"Hold it!" "Stop!" "No." "Get out of the way." "Get out." "Move." "It is the tradition at Passover to set free a prisoner, one chosen by the people." "You, the people of Jerusalem, will decide." "Which of these two condemned men do you wish to see set free," "Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas?" "Barabbas." "Barabbas." "No." "No!" "Sorry, there's no more wine." "I'm sorry." "There's no more wine." "Woman, my time has not yet come." "Come." "Do whatever he tells you." "Fill them with water." "Water." "What are you doing?" "I'll give you half." "You can say Barabbas took it all." "I don't betray my master." "Put it back." "Grapes, grapes, fresh grapes off the vine." "No, I don't think so." "Well, try these then." "Freshest ones here." "We've been here a week." "I hope not." "Tamar." "Tamar!" "I dropped my cup." "People don't come here to drink." "Take one of my girls." "Take as many as you like." "How about you kick everybody out?" "I wanna be alone." "Choose any girl you wish." "Everybody out." "Out." "Move." "Get out." "Out." "Out." "Move." "You don't even know what that is." "Get out." "Get out." "She doesn't understand about me." "What are you doing?" "This is a brothel." "You're not even doing anything." "Get out." "Out." "You are alone, Barabbas." "Take Sila, you've always liked her." "No, I want the nameless one." "What nameless one?" "The one who's frightened of me." "Frightened of you?" "Everyone who knows you is" "Frightened of me?" "Her, she trembles every time she sees you." "She does-- I want the nameless one." "I am the nameless one." "Why the nameless one?" "Because he asked me my name, and I didn't give it." "But she's only a servant." "She doesn't know how to do what you want." "She's less than worthless." "What's your name?" "Esther." "Pretty." "That's your share." "It's a pittance." "So, next time choose a better house to rob." "Barabbas, so he's alive." "They said he was killed in Damascus." "Or in a fight in Sidon or hung by the neck in Tiro." "You can't believe the rumors." "Barabbas always comes back." "Wherever there's a dead body, that where I'll find you two scavengers." "Welcome back, Barabbas." "zealots." "So busy looking for the messiah, they found death instead." "Everyone in Judea is waiting for a messiah." "They'll have to crucify the whole land." "It might happen sooner or later." "Under this Roman governor, zealots are the enemies of Rome with all this talk of rebellion and a messiah that's coming to liberate them with a sword of fire." "Well, these two won't be doing anymore talking, and that's what talking gets you." "We should just kick the Romans out." "Careful what you say." "Pilate's spies are everywhere." "The Romans control the roads, control the caravans, control the city, everything there is, the taxes and the gold, seize the harvests, and they're making it difficult to steal." "Either you work for the Romans and break your back for a pittance, or you end up like them." "What do you two want out of life?" "Wine, money and whores." "Same as him, but more whores." "Well, you follow me, you'll have everything you need." "You follow me, I'll make you rich." "Oh, wine, money and whores and whores and whores and whores..." "Are you the caravan master?" "I am the oldest." "We come from Sunem in Galilee." "Well, if you are the master, then the lives of these people depend on you." "We are all children of the same Father." "You know, I never had the chance to meet him." "But the Lord is with us always, and we are under His protection." "I don't think so." "He would not had you meet me, Barabbas." "Barabbas, we are traveling to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices in the temple." "You know, I never understood these sacrifices." "It is the duty of every child of this land." "How do you make a sacrifice?" "One offers the victims to the Lord in order to obtain his benevolence." "So, you buy animals and sheep and doves, and you kill them?" "And you waste your money on this nonsense?" "It is tradition." "Well, we're gonna have a change of plans." "Old man, today, you give your money to me." "But the money for sacrifices is sacred." "Oh, I assure you, the money will be just as sacred with me." "We are all children of God." "Please, leave us in peace." "Drop your knives or sacrifices will be made right here and now." "You reap what you sow." "Where is the money?" "No." "Kill the woman." "Stop." "Stop it." "Stop." "It's all here." "You're very generous." "Choose any girl you wish, even two, three, as many as you like." "You may have her all night if you wish." "Well, she's mine... forever." "A serving girl." "Aren't you afraid of me?" "Would it make any difference?" "Well, yes." "You are afraid of me." "Everyone is afraid of Barabbas, everyone." "Why not?" "It's a sin." "Yeah." "That's why I like it." "It would be against God's will." "God?" "Now I've lost all desire." "I don't want you or your god." "I want a drink." "Go to sleep." "As I told you, follow me and I will make you fishers of men." "I am a fisherman, always have been, but I don't understand what fishers of men means?" "Answer me this:" "what is easier, to smile or to offend, to hit someone or to lend a helping hand?" "You can see better from here." "In your opinion, what pleases God more, to offend or to smile, to hit out or to come in peace?" "Love your neighbor as you would yourself because your same pain is in the heart of those close to you as your same hope." "I've never had the courage to hope." "Excuse me." "I must go." "Do you know what punishment awaits those who lie to the Roman governor?" "I'm not on trial, am I?" "That depends." "What am I accused of?" "You'd better say that you were mistaken, that you made it all up." "I can say whatever you would like me to say, my lord." "That's better." "But everyone in" "Bethsaida--that is where I was born." "Everyone there knows me." "They know I was born blind." "You faked being blind in order to beg." "No." "These eyes had never seen the light of day." "My world was made up of things I could touch, taste." "Ask anyone in Bethsaida who knows me." "They know how I have lived my life." "Ask Rabbi Elazir." "He is my master at the synagogue." "We won't ask anyone." "You are a treacherous people, plotting our downfall, everyone of you." "No one can give sight to a man born blind." "You are right, my lord." "No one can do that, but I am the exception." "And how do you think that is possible?" "I don't know." "I could hear people talking, shouting." "I moved towards them." ""What's going on?" I said." ""What are you talking about?" "Who are you talking about?"" ""Jesus," they said." "But many people are called Jesus." "Then they say, "Jesus of Nazareth."" "Had you ever heard his name before?" "No." "Never." "Not as a healer?" "As one who drives out demons?" "When I came close, someone pointed me out to him, and then I felt his hands on my eyes." "Enough." "You're repeating yourself." "Throw him in prison without light." "You're used to the dark, aren't you?" "A leader sent down from heaven, a messiah to lead the revolt against the emperor." "If the people believe this nonsense, it will be the end for us." "You don't believe in prophets, do you?" "You should rest, Claudia." "When did you last have a good sleep?" "You won't answer my question." "Do you know who this child is?" "It isn't the child that I can't give you." "Not you, fate." "It was our lot, that's all." "The prophet talks of a child, a child who will bring light to the world." "You don't believe it, do you?" "You don't believe it can happen, that someone can restore sight to the blind." "Claudia, you must learn to distinguish." "I govern this land on behalf of the Roman emperor." "You close your eyes in order not to see." "You don't want to see." "You are blind and without hope." "I need hope." "I can't live