"Who was blinded you ;" "Saul?" " Jesus blinded me!" "Jesus blinded me!" "Reuben..." "Give up Priest!" "Why?" "God is on my side, tent maker" "Pharisees!" "Hooray!" "One!" "Two!" "Three!" "Do not be a bad loser." "I'm a very bad loser." "You're not so strong as me." "Not as old." "When you first wristling , Saul?" "When I first came to Jerusalem from Tarsus." " And how many times had you won?" " many ..." "How do you ...." "Liar!" "My strength is in my tenacity." "When I know my goal I never go back." "Admirable!" "Stupid, but admirable." "Why do you wear a roman sword?" "look so ridiculous!" "No , I'm a captain of the temple guard." "You're a business man." "Why do you pretend you're warrior?" "Leave me alone!" "A child who is playing more games ..." "You're not my priest, Sadducee" "Pharisee!" "The priest wins the match but the tent maker has won the hearts of the crowds." "Dina!" "Go home and make my supper !" "The tent maker dipped the face of the priest in the ground and the crowd loved at it." "How do you know I won?" "How did you know I rubbed down his face ?" " I was watching." " Watching?" "Save me, Saul!" "save me." "Were you really watching ?" "He pushed your face in the sand and Reuben was naked." "God will punish you for this sin!" "When you going to marry this girl?" "Never!" "I don't love her." "Yes, you do." "When her father died, she was put into my care." "That does not mean I have to marry her." "Of course not.." "Why will anyone get marry a girl with beautiful , smart... wild and in love with you?" "Wild ...yes" "She question my knowledge of the Torah." "I am a sadducee priest !" "I've studied the Torah every day of my life!" "She does not question your knowledge of the Torah , she questioned your slave to it." "You can not understand." "You're an ignorant pharisee" "What I understand is that you want to be the high priest of the temple and you know not to marry with Dina, is best for your ambition." "There are not many men I would love to talk to me not in that way." "There are many men you know, who do as well as I do." "Do not move, Hagar!" "Do not move, do not move Hagar!" "No" "Stop!" "Hagar!" "Run!" "Run...run" "Kill him!" "kill him.." "Run!" "Saul ..that is most impressive!" "I apologize for all my remarks" "You are a hero to your people." "Hagar!" "Be quiet Reuben." "Barnabas!" " Forgive me ..." " No" " Why?" "I wanted to kill the that man" "He was going to kill you!" "Jesus teaches us to love our enemies." "Jesus" "Saul, you saved the life of a Jesus's mad man!" " Jesus is the Messiah!" " Jesus is dead!" " Dead?" " For more than a month now." " Get up!" " No!" "No, this cann't be true!" "It is true, my disguided friends." "And if I'll be you, I keep quiet about your silly belief in this charlatan." "Come on Saul" "Not true!" "Jesus is not dead!" ".... crucified." "My name is Barnabas." "This is my wife, Hagar." "We came to serve him." "I am Saul." "Find another savior, my friend." "Here ... it's all I have." "I grow fruits and vegetables , sold it in the market." "Please .." "Please..." "You've saved our lives." "Pilgrim..." "Fear not, He is alive!" "Tonight at sundown, I'll come for you." "He said: "You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem."" "How can we witness , with just a mention of His name, can get us killed?" "It can not be sure, Peter." "They crucified Him, John., 40 days ago." "Just 40 days ago." "What would keep them from killing us?" "No need to harm us , Peter We are not Him." "No, we are just His chosen, preaching that he's still alive." "Shouting that the Sadducees are teaching lies." "Saying they wanted the Romans to kill him." "They're afraid him ..." "But us?" "It was easy for them to kill Him." "How much easier do you think would be to crucify us, followers" "Men with no name.." "He would be healed from Him" "And if you try it?" "If you tried John and you failed, we'll be laughed out of Jerusalem." "Jesus gave us the power to heal." "And if you succeeded?" "If you used the power;" "Jesus gave us." "and you healed this man?" "The Sadducees will arrest you and the Romans will crucify you." "So his mission died, Peter?" "Do you think I'm a coward?" "Do you think I want to be silent?" "You want to be crucified?" "Is that what He wants?" "Buy the finest silver in Jerusalem!" "I'll give you a very good price." "This is Pentecost revel." "You have to buy the finest to celebrate these days." "We have no money." "I know you !" "You were with him!" "You were with Jesus of Nazareth!" "They say He is alive!" "May be Jesus could use a pot to hold the nails from His hands and feet." "How will we give these people hope?" "How?" "We can not even speak out !" "How can we change of this?" "I'm a coward." " Help me ..." " How?" "Are you blind?" "Give me food!" "Give me money!" "I can not walk." " I have nothing." " Liar!" "You lie; so you would not give me a money!" "I can tell you about Jesus." "Jesus?" "That fool who was crucified by the Romans." "What can he give Him?" "He worse suffer than me." "Go away!" "He was a dreamer driven by an illusion." "He put His all limbs." "You can drive your ways." "but I do not need illusions, I need food!" "Go away!" "Go away!" "You see?" "We can do nothing without the Master." " He is with us." " Where?" "Do you feel Him?" "Do you see His effect anywhere here?" " Peter ..." " Words!" "That is all we have .." "Words!" "And they are useless." "Greeting, Saul!" "Peace be with you, Saul." "Greeting, Saul!" "I would not have to argue about it ..." "Gamaliel,  the finest teacher in all of Judea." "Saul ..." "My best student," "Wher you has learnt the art of flattery?" "I do not remember you teach me anything about flattery, Gamaliel." "Solomon spoke of vanity.." "you had learnt that lesson well." "I'm hungry, great Saul." "If you have not eaten .." "today you will." "As told by the law of Moses." "You 've learned well." "But what will I do when all the beggars will be eaten." "then I will have no more money?" "You will beg and others who follow the Law of the Torah will feed you." "Lord Jesus, promised us and said:" ""You will receive power when the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem ... and in all of Judea, and to the ends of earth. "" "Please,we beg you, Jesus, Give