"In the hour when the king Messiah comes." "He shall stand on the roof of the temple, and proclaim that the time of deliverance has come." "Those who believe and are faithful to God will rejoice in the light that will rise upon them," "as it is written, "Arise, Shine, for Thy light has come"." "Only take courage and be careful to observe all things written in the law of Moses." "And turn not to side from them, neither to the right hand nor to the left." "Take care only this, in all diligence, that of love the Lord, thy God." "Amen!" "Blessed art thou Lord, our God, King of the universe." "May your name be blessed among men, as it is blessed in the imensity of the Heavens." "Blessed art thou, O God, Lord of the Universe, who consecrates the Sabbath, and all of Israel's celebrations." "Amen." "May the Lord bless and preserve you." "May He let his face shine upon you." "May the Lord lift up His countenance and give you peace." "Amen." "Come to my house, Rabbi, for supper?" "I promised my children." "Thank you." "Ah..." "Joseph!" "Ah, Joseph!" "Joseph!" "Joseph, there's something I want to talk to you about..." "It's very important." "See, if you just come with me we can talk about it." "Here..." "I've read from the scriptures, they're quite clear." "Get away from me!" "Rabbi, rabbi!" "Yes, tell your mother and father they can come and see me tomorrow." "Once you've mastered the craft you will be free." "Always remember, only those who know how to use their hands are free." "Only they are not dependent on anyone else." "Joseph, could we... please?" "Anna!" "I shall leave you to work on your own for a minute." "Remember, don't force the wood, treat it gently." "Yes, of course." "Anna, I intended to find you when we finished work, but I'll come with you now." " You know that my husband..." " God rest him, best of men  was very fond of you." "He would have come to you himself, but in the end, he could hardly speak." "Poor man." "What sleep he could get was disturbed by dreams about his daughter." "Alone, without a brother!" "No man in the house!" "And now, I can't sleep." "And when I die, as I must soon..." "Why do you say that?" "I have a feeling that I will not live much longer." "You have years ahead of you, and you can sleep soundly tonight." "It's a great change in a man's life, but I also know a single man is only half a person." "As for the contract and the date of the wedding..." "I leave all that to you and the rabbi." "Well, thank you, Joseph." "You won't regret it." "Mary is a good girl." "She'll make you a beautiful wife." "Shall we sign the contract the first day of the full moon?" "And then after a year's betrothal, celebrate the wedding in the season of the harvest" "when the earth yields up its fruit and every heart rejoices." "With luck I may live to see it." "Mary, Mary!" "Come out Mary!" "They're waiting for you!" "Mary!" "Mary!" "Mary, come!" "Come quickly!" "Child!" "Your shawl!" " Thank you." " Do not be afraid." "Yes, here she is." "Beautiful." "May this betrothal, one to the other," "Joseph, Mary, be blessed and sanctified according to the law of Moses, and of Israel." "Amen!" "Amen!" "Who are you?" "Who are you?" "How can that be?" "No man has ever touched me." "Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, may it be done unto me according to your word." "Mary?" "Who are you talking to?" "There's news of Elizabeth." "My cousin, Elizabeth?" "What news?" "She's going to have a son in three months time." "She conceived the child six months ago, on the 19th day of Tishri." "But Elizabeth was always bad." "Now, she's far too old." "What nonsense is this, child?" "Oh, but it's true." "She's going to have a son." "And I must go and visit her." "The release of these nations, the Egyptians, the Syrians..." "King Herod, to revert to the Jews, I wonder, is it because, as you say," "they identify future with past that they have so many prophets?" "Oh, the prophets, it's the sun which breeds them." "Many of them are harmless." "They preach religion, we let them go." "But, some of them preach rebellion because it is written." "Altogether, literacy has had a disastrous effect in this country, and those we eliminate." "Rome has taught us that although this may be indifferent theology, it is very good government." "Majesty, I've heard the word, "Messiah"." "What exactly is a Messiah?" "Oh, even you have heard that awful word, Procunuas?" "Well, is he a prophet or is he something even..." "Well, Rome, even Rome, cannot influence men's dreams, and the messiah is a bad dream disguised as a solution to every problem." "It's a leveler of scores, a rewarder of righteousness, a scourge for the wrongdoer," "it is the bringer of everlasting peace." "Then, as I understand from what you have said, a messiah is worse than a prophet, from the Roman point of view..." "From the Jewish viewpoint, too." "Only, you try telling that to the Jews." "No, don't!" "Don't!" "It's much wiser not to consult them." "Just when a messiah appears, crush it under foot like a young scorpion." "No, you can tell great Augustus, that he can rest in peace in Rome." "There will be no messiahs, true or false, in Palestine while I am alive." "Come Mary, you'll be comfortable." "Here we go!" "May the Lord keep us safe on our journey!" "God bless you, child." "Esther, Esther!" "Take this to my sister in Bethlehem." "And tell her, tell her I'll be with her for Passover." "Go safely on your journey!" "Where do you want this cream, where should I put it?" "Mary!" "I've been longing to see you." "Mary..." "So it is true." "How did you know?" "Who told you?" "A messenger from God." "And he told me another thing." "A thing even more wonderful." "You're blessed among women, and blessed shall be the fruit of your womb." "I, too, am highly favored that the mother of the chosen should come to me." "From the moment your greeting reached my ears" "the child in my womb leaped for joy." "My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my savior," "for He has looked kindly upon the most humble of his handmaidens, and He has told me that all generations shall call me blessed." "He who is mighty has done unto me a mighty thing." "Is it true about Mary's dream?" "Oh yes, it's true." "News came from Enkarim." "Elizabeth is going to have a child." " Even though she's past the age?" " Oh yes, she must be nearly fifty." " Is she the one married to Zacharias?" " Yes, that's the one." "She's Mary's cousin." " What?" "It can't be true!" " Oh, Joseph!" "Are we going to get an invitation to your wedding?" "Plenty of time for that, Jonathan." "The contract's only just been signed." "Only just betrothed and his beloved left him already." "Just like her." "She's always been a bit strange, not like the others." "That's something you'll have to learn to live with." "But seriously, Joseph, Mary is remarkable." "We all think so." "A remarkable girl." "Give him to me, Elizabeth." "Blessed be thou, our Lord, King of the Universe, who has blessed us with your commandments and ordained us to initiate our sons in the covenant of our father, Abraham." "Amen." "As this child enters the covenant, so may he enter into the study of the Torah, into marriage, and into good deeds." "Amen." "This is the seal in flesh of the covenant between the Lord and his people." " What is the name of the child?" " His name is..." "His name shall be John." "When you get back to Nazareth, tell Joseph what you have seen and heard, what you know." "The Lord God gives life where no life is possible." "And one life shall be the son of God, and the other shall be his prophet." "Go, tell all this to Joseph." "But will he believe me?" "Will he believe me?" "God will open his heart." "That's too much for any man to believe." "But you're not any man." "You, too, are chosen." "I was sick at heart." "You ought to be my wife." "But now, that vow has to be broken." "I swear I've never been with her." "What I said about Elizabeth was true." "Don't worry." "I believe in you." "God's will be done." "Are you're sure?" "She told me herself." "Women are the loveliest and brightest of God's creations." "I thank you, O Lord, that you made me a man..." " Please, I need your advice." " What advice can I give?" " It's the law." " Rabbi, may I?" "It is written in the law." "If in the time of betrothal a woman sins with any other man, let them both be taken beyond the gates of the town, and stoned to death, that the abomination may be crushed out of the heart of Israel." "Should a man marry a woman which she found no favor in his eyes, because he has found in her the stain of uncleanliness," "let him write a bill of repudiation and deliver it unto her hands." "This law applies even if I haven't taken Mary into my house?" "Yes." "All that is needed is for a bill to be written and delivered in the presence of two witnesses." "No, if I do that I will expose her shame." "I can't." "I can't." "I'll send her away if I must, but in secret." "God knows the secret of the heart." "Trust in him, and accept." "Accept it, Joseph." "The Lord will not abandon you." "Thank you." "No!" "No!" "No!" "Joseph." "Joseph, son of David." "Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife." "It is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived." "She will bear a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus, the Savior." "Hey, Joseph." "Joseph!" "The bride is arriving!" "Mary's here!" " With this ring..." " With this ring..." " Be thou consecrated unto me..." " Be thou consecrated unto me..." "According to the law of Moses and of Israel..." "According to the law of Moses and of Israel..." "May the Lord bless and preserve you." "May the Lord make His face shine upon you." "May the Lord lift up His countenance towards you and give you peace." "Amen." "Would you like some grapes or some dates?" "I picked them myself from the orchard." "No, no, no, no..." "I've got one." "Bless you." "Your majesty, we have always treated your country as far as possible as a free and independent nation." "But the governor of Syria has decided to include Palestine in a census." " In that event..." " A census in my territories?" "In Galilee, Judea, whatever your motives for this, they'll be misunderstood." "People will be resentful, suspicious, perhaps, perhaps even hostile." "As consul, I am here merely to carry out instructions." "My dear consul, there seems to be one aspect of the problem of which either Rome or you are entirely ignorant," "and I cannot believe it to be Rome." "The method which you propose for your... your census are contrary to our tradition." " Tradition?" " Permit me your Majesty." "I do not think that Marcus Matzo is aware of the tradition your majesty refers to." "For such official purposes as the taking of the census, every person living in these territories considers himself as belonging not to the place where he actually lives," "but to the place of origin of his family group." "His tribe, may I say tribe?" "You may say tribe." "A census, therefore, means movement of every person back to what he considers to be his native township, ancestral capital." "To dignify a place which is sometime no more than a stinking dunghill!" "Oh!" "You choose your phrases most exquisitely..." "So, if the census were conducted according to local tradition, you think your subjects would accept it more readily?" "Oh, I see!" "Now we're supposed to count ourselves!" "Under your supervision, I hope starting with the king?" "That is not..." "Seriously, seriously have you any idea what this would entail?" "The shifting of entire populations!" "The disruption of trade!" "The divine Augustus is counting on your understanding, your Majesty." "I hope I shall not have to inform him of any lack of cooperation." "Thank the divine Augustus for his unswerving benevolence." "Census." "Is a trick to increase the taxes." "And we know where the money ends up." "In Rome!" "But why should it?" "What does Rome give us?" "That's not the point." "The Romans want to count us, how many we are, where we are." "They want us to know that they are our rulers." "But we should have no earthly ruler." "No rule but the Lord, no king but God." "It's not for you to remind us of the scriptures." "Be quiet and go home." "I apologize for my son." "He's too young to understand." "What are you doing to the faith of our fathers?" "All over Galilee there are thousands of Jews preparing for... for what you're always talking about in there, the coming of the king who will liberate us." "Come!" "And what are you doing about it?" "Nothing!" "We accept the violence of the Romans like sheep!" " We are not worthy of the king to come!" " Stop it!" "The king to come will not bring violence and bloodshed." "It is written." "He himself is pure from sin." "God shall cause him to be mighty through the spirit of holiness and wise through the counsel of understanding." "Now come home." "Stay there until you learn more respect for your elders." "Anna." "I must go to Bethlehem." "It's my native town and, and Mary must come with me." " Why?" " For the census?" "So even Augustus obeys God." " The prophecy?" " Yes, the prophecy!" "For thou, O Bethlehem, art in no ways the least of cities." "For from thee shall come forth a Shepard of my people, Israel." "If only I could come with you." "If only, I..." "Joseph, you'll need help when he's born." "Don't be troubled, Anna." "He will be well cared for." "Everything will be done as God ordered." "They seem to be kings, Lord Melchior." "From different lands." "I told you we could not have been the only ones to see the sign." "Come in peace." "Where are you bound?" "Wherever I am led." "I follow that star." "I'm sure that Herod keeps a strict watch on his frontiers." "He must know that we have crossed them." "I would have to tell him, as Balthazar said, that I follow that star, wherever it leads." "But what will we find." "All my calculations show that there was to be a new heavenly creature, a new star." "It was even precise as to place and time." "So I made up my mind to set forth and see what they will behold." "You did not know?" "Only that it would be something wonderful." "The stars are not distant and aloof, cut off from the lives of men." "The rising of a new star entails an immense labor in the heavens that always has its counterpart on earth." "The universe is about to bring forth a prodigy beyond our understanding." "Your star, my brother Balthasar, is indeed a sign of wonder." "The divine Zhoroaster says, the next prophet will show himself in a foreign land." "And the truth he will reveal will be at first only for his own people..." " But there is only one truth." " And only one God." "All the rest are vain, or parts of him." "The people of Israel know this." "Many of their wise men have been close to him, and their writings confirm my calculations." "A king is about to be born..." "A king?" "A king who will free us from the evils of this world." "Where will he be born?" "The sacred writings point to a small town in Judea, called Bethlehem Efratta." "Rest there, I'll find a place." " Excuse me, may I speak with you?" " What do you want?" "I desperately need a place for tonight." "My wife is near her time..." "No, no, I can't help you." "I already have too many people." " But I've got..." " Can't you see?" "Come on!" "Close the door!" "How many times must I tell you the gate should be shut?" "Nothing, but there must be another place, I'll try again." "How do you feel?" "I don't like leaving you alone." "Do