without hope." "I will request a transfer back to Rome soon." "We cannot live in this land of rebels and fake prophets." "Isn't it what you always wanted, to return home?" "Not now." "I want to see with my own eyes, to hear with my own ears." "Is this about the Rabbi of Nazareth?" "He's just one of the many who incite the crowd against us." "Stay close to me." "I need you." "You, get over that hill, on the road to Jerusalem." "If you see Romans or Herod's soldiers, you'll have time to warn me." "And you, after you water the horses, wait and sit under that tree, on guard." "Do you know how to play one of these?" "No." "Well, learn and keep playing until I come out of there." "And if you stop playing, I'll know you asleep." "And if you're asleep, well, I'll know how to wake you." "Yeah." "I brought you something." "Oh, what's the matter?" "Aren't you hungry?" "I take care of you, don't I?" "Let me go." "Where?" "To see the man of Nazareth, to hear him speak." "He's got nothing to say." "Then you shouldn't be afraid." "Afraid?" "I bought you." "I can do what I want with you." "What if you didn't come back?" "Why wouldn't I come back?" "What, you mean if someone kills me?" "If I die, how could you live?" "What have you got there?" "What is that?" "Must be worth a fortune." "I pretend that my mother left it to me." "Pretend?" "I never knew her." "Like me, I didn't know mine either." "A slave merchant raised me, hate and fear." "I asked for bread, he gave me stones." "I asked for water, they whipped me." "How can you believe in God?" "How can I not?" "You can leave." "Go, leave." "I don't care." "Just remember, without me, you have nothing." "You have no one." "I have God." "God." "I saw how well you were doing with him only." "He wasn't so good to you, was he?" "Maybe He sent you to me." "Then he is a cruel God." "You are cleverer than your friend." "Now, you could be even richer and still alive." "Barabbas!" "Stop." "Death is too good for you, Barabbas." "Water to wine, Barabbas." "The Lord revealed His power." "It's almost time for us to take up the sword and fight." "And the messiah will lead us to victory, not you, Barabbas." "All evil and all the filth of the world are burned in the fires of Gahenna." "Please." "Please, don't run away." "Help me, please." "He's trapped in the fire." "He's burning." "Help!" "Barabbas?" "I need help, a little help." "A little help, a few coins." "I need help, just a coin or two for my friend." "He's hurt." "I have no coins with me." "How else can I help you?" "I need ointments, medicinal herbs." "You can take this." "This is too much." "Thank you." "Please, let me come with you." "It's better I go in alone." "This is no place for you." "Let me help, please." "Please." "Burn." "Burn." "Burn all the..." "Burn all the evil of the world." "Form up, form up, move!" "I never would have dreamed this land would yield us so much." "Rome is never satisfied." "Today, two of our people were stabbed in the back." "I was told." "They hate us more every day." "I know of an entire village in the south burned to the ground by your soldiers." "They were hiding zealots, Claudia, the very same people who would love to kill us." "I don't want you going to the city on your own." "I'll give you an escort." "I don't need an escort." "Do you really believe this Jesus of Nazareth will protect you or the god you talk so much about?" "Hope." "What are you doing?" "Leave, get away from me." "Get away from me." "Move." "Move." "Why did you save me?" "You're free." "You don't want me anymore?" "You make me forget who I am." "You make me weak." "I don't know why." "I can't allow that." "Don't accumulate riches in this world." "Woodworms and rust destroy everything, and thieves take whatever is left." "It's better to accumulate your riches in heaven." "Thieves don't go there to steal." "Where you find your riches, there you will also find your heart." "We have dates and plates." "This is not enough." "Stop them!" "Drop your weapons." "Which of you is Barabbas?" "That's him." "They killed him." "This is Barabbas." "Let the other one go." "He's the one we want." "Our leader wants to see you." "Watch your enemy's eyes." "That way, you can see if he's afraid or about to strike." "Your eyes are telling you you're tired." "You must mask your tiredness." "Go." "Do you know who I am?" "We need money for the war in Rome." "I took it from Rome." "It's mine." "We need more." "So go get it." "I need men like you." "You don't know who I am." "You are Barabbas." "There are so many stories about you." "You would need a hundred lives." "Who are you really?" "I am who I am." "I know what you could become." "I like being Barabbas." "It is your life, but how will you respond when the messiah summons you to free our land?" "Messiah is a fable for the defeated." "I don't believe in fables." "He will believe in you and summon you to his side." "I'll worry about that when and if that day comes." "This is for the money you stole for us." "It is a sign of the Essene, my people." "The Essene?" "The Essene don't fight wars." "They don't kill." "They don't seek riches." "They wait." "They wait for a man who brings peace." "That's why I left them." "I believe in a warrior messiah who'll lead us to ultimate victory." "You know the way to our camp now." "I should kill you." "I'm not afraid to die." "Give him wine and bread and let him go." "You will return." "Maybe not." "You come back here!" "His name is Licinio Tellure." "In just a few years, he has become one of the richest men in all Syria." "He is the son of a Roman general, born and raised abroad, and he's a big crook like his father." "A valued client, I assume." "Huh." "Not even all my girls are enough for him." "He has asked me for others and he pays double." "What's he doing in Jerusalem?" "He has just returned from Leptis Magna." "They say that he and the governor have agreed to share their taxes, a mountain of gold, which he keeps in his house." "Where is Esther?" "You chased her away." "Now you want her back." "Shut up." "I bought her." "She's mine." "Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho." "She's yours and you don't know what happened to her?" "Ha." "She's the maid of some carpenter in Nazareth." "He fools the people with his tricks, and she, along with other equally crazy women, serves him hand and foot, cleans everything." "To think I wanted to make her a prostitute." "You should have seen the look on their faces." "I could not tell you." "Never seen him before in my life." "Come join us if you wish." "Barabbas, I told you you would return." "You said you needed money." "Not for me, for the struggle." "There's a mountain of gold." "The gold of Leptis Magna." "What do you know about it?" "It's amazing what you can learn simply by listening." "Meaning what?" "Take it." "It's yours." "I can't do it alone." "You can't?" "It's impossible." "So you need others?" "I need you and your men." "We can share it equally." "And then what will you do?" "More money, more wealth, more gold?" "What about you?" "More wars, more weapons, more blood?" "I'm preparing the way for he who will come." "The messiah will free us with his sword of fire." "This is my answer." "I don't know if it is what you seek." "Barabbas is not one of us, but we need him as he needs us." "After that, we'll go our separate ways." "This man is a criminal!" "His hands are covered in blood." "His life is a sacrilege." "And rather than accept him among us, we should kill him." "The fires of Gahenna didn't work." "You want to try again?" "Enough!" "Give me the knife." "No one tells me what to do." "You think you're free?" "I am free!" "You wanna be free?" "You are a slave to the violence within you." "It serves me well enough." "That is the way of the animal." "If you know when to stop, then you're a man." "Didn't your father teach you