us your Holy Spirit, because we can do nothing without you" "Give us the power to carry Your name to the ends of the earth." "Jesus" "What is it?" "The Lord is with us." "His Holy Spirit has come" "Peter!" "Oh Peter!" "We were given the Holy Spirit by God." "The Holy Spirit has been given to us." "The Lord is among us ..." "I have set the LORD always before me." "For He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken." " Peter!" " John!" "The time is now." "I must know ..." "Do we have the power or His mission dead?" "Let the entire house of Israel know.." "That God made Him Lord ..." "and Messiah." "His name is Jesus." "A false prophet!" "Imposter" "A false prophet!" "He is dead!" "He was crucified, but He lives." "Romans crucified him!" "We know that you act in ignorance." "You are the ignorant one." "But now you must repent and turn to God so that your sins may be forgiven." "Save yourselves!" "Get back to Nazareth!" "Imposter.." "Liar.." "False Prophets!" "Jesus is the Messiah!" "Then why he dead?" "Jesus is not dead!" "I saw him on the cross and he looked dead to me." "He came out of the tomb." "He is alive!" "We saw him.... alive." "You are a drunk!" "God raised Jesus." "freeing Him from death." "No one defeats death!" "What should we do to receive the the Spirit of God?" "Fool!" "Shhhh !" "I want to hear this." "Repent ... and be baptized so your sins may be forgiven." "God took my legs." "What else does he want?" "Look at us!" "I have no silver or gold, but what I have ;" "I give you.." "in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth." "Do you want this?" "Stand up ... and walk!" "Israelites, why do you stare at us?" "Do you think we made him walk by our own power?" "Jesus Has give him this ..." "in your presence." "This is blasphemy!" "Jesus of Nazareth is dead!" "A false prophet!" "This is not a miracle!" "He walks..!" "This man had been pretending to be lame all these years just that he can beg for money." "Tomorrow, he will be at the gates once again...begging." "This is hysteria!" "That is God's will!" "And now you blaspheme too?" "You stand in the temple, God's house!" "You be careful what you say ..." "Faith in Jesus' Name made this man walk." "Arrest this man!" "You know this man!" "You can see for yourself that Jesus has given him strength in his legs." "Saul ..." "Help me!" "Repent." "I saved your life not to see you die in prison, be quiet." "The Messiah!" "The Messiah!" "I am the high priest of the temple!" "What are your names?" "Simon ... known as Peter." "John, son of Zebedee." "from Capernaum." "By what power or by what name did you commit this act?" "This man has been healed by the name of Jesus of Nazareth" "Whom God has raised from the dead." "If he is raised from the dead ..." "where is he now?" "He ascended into Heaven." "He ascended into Heaven?" " We saw Him." " What do you watched ?" "There is salvation in no one else ... for there is no other name under heaven or given to men by which we must be saved."" "Can you read?" "Can you write?" " What is your profession?" " Fishermen." "Fisherman ..." "You are fisherman from Galilee!" "How dare you presume to tell these learnt buddies and scholars" "What God intends!" "But this man walked." "Did he walk two days ago?" "or two years ago?" "..20 years ago?" " Dis you save him?" " Did you save him?" "No, Jesus did." "See?" "Get him outside...outside" "Silence ..silence ...silence" "These men had committed a blasphemy against God in the presence of many witnesses." "And those same witnesses watched the healing of the lame beggar a man we've all seen sit by the temple gate four decades." "You can not deny!" "We can not allow them to teach this myth of Jesus of Nazareth." " The man is dead!" " The myth is alive!" "Yes.." "A myth is like a fire." "Confine it , it will die." "If spreads, it will grow." "Bring them in!" "You will not speak of Jesus of Nazareth" "You will not preach in His name, You will not heal in His name!" "Ever!" "If you will be found in public speaking of this man this dead man, you will be arrested trial for blasphemy and treason!" "I Speak as a high priest of this God's Temple!" "Whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you rather than God.?" "You must judge" "For we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard." "We will teach and heal in the name of the Messiah ..." "Jesus of Nazareth." "Then, you will spend the rest of your life in prison!" "As God wills ..." "Send them away.." "It is Stephen ..." "This is John, one of Jesus' close friends." "John, this is Barnabas and his wife, Hagar." "They are believers." "Welcome!" "Please, come in !" "Mary, I want you to meet Two believers ..." "Barnabas and his wife, Hagar." "This is Jesus's mother;" "Mary" "I am your servant ..." "Mother of Jesus!" "I am just a person like you." "Do not kneel to me." "You're chosen by God." "We all are chosen for task by God" "It is our job to find what He needs from us." "Come and eat with us ..." "And we will tell you all about Jesus." "Jesus said:" ""Take ...eat ... for this is my body."" ""Do this in remembrance of me"" "Barnabas, do you believe in the Lord Jesus ..." "Our Christ ..." "our Messiah and our saviour?" "With all my heart and soul." "I Baptize you in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit." "God's Promise is to you who believe.." "Hagar, wife of Barnabas, Do you believe in Jesus Christ ..." "As our Lord and our God?" "I do , I believe with all my heart." "I Baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." "Simon, called Peter ,You are under arrest by order of the high priest of the temple." "Yesterday, 3,000 more were baptized in a matter of hours." "We have a new heresy to deal with." "Heresy?" "Are you sure?" "Their leader was crucified by the Romans." "So, now the Romans decide what is heresy?" "This morning, the Romans issued a formal complaint." "They fear of a rebellion, if these teachings persist." "So, You Pharisees, must get control of these people." "We, Pharisees?" "Why blame us, Reuben?" "Who teaches that the Messiah is coming?" "Pharisees!" "Ruben is right ..." "And now they teach that the Messiah is risen from the dead." "This Pharisees' teaching is fantacy when after life." "You restrain