you think you could walk a little further?" " Hold on to me..." " Oh, no!" "No!" "Stay there, stay there." "God will help us." "Listen, it's no use trailing around Bethlehem anymore." "Every inn is full up." "None of them are going to take your wife in like that." "Come, I'll show you." "Take your donkey." "That's right." "Now do as I tell you." "If you go through that gate over there, just outside the walls on the road to Jerusalem you'll come to..." "Careful..." "You'll come to some stables, some caves." "It's not much, I know, but it'll be warm and dry and plenty of fresh straw." "Look, they're down there." "Can you see?" "Right." "Now then, if I can manage it," "I'll come back later, and help." "Oh, and if anyone tries to throw you out, just say that Abigail sent you." "Abigail." "Remember the name." "We'll remember." "Thank you." "Look, Mary." "Oh, beautiful child." "Come on, put him there in the manger." "And see if there is some fresh straw." "That will keep him warm." "I'll take care of her, poor girl." "Now then." "Have you some water?" "Give it to me." "Good, that's it." "Who's that?" "What do you want?" "This is no place for you!" "Get out!" "Get out, you hear me?" "Off!" "Off with you!" "Can't you see?" "Poor girl just had a child." "That's why we've come." "We were told to." "Told?" "By whom?" "We were out there in the fields." "This man came to us from nowhere." "An angel, "Shepherds!" he said." ""They say that Israel is a scattered flock that lacks a shepherd."" "And then he said, "Tonight, the shepherd is born." "It is for you that He comes", he said. "For the poor."" "That's why you came here?" "Yes." "The man said," "he said..." "The man said," ""Today, in the city of David, a savior has been born for you"." ""Glory to God in the highest," he said." ""And peace on earth for those whom he loves."" "Come!" "They cross my border, yet not one of them sends a greeting?" "Are they armed?" "Not heavily, your majesty." "Our spies say they're equipped to travel fast and far..." "But they were not heading here?" "If not here, where?" "It was Bethlehem, your majesty." "They followed a star, the new star." "Bethlehem?" "O thou, Bethlehem Effrata, thou art the smallest..." "What was that phrase again?" "Thou, Bethlehem Effrata, areth little one amongst the thousands of Judah." "Out of thee He shall come forth unto me, who is to be the ruler in Israel," "and His going forth, is from the beginning, from the days of eternity." "A ruler in Israel?" "Have those travelers watched all the time." "And bring me the names of all newborn children in Bethlehem." "...And the glory of the Lord shines over you." "For though darkness covers the earth, and dark night the nations, the Lord shall shine upon you." "Come, come!" "I promise everything will be done the way we agreed." "Come, come!" "And the Lord said to Abraham," ""Keep my alliance, and circumcise each child born unto Israel on the eighth day of his life."" "Amen." "This is the seal in flesh of the covenant between the Lord and His people." "The child shall be called...?" "His name shall be Jesus." "Where is he?" "Now I can die contented, Lord," "according to Thy word." "I am Simeon, an old man who has waited long to see his salvation." "And now my eyes have seen the child who will bring the salvation thou hast prepared before all people." "A light of revelation to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people, Israel." "And a sword shall pierce your heart." "Next." " What is your name?" " Joseph of Elias." " Where are you from?" " Eskelon." "Don't forget to take your token." " What's your name?" " Asbar Zadif." " How many children?" " Seven, this is the youngest." " How old is she?" " Three." " Move on." " And here, seven tokens." "My husband could not come, he's ill." "Well, they'll give you one for him, too, if you explain." "What are these tokens?" "It's a coin they give to prove that you've registered." "They're little tokens with the emperor's head on them." "Special orders!" "We want the names of all the newborn." "Newborn?" "Note their names." "The newborn." "What did he say?" "He wants the names of all the newborn." "Why do they want to know about the newborn?" "Well, there's no point in arguing with them." "You just do what you're told." "Wait!" "Don't be afraid." "Where is the child?" "We have come a long way to greet him." "This is the king of Israel" "who will take away the sins of the world." "I did not know what we were to find, and coming here, a stable?" "I thought my brothers were mistaken, but now I see the justice of it." "There could be no other place." "Mm... not in glory, but in humility." "Accept these poor tokens of our homage." "Incense, to perfume the halls of the mighty." "Gold, for kingly rule." "Myrrh, the most precious herb of the East, and the most bitter." "And now, a word of warning." "Leave here as soon as you can." "Herod's soldiers have followed us, hoping it would lead them to you." "He knows of His birth." "He will seek out the child and kill him." "Go into Egypt." "It may not be for long, Herod's days are numbered." "Those travelers crossed my frontier again?" " Yes, your majesty." " Yes, your majesty." "But the child must still be here." "Kill every male child up to one year ol..., two years old." "Better the innocent should die, then that the guilty should escape." "Guilty?" "Your majesty, a child?" "Guilty in the womb!" "Guilty in the stars!" "I'll bring down their stars!" "I'll snuff them out in blood!" "This is my world!" "I will not share it with an infant!" "There's no room for two kings here!" "Like a newborn scorpion under foot!" "You know the mark of a real king?" "Courage!" "Even in the face of Jewish prophecy!" "Bits of old parchment!" "Old, blind men!" "Hah!" "Now go to Bethlehem!" "I'll make history!" " Kill!" " But your Majesty!" "Kill!" "Kill them all!" "Kill!" "Kill them all!" "Leave my child, you blood thirsty murderer!" "Last is fulfilled." "That which was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah." "In Ramah, was there a voice heard, lamentation, weeping and great mourning." "Rachel, weeping for her children, but would not be comforted, because they were no more." "King Herod is dead." "Taken in the midst of his sins." "Struck down by the Lord to whom the power and pride of kings are as nothing." "You cannot defy God, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." "Yet the yoke of tyranny will not be lifted from us." "Rome will choose a king from among his sons, and her grip will become stronger," "but you should lift up your hearts, for the Eternal will not abandon us." "He will send us a deliverer, and His dominion" "is the everlasting dominion that shall not pass away." "And his kingdom, that which shall not be destroyed." "Come." "There, look!" "Do you see?" "Nazareth!" "That's where we live." "Here, O Israel." "The eternal, our God, the Eternal is one." "Blessed be the name of the glory of the kingdom forever and ever." "And thou should love the eternal, thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might" "and these words which I command thee shall be in thine heart." "Amen." "Amen." "A man skillful in his work, will stand before kings." "And our work like every other, has a second meaning in God's eyes." "We use this to make a straight line on the wood before we cut it, and as we use a ruler to make straight lines," "God gave us rules to keep our lives straight." "God gives the wood." "And man with his skill and invention, that God gave him, is always finding new uses." "Sometimes wonderful uses for it," "a wheel, a plow, a ladder." "They all look simple, but they are from God." "And a ladder can sometimes reach from earth to heaven." "Joseph!" "Joseph!" "Didn't you say the plow would be ready?" "Coming!" "Keep on with your work." "What is this?" "Well, look at it." "What have you done?" "This is not how I asked you to make it!" "Oh, no!" "No!" "It is not the same at all!" "It was supposed to be ready days ago, and now it is not ready." "No, son!" "Bless God who has given us the Torah." "The Lord god will go before you." "Be strong and of good courage." "Fear not, nor be afraid, for the Lord, Thy god, will go with you." "He will not fail you or forsake you." "Amen!" "Now you are truly a man." "Jesus by Joseph." "As a new adult member of our community," "you have exercised your right to read and comment upon the scriptures." "That is your heritage." "It is the heritage of the children of Israel." "But remember that God's word is spoken in times of light and in times of darkness and persecution." "May you always read from the law in a time of joy." "Amen." "May God protect you." "May God bring blessings on the boy." "Romans!" "Here!" "Romans?" "Hey, hey!" "Brothers, brothers, quiet!" "The Roman forces are here." "Jewish bread." "Better than nothing." " Who ordered this?" " Quarter master." "An army must eat, and it's a long way from Dumasta to Jerusalem." "But Galilee isn't Roman territory!" "The whole world is Roman territory!" "Hey, put your sword back." "Ignore them." "You'll meet with plenty of those in Jerusalem." "They're called zealots." "They're mad religious fanatics." "You there!" "Remember this!" "The Roman army is not a pack of bandits." "And we'll deal with the likes of you in our own good time." "Come!" "May the curse of God fall upon these murderers!" "How long must we wait?" "Oh, Lord?" "For you to help us?" "God has abandoned us." "How long?" "How long?" "Look, Jerusalem." "This is a lamb with no mark, without blemish." "... are not enough to please our Father, the eternal God." "A prayer from the heart is more important." "Do you remember what King Solomon said after he built the temple?" "Standing in front of the altar of the Lord, he spread out his hands and said..." "Can God indeed dwell with His creatures on earth?" "Heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot contain thee, how much less this house that I have built?" "Yet attend to the prayer and supplication of thy servant, O Lord, so thine eyes may always be always upon this house, day and night." "This place of which thy bid to say, 'It shall receive my name.'" "Son!" "We've been looking for you everywhere." "Why were you looking for me everywhere?" "Did you not know you would've found me in my father's house?" "How long, O Lord?" "I grow old." "What have thy promised to the prophets." "Where are they?" "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of bondage has ended." "That her penalty is paid." "Salvation is at hand." "To be shouted from the mountaintops..." "The teaching is clear." "Behold, I send my messenger and He will clear the way before me." "Messenger before me..." "A messenger." "And the Lord will suddenly come to His temple, and the messenger of the covenant, behold, is here." "The people of Galilee thought they had seen the depths of inequity when their land was ruled by Herod, the mayor of blood." "And now his son, Herod Antipas, the new prince of Galilee strives to outdo his fathers' crimes." "For he follows his lusts and breaks faith with God." "He dares to defy the law of Moses by entering into unholy marriage with the wife of his brother." "If we permit this all of us will suffer for his sins!" "Message for King!" "Your majesty, he's here, the Baptist." "He's here?" "Well?" "Well, well what?" "What?" "Well, uh..." "leave him alone." "We'll march again!" "Continue!" "Oh, what harm can he do?" "He's been out there for years in the desert living on locusts and, and, and prayers." "He doesn't incite the people to rebellion!" "He asks nothing for himself." "All he wants is to remain poor and naked." "Is much like everybody else doesn't the same." "Oh, when the wedding festivities are over," "I'll have him preach at the palace." "You can hear him with your own ears." "He's a very remarkable man." "I'm glad there is somebody remarkable in Judea." "Herod!" "Herod!" "The tablets of the law speak plainly!" "You may marry the wife of your brother when your brother is dead, but not while he lives!" "This woman, Herodias, is the wife of your brother Phillip, and Phillip lives..." "It is written," ""I have seen thine adulteries and thine abominations, woe unto them!"" "Will thou not be made clean?" "Send back this woman to your brother!" "Repent!" "How can you allow this longer to continue?" "No, we decided to be clement on our wedding day." "I'm not afraid of your power on earth, Herod Antipas!" "If I do not warn you, you will die in sin." "And the Lord will ask me to account for your life!" "Quickly!" "Into the palace!" "Repent!" "Repent!" "The Lord blesses you!" "For the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" "Brothers, we can make use of this man!" "His attacks on Herod Antipas excite people." "He makes them think about Israel." "Don't be too sure about it." "Prophets only make men think about God in Heaven." "So do we, and if we want to direct people's thoughts, we must use what means we can." "Yes, but we, zealots, want to see the power of God on earth fighting the Romans." "Does John want that?" "The time has come!" "The great and terrible day of the Lord is at hand!" "Repent!" "And change your lives!" "Every valley shall be exalted!" "Every mountain and hill laid low." "The winding way shall be straightened!" "And the rough ways made smooth." "God led you back from Babylon to serve Him, but you betrayed Him!" "Now you are warned!" "Flee!" "Flee!" ""I am the Lord unchanging," says the Eternal," ""and you too have not ceased to be sons of cheaters." "From the days of your forefathers you have been wayward, and have not kept my laws." "If you will return to me, I will return to you!"" "says the Lord." "Do not think you will be saved by your rituals, by going to the temple." "It is not sacrifices the Lord demands!" "Bring no more vain offerings at the Lord." ""I delight not in the blood of lambs"." "The sacrifice that God demands is a repented heart!" " What can we do, then, to be saved?" " Change your hearts!" "Take the right way!" "The Lord says "My ways are not your ways"." "Why speak as though none of us know the way to salvation." "We know the law as well as you, and we try to obey it!" "We are the sons of Abraham." "We have always kept the law." "To those of you that deem themselves just and pious," "I say that you must bring the fruits of repentance!" "Do not content yourself with saying," ""Abraham was our father, and that is enough to save us."" "The Lord could take anyone of these stones and turn it into a son of Abraham." "Pharisees, we know you!" "Go back to Jerusalem!" "Yes, go back to Jerusalem!" "He's right." "You are the prophet!" "Save us John!" "Save us!" "I baptize you with water, that you may be purified and ready for the coming of the kingdom." "Open up your hearts to God!" "Receive this cleansing light!" "Save me, save me, John!" "I have sinned!" "Have mercy on me, John." "I am a sinner!" "Let his water wash away your sins." "Disgrace of Israel!" "Go back!" "Go back!" "John, you'll pay for it!" "You'll pay for it!" "One day they'll stone me to death!" "Is that what you want?" "You're tired of me, aren't you?" "!" "No!" "Yes, yes, admit it, you are tired of me!" "I can tell by the way..." "By the way you moon over my daughter, over Salome!" " Nonsense!" " You like her!" "She's a child!" "Baker!" "Liar!" " No!" " Coward!" " I am not a coward!" " Prove me, then!" "Arrest the prophet." "I demand that you arrest him." "Demand?" "Demand?" "That's a strong word, my heart." "You