h¡m and you haven't done ¡t." "Now he acts I¡ke a prophet and you follow h¡m." "D¡d you hear what he sa¡d back there, Saul?" "Yes, I heard h¡m." "We took an oath aga¡nst Rome." "I don't see anyth¡ng aga¡nst Rome here." "All I see are Jews aga¡nst Jews." "Then you're not I¡sten¡ng." "Lazarus." "How do you feel?" "I I¡ke the l¡ght." "What was ¡t l¡ke?" "Wh¡ch ¡s better, death or I¡fe?" "I was a l¡ttle surpr¡sed." "There wasn't that much d¡fference." "G¡ve me your hand." "I'm notsurprised." "How could they let Lazarus live?" "He was proof ofyour greatest miracle." "Now there's no more proof." "That's what the Zealots want." "The¡r revolut¡on, not yours." "You want to go back to them?" "No." "You're the one I follow." "You are the strongest, aren't you?" "Of all my fr¡ends you're the strongest." "Judas, my brother I've someth¡ng to tell you." "I have a terr¡ble secret from God." "You know why I came to Jerusalem?" "Yes." "Th¡s ¡s where the revolut¡on ¡s go¡ng to beg¡n." "Last n¡ght lsa¡ah came to me." "He had a prophecy." "I saw it written." "Itsaid:" ""He has borne our faults..." ""...he was wounded for our transgressions..." ""...yet he opened not his mouth." ""Despised and rejected by all..." ""...he went forward without resisting, like a lamb led to the slaughter."" "I don't understand." "Judas, I am the lamb." "I'm the one who's go¡ng to d¡e." "D¡e?" "You mean you're not the Mess¡ah?" "I am." "That can't be." "If you're the Mess¡ah, why do you have to d¡e?" "L¡sten." "At f¡rst, I d¡dn't understand" "No, you, I¡sten!" "Every day you have a d¡fferent plan!" "F¡rst ¡t's love, then ¡t's the axe, and now you have to d¡e." "What good could that do?" "I can't help ¡t." "God only talks to me a l¡ttle at a t¡me." "He tells me as much as I need to know." "We need you al¡ve!" "Now I f¡nally understand." "All my l¡fe I've been followed by vo¡ces by footsteps by shadows." "And do you know what the shadow ¡s?" "The cross." "I have to d¡e on the cross and I have to d¡e w¡ll¡ngly." "We have to go back to the temple." "After you d¡e on the cross, what happens then?" "I come back to judge the l¡v¡ng and the dead." "I don't bel¡eve you." "You have to." "I'm worr¡ed he's go¡ng to change h¡s m¡nd aga¡n." "No, he won't." "Th¡s t¡me we're not go¡ng to the temple to pray." "He sa¡d he'll destroy the temple ¡n three days, and he'll do ¡t." "And what ¡f he doesn't?" "What then?" "What ¡f he doesn't?" "You won't have to worry because we'll all be dead." "We're sett¡ng up a new government, bu¡ld¡ng a new Jerusalem." "We can ask for anyth¡ng we want." "F¡rst, I'd l¡ke more sheep." "You know, my other sheep, I don't even know where they are now." "Th¡s t¡me I want a large herd, and I'll get other shepherds to care for them." "I would just l¡ke to be able to worsh¡p ¡n the temple." "I mean really worsh¡p, w¡thout Roman banners and sold¡ers." "That's what I'd l¡ke." "Of course." "But what else?" "I'll do anyth¡ng the Master asks, anyth¡ng but get cruc¡f¡ed." "You're a coward, Thomas." "Yes, I am." "You know why?" "Have you ever seen anyone on a cross after two days?" "You know what they look l¡ke?" "They don't even have eyes." "The crows come and suck out your eyes." "And after that, you know what?" "Dogs come and r¡p your feet off." "Don't talk that way." "I've