the sect of yours;" "or Rome will make us suffer." "Our teaching is clear." "At the end of time, we shall all rise again" "But the Torah does not teach it." "The Torah is the law as given by God to Moses on Sinai." "You speak the teachings of the Sadducees." "but fot the Pharisees : the Torah was given by God to every man." "It is up to each man to decide how to interpret these words for himself." "You delute the people with the promise of resurrection and this is what you get..." "as with the Messiah!" "Fellow Israelites..." "Consider carefully what you propose to do to these men." "If their beliefs are of human origin ..." "They will not fade." "Remember Theudas?" "He had hundreds of followers..." "And yet they all disappeared when he died." "Remember Judas, the Galilean?" "Many followers but when he died, they all scattered." "But if their teachings are of God ..." "Of God?" "What are you to blaspheme too?" "But if their teachings are of God ... you will not be able to overthrow them." "Because you will be fighting against God Himself." "I counsel cautiously." "Bring in the prisoners!" "The Prisoners!" "Yes!" "The prisoners have escaped!" "They are teaching at the temple at this very moment." "Our Master, Jesus said:" ""In truth, I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God ..."" "How did you escape from the prison?" "God's angel opened your doors for us." "Liars!" "You bribed the guard and now he will die!" "Jesus wants His word to be known to Israel." "He released us." "We gave you strict orders not to preach in this man's name!" "We must obey God." "Flog them!" "40 lashes minus one!" "Rejoyce, John, that we are worthy to suffer for our Lord." "For our Lord!" "Martyrs are such fools!" "Mother, what are you doing here?" "I was listening to them, Reuben." "You should not persecute them, son." "Mother , Come home!" "Let me do the politics of God and the empire." "Saul you missed all the fun today!" "Today there is a flogging in the temple?" "Yes, the Jesus' followers ." "Gamaliel thinks we should be cautious." "Then anyone who become a Pharisee, would understand it first, you see?" "Ruben, behave!" "Be nice to your friends." "I promise mother." "Do you have to promise that me may know ?" "Sara is my blessed mother, But you're my ..." " Your wife to be." " Perhaps." "You hurt Dinah , Reuben !" "Sometimes I'm not proud of you, son!" "Now you have to apologize to Dinah!" " I promise." " Now!" "Dina, Dina come back..." "I was teasing you.." "Why you do not lie down?" "It's plenty of food here." "She'll be fine." "Come on Saul." "Saul, You're an educated man ..." "You can not believe in angels!" "With all my heart." "Pharisees!" "Saul, you were born a leader!" "You are a man of culture." "Do not know Saul is a Roman citizen?" "My father purchased citizenship." "Nothing more." "He blackmailed the Roman generals to give him citizenship." "because they needed his tents for their army." "He paid 500 Drachmas!" "Two years' wages ?" "No , not for Saul's father.No. Saul's father was rich ..." "Just like Saul is rich." "Then perhaps I should marry Saul." " But you do not love Saul!" " I do not love anybody." "You love me." "If I had your gifts I will be ruling the city." "But you told me you drove the city, Ruben!" "No, I am a priest." "The city is ruled by commerce, these days." "And smart deal makers like Saul." "What smart deal maker make, Saul?" "You guess!" "Saul has made the best deal ever, listen to this." "There is lambs slaughtered , every day, every year in the temple." "Sacrifices!" "yes." " And on passover 20,000 slaughtered in one day." " Yes." "Where do you think the skin of those lambs go?" "They make tents ...for the Roman army." "for the temple guards, for the Herod's army ..." "And its Saul, the tent maker." "Bravo!" "See young women these days.." "are more impressed by commerce than humble priests." "Humble?" "I love you, humble priest." "Now, as far Saul deals for the lambs' skins," "He blackmailed the high priest to make him captain in the temple guards." "Reuben...!" "so that he can wear the double-edged Roman sword and ride around the city with a troop suiting gull behind him." "With the blessing of the Gamaliel." "Gamaliel is a great teacher!" "He's a pharisee!" " What happened?" "She collapsed." "Mother!" "Ruben ..." "My last wish before I die ..." "You can not die ..." " One wish ..." " Anything." " Simon ..." "Peter ..." " What?" " Bring him to me." " But he is a charlatan!" "Please ..." "Mother ,You can not ask this of me!" "I'm a priest!" "I can not call a blasphemous!" "They're scared of me." "They would not come." "take me to the temple." "She can go...?" "She can not ask this from me!" "But she had." "The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus as leader and savior." "that he might give repentance to Israel." "and Forgiveness of sins ..." "We are witnesses of these things." " Are you here to arrest me again ?" " No.." "My mother ..." "Do you believe I could help her?" "What did you do?" "You killed her!" "You killed my mother!" "Mother!" "She's died in peace ..." "No!" "You let her die!" "You killed her!" "No, Reuben, he gave her a comfort, She said wonderful things." "She's dead!" "Not in this way, Reuben." "You filthy imposter!" "Imposter!" "Do not touch me!" "Now, you tell me how would you make?" "Saul, whose side you are?" "These traitors Or the side of God's Law?" "You, priests, let this happen time and again." "When you can not control your own people, you come to me" "King Herod is the ruler of us whole." "I'm not even a Jew!" "I hold this position at the pleasure of Rome." "just as you too, high priest." "You come to me as your ruler when you need my help." "Otherwise, you fight me on every front." "Never!" "My King, they question the Law." "They preach the destruction of the temple!" "They..." "They tell people to eat what they want to eat, that nothing is unclean." "They promise a life after death ..." "They say that the Messiah is here, and that Jesus rose from the dead." " Jesus was crucified!" " Yes,of course my lord." "Do not ban to me priest ?" "Now we have thousands following this carpenter from Nazareth." "What have you priest done to make this happen?" "They are fanatics!" "A threat to