must remember." "John is right." "By the laws of Moses, we have sinned." "Come on, come on!" "We have sinned," "and we go on sinning, and very pleasant is to." "Even if I wanted to," "I could do nothing about his reproaches until he once more sets foot in Galilee." "And then, my own, my heart, we'll throw him into prison." "Repent!" "Repent!" "Repent!" "A little repenting won't do him any harm." "After all, he preaches it." "Rabbi!" "We have been sent by the Sanhedrin of Jerusalem, amongst whom you have many friends and admirers." "They understood why you could not come to the temple." "It would've been wrong for you to abandon your mission, even for a single day." "The reason for the invitation was to ask you one simple question." "Who are you?" "First, I will say who I am not." "I am not the Messiah." "The Messiah is yet to come." "Then, in the name of the living god, who are you?" "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness." "Make straight the way of the Lord." "If you are not the Messiah or the prophet Elijah, by whose authority do you baptize?" "By the authority of him who shall come after me." "Whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose!" "I baptize you with water." "But he will baptize you with the holy spirit!" "And with fire." "His rod is in his hand and with it he will cleanse the freshing floor." "Though the dust returneth to the earth, as it must, the spirit returneth unto God, David." "Mary, you'll be left alone." "They will run the shop." "Jesus..." "We have always known." "It was not for us that Jesus came to earth." "If only I could've stayed a little longer." "God's will be done." "Be at peace, Joseph." "To thy end, I command my spirit." "Out of distress, I cried to the Lord and He answered me." "I cried and He heard my voice." "I went down into the cities underneath the earth, to the peoples of the past." "But He lifted my life from the grave." "Hear, O Israel..." "The Lord thy God, the Lord is one." "Hear, O Israel..." "The Lord, our God, the Lord is one." "You are born into a new light through your repentance!" "And the Lord forwards his blessings on you!" "The Lord rejoices of your kindness." "Go in peace." "He will forgive you, if you truly mean it in your heart." "Open up your heart, be ready for the coming of the kingdom." "Let your heart now be cleansed." "Forgive me, I have sinned." "Help me to be strong." "Be strong." "It is I who need baptism from you." "And yet you come to me." "Let it be so." "We must fulfill all righteousness." "Lord, Eternal Father, I hear your voice." ""This is my beloved Son," "in whom I am well pleased."" "You are born into a new life, through your repentance." "And the Lord pours His blessings on you." "The Lord rejoices in repented hearts." "This water cleanses." "Andrew." "Phillip." "Behold, the lamb of God, who takes unto Himself the sins of the world." "It is Him you must follow now, not me." "He must increase as I must decrease." "He has come to take us, come with us please!" "My time is over." "Quickly!" "Quickly!" "Mary!" "Mary!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Mary!" "Mary!" "Mary!" "Your son is back!" "He's at the synagogue." "He went straight to the synagogue!" "I saw him!" "And now our reading from the prophets." "The prophet Isaiah." "Now, who is our reader?" "It is my turn today, Rabbi." "Isn't that Joseph's son?" " Yes, Joseph the carpenter." " The carpenter, God rest his soul." "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to give good tidings to the poor." "He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives," "to give sight to the blind." "To set at liberty them that are bruised." "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." "Amen." "Today," "in your hearing," "the scriptures are fulfilled." "The scriptures are fulfilled?" "Did he say fulfilled?" "How can he dare to say such a thing?" "What do you mean?" "The prophecy you have read can only be fulfilled by the coming of the messiah." " Yes, he's right." " By the coming of the kingdom of God." "The kingdom of God comes not in a way foreseen by men." "Repent and believe the good news." "The kingdom of heaven..." "Behold, is suddenly upon you." "What?" "Rabbi, take the scriptures away from him!" "He is a blasphemer!" "He shouldn't touch them with his unclean hands!" "I've heard things about you." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "A prophet is never accepted in his own country!" "Who do you think you are?" "John the Prophet?" "You should be thrown out of this holy place!" "Blessed is he who is not ashamed of me!" "Take this man out of here!" "Don't let him touch the holy scriptures!" "Today, in our hearing, the scriptures are fulfilled." "What?" "What's happening inside the synagogue?" "Come see!" "Rabbi!" "You must stop them!" "You cannot let this happen!" "Rabbi!" "They don't understand who this man is!" "Andrew!" "Go away, go away!" "Never come back to Nazareth!" "Don't let him go!" "Blasphemer!" "Stone him to death!" "Blasphemer!" "That's what he deserves!" "That's what he deserves..." "Don't let him go!" "Master!" "Master!" "Master!" "We were told to make ourselves known to you." "I am Andrew of Capernaum, a fisherman by trade." "But your follower now, if you'll take me." "This is Phillip." "We were sent by John the prophet, the Baptist." "He has just been imprisoned by King Herod Antipas." "Andrew." "Phillip." "Come with me." "Come on!" " Tell me, when was John arrested?" " As soon as he returned to Galilee." "He had to return." "Too many people were waiting for him..." "There it is." "The sea of Galilee and Capernaum, where I was born." "It's a town of fishermen." "But it also has the greatest synagogue in Israel." "You can stay at my brother's house." "He's a good man, Simon Peter." "The commandments God gave to Moses so long ago must not remain dead stone for the reverence of unthinking minds." "Dead stone?" "The tablets of the law?" "Dead stone?" "What do you mean, Rabbi?" "Stone is what the law is written on, but the law itself is alive!" "And living things not constantly changing?" "But our law is eternal." "You cannot change law of Moses." "No!" "That's right, the law is here." "The man is made of flesh and blood, and he changes." "Doesn't he remain the same man?" "God wants to write the law on your hearts." "Rabbi, you said you have come here to give us the good news." "Is this it?" "The good news?" "That the law is living like a man?" "The good news I bring you is this." "Your captivity is over." "What does that mean, our captivity is over?" "What captivity?" "Captivity in sin!" "God fulfills the promise He made to our people Israel, and reconciles Himself to man." "God is coming to you." "To all of you, even the most wretched." "Do not shut the door in His face." "The devil is in him!" "He's mad!" "He's possesed by the devil." "Listen to me, not to him!" "Rabbi!" "The demon has always tried to throw him into fire and into water to destroy him!" "If you can do anything, have mercy, help my poor faith!" "Satan!" "Leave him!" "Father?" "!" "My son!" "My son!" "Praised be the Lord!" "Yes, we're all fishermen in our family." "Andrew here knows us well." "But I was sent off to learn." "All you were fit for, perhaps." "And what have you learned?" "That two and two make four, sometimes." "That most people seem to be here to be pushed about." "That getting on is a fine thing." "That birth is the beginning of death." "But there must be something more for man between birth and death." "Today, when I heard you preaching," "I began to understand, and it gave me hope." "Through your words, the old scriptures seemed to become alive." "That's all we want, we want the law to be alive, written in our hearts, not carved in stone." "What is your name?" "John, son of Zebedi." "John." "Stay with us." "Back, back!" "This way, you idiots!" "That's my brother now, Simon Peter." "And there's my brother, James." "He's shouting again, angry as usual." "If anyone's drunk, it's you!" "He doesn't mean it." "He's a good man." "What's the matter, brother?" "Poor catch?" "Poor catch?" "!" "Nothing!" "The only things we catch these days are Roman taxes!" "And while we're out sweating, working our hands raw with the nets, the stinking tax gatherers take half and give it to the Romans!" "Bloodsuckers!" "Go brother, go and tell that leach, that two faced tax collector of ours, Matthew," "that if he wants more money out of me, to put some fish in the lake" "Simon, this is the man I told you about." "The man John spoke of." "John the Baptist." "What?" "Another holy man?" "Are you another of those that tell us to be patient and promise us better times will be ahead?" "What about now?" "What about our children?" "Who will fill their bellies?" "A lot of talk these days while we all starve!" "Find a holy man who can put an end to that." "Then maybe I'll listen." "Go out again." "I shall come with you." "We've just pulled in!" "Get that net off the boat!" "Please Simon, do as he says!" "Why do you always listen to these people?" "Who knows the lake better than I?" "Please!" "Please!" "What are you staring at?" "Come." "You can preach to the fish." "Cast off!" "We're going out again." "We've been out all day and we caught nothing!" "He sends us out again and we catch all this fish!" "It's a miracle!" "It's not a miracle!" "Only God can work miracles." "They speak these profanities, they believe him!" "We must go and speak!" "My house will not hold anymore people!" "Please!" "Please!" "Please!" "Help me up!" "I can't get up!" "I wan't to see him." "It was amazing!" "I've been fishing for four years, I've never seen a catch so big..." "More..." "So, there were miracles, were they?" "And a big catch inspired by a prophet, what's his name, Jesus?" "Get out!" "He's staying with Simon Peter, you know him?" "The fisherman?" "Yes, he owes me back taxes, doesn't he?" "Move!" "Well, well, well..." "Well, if there's been a big catch, he can pay, can't he?" "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field." "A man finds it, and in his joy spends everything he has to buy that field." "It's like a merchant in search of fine pearls." "He finds one pearl of great value, and sells everything to have that pearl." "You, you're all fisherman." "Well, the kingdom of heaven is like a net." "A great net thrown into the sea." "Suddenly it is filled, it's almost bursting!" "You have to call to the other boats to come and help!" "Everyone is working together, happy, excited!" "It's a time for joy, for rejoicing in what God has freely given." "But one day," "God will ask you to account for the gift he has given." "Be prepared." "The kingdom of heaven is at hand." "Rabbi." "You say the kingdom of heaven is at hand, but when exactly will it come?" "When you see the clouds moving from the East, you say the rain is coming, and so it is." "When the desert wind blows, you say it will be hot, and it is." "All of you can read the signs of the earth and the sky." "How is it you can't read the signs of the times?" "The kingdom of heaven is here, now." "What's he doing here?" "It's Matthew, the tax collector!" "Get him out!" " Peter, your friend Matthew is here!" " Get out!" "Bloodsucking tax collector!" "There's no place for you here!" "Out of my house!" "You scum!" "Filth!" " No Simon, don't!" "Simon, look!" " I will not have it defiled by you!" "I hear you've had a big catch, Simon!" "We'll talk about it later, shall we?" "But what about this friend of yours?" "This new preacher or teacher or whatever he is." "Am I not allowed to speak with him?" "Not in my house." "You seem to be most unwelcome here." "I don't know your name, but I know what you do." "Levi, or Matthew, I'm known by both names." "And by others..." "I see you and I must meet in a place where both of us are welcome." "Is your own house far?" "Why do you ask?" "I should like to have supper with you tonight." "You would enter the house of a sinner?" "I would enter any house where I am welcome..." "He's here!" "Wait!" "What are you doing?" "Be careful!" "That's my property!" "Help me." "I've been this way for 20 years." "It is the curse of God." "Punishment for my sins and my parents' sins." "Your sins are forgiven you." "Rabbi, you must not speak so!" "That's blasphemy." "Only God can forgive sins." "Which of these is easier?" "To say "Your sins are forgiven you", or "Rise up and walk home"?" "The Son of Man has the power to forgive sins." "Rise and walk home." "He doesn't seem to realize the scandal it will cause!" "Peter, you tell him!" "I've told him..." "Well, tell him again!" "The whole place is talking about it!" " Even some Pharisees, I suppose." " Well, they know the law!" "Tax collectors cannot even enter the synagogue." "And anyone who associates with them is as defiled as they are." " Yes, according to the Pharisees!" " But yes..." "That's their argument." "Peter, tell him again." "I've told him!" "What do you want from me?" "I said Matthew is my bloodsucking enemy." "I hate Matthew!" "But all Jesus would say was," ""Well, why don't you join us as well."" "Andrew." "Andrew, I'm not like you." "I'm not a follower of priests and prophets." "I'm a fisherman." "I have my family to think of." "You followed the Baptist, now follow this one." "Peter!" "Just leave me alone!" "Why did you bring him to me?" "This is my life." "My nets." "My boat." "Go on!" "Follow him!" "But leave me!" "Come on." "You can't talk to him when he's like this." "Come on, Phillip." "This is where I belong." "Master!" "It's a scandal for you to eat with these people!" "Don't you know who they are?" "We've lived our lives honorably." "Made sacrifices to keep the law." "They are thieves, whores." "Violent and godless people." "And now you sit and eat with such people, who spend their lives in orgies and perversions!" "I've not come to call the virtuous to repentance, but the sinners, and they might enter the kingdom of heaven even before you..." "Listen, Master!" "If you go and eat with these people they will contaminate you." "The whole town will abandon you!" "James, the heart of the Lord is mercy." "He's here." "Quiet!" "Peace be with you." "Thank you, for coming to my house." "Rabbi, you are welcome." "Welcome, Rabbi." "Move!" "No, no, no, don't move." "I'll sit there." "This is my brother James." "He's in the same business I am." "I drink to you in the name of all here." "Rabbi, we want to hear your words." "Please, speak to us!" "No, no, no, no, no!" "Let's eat first!" "No!" "Let him decide." "No, no." "I'd like to tell you a story." "Sit down!" "Sit down!" "A certain man had two sons." "And one day the younger of these sons said to his father," "Give me my share of your estate now." "So his father divided his wealth between his two sons." "And a few days later, this younger son set off for a distant land," "and there he squandered all the money he had on riotous living." "Now, not long after this, a great famine swept over the land," "and the boy began to starve." "He persuaded a farmer to hire him to feed his pigs, but he was so hungry that even the husks he was feeding the swine began to look good to him." "And still, nobody gave him anything." "Finally, the boy came to his senses." "At home, even my father's servants had enough food, and to spare." "And here I am starving to death." "I will go home, and ask my father to hire me as one of his servants." "And so, he set off." "Now he was still some distance from his home when his father saw him coming." "And he