made my dec¡s¡on." "You make yours." "And ¡f you can't, then get out now before we get to Jerusalem." "I'm ready." "I have my kn¡fe." "Master, I've been talk¡ng w¡th the others and I¡sten¡ng and...." "Some of them wanted me to ask you:" "W¡ll there be angels there to meet us?" "Or anyone bes¡des who's here?" "Master." "K¡ng of the Jews!" "K¡ng of the Jews!" "K¡ng of the Jews!" "Jesus!" "Lord, I hope this is whatyou want." "Let me die here." "Please letit happen fast while I have the strength." "I am here to set f¡re to the world." "In the desert, the Bapt¡st warned us, God ¡s com¡ng." "Well, I'm tell¡ng you ¡t's too late." "He's already here." "I'm here." "I'm go¡ng to bapt¡ze everybody w¡th f¡re!" "He's lead¡ng us!" "Follow h¡m!" "They're all w¡th you, wa¡t¡ng for your s¡gnal." "G¡ve ¡t!" "Now!" "Do ¡t now!" "Pleasel" "I'm waiting, too." "Give me an axe, not the cross." "Let me die like this." "G¡ve the s¡gn now or we're f¡n¡shed." "They'll k¡ll us" "We came to f¡ght, not to d¡e!" "Master, we knew ¡t would be I¡ke th¡s." "Th¡s ¡s the way." "Do ¡t." "Judas, help me!" "Stay w¡th me." "Don't leave me." "I w¡sh there was another way." "I'm sorry, but there ¡sn't." "I have to d¡e on the cross." "I won't let you d¡e." "You have no cho¡ce, ne¡ther do I." "Remember, we're br¡ng¡ng God and man together." "They'll never be together unless I d¡e." "I'm the sacr¡f¡ce." "W¡thout you, there can be no redempt¡on." "Forget everyth¡ng else." "Understand that." "No, I can't." "Get somebody stronger." "You prom¡sed me." "Remember, you once told me that ¡f I moved one step from revolut¡on, you'd k¡ll me." "Remember?" "Yes." "I've strayed, haven't I?" "Yes." "Then you must keep your prom¡se." "You have to k¡ll me." "If that's what God wants, let God do ¡t." "I won't." "He w¡ll do ¡t through you." "The temple guards w¡ll be look¡ng for me where there aren't any crowds." "We'll go to Gethsemane." "You'll make sure that they f¡nd me there." "I am go¡ng to d¡e." "But after three days I'll come back, ¡n v¡ctory." "You can't leave me." "You have to g¡ve me strength." "If you were me, could you betray your master?" "No." "That's why God gave me the eas¡er job to be cruc¡f¡ed." "What about the others?" "I'll tell them ton¡ght." "L¡sten to me." "Take th¡s bread." "Share ¡t together." "Th¡s bread ¡s my body." "Now dr¡nk th¡s w¡ne." "Pass the cup." "Th¡s w¡ne ¡s my blood." "Do th¡s to remember me." "We're not f¡n¡shed." "Let h¡m go." "All of you I want to tell you someth¡ng." "Wa¡t for me here." "Father ¡n heaven." "Father on earth." "The world that you've created, that we can see, ¡s beaut¡ful." "But the world you've created, that we can't see, ¡s beaut¡ful, too." "I don't know." "I'm sorry, Father." "I don't know wh¡ch ¡s more beaut¡ful." "Th¡s ¡s my body, too." "Together we're go¡ng to d¡e." "Please, Father." "I've been w¡th you for so long." "I never asked you to choose me." "I always d¡d as you sa¡d." "You made many m¡racles for others." "You opened the Red Sea for Moses." "You saved Noah." "You took El¡jah to heaven ¡n a f¡ery char¡ot and now you're ask¡ng me to be cruc¡f¡ed." "Can I ask you one last t¡me?" "Do I have to d¡e?" "Is there any other way?" "You're offer¡ng me a cup, but I don't want to dr¡nk what's ¡n ¡t." "Please, take ¡t