that?" "My-- forget it." "It was very easy for you to talk like that." "I never had someone teach me anything." "I never had a father." "Then you have much to learn." "Get some sleep." "Choose the best." "Me?" "You know better than I do what we're going up against." "Well, if we wanna to get into Licinio Tellure's villa to steal his gold, we have to become gladiators." "How many men will it take?" "Three, not including us." "That's all?" "If this works, the fewer, the better." "And if it doesn't?" "We die." "Tell me who you want as if you were the leader." "Well, these two and him, the one that brought me in." "Dan, Gad and Setur." "This is the house." "This is the temporary arena they're building, games for his rich friends." "All of the exits, all of the guards are facing outward to repel an attack from the outside." "But we, as gladiators, will attack from the inside." "So what do you do here?" "I wash, clean, prepare the food for him." "And you, why are you here?" "I don't know." "I wanted to see you." "Why?" "I wanted to make sure you're all right." "Here with them, lots of things happen that I don't understand." "I hear them talk." "I see the people who go to him." "It all seems so new." "Believe in nothing." "Those who believe in something get hurt more." "Will you be back?" "I don't know." "What I have to do, I might die." "The gold and" "The gold?" "Only fools die for gold." "Only fools live poor." "I'm no fool." "Barabbas, he teaches another way." "There is no other way." "There's only survival." "It's never been different, never will be." "You take as much as you can while you live, and then it's over and nothing," "except, maybe, love." "The only thing I truly care about, the only thing is my reputation." "Ask anyone, from Gaul to Numidia to Asia Minor, they will all say that the name of Druso Pollione is a guarantee." "My gladiators must be prepared to kill and be killed." "They asked me for five, five worthy of the challenge for this rich Roman's party." "I don't want to know who you are nor where you come from." "I don't care if you are killers escaped from prison or valorous soldiers." "But I want you to know that this is your last chance." "20,000 sesterces will go to the winner, to he who is still standing after fighting the great gladiators from Rome." "I want to see you in action, so I may choose the very best." "The weapons are blunted." "I want to see viciousness and determination, but no blood." "Not yet anyway." "Attack." "Stop." "Stop!" "It's enough." "I told you, it's enough!" "Take him." "Wild animals like you can be useful, but they must learn to recognize their master." "I am your master." "Three days in the cell, without food and water." "You shouldn't have done that." "He was going to kill you." "You almost ruined all of our plans." "The plan will fail without you." "You're wrong." "No one is indispensable." "Three of us can succeed." "Druso chose me and Dan." "What about Setur?" "Setur is out, along with one of the Nubians, the two Thracians and the Syrian." "I managed to convince Druso that without you, the party would not live up to its expectations." "You won't get another chance to learn the lesson and to think, to think before acting." "What if my plan fails?" "What then?" "Then you die." "Your men need you." "Too late." "The Lord does not abandon his children in their hour of need." "Tell me what you feel." "Feel?" "Why?" "By the time the sun rises, we all might be dead." "Fear never worked for me." "I believe in force alone." "No one is alone, not if he fights together with others." "You know what I want." "You'll get your gold." "Good." "Nothing else matters." "You're playing blind, Barabbas, despite having eyes to see with." "I just want you with me." "I told you I love you, love you, love you so." "Yeah!" "These who are about to die salute you!" "Let the games begin!" "Go." "Go." "Go." "Go." "Go." "Good luck." "Nothing happens by chance, Barabbas." "Go!" "Kill him!" "Kill!" "Kill." "Kill." "Kill." "Kill." "Kill." "And now, from Rome, Caius Turius." "And from Jerusalem, Barabbas." "Let's see if you've learned anything." "Don't." "Don't do it." "No." "He killed him." "I did not signal." "He's an animal, my lord." "Uncontrollable." "He will fight again." "Now, put your last winner against him." "Now." "Yes, my lord." "I will." "You will die for this." "Tonight, you will die." "Kill him." "Wait." "He's gone." "Stay down." "The Romans don't even come up here to collect the taxes." "And if they did, only the Lord is privy to man's actions." "Careful." "This is where our paths separate." "I don't know when I'll see you again." "You're a better man than you think, Barabbas." "You do have a destiny." "You must allow yourself to see it." "Go." "Dan, do you believe in destiny?" "I believe in God, and I believe that He knows what He wants from each of us." "If that is destiny, then, yes, I believe." "In here?" "There is nothing." "We are poor people." "We have nothing to hide." "Commander, I beg you." "We keep the teachings of God in there." "Blood begets blood." "I believe you have something I want." "You're an adulteress, admit it." "Go on, admit it now!" "Yes, but please, have pity on me." "I have a small son." "I have a son." "No, please." "Please." "This woman was caught committing adultery." "The law of Moses commands us to stone her." "You say you wish to uphold law to the letter." "Tell us, what must we do?" "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." "Stop." "Wait." "Pilate, you shouldn't be seen with someone like me." "With you, I feel comfortable." "You don't judge me." "I don't mean to be rude, but you don't seem happy." "You're the wife of the governor, you have everything." "He was different when I married him." "He had dreams." "He encouraged me to dream." "Now, he lives off hate and fear." "He's tormented by Rome, by Judea, by all his responsibilities." "He protects you." "It means he worries about you." "I'm just one of his many worries." "You shouldn't say that." "I'm sure he loves you." "I failed him." "I didn't give him what he wanted most, what I wanted, a child." "It was Jesus who gave me a reason to hope again." "Thank you." "He frightens me." "Why?" "The love he talks of." "It's not the love you feel for another person." "It's a love that I'm afraid to understand." "It's too big." "You're in love, aren't you, Esther?" "The man you saved." "I don't know where he is, but I did see him again." "Tell me." "This is what I took from you at Cana." "You cannot erase the past." "What happened happened." "How would you restore the lives you took?" "Save it for them." "That's my share." "I need nothing." "When you see Kedar, you tell him" "Kedar has been captured." "The Romans have him." "The Romans have captured Kedar." "We need to go." "All right." "Mount up." "Come on, get up to you horses." "Move." "I call to you, oh, Lord." "Listen to me, listen to my cry for help." "I raise my hands to You and beg You to heed my prayer." "This is no time to pray." "He who has faith will see the power of the messiah." "Oh, Lord, my strength, my rock, my fortress, my shield, my savior." "You will lead us in battle again." "You are our hope." "I leave you my faith in the messiah, he will come to lead us." "I want you to know that with you," "I've seen what life would've been like if I'd had a father." "Attacked by overwhelming enemy forces." "Better still:" "attacked with the complicity of the local population by overwhelming enemy forces." "I would have preferred to die with my men." "A wonderful sentiment." "Untie me." "He left me alive so that you would know that zealots will continue the struggle." "And if a leader falls, others will be ready to take up his sword." "Who?" "Barabbas." "His name is Barabbas." "Barabbas, a dead man." "A gladiator?" "I was told it was him." "Was he wounded?" "I don't