Israel." "The Law of Moses is the Law of Israel !" "Without the law, Israel is in chaoes!" "Speaking of the Law ..." "Here it is!" "But not your ancient law of Moses ..., priest now." "The Tribune and Gen. Gaius bring us the law of the Roman sword." "Welcome, gentlemen!" "Rome demands peace." "If you cann't control your people, the empire will !" "Is that true, tribune?" "Will Rome crush Judeah if we allowed these Jesus' fanatics to continue ?" "I would prefer diplomacy, King Herod." "But there are many like General Gaius here... who welcome an execuse to exercise." "the swords for an end." "He is a cruel man ...in charge of an army of cruel men." "If there is a rebellion from these mad jews," "Rome will crush it, and you will be with it...and me." "Destroy them!" "Good That is all." "Thank you.." "Barnabas ..." "Mary.." "Peter ...there is rumor in the street." "King Herod is ordered you to dearth." "You and John." "God has taught us that, if we are to follow His foot steps, we must sell everything and trust in Him." "You'll in need this now." "We sold everything, our house, our farm ..." "We want to follow Jesus." "Are you sure?" "Yes, we're sure." "Hagar..." "Why you think they do it?" "Money?" "Power?" " They believe it ." " Even worse." " Have you heard their talk ?" " Did you hear?" " Yes." " When?" "Your mother took me." "Do not ever speak of my mother again!" "Your mother thought they were saints." "Ruben!" "Are you insane?" "Look what is happening!" "Insist defending these mad men." "Wake up, Pharisee!" " Do you care about your God?" " Yes." " Do you care about your country?" " Yes." "Then, act!" "Crush them now before the Romans crush us!" "Romans?" "The romans can standby until the revolution begin.." "Then they will destroy us , our temple.." "our ways of life, everything." "And then laugh as they do it." "and just laugh to do it." "Judea is the most troublous province in the Empire." "They're waiting for an execuse to destroy our religion." "Saul, Join with me!" "An oath , a solemn pact." "to destroy these lies, for all time." "We will exterminate them ; every last one ...!" "Reuben..." "Saul, Why will you do this?" "If you defend on these blasphemers once more in my house, you will not be allowed to live here!" "Please Saul" "To destroy these false teachings!" "Until Israel is safe." "Children of Israel!" "Brothers and sisters!" "Come!" "Come!" "Come!" "Gather together and listen to Stephen." "He is to tell you the words of Jesus." "Jesus our Master said:" ""Love one another As I have loved you."" "Follow His example." "I tell you.." "He uses the name of Jesus!" "we have avert it!" "Arrest him!" "No!" "Wait!" "There is another way!" "Do you believe in what He said!" "He can save your lives." "All of your lives." "Jesus said: "I would be your friend,.If you do what I tell you"" "So you came to listen to these imposters?" "Good ..you stay and learn!" "Bring me Saul of Tarsus and Gamaliel!" "They're in the second courtyard and quickly." " Who was Jesus?" " The Son of God." "So, was He man or God?" " Both.." "God sent His in the form of man.." "God Himself?" "Divine?" " Yes." " So you believe in two Gods?" "One God;" "The God of our forefathers." "God the Father and God the Son." "So, Jesus was not God." "God The Son!" " Divine?" " Yes." " Its two Gods!" " No!" "Jesus said that he'll destroy the temple, is that true?" " It has been to the temple of his body!" " No, no no.." "Jesus said that He turn down the temple." "destroy a Holy of Holies and will change the way we've lived for centuries." "Jesus was a destroyer!" "No, Jesus is our Savior." "Jesus is our Savior." "The Savior!" "The Savior!" "Gamaliel!" "Is that what the Pharisees teach?" "A man..." "God?" "You know it's not." "Saul, can your God be condemned by man and crucified by Romans?" "Of course not." "God is alive!" "Jesus is alive." "He is among us ..right now!" "Really?" "Jesus!" "Jesus?" "Jesus.." "Jesus come out!" "Show Yourelf.." "I want to see you!" "I'll fall on my knees and worship you if you show yourself , Jesus." "Jesus!" "Listen.." "Gamaliel!" "Will you stand behind anything that this Jesus fellowers had said here today?" "He will not." "Will, Saul?" "Stay out this." "Saul will not !" "This man.. he pretends to save you." "with a gift with some food and clever words!" "But his price is the betrayal of your Laws.." "Laws given to you by Abraham and Moses." "Jesus taught us the law of love," "This is not against Moses!" "Brothers!" "Brothers, listen to me!" "I am a faithful Jew to our history and our customs." "And so is this man .." "Stephen." "Your God is his God." "He teaches of at least Two Gods!" "The destruction of the temple and the resurrection having come and gone." "Blasphemy!" "Take him away" "Take him away now!" "It's abet to speak of Jesus!" "It is abet to preach in Jesus name!" "Saul, are you with me?" "Saul, if these teachings are not of God, they will die without violence." "Saul You saved my life." "Go away, or you could be hurt." "No..no." "Do not do this!" "In the Name God!" "Do not do this." "Do not do this!" "No!" "Reuben, do not do this!" "You not learned anything yet?" "Follow alone and watch him die!" "No!" "Now, he dies ..." "The penality for blasphemy is stoning." "Barnabas!" "How come your brother fight against brother?" "No mercy, Saul Your God demands it!" " You approve of this?" " Yes." "No!" "No!" "No!" "Saul, remember the oath, until Israel is safe." "No, Saul!" "It is not good!" "Here , You can hold my coat." "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." "Receive my spirit Lord..." "Let this be a warning to you" "If you preach the words of this Jesus, you will die." "Stefan!" "Arrest this man!" "Stefan!" "Your Oath is worthless." "No!" " Hagar!" "Barnabas!" "Barnabas!" "Hagar" " What did you done?" " My duty." "I love you, Dina." "You love ?" "... I love you, but you have to make a choice." "If you help me, I'll help you ." "I can tell you where the leader is.." "Where?" "Risen..!" " You believe in resurrection, do not you?" " The true resurrection." "And what will you say to Stefan on Judgement day?" ""I only hold the coats?"" " You are corrupting Jerusalem!" " How?" "By Preaching against the law of the Torah!" "I listened to Stephen ..." "I