was so filled with compassion," "that he ran towards his son and embraced him and kissed him." "The boy said," ""Father!" "I have sinned against Heaven and you." "I am not worthy to be called your son."" "But his father called for the servants and said," "Bring me the finest robe in the house and put it on him." "Put rings on his hands and shoes on his feet!" "Kill the fattest calf, we must celebrate with a feast." "My son was dead and is alive again!" "Now, the older brother, at this time, was working in the fields." "And as he came back to the house, he heard the noise of music and dancing." "He called for one of the servants and asked what was happening." "And he was told." "At this, the older brother became very angry and he refused to go into the house." "The father came out, tried to plead with him, but he wouldn't listen." "I have worked for you all this time, all these years, and never once have I disobeyed you!" "And in all that time, you've never even gave me so much as a goat so that I could have a feast with my friends." "My younger brother comes back, having spent all your money on harlots," "and for him you kill the fattest calf!" "Please, said the father." "Please." "Try to understand." "You are always with me, everything I have is yours." "But it is right to celebrate." "Your brother was dead and is alive again." "He was lost, and is found." "Forgive me, master." "I am..." "I'm just a stupid man." "Free the man!" "He is innocent!" "He's a man of God!" "Free John the Prophet!" "Free him, Herod!" "John!" "John?" "What is it you want from me?" "Is it just a matter of my violation of the marriage vows?" "Is that it?" "Because I don't mind to repent that, John." "Hmm..." "Will that satisfy you?" "You think it makes me happy to see you rotting away in the dark down there with that howling gang outside the walls?" "Why don't you listen to reason?" "There's work for you here in this wretched kingdom." "If it's power you want, you can have power." "Power to build, not to break." "My task has been to prepare the way for the one who shall wear the crown." "Who is this man?" "This prophet from Galili?" "Is he the one I ought to be talking to?" "Do not fear the toppling of your throne." "Before kingdoms change, men must change." "Ah, you say that, yes, but I've been listening to those fools outside." "What leaders intend and what their followers are after are not one and the same thing." "That crowd of yours needs someone to control it." "John, if I set you free," "what would you do with your freedom?" "I would follow the one whose way I have prepared, just like many others who already follow him." "But you will not set me free." "Herod!" "I was wrong." "Yes." "I was wrong." "The curse of God is upon us." "Release John." "Yes, send him away." "Send him away." "Send him to Egypt." "You're right." "What harm can he do us there, after all." "Yes, tomorrow." "Yes, tomorrow on your birthday." "What better present could you give to yourself and your people?" "A great gesture of clemency." "I see, I see!" "What a remarkable woman you are!" "How quickly your heart changes!" "Once he was free, and had gone to Egypt, he just might meet with a some unfortunate accident." "What an imagination, my king." "How fast your thoughts travel." "Imagination?" "You know I can always read your mind." "Don't forget I can read your mind too, my lord." "Herod." "What present shall I give on your birthday?" "What do you think I would like most?" "Salome?" "You see, I can read your mind." "Welcome to our shores!" "Come save us!" "He's here!" "Take her away." "Back to Capernaum." "Do no think I have come to bring peace on earth." "I've come not to bring peace" "but a sword." "I have come to sow discord between a man and his father." "Between a daughter and her mother." "A man's enemies will be members of his own family." "You may say," ""We have left our belongings to become your followers."" "I tell you this, anyone who has left home, or father, mother," "wife, children, land for the kingdom of God" "shall be rewarded a hundred times over on earth, and inherit the kingdom of God." "Whoever wants to save his life will lose it." "But if a man will lose his life for my sake and for the gospel I bring you, he will save it." "For many that are first will be last," "and the last first." "So do not store up for yourself treasure on earth, where it grows rusty and motheaten and thieves break in to steal it." "Store your treasure in Heaven, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." "My name is Girus." "I am one of the elders of the synagogue here." "My little daughter is dying." "I beg you, come and lay your hands on her so that she may be cured and live." "Take me to her." "You're daughter is dead." "Do not weep." "The child is not dead." "Only sleeping." "Who are you to come here with your jokes?" "We've seen that she's dead, you haven't!" "Peace, Thomas, peace." "Rise, little girl." "Give her something to eat." "She's alive!" "She's alive!" "She's alive!" "Rabbi, I want to apologize." "I didn't know who you were." "I thought the child was dead." "Well, she was dead!" "I saw her with my own eyes." "Can't you believe without seeing, Thomas?" "Sometimes I do." "Sometimes I think I know what I believe, but..." "Something happens..." "my mind gets blurred." "I don't know." "You doubt so much, you must want to be certain." "I do!" "Then follow me." "You mean, give up my work and..." "Yes." "Girus, will you give me your servant to be one of my disciples?" "With gladness, master." "I am happy for him." "Do you have doubts about following me, Thomas?" "No." "I don't believe I have." "Women." "I ask you, why would they listen?" "I told my wife I won't be away for long." "In any case, the fishing is hopeless, why not go away?" "I told her I said, I'll come back in spring." "Don't lie to her, and to yourself." "Lie?" "Yes." "You know very well." "You'll never go back." "I will." "No, you won't." "Never." "You'll never fish again." "You'll never get drunk again." "And you'll never live in Capernaum again." "None of us will." "We'll never be the same." "And neither will the lives of everyone in the whole world." "We know why, Simon." "We're the first to know." "The ruthless shall be no more!" "The arrogance shall cease to be!" "Remember the words of the scriptures!" "Vanity of vanities." "All is vanity!" "Woe unto them that seek to do evil!" "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil." "Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes!" "Have you not known?" "Have you not heard?" "Has it not been told you from the beginning?" "Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?" "Music!" "Music!" "Huh... music!" "Go to him." "Go." "Remember." "Dance," "Salome." "Dance." "When I've danced, what will you give me?" "Whatever thou shall ask of me," "I will give to thee, unto the half of my kingdom." "My friends!" "The princess is going to dance." "You said anything." "Yes." "Anything." "I want the head of the Baptist." "Oh... no!" "You promised." "Yes, you promised!" "You promised, yes!" "You swored, my Lord, before all your guests." "Shall it be said that king Herod does not keep his promises?" "King Herod, you said anything." "Yes, you promised!" "A king will rule in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice." "And the eyes of those that will not see will not be closed." "And their works are in the dark and they say," ""Who sees us?" "Who knoweth us?"" "Oh, woe unto them!" "Woe unto them!" "His head, sheared off like a rabbit." "And given as a present to a dancing girl." "Only by killing him could Herod hope to silence his voice." "But I can still hear him." "We must avenge him." "Revenge, bad politics my friends." "Suppose we kill Herod, who will replace him?" "I'll tell you, another servant of Tiberius, a Roman procurate like Pontius Pilate." "So what should we do then?" "Submit?" "Or become soldiers of Rome like the Syrians or the Greeks?" "No." "The Romans must know they can never rule Galilee with ease." "I know that for the present we strive in the dark, but the time will come when God shall send us our leader." "Then we shall make open war." "You mean a real war?" "The people of Israel, alone, against the Roman empire?" "Brothers, this is Judas Iscariot." "You should here what he has to say about Jesus of Nazareth." "Jesus of Nazareth?" "Do you know him?" "Oh, I've heard him preach, many times." "And I have seen the kind of power that he has." "Is he the man to place our hopes on?" "Why do you ask me this question?" "John answered it." "Remember what the Baptist said?" "I bear witness that this is the man." "Tell all my friends and disciples to follow him." "And proclaim in His name the kingdom of heaven." "We know that, we know that." "But could he be the one, priest and king, who will lead our people Israel?" "Could he be the messiah promised by our Lord?" "I believe that if one day the people of Israel do find a messiah..." "Oh, yes, it will be him." "But, no..." "I beg of you, let him fulfill his mission." "That is my advice." "I intend to follow him." "And I hope, if he will accept me, to become a disciple." "Very well, Judas." "Will you keep in touch with us?" "If you wish..." "Peace be on you, John." "Though your blood cries out for revenge, may your soul find rest in the glory of the righteous." "May peace be with you, John." "Rest in peace, John." "Rest in peace, John." "May your soul find eternal peace." "We shall not forget you, John." "Peace be on you, John." "You stupid idiots!" "Go on, go away!" "Mind your mother's business, crazy, and your sister's!" "Get out of here!" "Get out!" " Get away!" "Get out of here." " Can't I come in for a minute?" "Can I come in for a minute, too?" "Come." "You pigs!" "Don't you come near me anymore!" "I'll kill you!" "What is it?" "What's going on?" "Ask those pigs over there, those big, brave sons of yours." "Go in!" "There's no peace in this neighborhood since you came here." "Noise and filth." "The curse of God is on you." "Don't worry, Mary." "They're only boys' games." "Ah, boys!" "They would only burn my house down." "The fathers!" "They're all against me." "Not all, Mary." "There's a friend of yours in town today." " I have no friends." " Oh, yes, you have!" "Jesus, the prophet!" "Friend of our God, forgiver of sins, hmmm?" "Hey, according to him, the sins of the flesh are nothing compared to the sins of the soul." "Man will always forgive a man, but a woman's sin, that's another story." "For most people, but not for him." "I've never seen anybody like him." "Have you seen him often?" "If you go on business like me, you can't help seeing him." "Turn a corner, cross a square, go into camp, there he is!" "Go on." "He might be here another year." "I'm sure you'll come across him." "Oh, I sleep during the daytime, don't I?" "Sorry, I forgot." "Well, a big crowd is following him everywhere." "Sometimes so big he has to sleep in the field." "He thinks nothing of eating and drinking with thieves and whores." "Any scum of the earth is good enough for him, eh?" "One of his disciples, as they call themselves, was a, was a tax collector, a devious one." "But this Jesus, he says it's not the righteous that need him, it's the sinners." "So you see, you have got a friend." "I'll be over next week." "Look!" "There's Joseph of Arimathea." "One of the leading Pharisees in Jerusalem." "Which of you, for all his worrying, can add one day to his life, one inch to his stature?" "So don't concern yourself so much with the means of life, what you shall eat and drink," "or with your bodies, and how they should be clothed." "Life is more than clothing." "Consider the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or gather into bonds" "but our Heavenly Father feeds them." "Will He not more feed you?" "Are you not worth more than they?" "Consider the lilies of the field." "They do not spin." "They do not weave." "But not even Solomon, in all his glory, was so lead as one of these." "Now if God so clothed the grass of the field which is here today and tomorrow thrown into the fire, will he not all the more clothe you?" "Who have so little faith?" "Therefore do not ask," "What shall we eat?" "What shall we drink?" "How shall we dress ourselves?" "It is only the faithless who set their hearts on these things." "You must first seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and everything will be added freely unto to you." "So do not be anxious about tomorrow." "Tomorrow will be anxious for itself." "Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day." "Extraordinary." "But isn't that taking it too far?" "Surely our religion isn't opposed to honest, hard work." "Most of what he says has been said by the prophets." "But not like this." "I agree with you." "But we can't be sure until we meet with him face to face." "Why not invite him to eat with us?" " Would he come?" " I'm sure he would." "Such a man must be willing to discuss his ideas with people who are open-minded." "Good master!" "Please, tell me, master, what must I do to have eternal life?" "Go and sell all you have and give it to the poor," "and you shall have treasure in Heaven." "Then, come and follow me." "Sell everything?" "Everything I own?" "Everything my father slaved for?" "Everything." "You cannot have two masters, God and money." "You see?" "It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." "Master." "May I speak with you?" "What is your name, my son?" "My name is Judas Iscariot." "Call me a scholar." "I may be useful." "I read and write..." "Hebrew, Greek, Latin." "I..." "I translate documents." "This has become a country of many tongues." "Now I have never beaten copper, nor carved wood nor caught fish as your men have, but..." "I know your men." "My father was a prosperous builder who said," ""My son must never have calluses on his hands, nor brick dust in his hair." "My money must make my son into a scholar."" "Behold, a scholar who wishes to serve you." "But do you need a man like me?" "The tree is known by it's fruit." "Come, stay with us." "I can see!" "I can see!" "I can see!" "Jesus of Nazareth." "He cured a blind man!" " Who?" " Jesus of Nazareth!" "Master." "We should send these people away." "We've got nothing to give them to eat." "They should go to the villages where they can find food." "There's no need to send them away." "You give them something to eat." "How?" "There are thousands of them." "We cannot feed them." "Is there any food left?" "This is all we have." "Five barley loaves and two fish." "Put the loaves and the fish in the baskets." "And give them to the people." "Well, go on." "Why are you waiting?" "Do as he says." "I'm sorry!" "There's only one." "That's all we have!" "What do you mean there's only one?" "There's plenty!" "A miracle!" "A miracle!" "Jesus is our salvation!" "Amos!" "God works in Jesus of Nazareth, doesn't he?" "Through him we can cast off our chains!" "We must revenge the murder of John the Baptist, and we must kill King Herod." "Then what are we waiting for?" "Listen." "It's been said over and over and over again our kingdom is at hand." "Now a kingdom needs a king, doesn't it?" "So now is the time for the people and tribes of Israel to follow Jesus of Nazareth." "With him to lead us, we can gather an army!" "March on Jerusalem!" "And at Passover, proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth!" "Quiet!" "Quiet all of you!" "Now is the time for clear thinking, not for indulgences and your