know, but it's the law of the arena." "But it isn't God's law." "No, it isn't God's law." "Esther..." "They killed him, didn't they?" "Thank God you're alive." "You're alive." "They saw you fight in the arena." "I was afraid I'd never see you again." "I'm here now." "And then one day he said to me," ""You will bear witness to me."" "What does bear witness to me mean?" "I don't know." "Ask him." "I've seen how you follow him around." "I've seen how you look at him." "You're jealous." "I don't know the meaning of the word jealous." "What do I have to be jealous of?" "You owe me nothing." "I owe you more than you can imagine." "You do?" "Good." "What does that mean?" "I'm with child." "Child?" "Esther... this is no time for children." "I ask you nothing." "How can a man without a home, a criminal bound for a cross raise a child?" "I will return to Jerusalem and find somewhere to live." "You will come to me when you can." "I don't want him to know his father." "That is why I'm here." "The zealots need men that are willing to fight." "I will let you talk to the men." "Thank you." "The word of the prophet Isaiah." "The spirit of the Lord God is upon me." "He has chosen me to take His message to the poor." "He sent me to proclaim the release of the prisoners, to restore sight to the blind, to free the oppressed, to announce the time in which the laws will be favorable." "Today, for you who've heard me, this prophecy will come true." "What are you saying, that you are the messiah?" "Blasphemy." "Take him away!" "It's an outrage!" "Throw him out." "He's a liar." "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would still be alive." "Where did you bury him?" "Lord." "You have come." "You have come." "Rabbi." "Remove the stone." "Lord?" "He's been in there for four days." "His body will have started to decompose." "Remove the stone." "Lazarus, come out." "It's Lazarus." "He's alive." "It's a miracle." "From the dead, Pontius, from the dead." "Raised from the dead." "What do you want me to do, write to the emperor?" "I will write to say that there is a man here in Palestine capable of raising the dead." "Is that what you want?" "That Pilate becomes the laughing stock of Rome?" "That he's gone mad because of his failure to maintain law and order." "That's all that bothers you." "It must bother me." "Too often, you forget that I am the governor of these lands." "Sometimes I'd rather not talk to the governor." "Sometimes I wish I could talk to the man who took me at 16 years of age from my father's house and who swore to love me." "I've never stopped loving you." "In spite of everything, is that what you mean?" "In spite of a fact that I am no longer the woman I was?" "And now you think I've gone mad." "I wholly believe that we all need strong motives to survive, and you need to believe in that man's miracles." "But what this Jesus of Nazareth does, what he says, true or false, it's a fire consuming everything in its path." "And we must stop him, before he consumes us, too." "Do you really love me?" "Yes, I do." "Then promise me you'll do nothing to harm him." "I will do as you wish." "I've been expecting you." "They will never go out." "More will come tomorrow and the days after." "They will light more and more to keep the memory alive." "Memory of what?" "What exactly happened here, Esther?" "Jesus called for Lazarus to come out of the tomb, and he came back from the dead." "Then he was not dead." "I heard Jesus ask Martha, that's Lazarus' sister," ""Who do you think I am?"" "And she answered, "I believe you are the messiah, you're the son of God who has come into the world."" "Keep it." "Oh, thanks." "Are you Jesus of Nazareth?" "And who are you?" "I'm Barabbas of Jerusalem." "So are you also traveling to Jerusalem?" "Is that where you going?" "Well, don't, there's danger." "What danger?" "The priests of the temple say that, because of Lazarus, the people believe in you and they would follow you anywhere." "How did you hear of this?" "Our people are everywhere." "The zealots?" "They say you want to be crowned king of Israel." "And what do you think, Barabbas?" "I think if that is true, then everyone in this land is ready to fight for you." "To fight." "Yes, fight, led by a messiah with a sword of fire." "Do you believe in the messiah?" "I believe in a leader who will come to liberate his people." "And this messiah is a warrior?" "All over this land, there are thousands of fires of rebellion." "The people are just waiting for a sign." "What I say, what I do, is there for all to hear and see." "Well, say the word and you will be king of Israel." "No, my kingdom is not of this earth." "Did you not say that with you, all the prophecies would be fulfilled?" "I heard you." "My kingdom is not of this earth." "What are you saying?" "It is here on earth where we need a messiah who will fight for our freedom." "Do you not understand that?" "Did you not say that you were the son of the almighty?" "Charlatan." "You are not the messiah." "You do not have a kingdom." " Master, we have to go." " You have nothing." "Politician." "You are a politician." "Those who believe will wake up sooner or later." "Do you hear that?" "They acclaim him as the king of Israel." "It's none of my business." "He doesn't threaten the interest of Rome." "To proclaim oneself the son of God is an intolerable sacrilege." "According to your laws perhaps, not ours." "You're wrong." "I know Rome better than you." "I fear it will mean certain rebellion in every village in Israel." "I have enough man to crush any rebellion." "No one will stop them if they believe the messiah has come." "I see no armies ready to follow him." "Your wife was seen among those who listen to him." "We wouldn't be masters of the world if we didn't take an interest in everything." "We will all pay for your mistake." "Meaning?" "This evil must be stopped." "You go talk to Herod." "Sort it out amongst yourselves." "My lord, I have information for you." "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "There's going to be an insurrection." "An insurrection against Rome?" "Yes, during Passover." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I've overheard Barabbas speak of it." "Barabbas." "It's madness to believe anything that criminal says." "Which is why I'm here, my lord." "Barabbas believes in nothing." "He will lead everyone to their death." "Do you know where I can find him?" "Here in the city, my lord." "Right now, in front of the sanhedrin, with the crowd waiting to hear if Jesus of Nazareth will be acquitted or condemned." "And then Caiaphas approached the Nazarene and said," ""In the name of the living God, I entreat you to tell us if you are the messiah, the Christ, the son of God."" "And he answered, "Your words, not mine."" "Get him." "Get him he's up there." "After him." "Out of the way." "Barabbas, come." "Here, in there." "No, there's no one." "Esther!" "Esther!" "Run." "If you are the messiah, why not bring these prison walls down around you?" "Why not?" "Messiah, why not?" "Why not bring these prison walls down around you?" "Esther." "Esther." "Move." "It's is the tradition at Passover to set free a prisoner, one chosen by the people." "You, the people of Jerusalem, will decide." "Which of these two condemned men do you wish to see set free, Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas?" "Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas?" "No." "Please." "No!" "My lord, please." "Move!" "Please, stop them." "I can't." "Jesus is innocent." "It doesn't depend on me." "Then who?" "Who if not you?" "Who's in charge here, who?" "The law." "The people had to decide, and they decided." "They're afraid, Pontius." "Don't you understand?" "They still have no idea who he is." "If they had believed in him, they would have saved him." "You shouldn't have let it happen." "I followed the