listened to Peter ..." "The Law holds this country together." "You did not listen to Stephen or Peter." "Your heart was closed ..." "It does not matter." "You too late anyway." "Meaning what?" "It's not just Jerusalem now , Saul." "Peter and John had left." "They go into all the cities of Israel." "Spreading the words of Jesus to every Jew in the land." "I thought you were a hero, You are a fool" "Just a fool , doing Reuben's telling." "Jesus taught us to turn the other cheek." "Gamaliel is wrong!" "Jesus must be stopped!" "By any means necessary." "My oath is good Reuben." "I love my country ... and my God ..." "Revenge is mine, says the Lord." "Yes" "Take them all !" "Quiet!" "Arrest them!" "No..." "Remember me , my friends?" "Amos, the beggar who could not walk." "Amos, who was sitting in the dust, spitting and cursing." "Well...this is here" "Jumping and dancing like a dove, not because of a high priest or any devil ..." "Peter !" "John !" "come in quickly." "Come in..." "Peter and John have returned." "They returned!" "Praise God!" "John!" "What news?" "Good news" "There are believers in all Judea and Samaria." "Speaking loudly, unafraid." "Glory to the Lord!" "Congregations are everywhere we went." "We can say that the movement stopped here in Jerusalem." "Well done!" "From what I have been told : these Jesus fellowers are terrified by Saul of Tarsus." "Thank you, my king." "But the threat is still alive." "Sprang up in other towns." " Yes in Damascus particularly." " What a pity!" "What do you suggest?" "Give me letters of introduction, and the signations of power to the.." "the synagogues in Damascus." "and I will go there finding any members of this sect bringing them back bound to Jerusalem." "Agree." "Give them an escort of our finest men !" "This is outrageous!" "You go to the king and the high priest without first consulting me?" "It's been an essence to get there before anyone knows we're coming." "Surprise is our best weapon." "Surprise is your middle name lately,Saul!" "I do not know what you're talking about." "You filled the prisons!" "You are so far proud of yourself, You're about to burst." "I told you one sign of the goal, I never give up until they ceased." "What did you done with these people to speak about?" " No one asked for your opinion!" "keep quiet." " Do not put your anger on her!" "Do not tell me how to talk to my wife!" "Wife?" "when?" "If you speak again tonight, It will never happen!" " You're vicious man Reuben." " You're an ambitious fool !" " I'm leaving in the morning." " Good!" "I'll have your horse saddled, next to mine." " You're coming?" " Right by your side" " I'm coming too!" " It is a military expedition!" " Perfect I'll be an escort." " I forbid it!" "Is this the way you let the man to talk to your wife ?" "He's not your husband and I am in charge here!" " How dare you talk to my wife like that?" " have you both commit?" "This is my house!" "Reuben!" "And Iwill not have you talk to her like that in my house." "Get your hands off me!" " You are upstart, little Pharisee !" " Get your hands off me!" "You watch what you do, Saul of Tarsus!" "Stop it.." "I'm not without power in this country!" "Good, then may be you can get some decent horses in the morning" " Are you going?" " I have no choice." "Then so do my." "You are not going to Damascus!" "And when I return , we will be married." "Peter, I have to warn the believers in Damascus." "It is my fault, Peter." "I am the one who told Saul the word was spreading." "Then, too can go ?" " They must be warned." " I'll warn them." "No..." "You can not go!" "It's too dangerous!" "Peter and John are the two men Saul would most like to arrest." "Or even kill..." "Finding the two.." "He will make him very powerful." "You can not go!" "I'm sorry Peter, John.." "to speak to you like that.." "I apologize." "You spoking out of love, Barnabas." "John and I know this." "But we can not let you take this risk." "The head of the synagogue in Damascus is Ananias." " A new believer." " He knows us." " He will trust our warning." " No.." "No!" "You can not go!" "That is all I restore;" "I will go." "I will find Ananias and I will warn him." "Barnabas!" "Barnabas!" "You do not mind much respect of you from your future wife, dear" "You know nothing about my future wife except that you desire her." "If I wanted her, I would have her." "You're a disgusting exclusive man." "Actually I know more about her than you." "For instance, where is she right now!" " What are you talking about?" " She's right there." "I commanded you not to follow us!" "Yes, you say many things Reuben." "You also said you're going to marry me." " Go home at once." " Alone?" "across the oasis land?" " She got here alone." " So you are wanting to risk her again?" "So, I want to know, are you going to marry her?" "You, two, are destroying each another." "Good friends make great enemies do not they?" "Saul , why you're doing this?" "Ruben is a pompous fool!" "Not that.." "...searching after these people because they believe differently than you." " That's what God wants." " How do you know?" "Their teachings..." "lies!" "The Messiah is dead!" "They are taking advantage of our countrymen." "The Law preserves Israel." "It must be followed ...at all cost." "People risk their lives by believing in Jesus." "No one has been taking advantage of." "It is a play for power by a sect who lost their leader." "Now they're wanting not to lose their position." "And they're making all lies!" "They do miracles in His name!" "But that is a positive sign of their false teachings." "Only God can perform miracles." "They say that Jesus is God." " There is only one God" " And what if you wrong?" "Their blood on my hands ..." "There's no going back." "The Synagogue ..." "I'm looking for Ananias." "This way..." "Damascus!" "Saul, Saul, why you persecuting me, Saul?" "Who are you?" "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting." "get up ..." "enter the city of Damascus ..." "You will be told what you are to tell.." "Saul" "Saul" "Saul..." "Saul, Saul,Saul.." "Saul.." "Saul, let me help you, Saul." " He blinded me!" " Who blinded you?" " Jesus blinded me." " Jesus?" "He becomes a mad!" "Come Saul." "We must go onto Damascus." "Stand