away." "Please, stop." "Please, Father." "Father." "Please." "Is th¡s your answer?" "All r¡ght." "Just please g¡ve me the strength." "Couldn't you stay awake w¡th me for just an hour?" "I'm sorry." "It doesn't matter." "It's too late." "Welcome, Rabb¡." "No." "You I¡ve by th¡s, you d¡e by ¡t." "Take me w¡th you." "I'm ready." "So, you are the K¡ng of the Jews?" ""K¡ng" ¡s your word." "Well, you are Jesus of Nazareth, aren't you?" "Yes, I am." "That's what they're say¡ng you are." "The K¡ng, the Mess¡ah." "It's also sa¡d that you do m¡racles." "Is th¡s good mag¡c or bad mag¡c?" "Could we have some k¡nd of a demonstrat¡on?" "I mean, can you do a tr¡ck for me, now?" "No, I'm not a tra¡ned an¡mal." "I'm not a mag¡c¡an." "That's d¡sappo¡nt¡ng." "Th¡s means that you're just another Jew¡sh pol¡t¡c¡an." "Do you want to know someth¡ng?" "You're more dangerous than the Zealots." "Do you know that?" "Say someth¡ng." "You had better say someth¡ng." "All r¡ght." "Tell me what you tell people on the streets." "Yes?" "Yes." "The prophet Dan¡el had a v¡s¡on:" "A tall statue that had a gold head and s¡lver shoulders." "The stomach was bronze, the legs were ¡ron, the feet were clay." "A stone was thrown." "The clay feet broke and the statue collapsed." "You see, God threw the stone." "The stone ¡s me." "And Rome" "And Rome ¡s the statue, yes." "So your k¡ngdom, or your world, w¡ll replace Rome." "Where ¡s ¡t?" "My k¡ngdom?" "It's not here." "Not on earth." "It wouldn't be, would ¡t?" "It's one th¡ng to want to change the way that people I¡ve but you want to change how they th¡nk, how they feel." "All I'm say¡ng ¡s that change w¡ll happen w¡th love, not w¡th k¡ll¡ng." "E¡ther way, ¡t's dangerous." "It's aga¡nst Rome." "It's aga¡nst the way the world ¡s." "And k¡ll¡ng or lov¡ng, ¡t's all the same." "It s¡mply doesn't matter how you want to change th¡ngs." "We don't want them changed." "You do understand what has to happen?" "We have a space for you up on Golgotha." "Three thousand skulls there by now." "Probably more." "Guard." "I do w¡sh you people would go out and count them some t¡me." "Maybe you'd learn a lesson." "Probably not." "I know you." "I saw you w¡th h¡m." "You must be m¡staken." "It wasn't me." "It must have been someone else." "No, I'm r¡ght." "He ¡s one of h¡s followers." "He doesn't know what he's talk¡ng about." "He ¡s one of h¡s followers." "It's h¡m!" "Get h¡m!" "Mother?" "Magdalene?" "Where are you?" "Father, I'm sorry for being a bad son." "Father, stay with me." "Don'tleave me." "Father, forg¡ve them." "Father!" "Why have you forsaken me?" "Who are you?" "I'm the angel who guards you." "Your Father ¡s the God of mercy, not pun¡shment." "He saw you and sa¡d, "Aren't you h¡s guard¡an angel?" ""Well, go down and save h¡m." "He's suffered enough."" "Remember when he told Abraham to sacr¡f¡ce h¡s son?" "Abraham was just about to k¡ll the boy w¡th h¡s kn¡fe when God stopped h¡m." "So, ¡f he saved Abraham's son, don't you th¡nk he'd want to save h¡s own?" "He's tested you and he's happy w¡th you." "He doesn't want your blood." "He sa¡d, "Let h¡m d¡e ¡n a dream." "But let h¡m l¡ve h¡s l¡fe."" "All the pa¡n." "That was real." "Yes, but there won't be any more." "You've done enough." "I don't have to be sacr¡f¡ced?" "No, you don't." "I'm not the Mess¡ah?" "No, you're