absurd fantasies!" "You!" "You want to kill Herod and you, you want to march on Jerusalem!" "They could have your skulls crushed for saying it!" "And one day, they will." "Amos." "Amos." "We live in obscure times, and you all know that we suffer together." "Well, I would rather die than see Jesus manipulated by men like you." "His words speak louder than any of your fake eloquence." "And what of his enemies?" "What will defeat his enemies, what will disarm them?" "You madness, or his mission?" "Judas, you have to take us to meet him, we have to talk to him." "So the Baptist was right." "Men must change before kingdoms can." "Don't stand in our way, Judas." "That's my advice." "Brothers." "Judas won't stop us." "I like some of his ideas." "Herod must die, that is certain." "He must pay in blood for the Baptist." "But I agree with Judas." "Jesus of Nazareth must be kept out of the picture for the time being." "It would be safer not to speak of him now." "We shall wait for the Passover in Jerusalem." "That's when you'll bring him to us, Judas." "We have our brothers in the temple guards." "They shall arrest the Sanhedrin and force them to declare Jesus, King of the Jews." "Are we all agreed?" "Yes." "Yes." "Yes." "No, Amos, I don't agree." "I have listened to all of you, and not one of you has understood what Jesus of Nazareth means." "What does his presence on earth mean?" "Brothers." "I am one who, like you, believe that the people of Israel would rise up in the name of the Messiah and break their chains." "But I am sure now that Jesus of Nazareth means far more than this." "Through him Israel will be reborn, not by force, but by change within." "Simon, Simon, you can't give up the cause." "We've believed in it all our lives." "Simon, choose." "I choose to pray for you." "And to follow Jesus of Nazareth, if he will accept me." "Oh, he will accept you." "John the Baptist gave neither eating bread nor drinking wine and you said he was possessed by devils." "Here I am, drinking and eating freely with you." "No doubt you'll say I'm a glutton and a drinker, friend of the tax collectors and the sinners." "Rabbi, you do us an injustice." "We respect your achievements, and we understand their importance." "But to what extant are you prepared to accept our laws?" "We hear that you heal the sick on the Sabbath." "Do you want our people not to rest on the Sabbath?" "If one of you had a sheep that had fell into a pit on the Sabbath day, wouldn't you go and get it out?" "God made the Sabbath for man, not man for the Sabbath." "We understand that." "We understand what you're trying to say." "But is it not confusing to the other people?" "We live by the law." "If we accept the law to be ruled by exceptions, then we are lost." "Today, if it hadn't been for the severity that we learned from Moses, we would not have our laws, we would not even have... we would not even be a people any longer." "But it is the, the excessive tolerance, the lack of rigidity in your teaching that has made us feel that this is a real danger." "The law gives me security." "It's a guide to my whole way of life." "A measure for judging." "This man is right and this man is wrong." "But you should not judge." "But you, as a son of Israel, know that we were chosen by God from all mankind to be the holy nation." "And for this He gave us our law, the Torah, which is the law of life." "And we have to separate ourselves from the sinners, and be pure and just." "But who is just in the eyes of the Lord?" "What is the heart of the law?" "Hear, O Israel, thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength." "This is the greatest commandment." "You said well." "You're not far from the kingdom of God, Joseph of Arimathea." "But there is another commandment, no less great." "You must love your neighbor as yourself." "But who is my neighbor?" "No!" "No!" "Stop her!" "You can't come in!" "This is no place for the likes of you!" "What's the matter?" " Isn't she that woman?" " The whore!" "Yes, that's her!" "What is she doing?" "She is defiling him!" "This is no place for you, woman!" "Come, leave quickly." " Simon, sit down!" " But Rabbi..." "You know what kind of a woman this is?" "Simon, please!" "Simon, when I came into your house, you didn't pour water over my feet, or kiss me in greeting, or anoint my head with oil." "She has washed my feet with her tears," "and dried them with her hair, and anointed them." "Daughter, your sins," "and I know they are many, are forgiven you because of the greatness of your love." "Only god can forgive the sins of men!" "Your faith has saved you." "Go." "And sin no more." "Daughter." "Take this ointment and keep it for my burial." "Go in peace." "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils." "Take nothing with you except a staff." "No pack, no food, no money." "Whenever you come to a town or a village find who is worthy in it, and stay with him." "If at any place they will not receive you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet as you leave." "Sodom and Gomorrah, on the Day of Judgment, will fare better than that place." "I am sending you out as sheep among the wolves." "Be as wise as serpents" "and as harmless as doves." "Don't be anxious about what you are to say, or how you are to speak." "It's not you who speak, but the spirit of your father speaking through you." "Freely you have received, now freely give." "Go." "Blessed are you among women." "You are His mother." "Anyone who praise our Father in Heaven is His brother, His sister, His mother." "Take this." "The king is coming." "Here comes Herod." "Keep following me." "Come on, come on!" "Kill the tyrant!" "Herod!" "Pay with your blood for the Baptist!" "Murderer!" "Your blood for the Baptist!" "Murderer!" "Make room for His Majesty!" "Make room!" "Lead him this way!" "He's been attacked by those damn zealots!" "Lead him this way!" "Lay him down here." "Gently!" "Gently!" "I could have been killed." "I could have been killed." "The guards were simply not there!" "They were too slow!" "Do you know why this happened?" "Because two disciples of Jesus of Nazareth were preaching in the town!" "Your majesty, Jesus himself has no interest in the zealots." "He may not, but the zealots still make use of him!" "They made use of John the Baptist, too, and he is more dangerous now then when he was alive." "Watch your tongue!" "Don't stand there, gaping like idiots!" "Out!" "Out!" "Out!" "Out!" "Out!" "Have no mercy on those zealots." "Kill them all!" "Come on, you zealot scum!" "You sold your soul to Herod!" "Herod!" "God's curse on you!" "You butcher us, Herod, and out of our blood, thousands will rise to take our place!" "In the name of the king, kill them!" "And this is how they'll all end up!" "All who plot against the king!" "Poor Amos!" "To die like that!" "How good and strong he was, really." "Don't grieve, Simon." "You warned them what would happen, remember?" "They were my brothers, Judas." "I live with them since I was a boy." "I know they were mad, I know, but they were honest." "They thought they could force God's hand." "Exactly." "Now Jesus will go to Jerusalem, and will deal with the Sanhedrin on his terms." "And there will be no need for bloodbath." "Come!" "Come, let us find the master." "Come!" " And she was cured!" " She called to me Rabbi..." "Rabbi!" "I didn't know how to greet China!" "And suddenly I found myself speaking!" "The same power Peter was having!" "Master, there's great excitement everywhere about you!" "Who do the people in Galilee say that I am?" "Some say John the Baptist." "They will not believe that he's dead." "They know he is dead!" "Many indeed." "But they say you're John the Baptist, alive again." "I've heard one say that you're Elijah, back from the grave." "And some say Jeremiah, or Ezekial." "And who do you say that I am?" "I say you are the Messiah." "The son of the living God." "In saying that, Simon by Jonah, you show yourself to be blessed among men." "Flesh and blood have not revealed this truth to you." "It has come from my Father in Heaven." "And so now I will call you Peter, the Rock." "And upon this rock I will build what I must call my church." "The gates of hell will not prevail against it." "To you I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven." "And to you all I say this." "Peter has spoken the truth." "And now you know it." "But you must not reveal it to any man." "The time has not yet come." "But another time is coming." "The time for me to go to Jerusalem." "Oh yes, master!" "You must go to Jerusalem." "The whole city awaits you!" "The elders of Israel must know and recognize you." "No, Judas." "In Jerusalem the son of Man will be rejected by the elders and the chief priests of the temple." "He will be condemned." "He will be handed over to the unbelievers, who will scourge him," "mock him, put him to death." "Then, after three days," "he will rise again." "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for what is right, for they shall be filled." "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." "Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of right, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." "Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you," "and speak all kinds of calomny against you for my sake." "Rejoice and be glad." "For your reward will be great in Heaven as it was for the prophets persecuted before you." "In your prayers, remember, your Father knows what your needs are before you ask him." "This is how you should pray." "Our Father who art in Heaven." "Hallowed be thy name." "Thy kingdom come." "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." "Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts," "as we forgive our debters." "And lead us not into temptation," "but deliver us from evil." "Master." "Master, you said you were going to Jerusalem," "and in Jerusalem they will kill you." "If that's true, then it's our duty to keep you from going." "You must not allow it to happen." "Peter." "You're thinking as men think, not as God thinks." "The devil is speaking through you." "Get out, Satan." "Blesed be this holy soil!" "Jerusalem!" "Come!" "Give me your hand, Alazar!" "You go ahead, I'll meet you at the gate!" "One more halt, and we'll be nearly there." "Jerusalem will be swarming with pilgrims getting ready for the Passover." "Will he go straight to the city?" "He said he would be put to death there." "And that he would rise again." "Master, master!" "Martha and Mary, the sisters of your friend in Bethany, have sent me here to find you." "Lazarus is very ill, near death." "Go." "Tell them I'll be there." " Master, master!" "He's coming!" " Master!" "The Master is coming." "He's arriving!" "My Lord." "Lord." "If you had been with us, my brother would not have died." "But I know that even now, whatever you ask of God, God will give it to you." "Because I believe you are the Christ, the son of God." "He who has come into the world to give us eternal life." "Where have you layed him?" "Come and see." "Lord." "Lord." "I prayed and prayed for you to arrive." "You could've kept Lazarus from dying." "Take away the stone." "But he's been dead four days master." "His body must already be decaying!" "Take away the stone." "Give me a hand!" "Father." "I thank you for hearing my prayer." "Now those who stand round me may believe that I am resurrection and the life." "And those who believe in me shall never die." "I went down into the countries underneath the earth, to the people's of the past," "but you lifted my life from the pit," "Lord, my God." "Lazarus!" "Come forth!" "He that believes in me," "but he were dead," "yet shall he live." "Too much, too much!" "Keep it!" "He always complains!" "Give your sheep." "Give your sheep." "Thank you!" "Lord our god, the Lord is one." "It is that thou art the Lord, our God, the God of our fathers." "Here are the documents you wished to see, master Zerah." "Thank you." "I am extremely flattered that you wished to see me, but why may I ask?" "Master Zerah, with respect." "There are many people in Israel who feel that your influence in the Sanhedrin offers great hope for the future." "And I can think of no better introduction to the high priest, Lord Caiaphus." "Well, since you know so much about me, you won't be surprised what we know about your rabbi from Nazareth." "Miracles." "Raising the dead." "Extraordinary." "No, I wish that my duties give me time to see your Jesus myself." "I wish you had, then you would need no persuading that he is the only man that can bring peace to Israel." " What?" " Oh, the zealots know it and so..." "So, you might be surprised to learn, do your temple guards." "Romans, they're faithfully practical, they would welcome anybody that would bring peace to this country, and if it was a peace that cost them nothing," "so much the better." "The Sanhedrin should proclaim Jesus king of Judea, and tell the Romans..." "What?" ""Look, Caesar, we have a new ruler, one from the royal house of David." "One in whom we have every confidence, and preaches peace, tolerance and love even to you Romans." "Therefore you can calmly withdraw your troops." "We no longer need them"" "Yes, you put it very well." "I would have to put it very well indeed for the Romans to take away their troops and their procurator, not to mention the tax collectors." "I was told of your wit, but this is hardly the time for it." "Alright." "You and I should not quarrel." "What do you want me to do?" "Let Jesus of Nazareth prove himself before the Sanhedrin." "I think I can promise you that he shall have that opportunity." "Welcome to our city!" "Hail Jesus!" "He raised Lazarus from the dead!" " Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?" " He's a prophet, a great prophet." "A prophet, on a donkey?" "Behold thy king!" " Son of David!" " Master, you are the hope of Israel." "You are our prophet and our savior!" "Jesus has come to save us!" "Hosanna!" "Hosanna!" "Hosanna!" "Hosanna!" "Hosanna!" "You cannot buy anything in the temple with Roman money, you must change it for our sheckles, you know that!" " But it's cheap!" " Well if you don't like it..." "You are turning the house of our Lord into a market place!" "That much?" "Don't tell." "The same rate like all the others, friend." "Ten sheckles for a half..." "Take two instead of one." "They are all greatfull." "Two fine lambs." "Two fine lambs." "Jerusalem, the faithful city." "She that was full of justice, has become a harlot!" "Stop him!" "Have you not known?" "Have you not heard?" "Have you not been told from the beginning?" "What are your multitude of sacrifices to me, says the Lord." "Bring forth no more vain offerings!" "Look at my money!" "Thieves!" "This is a house of prayer, and you have turned it into a den of thieves!" "Stop!" "Rabbi, my name is Zerah." "I'm a scribe of this holy place." "And I, like my brethren, have followed your mission with great interest." "We have heard good things of you, and are glad, but what you have done here both shocks and surprises us." "Do you wish to destroy this sacred temple?" "The temple is not mere stone." "It is the house of God." "It cannot be destroyed as long as God lives here." "Destroy this temple, and in three days, I will make it rise again." "It took centuries to build this temple." "Do you think you can rebuild it in three days?" "You said it," "but you have not understood." "Rabbi, I understand better than you think." "Master." "That scribe had