law, Claudia." "No stupid law will ever be enough to justify your allowing this to happen." "Don't let her out of your sight." "What has any of this achieved?" "What's the point of not taking up the sword and fighting for what you believe in?" "You want to go back to jail?" "Get out of here before someone realizes a mistake has been made." "You'll get what's coming to you." "Messiah?" "I heard you speak." "Your a fraud!" "You fake." "No." "No water." "Barabbas, I'm Judas, one of Jesus' disciples." "We need to talk." "Listen to me, Barabbas." "The moment has come." "What are you talking about?" "God wants us to take up arms." "The messiah chose to die rather than do that." "You must tell everyone." "You must tell everyone the truth." "What truth?" "That God guided my hand, that through me he led Jesus to his death and he did it because you were the man with the sword." "You, Barabbas." "You are the messiah." "You must tell them." "Shut up." "You must tell them the truth." "Get out of here." "Tell them all." "You must tell him about God, the God of weapons." "Tell him that he has chosen you, that Jesus was needed just to prove that peace is impossible without violence." "That's why you were there, why you were saved, to show the world that you are the chosen one, that he wants your sword, Barabbas." "You're the reason God had me hand Jesus over to the priests of the temple." "Because you are the chosen one." "You will be the one to lead Israel to victory." "Tell him." "Tell who?" "Peter." "Come with me." "Go now." "Tell him everything." "Peter?" "Huh?" "Oh." "Have you come to kill me?" "Kill you?" "No." "Three times I was afraid, and I denied him three times." "I was a coward, just as he predicted." "I offered him my sword and he refused it and then he took my place on the cross." "I am Barabbas." "Barabbas." "His kingdom is not of this world." "A dead king has no kingdom." "Everything has been fulfilled as it was written." "Why did he not save himself?" "Why was I spared?" "Uh...only faith can answer your question." "Faith?" "Faith in what?" "What faith?" "We are still under the thumb of Rome." "You must have faith in him." "He is a dead man, Peter." "He is not dead and he is not a man." "God's will has been done." "Father into your hands I command my spirit." "My son, what have they done to you?" "You must go now." "Please let me stay." "Our orders are to keep people away." "But what are they afraid of?" "I don't know." "I'm following orders." "What do you want?" "Isn't what happened enough for you?" "Go away and leave us." "I said go away!" "Wait." "What do you want, Barabbas?" "Just to talk...to you." "Why did you come to me?" "Why did he die in my place?" "Because he wanted it this way." "I don't understand that." "Only faith can answer your question." "Faith in what?" "In him." "If he wanted me to have faith in him, he would have taken up the sword against the Romans." "It's not the sword, Barabbas." "He'll forgive you." "Forgive me for what?" "It's not my fault that they killed your son." "I'm sorry." "I'm just sorry." "You should have died on the cross." "Not Jesus." "The cross is a symbol of suffering." "Suffering?" "Yes." "I can't think of anything other than his suffering." "Don't touch me, please." "It's over, Claudia." "Over?" "He is dead." "He isn't dead." "I wish that were so." "I wish I could tell you he was alive, but it's pointless to deny the truth." "He will return." "What are you saying?" "Exactly what he said." "He will." "Esther?" "Barabbas!" "I'm so happy you're alive." "Let's leave this place, you and me, right now." "I can't leave." "Why not?" "You really don't understand." "You don't understand why you're still alive?" "Nothing will be as it was before, Barabbas." "Your place is with me." "No." "My life is here with them." "They need me." "But I..." "I need you." "I need you." "I'll be here whenever you wish to see me." "Esther, these people are almost dead." "You staying here makes no sense." "Jesus taught me blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." "What about our child?" "You don't care about him either?" "I come to visit him every evening to pray with him." "What happened?" "The day they arrested you, I fell." "Our son was lost." "Then I understood that the Lord doesn't want me to have children, that he wants me to help the sick and the dying." "He doesn't exist, Esther." "You exist, I exist." "Even our child existed." "I wish I'd protected him and loved him the way" "I can you now, so come away with me, please." "Gheena is my home now and then I want to take care of those who suffer." "Come away with me." "You're the only man I've ever loved... but now I owe my life to Jesus." "This is the house of Lazarus?" "I don't know who you're talking about." "I met Jesus of Nazareth." "My name is Barabbas." "Wait a moment, Barabbas." "I knew you would come." "Well, thank you for seeing me." "To be honest, I hope you can help me understand." "What do you need to understand?" "Jesus was condemned to death for raising me from the dead." "And in dying, he wanted your life to be saved instead of his." "Why were you and I chosen so that he could find death?" "In the village where I was born, there was a man, a doctor, who kept herbs that were capable of inducing sleep similar to death." "Perhaps there's nothing to understand, Lazarus." "That is why I decided not to meet with any of those who come here to see me, to ask me questions, because I can't demonstrate anything." "Yet you believe." "I was dead and he brought me back to life." "If you really were dead, then I beg you, tell me, what is this death from which you say Jesus saved you?" "I don't know." "It was like waking up from a dreamless sleep." "When I opened my eyes, I was alive." "It was as though I'd come back from nothing." "That's it?" "Nothing?" "I ask myself every day how can I be so sure, so incredibly sure that it's all true, that Jesus really came and freed me from the grip of death." "And have you found your answer?" "Nothing can convince someone who doesn't want to believe." "Because there's nothing to believe." "He will return, Barabbas." "I know he will." "He is dead." "He does not exist." "And the fact that you're alive, the fact that I'm alive, that means nothing in your opinion?" "I am nothing." "I live the life of a thief." "I should have died like a thief." "Why that changed, I have no idea." "But what I do know is that you, like so many others who idolize him, are either deceived or insane." "I'm sorry." "Jesus was condemned to death for raising me from the dead." "And in dying, he wanted your life to be saved instead of his." "Why were you and I chosen so that he could find death?" "You must tell everyone." "You must tell everyone the truth." "That God guided my hand, that through me he led Jesus to his death and he did it because you were the man with the sword." "You, Barabbas, you are the messiah." "That's why you were there, why you were saved, to show the world that you are the chosen one, that he wants your sword, Barabbas." "You're the reason God had me hand Jesus over to the priests of the temple." "My kingdom is not of this earth." "He is not dead and he is not a man." "You don't understand why you're still alive?" "Nothing will be as it was before, Barabbas." "Because you are the chosen one." "You will be the one to lead Israel to victory." "Barabbas!" "The Romans are looking for you again to put you back in prison." "Gather the men." "I want to talk to them now." "God wanted me to live instead of Jesus." "Well, from this moment on, my sword will be at His service until all of our people meet their final victory." "The time of false prophecies has passed." "Soon no one will remember the name of the Nazarene, but they will remember" "I have heard that Jesus' followers have remembered his sermons and mean to spread his every