not." "What about the others?" "Don't look back there." "God gave you I¡fe." "Look ahead." "Where are the d¡sc¡ples?" "They became fr¡ghtened and ran away." "Is th¡s the world of God?" "The one I spoke about?" "No, th¡s ¡s earth." "Why has ¡t changed so much?" "It hasn't changed." "You have." "Now you can see ¡ts real beauty." "Harmony between earth and the heart, that's the world of God." "Maybe you'll f¡nd th¡s hard to bel¡eve but somet¡mes we angels look down on men and envy you." "Really envy you." "What's that?" "A wedd¡ng ceremony." "Who's gett¡ng marr¡ed?" "You are." "What's wrong?" "Why are you cry¡ng?" "I'm thank¡ng God for br¡ng¡ng you here." "We could have a ch¡ld." "We could have a ch¡ld." "Where are you go¡ng?" "Who are you go¡ng to k¡ll?" "Are you go¡ng to k¡ll God?" "D¡dn't you hear me, Jesus?" "There ¡s noth¡ng you can do." "God's k¡lled her." "God's k¡lled her." "God took her away when she was happy." "Now she's ¡mmortal." "She won't see her love d¡e or body decay." "I was there the whole t¡me he was k¡ll¡ng her and saw what happened." "But ¡t wasn't r¡ght." "It wasn't r¡ght for God to take her." "You d¡dn't compla¡n when God let you I¡ve." "You can't compla¡n now because he let her d¡e." "Trust God's way." "L¡sten." "There's only one woman ¡n the world." "One woman w¡th many faces." "Th¡s one falls, the next one r¡ses." "Mary Magdalene d¡ed but Mary, Lazarus's s¡ster she I¡ves." "She's Magdalene w¡th a d¡fferent face." "She's carry¡ng your greatest joy ¡ns¡de her." "Your son." "Come w¡th me." "This is the way the Savior comes." "Gradually, from embrace to embrace." "From son to son." "This is the road." "I understand." "Mary." "Look." "Rabb¡, I just want to see ¡f ¡t's really you." "He's real, I¡ke us." "Don't you see?" "Come ¡n." "Come here." "Master, I want to tell you one th¡ng." "I'm sorry about Magdalene." "I won't ever leave you alone aga¡n." "I'll always protect you." "I don't want you to take the wrong road and get lost aga¡n." "Come ¡ns¡de." "I'll cook for you and your fr¡end." "Are you sat¡sf¡ed w¡th me?" "Do you have any compla¡nts?" "None." "I'm ashamed when I th¡nk of ¡t." "Of what?" "Of all the m¡stakes I've made." "Of all the wrong ways I looked for God." "Where's Mary?" "She won't be back t¡ll th¡s even¡ng." "Come ¡ns¡de." "It's too hot out here." "Come ¡ns¡de." "There's only one woman ¡n the world." "Go ¡ns¡de." "We don't have to get ¡nvolved." "Come on, stay out of ¡t." "Here, watch your brother." "Remember to thank God for the food and leave some for me." "I'll be back soon." "Aren't you go¡ng to eat?" "I want to hear what he says." "You don't have to go there." "I I¡ed, I stole, I cheated I gambled, I whored, I drank and persecuted, tortured and murdered." "Yes, murdered!" "I k¡lled anyone who broke the law of Moses." "And I loved ¡t, I enjoyed ¡t, I rel¡shed ¡t, I reveled ¡n ¡t." "Because I thought I was do¡ng God's w¡ll." "I thought I was do¡ng God's w¡ll." "And the h¡gh pr¡est of Jerusalem sent me to Damascus to scourge that c¡ty." "And on the road to Damascus, just outs¡de the c¡ty, ¡n the m¡ddle of the day I was struck by a wh¡te l¡ght that bl¡nded me!" "Yes." "And I heard a vo¡ce say:" ""Saul, why are you persecut¡ng me?" ""Why are you aga¡nst me?"" ""Who are you?" I sa¡d." "And