up!" " Jesus blinded me!" "Get some ropes!" "We'll tie them behind me." "Its been three days ..." "He would not drink or eat.." "I'm afraid he is going to die." "He is a weak man." "He can not take a pressure.." "Barnabas, wake up!" "Barnabas, wake up!" " Ananias!" "Ananias!" "What is it?" " Barnabas, I speak to you." "I know you've come to warn us Saul is our enemy ..." " But now ...it would.." " What is it..what is it Ananias?" " I... had a vision." "Vision?" "In my sleep ..." "God spoke to me." "God?" "He said I must find Saul ..." "and get him cured of blindness." "God told you to go find Saul ?" "Yes" " God?" " God !" "It was God!" "Ananias.." "Ananias, in the first place," "If you find Saul, he will arrest you and kill you." "Secondly, he's not blind, which is the reverse." "And thirdly, you do not know where he is." "On the street called Straight..." "At the house of Judah of Damascus where he prays and waits for me to bring him back his sight." "God told you where you'll find Saul?" "That is the house ..." "Across the street" "Ananias!" ".." "Ananias!" "One last word , I am pleading with you ..." "Barnabas .." "I have to do this." "God told me to do this." "Ananias!" "Ananias!" "Saul, a man is here to see you." " My name is ..." " Ananias." " Yes ..." " You know this man?" " Yes.." "I had a vision." "A man named Ananias came into this room..." "He laid his hands on me and I could see again." "Jesus sent him." "Jesus?" " You have been chosen?" " Chosen?" "Saul.." "Saul" "God told me that you're the instrument he has chosen to bring His name before the gentiles." "Can you let me see again?" "The Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here ... has sent me, Saul, that you might regain your sight." "and be filled with the Holy Spirit." "I can see!" "I can see!" "I can see!" "Saul ..." "Saul ..." "It is as if.." "as scales have fallen from the eyes." "Thank you.." " One more message!" " Tell me !" "God said:" ""I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."" " Suffer?" " for the sake of His name." "God Himself has called me," "Ananias ..." "The believers ..." "take it sink to find with water?" "Baptized...!" "Baptize me!" "I am not qualified .." "I'm so new to this belief." "You just spoke directly to God." "Who could be more qualified?" "Who?" "Baptize me." "I Baptize you in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit." "Come along!" "Come along!" "Saul, I do not think you'll need that inside." "This is the perfect time!" "What should I say?" "Just tell them your story." " That will be enough?" " I think will be plenty." "These people are all believers." "Come!" "Brothers!" "I wish to introduce a friend of mine, who has something he wants to say.." "My name is Saul of Tarsus ..." "How dare you to bring him in here?" "It's the devil himself!" "The high priest of the temple in Jerusalem... gave me the power to arrest all fellowers of Jesus." "...all in damascus" "Here is the orders." "That was before Jesus appeared to me ..." "On a road coming here ..." "Before I've understood that He is the Son of God ..." "Before I've believed that He is the Messiah ..." "Before I knew He is raised from the dead and ascended to heaven ..." "Before I was baptized ..." "Before I became a fellower of Jesus ..." "I have no use for this now." "The word of Jesus is my sword ..." "The word of Jesus is my fire." "Be welcome, brother!" "The traitor!" "Ruben, be calm!" "There's nothing lowly than a man who betrays his friends, his beliefs, his mission ..his God!" "He was blind and now he could see." "Do not speak to me of miracles!" "There is only one God and His name is not Jesus!" " I know what I saw!" " Do not you touch me!" "This is the one !" "If he were here, Reuben, I do not think to come out for an invitation so." " Where is he ?" " I do not know." "You tell me ,or you will die tonight!" "I do not want to die, but ..." "I do not know where he is." "Then it does not matter if I kill you or not?" "It matter to me." "Ruben !" "Reuben." "He's in the synagogue!" "He's in the synagogue!" "He is in..." "You are lying !" "Just to save this filth !" "Reuben." "I am sorry, I've been confused ..." "I am sorry ..." "I love you." "How do you know where Saul is?" "He trusted me , I've just left there ..." "Quiet, girl!" "Traitor!" "I love you, Ruben!" "Come, it be !" "Why did you lie?" "How do you know that ?" "You do not know where Saul is...!" "And you do not love Reuben...!" "No , I loved him once ..." " There is no going back now." " I know." "Jesus is a hard task master." "I know the sacrifices his fellowers have to make.." "But Jesus is also so full of love." " I think that is why..." " Why?" "Because I can feel Jesus's love even in these times." "We call that faith." "Come, come.." "Come!" "He will be back." "We have to find Saul." "Get ...get your hands off me!" "His hands smell like a donkey!" "Be quiet.." " We must hide!" " No!" "We must get Saul out of Damascus." "There are soldiers everywhere!" "You can not get the gate!" "Come!" "Guards!" "I would jump from the wall," "It will break your legs!" "It's too high!" "Much too high!" "We go back find another way." "Go..go.." "Basket" " Basket" " What?" "Basket" "Basket" " You think can hold me?" " With God's help." "With God's help." "Get in!" "Get in!" "Get in!" "Hurry" "I trained three groups!" "One you go that way follow the wall." "You can straight down man" "Faster!" "Faster" "Faster...faster." "Stop.." "Stop!" "the Patrol is coming!" "Stop" "Lower.." "lower" "Lower.." "lower" "Saul" "Where is he?" " Where?" " There!" "there.." "He is here!" "Come..." "Run, Saul!" "Saul , run!" "run..run" "Search the temple!" "Dismount." "Reuben, please, Don't you do this." "Dina, I wasted the whole month in Damascus searching for Saul." "Every day, I listen to you pleading for his safety," "Now, you will be quiet." "Reuben, Saul would not come to Jerusalem." "If he did not die in the desert, he will be here in Jerusalem, and if he is here, I will find him and will kill him and none of your lies can save him." "The Temple!" "If he is not here, I will search the city." "I can force secure this gate." "Now, do not leave until I say so." "Reuben, why disturbing these men, in prayers?" "A criminal against God and