every intention of greeting you in a friendly manner." "He wanted to understand your mission." "Was it wise to discourage him?" "He has one of the most open minds in the Sanhedrin." "Open your heart, Judas, not your mind." "Open your eyes and your heart." "Master Zerah!" "Master Zerah!" "Ah, my dear Judas!" "You're quite right." "Your master has very little political sense." "But he is an extraordinary man." "And we shall continue to watch his mission with great interest." "Your son will be teaching in the temple." "Shall I take you to him?" "No." "I'll wait." "I'll see him when it is time." "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see." "For I tell you." "Many kings and prophets have desired to see what you see and have not seen it." "To hear what you hear and have not heard it." "I thank you, Father, for hiding these things from the learned and the wise." "And revealing them to the innocent and the sinful." "For he who would be great among you must be your servant." "He who would be the first must be your slave." "Just as the Son of Man came not to be served." "But to serve." "And to give his life as a ransom for many." "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden" "and I will give you rest." "Come, O blessed of my Father, and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." "I was hungry and you gave me food." "I was thirsty and you gave me drink." "I was a stranger, and you welcomed me." "I was naked, and you clothed me." "I was a prisoner and you visited me." "I was sick and you came to me." "You will ask, "When did we do this for you?"" "Whoever does this to the least of my brethren" "he does it to me." "He's there." "Master, I am Barrabas, a zealot." "Before he was murdered, Amos sent word to us, to trust you." "My brothers are ready." "Some of them are temple guards." "Our day of revenge against the Romans has come." "Everyday their grip becomes tighter." "Our people have grown used to oppression." "With you to lead them, and with our swords behind you, they will rise up, we can teach them to fight." "Some of the priests of Sagisis have said "Obey the laws of Caesar"." "They do not speak for the Jewish people." "Tell us what to do." "Whatever you say we'll follow you." "Then love your enemies and forgive those who use and persecute you." "The day of forgiveness is at hand." "Forgive Herod?" "Forgive the Romans?" "Forgive them all." "But the Romans have butchered hundreds of innocent people, young people, old people, lives ended without mercy, without trial." "Surely you can't mean to forgive that, master?" "We must meet the sword with the sword." "All who take up the sword shall perish by the sword!" "But we must end the voice of weeping in Israel!" "Barrabas!" "Your zeal blinds you to the truth." "The new Jerusalem will not be built by murder and uprisings." "We still have God." "We'll fill the land as water fills the sea." "The lion will lie down to the lamb." "There will be no more killing or destroying and the voice of weeping shall be heard no more." "While we wait for that day to come, our people live in mourning and lamentation." "Barrabas!" "You wish to follow me?" "I have come to take on my shoulders the sins of the world." "If you would follow me must do the same." "Oh, no." "Barrabas!" "Master, bless my child." "The son of David." "You must not let the children use those words." "You know it is blasphemy!" "You are responsible for it." "Have you never read the psalms?" "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, thou has perfected praise." "By what authority do you do these things?" "Before I answer I will ask you a question." "From where did John the Baptist receive authority to baptize?" "From heaven or from men?" "We don't know." "We can't tell." "Very well, you tell me nothing." "Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things." "But I will tell you a story." "Come." "There once was a man, and he had two sons." "And to the first son one day he said, "Go and work in the vineyard."" "And the son said, "No", but afterwards he thought better of it, and he went." "Now the man said exactly the same thing to his second son, who said, "Certainly"." "But he didn't go." "Now, which of the two boys did his fathers will?" "First." "Yes, the first." "And what is the meaning of this story?" "There are those who think they are righteous because they say yes to God, but they do not do his will." "John the Baptist came to you in righteousness, but you didn't believe him." "Even when you saw that there were sinners who believed and repented." "They will get into the kingdom of heaven before you do." "Love your enemies!" "Bless those who curse you." "Do good to those who hate you." "Pray for those who persecute you." "If you love only those who love you, why should you claim any credit?" "Even the tax collectors do as much." "If anyone strikes you on the right cheek," "offer the other also." "And if anyone takes away your coat, give them your cloak as well." "Give to everyone who asks from you." "And if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them back." "Do not do to others anything you would not have them do to you." "Pass no judgment and you will not be judged." "Condemn not, and you will not be condemned." "Forgive, and you will be forgiven." "Be perfect, just as our Father in heaven is perfect." "Ask for this gift and it shall be given you." "Seek and you shall find." "Knock and the door shall be opened." "What father refuses his child?" "If you who are imperfect know how to give what is good to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give to those who ask him?" "What happened?" "Wicked adulteress!" "She's a sinner!" "Whore!" "Shame for her husband!" "Stone her!" "She must be judged..." "She's a sinner!" "An adulteress!" "She's gonna be punished according to the law!" "Take her to the Master." "Shame on you!" "Shame!" "Stone her!" "Stone her!" "Master, what should we do?" "This woman has been caught in the act of adultery." "She should be punished according to the law." "What do you say?" "Answer master." "We want to know your opinion." "Yes, tell us." "Is it right to kill her?" "He among you who is without sin." "Let him cast the first stone." "Come on." "Where are your accusers?" "Is there anyone here who's condemned you?" "No, no one." "Then neither do I condemn you." "Go, and sin no more." "Isn't he a Centurion?" "So the wedding hall was full of people." "I'm sorry if I disturb you, Rabbi." "But I would like to ask you a great favor." "I have servant in my house." "I've had him a long while." "And he's good." "Love him more like a son than a servant." "He's very sick, dying I fear." "Rabbi, in all humility..." "You would like me to come to your house." "Very well, I will come with you." "No." "I am unworthy that you should enter under my roof." "I know that if you say the word, my servant will be healed." "I am a man under authority, but I myself have authority over a hundred soldiers and if I say to one of them, do this, I know that he will do it." "If I say to another "Go there", I know that he will go." "I need not see, I know." "So it is enough that you give the word, and it will be done." "Do you hear this man." "I have seldom found such faith among the people of Israel." "Go home, your faith has cured your servant." "So he's a friend of the Romans." "You orders are changed." "But we know we are the chosen people." "How can a pagan be worthier than a son of Israel?" "Everybody, everybody is welcomed at my father's table." "Rich, poor, masters, servants, children of Abraham and of pagans." "Theseus!" "Theseus!" "Come home!" "Marcus is well, your servant is cured!" " What?" " Come on!" "Come on!" "Come and see for yourself." "He's cured!" "Come on!" "Come to your house!" "Intervene?" "No." "At least not for the moment." "I must confess that I am fascinated by this man's power with the people." "We must find out where this power comes from." "You must admit that he is capable of extraordinary things." "They say he raised one of his friends from the tomb." " A clever trick before coming to Jerusalem." " Yes, but you must admit..." "Please brothers, be advised, we must not act impetuously." "Eliphaz." "Ask the captain of the temple guard to report to the high priest Caiaphus." "Immediately." "Give to the poor blind men." "May he, may the Lord, give you happiness." "God give you good health." "Give to the blind!" "I was born blind for my parents sins." "When you give, you shall receive." "May the Lord give you happiness." "Help!" "I was born blind." "Please!" "Help for the poor blind man, please..." "Master!" "Master!" "Here he is!" "Over here!" "The master is here!" "Stop it!" "Leave me alone!" "He does too well as a blind figure!" "He knows if he could see, no one would give him anything." "Leave me alone!" "Don't touch me!" "Don't touch me, I say!" "Master, that man was born blind." "He's accepted life the way it is, why change it?" "He lives in darkness." "And as long as I am in the world," "I am the light of the world." "No!" "Don't!" "Leave my eyes alone!" "I don't want you to touch them!" "No, don't touch my eyes!" "You are hurting me!" "They're burning!" "What have you done to them?" "What have you put on them?" "Go and wash his eyes." "Come on, Let's take him." "Make way!" "Make way!" "Come with us and see!" "The master has cured the blind man!" "Can he see?" "We don't know yet!" "Give him a good bath!" "He hasn't touched water all his life!" "Give them a good wash!" "I can see!" "I am not blind anymore!" "I can see you!" "And you!" "I can see!" "Brothers!" "Brothers!" "I am not blind anymore." "I can see everything!" "Now I know what it means to see!" "It's a miracle!" "I can see the world!" "My eyes can see!" "Brothers!" "I can see all of you!" "All of you!" "What do you think of that?" "Make way, make way there!" "The high priest is coming." "Get back!" "What have you got to say?" "What have you got to say about the man who healed you?" "He's a prophet, there's no doubt." "What are you saying?" "You got your sight back from God, not from that man." "He's a sinner!" "I don't know." "I don't know if he's a sinner or not." "I only know one thing." "I was blind, I was blind before, and now I can see." "It's a miracle!" "I must go to this man and thank him for what he's done for me." "Where is he?" "Where is he?" "Where is he?" "Master." "I can see." "I can see." "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" "Who is he master, that I may believe in him?" "You're seeing him." "It is he that is speaking to you." "I believe." "Lord." "Make way, make way there!" "Make way, the priest is coming!" "Out of the way!" "Habbukuk is here!" "This lying cheat was never blind." "We know he only pretended to be blind to earn his living!" "He's right, he's a liar." "I've know him a long time, he's never been blind!" "And what's your story?" "That you can give sight to the blind?" "I came into this world to give sight to those who cannot see." "And to take away sight from those who can." "What do you mean by that?" "That we who are righteous are blind?" "If you were blind, you would be without sin." "But since you say "We see", your sin remains." "This man works through the devil!" "Cheat!" "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites all!" "For you shut off the kingdom of heaven against men." "You do not go in yourselves, nor do you let others enter." "Blind guides." "You'll stray in a net, and swallow a camel." "You bow before the letter of the law, and violate the heart of the law." "Justice!" "Mercy!" "Good faith." "You are like white tombs, all clean and fair without, but within full of death and bones and all corruption." "You see these stones, do you not?" "I tell you there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be throne down." "Yours is a house of desolation, the home of the lizard and the spider." "Serpents through their vipers." "How can any of you escape damnation?" "You shall not see me here again, not until you learn to cry." "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, for I and my Father are one and the same." "He is a blasphemer!" "This is the man!" "You don't speak for the people of Israel!" "Listen to the teachings of our God!" "He should be stoned to death!" "He's a blasphemer!" "Wonder what's going on?" "I don't like it, I'll take a look." " Look after it, will you?" " All right." "Caspar!" "A righteous man." "A righteous man." "Kill the Romans!" "Come on!" "He's not the Messiah!" "He's a false prophet." "He's a friend of the Romans!" "Stone him!" "Stone him!" "Stone him!" "Traitor!" "Traitor to Israel!" "Traitor!" "Traitor!" "Traitor!" "He speaks the truth!" "Stone him to death!" "Stone the impostor!" "Peter!" "If you please, I've come to offer my help." "Master Nicodemus." "Yes, I must advise you." "You are in danger." "Please persuade your master to keep away from public places." "God must have sent you, master Nicodemus." "You speak to him." "Of all people, he will listen to you." "Come." "Master!" "Rabbi." "There is to be a meeting at the Sanhedrin." "You have many enemies there, but also friends who know that you are a teacher come from God." "For no man that show the signs or have the words that you impart, unless God loveth him." "And yet, my heart is troubled, and my mind confused." "You must help me to see the truth." "Except a man to be born again, Nicodemus," "He cannot see the kingdom of God." "Born again?" "Can a man enter his mother's womb the second time?" "That which is born of the flesh is flesh." "That which is born of the spirit is spirit." "Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born again."" "The wind blows where it will," "and you hear the sound of it." "But you don't know whence it comes or whether it goes." "So it is with everyone who is born of the spirit." "God so loved the world that he sent his own son, that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have eternal life." "God sent his son to the world not to condemn it, but that the world may be saved through him." "He came to Jerusalem." "The crowd went wild for his arrival and we did nothing!" "He scolded the merchants and the sellers of beasts for sacrifices from the courtyard of the temple and we did not intervene!" "How many times have we protested at the disgrace of traders being allowed in the precincts of the temple?" "But then we allowed him to preach in the holy temple itself, and at no time, at no time did he recognize your authority, Caiaphus." "Nor made sufficient to the elders of Israel." "We must denounce him in the name of the people of Israel!" "I'm not sure..." "I'm not sure that we have that right." "Can we honestly say that we represent the true thoughts and aspirations of the people of Israel?" "What are you saying?" "I've often wondered if, as elders, we're not too cut off from them and their real problems." "How can we guide them if we don't know what's in their hearts?" "But without our guidance they would be lost!" "People... people will run after any new thing." "They've taken up with this man, his hijinx and exaggerated promises." "I have seen him, I've heard him preach." "His words reach into men's hearts, not like ours." "It's not old rituals, the old formulas, but a new vision which seems to answer all their hopes." "A message of comfort, of goodness, of purity, of the virtues of humility." "We've heard it all before, from John the Baptist and hundreds of others." "And why not?" "That is the