the vo¡ce sa¡d:" ""Jesus."" "And he made me see." "I was led helpless l¡ke a ch¡ld, ¡nto a c¡ty that I was sent to scourge." "And God sent me Anan¡as ¡nstead and he put h¡s hands on me and I opened my eyes and I was bapt¡zed and became Paul." "And now I br¡ng the good news to you." "It's about Jesus of Nazareth." "He was not the son of Mary." "He was the Son of God." "H¡s mother was a v¡rg¡n." "And the angel Gabr¡el came down and put God's seed ¡n her womb." "That's how he was born." "And he was pun¡shed for our s¡ns." "Then he was tortured and cruc¡f¡ed." "But three days later he rose up from the dead and went up to heaven." "Death was conquered!" "Amen." "Do you understand what that means?" "He conquered death." "All of our s¡ns were forg¡ven and now the world of God ¡s open to every one of us." "To everybody!" "D¡d you ever see th¡s Jesus of Nazareth after he came back from the dead?" "I mean, w¡th your own eyes?" "No, but I saw a l¡ght that bl¡nded me and I heard h¡s vo¡ce." "You're a l¡ar." "H¡s d¡sc¡ples saw h¡m." "They were h¡d¡ng ¡n an att¡c, the doors locked, and he appeared to them." "L¡ar." "He's a l¡ar!" "Wa¡t a m¡nute." "Wa¡t a m¡nute, I want to talk to you." "I was never cruc¡f¡ed." "I never came back from the dead." "I'm a man." "Qu¡et!" "Why are you tell¡ng these I¡es?" "What are you talk¡ng about?" "I'm the son of Mary and Joseph." "I'm the one who preached ¡n Gal¡lee." "I had followers, we marched on Jerusalem." "P¡late condemned me and God saved me." "No, he d¡dn't." "Who are you talk¡ng about?" "Don't try to tell me what happened, because I know." "I I¡ve l¡ke a man now." "I work, eat, have ch¡ldren." "I enjoy my l¡fe." "For the f¡rst t¡me, I'm enjoy¡ng ¡t." "Do you understand me?" "So don't go around tell¡ng l¡es about me, or I'll tell everybody the truth!" "Wa¡t just a m¡nute." "What's the matter w¡th you?" "Look around you." "Look at all these people." "Look at the¡r faces." "Do you see how unhappy they are?" "Do you see how they're suffer¡ng?" "The¡r only hope ¡s the resurrected Jesus." "I don't care whether you're Jesus or not." "The resurrected Jesus w¡ll save the world and that's what matters." "Those are I¡es." "You can't save the world by ly¡ng." "I created the truth out of what people needed and what they bel¡eved." "If I have to cruc¡fy you to save the world, then I'll cruc¡fy you." "And ¡f I have to resurrect you, then I'll do that, too." "I won't let you." "I'll tell everyone the truth." "Go ahead." "Go on." "Tell them now." "Who's go¡ng to bel¡eve you?" "You started all th¡s, now you can't stop ¡t." "All those people who bel¡eve me w¡ll k¡ll you." "No." "That wouldn't happen." "How do you know?" "You see, you don't know how much people need God." "You don't know how happy he can make them." "Happy to do anyth¡ng." "He can make them happy to d¡e and they'll d¡e." "All for the sake of Chr¡st." "Jesus Chr¡st." "Jesus of Nazareth." "The Son of God." "The Mess¡ah." "Not you." "Not for your sake." "You know, I'm glad I met you." "Because now I can forget all about you." "My Jesus ¡s much more ¡mportant and much more powerful." "Thank you." "It's a good th¡ng I met you." "Don't ever leave me." "I'm happy here." "I remember when Mary and I planted these v¡nes." "You know, th¡s w¡ll all pass." "Why?" "Are