word to the four winds." "God wanted Jesus to die, which is why" "They say he will rise again." "I'm alive here, now." "If God wanted me to live, it's because" "He wants me to continue the struggle." "Are you saying that you are the messiah?" "I'm ready to do anything in my power to be worthy of the task at hand." "Now Rome must know that we are willing to strike at the heart of its power at any moment." "What do you want to do?" "Kill Pontius Pilate." "This is madness, Barabbas." "Well, those of you who don't want to, you can pull out now." "Jesus!" "Jesus!" "What is it?" "Jesus, his body, it's gone from the sepulcher!" "What do you mean it's gone?" "Barabbas, it's happened." "Look." "What's happened?" "They say an angel descended from heaven and he was wearing a cloak of fire and that he thrust his spear between the stone and the rock and opened the sepulcher." "Jesus has risen from the dead." "What have you done with him?" "What do you mean?" "You honestly think that I would believe this?" "He is risen." "Jesus has risen from the dead just as he promised." "Why won't you believe it?" "What about the men guarding the sepulcher?" "I've had them locked up in solitary confinement." "You can see them when you want." "First I want to go there and see what happened myself." "Pontius!" "I must go." "I want to see." "Jesus has risen." "You can't stop me." "It's too dangerous, Claudia." "I will not let you risk your life to follow this madness." "See that my wife is sent back to her rooms." "Why is it dangerous?" "What are you going to do?" "I will find those who violated the tomb and stole the body." "Nothing can oppose the will of God." "I will not allow anyone to threaten the power of Rome." "A body stolen from right under our noses." "How is that possible?" "I have sent the best men to find and arrest those guilty of this outrage." "They found him here this morning." "Did he say he believed that Jesus came back from the dead?" "He was convinced that Jesus had returned to seek vengeance against him." "Did he say anything to you?" "He said that God told him to betray Jesus." "God told him?" "That is what you get when you believe in Jesus." "Upstairs." "He is not alone." "How many of them are there?" "Three." "You sure he's the right man?" "He keeps boasting about how he arrested the soldiers guarding the sepulcher." "Try and keep your mouth shut." "I told her my name, but she forgot." "I can't believe she forgot my name." "You sent those melons?" "I paid for three." "They need names." "Betty, Rosanna, and" "What is all this noise?" "Tell us what you know about the Nazarene's body." "Do you know where they've hidden it?" "No." "Well, what do you know?" "I know the soldiers guarding the sepulcher weren't drunk." "The wine is just the official story." "Where are they?" "They've been isolated to stop them from talking to anyone." "Maybe I want to talk to them." "That's impossible." "And next time, be more careful about what you tell the whores." "What do you want?" "Take off your clothes." "You have to go." "I forgot my sword." "You're lucky we're not at war." "You." "What do you want?" "I want to see men in custody, the ones who were guarding the sepulcher." "Pontius Pilate's orders." "I've never seen you before." "I'm from Jaffa." "I'm to command an escort charged with putting them on a ship to Rome." "Since when is a centurion allowed to wear a beard?" "I'm mourning the death of my father." "He was killed in an ambush by zealots." "I'm sorry." "Thank you." "Hey, I know you." "You're Barabbas" "Come here." "Get up." "You're not going to scream and I'm not going to gut you." "Do we understand each other?" "Who are you?" "I want to know what happened." "Are you one of them?" "One of Jesus' followers?" "Were you drunk that night?" "No, none of us were drinking." "So what happened?" "Did you fall asleep?" "Were you attacked?" "No." "Then what?" "We were blinded." "Blinded?" "Suddenly there was a light, a powerful light, and we couldn't see a thing." "When I woke up, the sepulcher was empty." "And that's it?" "That's it?" "Maybe he really was the messiah the Jews talk about." "They are going to kill them." "Kill who?" "All of them, all who follow him." "Pilate's orders." "Kill the followers of the Nazarene." "Thank you." "Esther?" "Esther?" "Esther?" "Esther?" "You're Barabbas, aren't you?" "Esther told me so much about you." "Then you know her." "Can you take me to her?" "There are so many of us here now," "Esther has gone to Jerusalem to bring comfort to the beggars at the Ghicon springs." "What happened?" "Why do you ask?" "You must leave this place." "Why?" "What is it?" "They will persecute you." "I don't understand." "The Romans, they fear you." "The scribes and the priests, they hate you and they will" "Now you must hide and you must stay hidden till we succeed in stopping them." "You mustn't be afraid." "Jesus has risen from the dead and will soon come among us to free us from death." "Her!" "For days now, she's been preaching nonsense, spreading lies, idolatry, and blasphemy, the worst of evils." "I know this woman." "She killed her newborn baby." "It's not true." "I didn't kill my baby." "I didn't kill anyone." "Aah!" "Stop it!" "Stop!" "My Lord God..." "You're here." "So this is what you wanted for me." "This is my testimony." "No." "What curse?" "What madness?" "What have you done for him?" "Is everyone ready?" "We're ready." "Then what's wrong?" "I don't see Valerio Flacco." "Why isn't he leading the escort?" "Well, good." "It'll be easier then." "Are you sure?" "As sure as the people of Jerusalem who chose me over Jesus." "And I'm also sure that I'm not going to shrink from my destiny." "I'm with you." "Then in the name of the people of Judea..." "It's over, Barabbas." "You've no idea how much I'd like to cut your throat, but one of your gods must really love you." "Pontius Pilate wants you alive." "If the law made any sense, he would be crucified this very day." "But your religious customs do not allow a man who was pardoned during Passover to be executed and the current political climate in Rome cannot afford to offend the religious customs of the Jewish population." "You will spend the rest of your life in prison." "You will be given bread and water every two days." "You will sleep on the bare stone floor and you will never see the light of day." "You will know nothing other than solitude and silence." "You will regret not being executed." "What do you want?" "I know Esther." "Esther's dead." "When?" "How?" "She died for him." "She wanted to bear witness to him." "The priests, they found her preaching and they stoned her." "This is the price she had to pay." "Yes, this is the price she had to pay." "Can you tell me why she had to die for him?" "Because he overcame death." "His words bring peace." "I don't know such words." "I don't know these words." "Peace?" "Peace?" "I don't know these words you speak of." "When I was with him-- I was there when he died-- he said nothing to me." "He didn't speak." "Do you know why he didn't speak?" "Because he had nothing to say." "Where is she buried?" "With our son." "I will pray for you." "Don't you dare say those words to me." "Get out, please." "Just..." "Oh, Lord, welcome her into your kingdom." "Watch over us, dear Esther, and protect us always." "Can't you leave us in peace?" "Claudia!" "My love, who did this to you?" "We were praying at her grave..." "Esther." "Esther?" "Barabbas's woman." "Barabbas did this?" "Not Barabbas." "Promise me you won't hurt him." "I'll never forgive who did this to you." "Listen to Jesus, Pontius." "His words bring me peace." "No more hate, I beg you." "Promise me." "I promise you." "Barabbas." "What do you want?" "Come out." "What do you want with me?" "I was hoping to find you dead." "I couldn't die until I kill you." "Pilate's been ordered back to Rome." "How