richness of our religion, that it's always being kept alive by new ideas." "Oh, that kind of thinking encourages false prophets!" "What an incredible people we are." "Thirsty for knowledge, but hypocrites afraid of change." "We say that we want new ideas so our religion will speak to each generation." "And yet, when a prophet appears, burning with faith and fiery revelations, we stifle him!" "Shall we go down through history as the people who destroys its prophets?" "Oh, no, no, please." "No." "Brothers." "Please." "This is scarcely the time for philosophical discussions." "They are more urgent problems to be considered." "Yes, how's those who follow him hailing him as the Messiah?" "He's a blasphemer!" "He's an imposter!" "With respect to those more learned than I, there is one possibility that it seems no one here is ready to consider..." "What is it?" "The possibility that Jesus of Nazareth may be in fact the Messiah awaited by our people." "A carpenter from Galilee?" "This man had studied the prophecies." "Carefully." "He never misses a chance to identify himself with them." "Exactly!" "I only know that, like our brother Joseph, I've heard him preach." "I was moved, lifted out of my soul." "And seemed to see all things in a new and blinding light." "I was aware of wonders, signs that God may be with him." "And through him, with us." "Do you realize what you are saying, Master Nicodemus?" "Let him speak!" "Listen to him!" "Let him speak!" "Don't shut him down!" "The coming of the Messiah is the heart of our faith." "Why should he not come now?" "Why do we dream our liberator will be revealed in glory, a new Solomon, a new David?" "Is God not allowed to choose whom he wishes?" "Even the son of a poor carpenter from Nazareth?" "David began life as a shepherd." "Who are we to decide the way in which God should choose to help his people?" "We are... grains of sand, chalk blown in the wind." "May the Lord open our eyes to his wisdom." "Master Nicodemus, I have always respected you." "How am I to understand your defense of this man, whose missions seems to be to divide our people?" "Even this noble assembly has been torn asunder by him." "This Jesus of Nazareth must be an extraordinary man." "But is there not one among you who understands the... the real significance of this matter." "It is not the Galilean's words are important, or the so called miracles." "Even the fact the frenzied crowds hail him as the Messiah, it's not important." "The central core of this case is that this man dares to proclaim..." "I can hardly make myself say it." "This man dares to proclaim himself the son of God." "Master Nicodemus." "In your great faith and wisdom." "And you Joseph, most honest of men." "Can you tell us that, in your heart of hearts," "you believe he is the son of God?" "That he is equal to God." "If he is not the son of God, then who is this Jesus of Nazareth?" "Is he a prophet?" "Only a false prophet can assume the powers of God and say, to persistent sinners, "You are forgiven."" "Only God can forgive sins." "All through our history, false prophets have been a plague of Israel." "This man, while claiming to uphold the law, perverts our most fundamental beliefs." "The Romans will not wait for us to find the answer." "Our law says, the prophet who claims to say in the name of God things" "which God has not commanded, that prophet must die." "If this man Jesus is a false prophet and a blasphemer, is it not better for one man to die, than a for a whole nation to perish?" "However, under Roman occupation, Caiaphus, the people of Israel may put a goat to death, but not a man." "Thank you, Zerah, for reminding us of our realities." "Then he must be charged and found guilty by the Romans." "But, Caiaphus, we have not found him guilty yet!" "Surely our law does not condemn a man before first giving him a hearing before the elders of Israel?" "No matter how serious his offense, we cannot simply hand over one of our brothers to the Romans." "Caiaphus, after the Passover, let me persuade Jesus to come to us and explain to us what is in his heart and his mind when he says he is the son of God." "Brethren, I agree." "We will question him fully." "And give this..." "Jesus of Nazareth every opportunity to..." "To defend himself." "No!" "Caiaphus, to delay would be too dangerous." "We all know what steps Pilate would take against our people if the unrest continues." "Zerah, he must be taken tonight." "It could cause even more trouble among the crowds if our temple guards go searching for him." "It could be a long search, all over the city." "No one knows where he and his followers are heading." "They stay no longer than one night in the same place." "I think I know the way to reach him." "Zerah, don't forget." "Jesus of Nazareth is one of our brothers." "Judas?" "I've not been able to find you." "You weren't seen with the master for the last day or two." "Where have you been?" "I've been trying to think." "Trying to decide what to do." "You seem to me to be very sure of what to do..." "Well, I was." "But not now." "I'm confused." "I always believed action, political action, could solve everything." "Thought it was enough to think clearly and act clearly but..." "But I fear my master does not agree with me." "He doesn't need my ideas." "He says the heart is more important." "Perhaps he's right." "Have I hardened my heart?" "Am I fit to be one of his disciples?" "I..." "I should go home." "Judas, don't lie to yourself." "The truth is that in your heart you no longer believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah." "There's only one way to know the truth." "You knew that the very first time that you came to see me." "Let Jesus prove himself before the Sanhedrin." "It's too late." "He won't accept it." "Why?" "There are many influential members of the counsel who admire Jesus." "He will be fairly judged." "If he is the Messiah, God will not abandon him." "If he is not, then you will have helped to save Israel from yet another false prophet." "Master." "We are happy to eat this Passover with you." "I have longed with all my heart to share it with you." "It is for this Passover that I came into the world." "I shall not be with you much longer." "You will look for me but, where I am going you cannot come." "Master, I will follow you wherever you go." "I will lay down my life for you." "Peter." "This very night before the cock crows twice, you will have denied three times that you even know me." "Oh, Lord, never." "Never!" "I will never deny you." "You will all lose faith." "The shepherd shall be struck and the sheep will be scattered." "Even if all lose faith, I will not..." "Peter." "I have prayed for you." "And once you have recovered, you in your turn must give strength to your brothers." "Truly, I tell you." "One of you is about to betray me." "Master." "I'm sick at heart." "Who will betray you, is it I?" "He who dips his bread in the dish when I dip mine." "He shall be the one." "One of us?" "What you are going to do, do it quickly." "Where is he going?" "I don't know." "Blessed be thou, Lord our God." "Who has blessed us with thy laws." "And made bread to be sowed from the earth." "From now on," "this will no longer be the bread of the passage of our fathers from bondage to freedom." "This Passover is for you today" "the passage from the bondage of death" "to the freedom of life." "This is the bread of life." "Whoever eats of this bread, shall have eternal life." "Eat it." "For this is my body." "Do this in remembrance of me." "From now on, this cup will not only be a memorial and sacrament of the covenant God made with our fathers on Mount Sinai." "This is my blood." "The blood of the new covenant which is to be poured out for many." "I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine" "until the day I drink it with you" "in my Father's kingdom." "And now I give you a new commandment." "That you love one another as I have loved you." "Greater love hath no man than this," "but a man laid down his life for a friend." "And if you love one another" "all men shall know that you are my disciples." "Father." "The hour has come." "Glorify thy son that thy son may glorify thee." "Keep in thy name those I was given." "I do not pray for these only." "But also for those who believe in me through their word." "I am the way," "the truth" "and the life." "Peter." "Father." "If it's possible, let this cup pass from me." "Let it be as you, not I, who would have it." "This is your hour, Judas." "The hour of shadows." "Oh, master." "You betray your master with a kiss." "That is the man, arrest him." "Judas!" "What's happening?" "You traitor!" "You betrayed him!" "Peter, Peter, listen to me." "The only way the master can save himself is by speaking to the Sanhedrin." "Leave him alone!" " They're going to kill him!" " Jesus!" "Jesus!" "No, Peter!" "Get away, you scum!" " Arrest them all!" " Zerah!" "It is me you sought." "You have found me." "Let them go." "Take him away." "Master, we must do something!" "We must do something!" "Where have they taken him?" "Where have they taken him?" "Zerah." "I must speak to Zerah!" "I must speak to Zerah!" "Is he in here?" "Did they bring him here?" "Who?" "Jesus!" "Master Zerah, please, I don't understand this man." "Zerah, Zerah." "Now..." "Where is this meeting with Caiaphus?" "I must be there, with Jesus!" "Meeting?" "There's no meeting." "There's a trial." "Your Jesus is accused of blasphemy." "You've been an invaluable help to us, Judas." "Come and see me when all this is over." "Well, you go what you wanted, so get out of here." "Come on, get out of here." "Master Joseph." "We were coming to find you." "This is Martha, the sister of Lazarus." "And Mary, the mother of Jesus." "Jesus has been arrested." "Yes, I know." "I've been called to a meeting of the elders." "You have such great influence in the Sanhedrin." "Please, will you help?" "I'll try, you know that." "I'll do what I can." "I never understood how that liar could have fooled so many people." "You were one of those who believed in him, didn't you?" "Well, I admit I believed in him, but we all believed in him." " And now you discovered the truth." " He said a lot of things that I like very much." " So what?" " And he did some good things." "Good things?" "They were tricks of the devil!" "All right, all right." "He knows that he was a liar and a blasphemer and he betrayed us, and now he will pay." "Come on." "I'm sorry I had to wake you up at this hour." "Master Nicodemus." "Brethren!" "Brethren!" "Brethren!" "Caiaphus, that he should be found like a common thief is most unseemly!" "Jesus, it is not our intention to treat you as a criminal." "But you are due to explain to this assembly the nature of your teachings." "What is this doctrine you and your disciples are spreading through Judea?" "I have spoken openly for all the world to hear." "I have taught in the synagogues and in the temple." "I have said nothing in secret." "So, why do you ask me?" "Ask those who heard me." "They are my witnesses." "Caiaphus, I've heard him preaching." "I find nothing in his doctrine which denies the basic principles of our faith." "Rabbi, we fail to understand the meaning of many of your sayings." "For instance, there are witnesses who say that you claim that you could destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days." "No one could rebuild the temple in three days." "What he said must have some symbolic meaning." "I'm sure I heard him say he could rebuild it in two days!" "Three days, four days in here!" "Witnesses can't even agree!" "How can we remember every detail." "There was a riot which Jesus himself provoked, but for which the Romans will hold us responsible." "The riot was provoked by Barrabas!" "The Romans don't need an excuse." "We know what they have done to our people." "All of us here can remember an occasion not so many years back," "when over a thousand of our people were nailed to the walls of Jerusalem because there were not enough scaffolds to satisfy the Romans' lust for blood." "None of us, I'm sure, wants to give any more victims to Pontius Pilate, than we can prevent." "Of course not, Joseph, we're all agreed upon that." "As Caiaphus has said, this is not a trial." "We, we left our homes, we came here tonight, hoping that Jesus of Nazareth would explain to us the purpose of his mission" "and help to heal the divisions in our community." "Brother, we've often heard you've come to bring love and brotherhood." "I beg you, bring peace to our gathering tonight." "Tell me." "It has been said that you proclaimed yourself the son of God." "I ask you now, in the name of the Eternal." "Are you the Messiah, the son of God?" "I am." "And you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the power of God." "Hear, Oh, Israel," "The Lord, our God," "The Lord is one!" "We have heard enough." "Let him be taken before the procurator Pontius Pilate." "In whose hands lies the final authority for trial and judgment." "Let me get closer!" "They will crucify him!" "The son of God!" "Kill him!" "Scold him!" "Blasphemer!" "Well, what happened to him?" "They're sending him to Pontius Pilate!" "We know how that will end up, don't we?" "Wait a minute!" "I know you!" "You were with that Jesus!" " You're one of his followers." " No, I don't know him!" "But he is!" "Look!" "And I know him." "He is one of his followers!" "I've seen him!" "I've seen him!" "He's a liar." "Arrest him!" "I tell you, I don't know him!" "You are one of them." "I saw him!" " What's going on here?" " Here's a friend of Jesus." "A disciple." "Don't let him go." "Oh, please." "Mistaken." "I don't know this Jesus they speak of, nor I have heard of him." "Go." "Just keep quiet here." "Don't you know you are on sacred ground?" "Do you hear them?" "Free Barrabas!" "They're crazy people." "They should be in here." "Your friends outside want you set free." "So you can carry on with your murdering, I suppose." "I'm not a murderer." "I shouldn't be in with those two." "I'm a patriot." "You're all criminals." "Don't think you're any different." "It was he who did the murder, not me!" "He talked me into it." "It was his idea." "When will it be?" "When Pontius Pilate comes from Caesaria for the Passover, or whatever they call it." "Listen, you've got to let me out of here, I didn't do nothing!" "Listen to me!" "Free Barrabas!" "Let Barrabas free!" "Let Barrabas go!" "He's one of us!" "Free Barrabas!" "You have no right to arrest him!" "Free Barrabas!" " Welcome..." " Welcome?" "!" "I leave for one week and when I come back" "I find the mob clamoring in the street and you dare to say to me welcome?" "Who's this Barrabas they keep shouting about?" "He's a zealot we arrested." "His followers have disturbed the crowd." "I don't think their noise will disturb my judgment." "Look, you take a hundred men and you clear the street." "I'm tired." "With respect, procurator..." "Please, I'm so tired!" "Jerusalem is full of people, there are many hotheads among them." "Yes, and they'll cool when they see the example we make of their Barrabas." "Pontius Pilate, I'm afraid there's another case I must trouble you with." "Another one?" "Yes, it was submitted to us by the Sanhedrin itself." "It concerns a certain Galilean preacher." "Quintilius, I am not interested in their preachers, nor their prophets." "Yes, of course, I know that." "The Sanhedrin whose... cooperation has been very useful to us, they consider it extremely important." " Even urgent..." " Urgent?" "Urgent to whom?" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Maybe next week." "But first we'll deal with Barrabas." "Pilate, there's a delegation from the Sanhedrin waiting outside." "It is lead by Zerah himself." "They have this preacher, this Jesus of Nazareth with them." "They, they want you to judge him." "Judge him?" "Zerah himself?" "It must be important." "No, no, no, no." "I don't want to get involved in their religious quarrels." "This is the monthly report of the province." "I think it's wise not to offend them unnecessarily." "I think you should see them." "Let them brought in." "Don't stand there, bring them in." "Pilate..." "I'm afraid we must go out to them." "We must go to them?" "Yes, according to their beliefs, they cannot come into the house of a Roman, not on Passover." "They would be defiled." "Defiled." "I forgot about that." "All right." "We'll go to them." "Bring them to the great hall." "How does one govern such people?" "Procurator." "We have found that this man, Jesus of Nazareth, distorts our peoples views on the relationship between God and the state." "Furthermore, he perverts the very heart of our religion." "I'm not concerned with people who break your religious laws." "My function as governor here is to keep the peace as a minister roman of justice." "We know that, procurator, but this man also threatens the established order." "If he were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you." "He calls himself the Christ, which means the anointed one." "Thank you, I, too, know some Greek." "Well, what else has he done?" "Has he spoken against the Emperor?" "Has he spoken against Rome?" "Well, procurator, not directly, no, but..." "Not directly?" "Then he's your problem." "You'll have to judge him according to your laws." "Procurator, for us, this man, Jesus, is a blasphemer." "If we were a self governing nation, we would have the right to exact punishment, which under the law of Moses is laid down for blasphemy." "He made a triumphant entry into Jerusalem, calling himself the King of the Jews." "A claim which we totally reject!" "King of the Jews?" "Well, whatever else he may have done, such a claim is treason." "True, true." "Alright, alright." "I'll talk to him." "Your Jesus." " Not ours." " Then whose?" "Whose?" "Bring him in!" "Is this the man you think so dangerous?" "This, the man that aspires to be a king?" "Come." "Come, come, come!" "Now." "The leaders of the Sanhedrin accuse you of preaching perverted doctrines." "Come." "They also say you call yourself the king of the Jews." "Well, are you king of the Jews?" "If my kingdom were of this world, my followers would have fought to prevent me from being captured." "Oh, you speak of a kingdom." "Therefore you must be a king." "Are you a king?" "I am." "I was born for one purpose." "To bear witness to the truth." "All who can accept the truth hear my voice." "And what is the truth?" "No, this man's no criminal." "He's a dreamer." "Take him away." "Take him away." "Have him flogged as a token of Roman justice, that should wake him up." "Right." "Procurator." "We, the leaders of the Sanhedrin, have always had the same aim as you." "Peaceful administration of our country for the good of our people, and for many years..." "Please, please, please, please." "Don't talk to me about the people." "As long as they obey, who cares much about your children of Israel as we do the mob in Rome?" "No, Zerah." "Let us speak directly." "Why does the Sanhedrin consider this man so dangerous that they send you yourself here to make sure that he's condemned?" "Perhaps for the same reasons as you procurator, if you knew him as well as we do, would also find him dangerous." "That's enough!" "Put his clothes back on." "He entered Jerusalem as a king?" "Look at him now!" "So he's the king?" "The king of the Jews?" " Maybe we ought to dress him as a king!" " Hey, don't use mine, use one of those!" "Wait, over here." "Here it is." "Come on." "Here we are." "Turn around." " Look at him!" " Hey, hey, wait a minute." "If he's a king, he needs a crown!" "Hey, Majesty, high and mighty majesty!" "Look at him!" "I have it!" "A king's crown!" "He's got his crown!" "He needs a scepter!" "Majesty!" "A perfect fit!" "Where's your throne, eh?" "Now he's the king." "Tiberius will be getting worried!" "Behold the men." "Well." "What have you got to say for yourself now?" "Speak!" "Who are you?" "What are you?" "Well, say something!" "Don't you want to defend yourself?" "You want to die?" "Don't you realize I have the power to release you or have you crucified?" "You would have no power over me if it had not been given you from above." "Quintilius." "Isn't there an ancient custom honoring Passover, where the procurator can release a prisoner sentenced to death," "as an act of mercy?" "Yes." "That custom still exists." "And we have two prisoners." " Barrabas?" " And Jesus." "So let the people decide." "I've made my decision." "The people will decide." " Zerah..." " Take him away!" "All right." "Take this one away." "Get down to the prison and bring Barrabas." "Barrabas!" "Remember?" "Barrabas!" "Here, here." "Listen to me." "Listen." "You two, listen." "When I give you the que, you shout for Barrabas!" "Barrabas is depending on you." "Barrabas has fought for you." "Don't betray him." "Shout for Barrabas!" "No, we must save Jesus, he's a righteous man." "When did they arrest him?" "Late last night." "In the garden of Gethsemane." "Gethsemane?" "That's near where I live." "We must be prepared." "Barrabas must be freed at all costs." "Now, we put our men allover." "Do you understand?" "As a sign of his magnanimity and his benevolence, our divine emperor has decided" "that the custom of releasing one prisoner sentenced to death" "in honor of your Passover shall continue." "We have two prisoners." "One!" "Jesus of Nazareth." "Accused of treason by proclaiming himself king of the Jews." "Any one who shouts for that false prophet had better watch out." "Look at him, the king of the Jews." "What's happened to him?" "You call yourself a king?" "Or..." "Barrabas!" "Accused of sedition and murdering a Roman auxiliary." "Free Barrabas!" "Free Barrabas!" "He's one of us!" "Give us Barrabas!" "Which of the two shall be released to you?" "Jesus of Nazareth?" "Guilty of proclaiming himself king of the Jews?" "Or..." "Barrabas?" "Release Jesus!" "He is the true prophet!" "Free Barrabas!" "Release him!" "Free Barrabas!" "False prophet!" "He betrayed us!" "Kill the Nazarite!" "Jesus!" "Jesus!" "We want Barrabas!" "Free Barrabas!" "Barrabas!" " Free Barrabas!" " Jesus!" "Jesus!" "Barrabas!" "Jesus!" "Shut up, you slut!" "Realease Barrabas!" "Realease him!" "Kill Barrabas!" "We can't let him go!" " We can't let Barrabas get away!" " Yes." " Soldiers won't like that." " Move." "Pilate, you're not going to free Barrabas!" "An assassin and enemy of Rome!" "I wonder, who is the real enemy?" "Jesus of Nazareth must be saved!" "Let it be written that Jesus of Nazareth" "is guilty of treason by proclaiming himself" "king of the Jews and is sentenced" "to be crucified." "Hey Marc, where's the last prisoner?" "Come on." "Here's the man." "Come on." " The King of the Jews." " Hurry up." "This crowd worries me." "Take it." "Come on, make room, make room!" "Get out of the way!" "Save yourself, Jesus!" "You betrayed us!" "You betrayed us!" "Get back you scum!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "He's a traitor!" "He's a prophet!" "You betrayed us!" "Traitor!" "Take down that sign." "It is an insult!" "He is not the king of the Jews!" "Those are the orders we received!" "Get out of the way!" "Now all of you stay back!" "Father." "Forgive them." "They know not what they do." "If you're what you say you are..." "If you're the Messiah..." "Why don't you save yourself?" " And us." " Leave him alone!" "Don't you fear God even when you are dying?" "We deserve to die." "We are receiving the just punishment for our crimes." "But this man has done nothing wrong." "Jesus." "Remember me when you come into your kingdom." "Today you will be with me in paradise." "Hey, hey, hey..." "Who are you?" " She is his mother." " How can you prove it?" "Hey." "She is his mother." "Go to him." " And who are you?" " Please." "I'm one of the family." "Is that right?" "Yes, she is one of the family." "Go!" "John." "Behold your mother." "Woman." "Behold your son." "He saved others." "Why can't he save himself now?" "Eli?" "Eli?" "Lamah sabahtani?" "Listen..." "Listen, he's calling on the prophet Elijah." "No, he's not calling Elijah." "He's quoting the scriptures." "Even now, nailed to the cross, he quotes the scriptures." "Even now." "He was despised and rejected of men, men's sorrows and equated with grief." "He was oppressed and afflicted, yet, he opened not his mouth." "He was brought as a lamb to slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearer is done." "Surely he has born our griefs and carried our sorrows," "Yet we didn't esteemed him, stricken, spited of god and afflicted," "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was abused for our inequities," "and through his wounds we are healed." "And..." "born again." "Father." "Into thy hands" "I comit my spirit." "It is acomplished." "Oh, my God!" "My God!" "My Lord!" "Please help me!" "Please." "My god, my god, please..." "Hey you, the family." "Come on." "Take the body." "The tomb has already been provided by a prominent member of your faith who doesn't wish his name to be revealed." "Pontius Pilate gave permission before he went back to Caeseria." "Yes, yes, yes." "But you don't understand." "Why should you?" "It is of vital importance to us to know where his tomb is." "With all due respect, why is it of such importance?" "The man is dead." "Well since you ask, there have been rumors of this Jesus arising from the dead." "You believe this?" "But it may prevail upon the superstitious." "His followers could easily remove the body secretly and then they can talk of having witnessed the resurrection." "Therefore, can the tomb be guarded?" "No, there's nothing to stop you guarding it." "No, there isn't, but it must be carried out by you Romans." "Why?" "Well, if we use our own temple guards, his disciples could say that he truly rose but that his enemies denied it." "What sort of person are you if I may ask?" "His death is not enough for you?" "I think your procurator, if he were here, would agree with me when I say" "this Jesus could be much more dangerous now that he is dead." "Therefore I would be grateful if something could be arranged." "Very well then." "A roman guard will be posted." "Hey, stop!" "Who are you?" "Where are you going?" "We are the family of Jesus of Nazareth who lies here." "What do you want?" "To enter the tomb." "Why?" "To anoint the body." "To bring fresh linen, herbs, spices." "It is our custom." "Why didn't you do that when you brought him here?" "The Sabbath began, we could not buy them." "What do you think?" "They're only three woman, let them go." "I suppose it'll be alright then." "You'll need an army to move that stone." "All right then, let's go together." "But we'll need some help." "Hey Lenchilus, wake up!" "Come with us." "Marcus, you watch the bridge!" "Where you going?" "Why do you seek the living among the dead?" "Jesus is not there." "Come!" "Jesus is not here!" "Are you sure?" "I swear by Jupiter, Hercules and Mars!" "Yes, you've been awake all night and haven't moved from the spot!" "That's right!" "We were given strict orders!" "Nobody's been near that tomb." "Those Jewish priests or whatever they are, were with us all the time!" "Well then, who moved the stone?" "Who is it?" "It's me, Phillip!" " Did anyone follow you?" " No." "Are you sure?" "Of course I'm sure." "Are they still looking for us?" "On every corner one sees temple guards and Roman soldiers!" "This place isn't safe anymore." "We must go somewhere else!" "But where can we go?" "I wish we could go to Galilee." "Peter." "Peter." "Tell us." "What should we do?" "We must do what the master would have wanted." "The master is dead, Peter." " I thought you said you weren't followed." " I wasn't!" " Mary." " Peter." "All of you." "I have seen him." "Seen who?" "The Master." " You've seen him?" " Yes." "He is risen." "I saw him." "I saw him." "This morning, we went to the tomb, and near the tomb was a man, and a young boy." "And the man said to me," ""Why do you look for the living among the dead?" "Jesus is not here."" "So we went to the tomb." "We saw the stone was upturned." "The grave, the tomb was open." "We looked for him." "It was not there." "You mean the master's body wasn't there?" " Has it been stolen?" " No, no no." "Let me finish." "When we were leaving the cemetery, I saw another man." "He saw how distraught we were." "He said, "Woman, why do you weep?"" "And then he said my name." "Mary." "Mary." "And it was then that I saw it was Jesus." "I fell to my knees and I reached for him." ""Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my father," he said." ""But go to my brothers and tell them."" "You don't believe me." "You don't believe me." "I tell you I saw him." "It was our Lord!" "Mary, Mary." "John." "Oh, John, you don't believe me." "You." "Mary, you're tired." "Please." "Please go." "I saw him, John." "I saw him." "Women's fantasies." "Fantasies?" "Was his death a fantasy?" "I saw him die!" "I was there and I wept at his feet!" "Why should he not then appear to me?" "He is risen." "He told me to tell you," "and I have done so." "You wouldn't believe her." "Even when the Master raised Girus's daughter you didn't believe it!" "What do you mean?" "You believe her story?" "Well, do any of you believe it?" "Do you, Andrew?" "Do you, James?" "And you, Matthew?" "Do you?" "Peter?" "Yes." "How can you?" "Because he said so." "Because he wanted it to be so." "He wanted everything to happen just as it did." "And I have always believed him." "But Peter, you denied him!" "You denied him three times!" "Yes!" "I denied him because I was a coward." "We are all cowards!" "We accuse Judas of being a traitor, but we all betrayed him." "We all abandoned him." "At least our brothers in the Sanhedrin who condemned him, didn't know him." "The Romans" "didn't know him." "But we..." "We ate with him." "We lived with him." "We knew that he was the Christ!" "And still we betrayed him." "Brothers, can't you see?" "Thomas." "You asked me if I believe he is risen." "Yes I do." "For I know in my heart he will not abandon us." "I know in my heart he has forgiven me... us." "Forgiven all of us." "This is precisely what I feared." "His disciples must have come in the night, removed the stone, and taken away the body." "Impossible!" "I had guards here as you requested!" "And your priests were here, too." "Now it begins." "It all begins." "It was written." "The Son of Man will suffer, and on the third day" "will rise again from the dead to enter His glory." "You are my witnesses to this." "Now my Father in heaven is reconciled to the world." "And as he sent me, so I am sending you." "Receive the Holy Spirit." "Go like lambs among wolves." "Make disciples of all nations." "Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." "Teach them the gospel and the commandments I gave you." "Now," "I am leaving the world again, and going to the Father." "Oh Lord, stay with us." "For the night is falling, and the day is almost over." "Don't be afraid." "I am with you everyday 'til the end of time."