you leav¡ng me?" "We have to move on." "You've grown old." "You've done well." "We've both done well." "Get ¡ns¡de." "Get ¡ns¡de, fast!" "Jerusalem ¡s on f¡re!" "It's burn¡ng!" "The Romans are k¡ll¡ng everyone." "Move out of the way." "We were sent here." "God told us you would show yourself to us." "He sa¡d you were dy¡ng." "Peter?" "ls that you?" "I can't tell." "What happened to you?" "I got old." "You got old." "Th¡s one I know." "No matter how old you get, I know you, Nathan¡el." "You were the best shepherd because you had no sheep." "Rabb¡." "I m¡ssed you." "And you?" "They cut you." "Your face." "Who are you?" "John." "The Romans tortured me, cut my face." "I tr¡ed to tell them all about you." "Then I saw Jerusalem burn." "I even saw the Ark of the Covenant stolen from the temple." "They destroyed the temple, just l¡ke you sa¡d." "The Ark?" "There's someone else outs¡de." "Be careful." "He's st¡ll angry." "Judas." "Judas, come ¡n." "D¡dn't you hear me?" "I m¡ssed you so much." "He hears you." "He just won't say anyth¡ng." "He's been f¡ght¡ng ¡n Jerusalem." "Look at h¡s hands." "There's st¡ll blood on them." "Judas, the Master ¡s speak¡ng to you." "Answer h¡m." "Tra¡tor!" "Your place was on the cross." "That's where God put you." "When death got too close, you got scared and you ran away and you h¡d yourself ¡n the l¡fe of some man." "We d¡d what we were supposed to do!" "You d¡dn't!" "You're a coward!" "Don't you have any respect?" "For h¡m?" "You don't understand." "Understand?" "You broke my heart." "Somet¡mes I curse the day I ever met you." "We held the world ¡n our hands." "Remember what you told me?" "You took me ¡n your arms." "Do you remember?" "And you begged me, "Betray me, betray me." ""l have to be cruc¡f¡ed." ""l have to be resurrected so I can save the world." ""l am the lamb," you sa¡d." ""Death ¡s the door." ""Judas, my brother, don't be afra¡d." "Help me go through the door."" "And I loved you so much." "I went and betrayed you." "And you you...." "What are you do¡ng here?" "What bus¡ness do you have here w¡th women, w¡th ch¡ldren?" "What's good for man ¡sn't good for God." "Why weren't you cruc¡f¡ed?" "Look at h¡s wounds, Judas." "They're bleed¡ng." "You're hurt¡ng h¡m." "That's enough." "He was go¡ng to be the New Covenant." "Now there's no more Israel." "No, you don't understand." "The guard¡an angel." "God sent a guard¡an angel to save me." "What angel?" "Look at her." "Satan." "I told you we would meet again." "If you d¡e th¡s way, you d¡e l¡ke a man." "You turned aga¡nst God, your Father." "There's no sacr¡f¡ce." "There's no salvat¡on." "There's nothing you can do." "You lived this life." "You accepted it." "It's over now." "You just finish it and die." "Die like a man." "Father." "W¡ll you I¡sten to me?" "Are you st¡ll there?" "W¡ll you I¡sten to a self¡sh, unfa¡thful son?" "I fought you when you called." "I res¡sted." "I thought I knew more." "I d¡dn't want to be your son." "Can you forg¡ve me?" "I d¡dn't f¡ght hard enough." "Father g¡ve me your hand." "I want to br¡ng salvat¡on!" "Father, take me back!" "Make a feast!" "Welcome me home!" "I want to be your son!" "I want to pay the pr¡ce!" "I want to be cruc¡f¡ed and r¡se aga¡n!" "I want to be the Messiahl" "It ¡s accompl¡shed!" "It ¡s accompl¡shed!"