nice for him." "He's ordered you to the mines of Cypress." "Why?" "You're taking too long to die." "So why don't you just kill me?" "We want you to suffer." "Were it up to me, you'd have been dead a long time." "I don't understand all this mercy shown to you." "I never understood it." "Neither have I, believe me." "Good-bye." "Him." "Get him." "What?" "What did I do?" "You see this?" "It bears the image of the emperor." "Whoever wears it is the emperor's property." "It means you all belong to the emperor." "But this bears the signs of the followers of that fool Jesus." "Didn't you know it belongs to the emperor?" "Aah!" "This is what happens to those who betray the emperor of Rome and swear obedience to the Jewish God." "Aah!" "And this is what happens to those who fail to inform me in time." "What happened to your last partner?" "He died." "How?" "In the end, they kill us all." "Leave me alone." "What's your name?" "Barabbas." "My name is Sahak." "I'm from Pompeii." "And you?" "Jerusalem." "Jerusalem?" "It's the city of Jesus." "What do you know about him?" "Did you know him?" "Did you hear him speak?" "Who told you about him?" "Lots of people talk about him, that he has risen, that he will return to deliver us from death." "No one comes back from the dead." "He was seen by many after his resurrection." "Jesus asked them to preach in his name." "He said that those who believe will be saved." "Give me your disc." "You want to get us both killed?" "I'm not afraid." "Jesus is with me." "If they find this on you, they're gonna kill you and me." "You have to scratch this off." "I can't do that." "It's my faith." "What's this writing?" "Greek." "Each letter signifies a word." "It says Jesus, son of God, our savior." "If you are afraid, I won't let you risk your life." "Tomorrow morning, I will report to the overseer." "I will be punished, but you will be safe." "It's what Jesus would want me to do." "To himself:" "It's what Jesus would want me to do." "It all seems so new." "What is your name?" "Esther." "You're a slave to the violence within you." "Only fools die for gold." "I know what you could become." "You don't understand why you're still alive?" "You do have a destiny." "Nothing will be as it was before, Barabbas." "You must tell us how to proceed." "I was dead and he brought me back to life." "Maybe he really was the messiah the Jews talk about." "You're the only man I've ever loved." "Nothing can convince someone who doesn't want to believe." "I want to talk to the head overseer." "What do you wanna tell the head overseer you can't tell me?" "I have something to report." "So talk." "Food." "Food?" "What's wrong with the food?" "They don't get enough of it." "Hear that?" "He's dissatisfied with the food." "You want us to work more, you gotta feed us more." "Eat?" "Eat?" "You wanna eat?" "Eat!" "Eat!" "Eat!" "Eat!" "Scratch your sign on that." "Why?" "Do you believe in Jesus?" "No." "Then why?" "To show them." "You risk your life for that?" "Just do it." "This is a sign of peace." "Not for me." "I'm over here." "I'm very disappointed." "You're all so stupid, scratching your Jesus signs right where I could find them." "You're stupid, but there's just so many of you that to kill all of you would create a severe shortage in manpower." "Because I am responsible for a constant supply of metal to the emperor that Rome so desperately needs, I've decided to be generous and grant you a chance to redeem yourselves." "All those who renounces Jesus and renew their oath in the emperor will be spared." "No." "Aren't you afraid to die?" "It isn't fear that matters." "What matters is my faith in the Lord Jesus." "I renounce Jesus." "You renounce this Jesus in the name of the emperor?" "The emperor's always been my enemy, but I do not believe that Jesus is the messiah." "So do you renounce your faith?" "I renounce anyone who watches his brothers die without putting up a fight, who refuses to take up the sword in defense of what they only claim to believe in." "That is what I like to hear." "That is what makes a man worthy of belonging to the emperor of Rome." "He will live." "Did you hear that?" "This is the first time I've ever heard of a prisoner surviving the mines of Cypress." "What makes you so special?" "Hey, I'm talking to you." "Come on!" "Make an effort to deserve your good fortune." "I am seriously beginning to believe that you are protected by some god who has very ambitious plans for you." "Pilate?" "When they told me that a certain Barabbas from Jerusalem had renounced the Nazarene for Rome, I wondered if it really could be you." "I never even dreamed of seeing you again, Barabbas, not alive anyway." "Why did you bring me to Rome?" "I wanted to satisfy my curiosity, and if it turned out to be you, take advantage of your mysterious good fortune." "I need your help, Barabbas." "You need my help?" "There is an ever-growing community here in Rome." "The words of that man, the Nazarene, seem to enjoy great success amongst Romans, too." "Does that include your wife?" "Claudia died in Jerusalem." "I'm sorry." "Remove those." "Leave." "I have a niece, Cecilia." "She's at the age when one is prone to believe in stupid ideals." "She has decided to follow Jesus." "What does this have to do with me?" "I will give you a new name and a shop in the Jewish quarter." "You should have no trouble finding them." "I want nothing to do with them." "That's not true." "You too are obsessed by them, by the need to understand." "Don't you want to know why you were saved?" "Help me find Cecilia, please, before it's too late." "Bring her back to me and you will be rewarded, set free." "Free?" "Completely free." "A medallion of a free man and a bag of gold, enough for you to start a new life." "You have my word." "The power of Rome is with you, Barabbas." "Lot?" "Lot?" "Master Achab of Damascus." "He produces the most elegant fabrics." "No woman would be caught without his feather light silks adorning..." "What are you drawing there?" "A fish." "Can't you see?" "That doesn't look like a fish." "Yes, it is." "I've never seen a fish like that." "I have." "Really?" "Where?" "At my home and also someplace my mother takes me." "Oh, I don't think you're telling the truth." "It's true." "Can you tell me where this place is?" "Oh, now you see?" "It doesn't exist, and that is not how you draw a fish." "It exists." "We always go there to pray." "Do you remember where this place is?" "Because I would like to go there and pray." "Lot." "Where have you been?" "I've been looking everywhere for you." "Come." "It's a good price." "No, thank you, my friend." "Do I know you?" "I saw you in the marketplace." "What can I do for you?" "Actually, it's about the boy." "Did he do something wrong?" "No, absolutely not." "So what?" "I saw him draw a symbol on the ground." "I don't know what you're talking about." "I'm from Jerusalem and I was wondering if anyone here in Rome heard the talk of Jesus." "I've never heard of this Jesus." "Well, he says you go to a place to pray." "The boy?" "He might have overheard something from a friend." "He says he goes there with you." "You don't have children, do you?" "No." "That's what I thought." "You don't know them." "Actually, I'm looking for my brothers." "I've no idea what you're talking about." "Good-bye." "If you could just give me one" "Hello." "May I help you?" "Sara?" "Barabbas?" "How are you?" "It's very good to see you." "I'm fine." "It's incredible." "The years have not passed for you." "Oh, yes, they have." "Your memory isn't what it used to be." "Please, come, sit down." "This is my shop." "I can't." "I'm sorry." "I must go." "Even for a moment?" "You're very kind, but I can't." "I'll come again, I promise." "Sara, have you been living in Rome long?" "Yes." "Why do you ask?" "Well, I'm alone here and I would like to meet others who remember his