country, is here Gamaliel." "Your favorite student, Saul." "I will find him and I'll kill him, as God demands." "Because his mind is open enough to investigate the teaching of another Pharisee?" "Teaching is lies." "It's not enough for you, Gamaliel?" "Reuben, I know you're doing this because of your belief in our God ..." " I do as God commands." " God commands the death of another ?" "God has commanded the death of many of our people, Gamaliel.." "and he who will not obey His Law." "Are you convinced that God wants the followers of Jesus dead?" "He teaches Jews to ignore God's Law, there is no greater threat to our belief or our country.." "Barnabas ..." "I am sorry , I have no money" "Liar." "You are rich man." "You grow wonderfull melons, and squash." "That was once, now no more." " I gave it all ..." " A courageous man saved your life..." "And you repaid him with the tiny melons." "Saul.." "Saul.." "Saul.." "We thought you were dead" "We watched patrol running after you in the desert, and when you did not come back ..." "I thought I was dead," "I walked for days with no water." "Only God saved me." "Come in!" "Mary will feed you ,Saul." " Paul." " What ...?" "I'm not the man called Saul anymore." "I do not want this name to scare believers again.." "I am a new man, with a new name, Paul." "Good..." "It's the Roman name, my father gave me along with my jewish name Saul." "Paul of Tarsus." "It means "small." Hopefully it will frighten no one.." "A new name will not make the difference." "I know..." "I must meet Peter, I must convince him I am sincere." "If you will..." "They afraid of you." " Is he here?" " No." "Too much dangerous, if everyone knows his house." " Reuben has returned to Jerusalem." " I know." "If he find you, he will kill you." "I'll take you to Peter." "Come!" "I must warn him first, Paul." "I will take you to him." "Come in, rest, eat ...welcome for you Saul." "You wait here!" "They are watching To see if you're alone or followed." "The Arena ?" "!" "Easy place for them to make sure it is not a trap., come on." "Come on..." " Barnabas." " Peter!" "Peter, this is the most feared person persecutor, Saul of Tarsus but he wants to bury that man." "And give birth to a new man called Paul." "He helped murder of Stephen ª." "James was very close to our Lord." "You arrested thousands, and stepped almost to death." " That is all true." " Oh, you admit it!" "I ask God to forgive me." "Why should we believe you?" "Jesus came to me, spoke to me.." " Do not use His name." " It's true James." "Paul was on the road to Damascus ..." " ..to arrest believers." " True .." "On the road, was struck by a white light and heard the voice of Jesus." "I asked who he was, and He said:" ""I am Jesus whom you're persecuting."" "It is the truth." "How do you know it is the truth ?" "I heard him speaking in the synagogue, talking of his love for Jesus, and of his awakening." "Talk, talk, talk.." "A trick to get up Peter and John." "Perhaps, but if it was a trick, it worked.." "I'm here." "Peter...?" "!" "Jesus blinded me." "...For three days." "Then I had a vision by a man called Ananias who come, and bring my sight back." "That very day that happened." " I know that to be true." " How?" "Because at that very night..." "I baptized him." "I do not want to endanger you." "You do not have to see me again." "All I want from you is your blessing." " ...and your permission" " Permission?" "To speak the good news of Jesus." "Fine..fine, then he will kill you just like he killed our people." "Jesus told Ananias that I was chosen to be His instrument, to bring His name before Gentiles, and before the people of Israel." "You?" "..." "No." "I watched Him growing up, I was by His side when He started." "I watched Him die, I watched Him going to the heaven." "..And He has chosen you to bring His name to Israel?" "I had spoken the truth to you." "I give you my blessing, Paul of Tarsus." "and I give my permission to speak about our Master." "But I warn you." "If there are lies in your heart, your soul will perish." "You ask speaking of God Himself; the Messiah, the Christ who come again soon." "...and establishes his kingdom." "The Romans will not save you, because they will be defeated ," "The priests will not save you , because they will be condemned if they have evil in their hearts." " God's will be done." " Yes, Barnabas." "God's will be done and it will be done, my friend." "It will be done !" "And so my friends, I bring for you a man you never wanted to meet." "A man who has persecuted the followers of Jesus, arrested us, even killed us." "His name was Saul of Tarsus." "Now he is called Paul." "No Listen .." "listen to him." "Do not fear." "I believe in Jesus as the Messiah." "Jesus spoke to me on the road to Damascus." "He blinded me." "He told me to stop persecuting him." "When this mortal body put some immortality, then the same as it is written will be fullfilled:" ""Death has been swallowed up in victory."" ""Where, O death, is your victory?" "Where, O death, is your sting?"" "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law." "But thanks be to God!" "He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." "My brothers, you.. descendants of Abraham's family, and others that fear God" "To us the message of this salvation has been sent, because the residents of Jerusalem, and their leaders did not recognize Him." "All understand the words of the prophet, He is coming to fulfill them..." "Soldiers...." "Soldiers" "Paul will speak you again." "Reuben, do you have any idea what about Rome does like ?" "The glorious not like this, so it?" "Rome killed Jesus." "Now you allowed him to be reborn, by your friend Saul." "I do not want Rome to hear of this rebirth." "Stop them!" "now.." "You must leave Jerusalem at once , Paul." "Tonight..!" "?" " I am not afraid of Reuben." " It's not just Reuben." "They have to watch you dead too." "You're in danger from all sides." "I did not trust you, Paul and I was wrong for you're showing the dedication to Jesus" "For this no need to tempt God." "It's not cowardly to prevent your own unjust death." "I have no problem being cowardly as to save my life." "You pretend to be weak Barnabas, but you are a very strong and brave man." "Bring Reuben