words." "I don't know any of his believers here in Rome." "Well, as you can see, I'm doing quite well now." "Perhaps I could donate money or be of some assistance." "I would like to help." "Mark is one of the community's busiest disciples." "Peter treats him like a son." "We've all pinned our hopes on him for the future." "Mark, we have a new brother with us this evening." "With Peter's help, Mark is writing the story of Jesus, his works, his words." "We can never dedicate too much time to studying his words and putting his teachings into action." "Come." "Peter?" "Ah, Mark." "My brother." "Peter, we have a new brother who would like to join our community." "In the name of Jesus, I welcome you." "Thank you." "I hope you'll want to be a guest in our house." "Let's go." "Do you know him?" "Jesus sent him." "Are there any Romans here?" "Yes, especially the young." "More and more, they're asking to join our community." "Why do you ask?" "Just curious." "Peter lives here?" "The curse of the needy." "Night fell and our boat was in the middle of the lake." "Jesus was ashore alone." "Barabbas, come in." "Come in, please." "Sit with us." "I don't want to disturb your work." "What are you working on?" "We're writing of Jesus." "So many people talk about him and tell so many stories about him that aren't true." "The important thing is that everybody knows the truth, the real truth." "Well, I'm just happy to be here and listen." "But you were in Jerusalem." "You have seen him, heard things about him." "Well, I wasn't his friend nor his follower." "Tell me, Barabbas, why did you come to Rome?" "What do you seek here?" "All my life, I had to fight." "Now I seek peace." "It's time you rested." "I found some delicious fruit." "My name is Samira." "I must apologize." "I wasn't polite the other day." "You don't have to apologize." "So difficult to distinguish friends from those who wish us harm." "What do you want?" "We have orders to take you with us." "Whose orders?" "Pilate wants to see you." "Not now." "Now." "I'll give him a report tomorrow." "Do you think Pilate wants to wait?" "You'd better come without a fuss, believe me." "You'd better not force me." "Believe me." "Did you really think you could fool me?" "You made contact with the followers of the Nazarene." "I know this." "I did what you asked me to do." "But you agreed to keep me informed." "You should have come here and reported to me immediately." "I found out nothing about your niece." "There is nothing to report." "We are in Rome now, Barabbas." "Your life is in my hands now." "Don't forget that." "And there's nothing, absolutely nothing, to stop me from ending it." "So do it." "What are you waiting for?" "I lost my wife, Barabbas." "The only family I have left is my niece Cecilia." "She's the daughter I never had." "I must know she is safe." "I will keep my word." "You will be free." "And when I find out something, I will tell you." "Tell me where they are, where they live." "Beyond the walls of Rome along the Appian Way, there are caves and that is where Peter meets his people." "Peter?" "The disciple?" "Yes." "That's why so many Romans attend his meetings, especially the young like your niece." "Tell me where Peter lives." "Answer me!" "You don't have a niece." "I asked you where Peter lives." "And I don't know." "You're lying." "Tell your men to find her, you son of a bitch." "Get out." "What are you gonna do, arrest them all?" "Arresting them just seems to make them multiply." "Something far more radical is needed." "The emperor has decided to burn down the entire quarter and blame it on them." "The population will hate them and they will be forced out." "The emperor can be quite brilliant in those sort of things." "You're gonna kill them." "You're gonna kill them all." "We may have to kill some and make sure we give an example the world will remember for a very long time." "You bastard!" "I promised my wife I wouldn't kill you." "Get out." "Leave Rome now, Barabbas, before the Christians find out what you've done." "Barabbas." "Lot, where's your mother?" "Samira." "What's wrong?" "Take your son and leave Rome now." "Why?" "What?" "You are in danger." "All of the followers of the Nazarene are in danger." "I don't understand." "They're going to persecute you for the fire." "What fire?" "You must believe me." "Please save your son." "So, you..." "What have you done?" "Barabbas, what is it?" "The Romans, they're coming and they will blame you for the fire." "We were expecting that." "We've already taken steps." "We convinced Peter to leave with a group of women and children and we've already sent out a warning to the others to meet us at the caves." "Caves?" "No." "You must stop them." "Don't worry, we'll be safe there." "No, you won't be safe." "You won't be safe here." "You won't be safe anywhere." "Now please come with me." "Now." "You...you told them where we hide." "It was the greatest mistake of my life." "You're gonna kill my son." "You'll kill my son." "You." "I knew it the first time I saw you." "Stop." "It's God's will." "God doesn't want to kill my son." "He doesn't understand." "Hurry." "We've no time to lose." "I didn't know what they were going to do." "We must warn the others." "I'm sorry." "I didn't know what they were going to do." "Lord, where are you going?" "To Rome, to die once again on the cross." "Barabbas, look." "Look at what you've done." "You're killing all of us." "You're killing my son." "How can you live with it?" "Peter, I don't understand." "What are you doing here?" "Jesus came to me." "He wants me to bear witness to his life, to his resurrection." "Let me go in your place." "I can't bear the weight." "Please let me go in your place." "Take the life that he gave me when he died on the cross." "That's not what he wants from me." "Well, what does he want from me?" "Please tell me." "If you're so sure you know his will, tell me." "I do not know." "Well, who does if you don't?" "Stop asking yourself that, Barabbas." "Open your heart to faith." "There is only shadows in my heart." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Open your heart and don't be afraid, so you'll find the light." "Light?" "Die." "Go die for him." "Take every trace of Jesus and his words with you." "Oh, out of my way." "Out of my way." "Now what do you want from me, Barabbas?" "I was saved that day by the sacrifice of Christ." "I want to repay that sacrifice, my life for another." "Get out before I regret not having you killed." "Listen to me, Pilate." "You can't negotiate with Rome." "I'm not negotiating with Rome." "I'm talking to you." "Do you think that makes a difference?" "Yes, I do." "your heart is still that of a man no less so than mine." "But here in this room, I can kill you." "You don't have that freedom." "You gave me freedom when you gave the people of Jerusalem a choice." "Don't you remember?" "That was a long time ago." "Rome will never defeat the Christians by killing them." "I know this." "You know it, too." "I only ask you to finish what you had started." "I ask you in the name of your wife Claudia." "Don't you dare say her name." "I ask you in the name of everything she believed in." "Claudia wanted to be a mother." "It was her failure to have a child that threw her into such depths of pain and madness." "His words bring peace." "That is what she said to me when she visited me in prison." "In the name of the woman you loved, Pilate, let me help others find peace in those words." "Let me help them find a cure for their unhappiness." "And who do you want me to free in your place, Barabbas?" "Which one is Peter?" "Do what I tell you." "It's God's will." "You are young." "Tell the world." "Come on!" "No!" "No!" "You can't do this." "That's him." "Why?" "It's God's will, your destiny." "Go in peace, Barabbas." "My destiny is fulfilled." "Oh, Lord... receive my soul."