intp the room and watch me run." "I'm leaving Jerusalem, Paul." "It is time to sprad the word." "I'm going to Lydda." "I'm sending Barnabas to Antioch." "Only James will stay here to see the believers in Jerusalem." " So, where will we meet again ?" " Tarsus." "You want me to go home ?" "The most difficult assignment of all." "The prophet is seldom appreciated by his own people." "Even Jesus was not accepted by the people He grow up around." "You must continue to teach the Good news." "In Tarsus?" " Without Barnabas on my side ?" " Do not worry Paul." "Jesus told us the the Romans will be defeated, and that He will return....soon." "The end of the world is near." "We must be founded his work when He returns." "Peter, please do not misunderstand me." " I will do as you wish." " But ...?" "When I heard Jesus's voice, He said:" ""You will be told what you are to do."" "Yes..." "He told Ananias that I have to bring His name to Gentiles." "Saul. sorry.." "Paul." "Jesus was born as Jew." "He was sent to the jews." "That is God's plan." "Jews first, then Gentiles." "But it will be hard for them." "We have many Laws that we must learn." "Yes." "What to eat, what to work , circumcision ..." "These will be hard lessons." "In time, Paul." "The end of the world is near." "Jews first then the Gentiles." " In Jesus's name." " In Jesus's name." "I love you, Reuben." "....and I love you." " Thank you, Reuben." " For What?" " For marry me." " It's my pleasure." "I hope..." "Let it tonight ..." "I know that you hate me when I ..." "Those days are forgotten." "You're free to believe as you want ... as long as it is as your priestly has been dictated." "My darling Dina," "I want to apologize for all the times I treated you badly," " Reuben ...?" " No, no.. it's true." "I tried to saddle your spirit, and I never ever want to do that again." " I may be even been wrong about Saul." " Ruben!" "?" "I want you to be free." "... free to think as you want, because I love you, Dina." "Dina?" "Dina.." "Lord Jesus, you have called Paul to be your friend, and disciple" "Please, I praise you from my whole heart," "Jesus, protect him and be with him in his mission." "I beg you, Jesus, forgive Reuben, as he does not know You." "Open his heart, Jesus, so that he may accept your words and your love." "Shine your light on him O Jesus, and show him the way he must follow." "I also pray to you for Peter and the apostles." "Please, Jesus, protect them and accompany them on their way ." "Jesus, our Massiah." "Shhht!" "Please keep quiet, as no be heard on the street ." " So, You babtized them Peter?" " Yes, James." "I did ?" "Why?" "they are Gentiles..!" "I told you as I was speaking to them, The Holy Spirit flow upon them." "I was astounded..!" " The Holy Spirit poured out even the Gentiles." " No!" "Jesus said: "John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."" "God gave them the same gift that He gave us." "Who was I to reject God's voice?" "So I ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ." "And I stayed with them, slept in their house, and ate what they ate." "So, we are to baptize Gentiles and eat unclean animals with them?" "My vision said:" "Nothing is unclean that God has cleansed." " No, no I'll never do it." " It's your choice, James." "I heard the voice of God and He told me to put this prejudice away." "Prejudice?" "Law given by God to Moses and now you want to replace it with the law as given to Peter?" "You think too much for yourself, Peter." "I glorify God, not Peter." "Then God has given even to the Gentiles; the repentence, that leads to life." "What story about Jesus, are you going to tell us today?" "Jesus walked on the water?" "I told you that story too many times" "Let me tell you about his crucifixion." "Sit down." "Listen.." "For month now I've heard of war in the temple, priest!" "War, My Lord ?" "Jew plotting to kill jew." "Men waiting at the gates to kill other men." "Jews in prison at your orders, Men fleeing from Jerusalem to escape death." " We have the situation under ..." " You have nothing under control." "You allowed these Jesus's followers to cause chaos in the city." "I assure you, my lord, that is no chaos ..." "and we have a plan." "We must find the leaders, and kill them publicly." " A very good plan." " Yes, That is what you keep telling me." " But have you found them?" " Not yet my lord, but we will." " How?" " Reuben has a way." "Oh..do tell me." " I have someone inside the sect, my king." " A spy?" "Not exactly...." "Explain!" "Someone who will lead me to their leaders." "But he does not know he is leading you to them, does he ?" " No." " Splendid." "Who?" "Answer me!" " My wife." " Your wife?" "Your new wife?" "My only wife." "I thought I was without love, but I paling in comparison to you, Reuben." "This scared of Jesus must be stopped ." "His followers ignore the law." "They teach of everlasting life,never ending life and people believe them." "Stopped..yes At any cost?" "My wife will forgive me when she sees how wrong she was." "It's the husband's duty to correct the errors of his wife." "Well, well yes." "You bring me the leader, and I will kill him." "So, the Jews will be happy, I will be happy, and ..." "Rome will be happy." "Only Reuben's wife will be unhappy But you can fix that." "Can not you, Reuben?" "Dina, I heard that Saul is teaching crowds about Jesus." " Is that true?" " Why?" "You do not worry." "I am not looking to arrest him." "I do not care anymore, with Sanhedrin does not care, and High Priest does not care." "that Jesus followers threat no revolution, so they may live as they want." "I only ask because:" "if he is teaching, that means that Jesus followers accepted him into their sect." " Apparently..!" " This amazes me." "If they can accept a man who arrested, and killed them, then they will accept most men." "I've been told there any can believe in teachings of Jesus." "Nothing else." "So they would accept even a Priest who arrested and persecuted them?" " Reuben, are you telling me ..." " Perhaps..perhaps" " Do you believe?" " I need instruction to know what I believe." "I can tell many things." "No my love, I do not want to offend you, but I am a priest, schooler in many things for many years." "You are not qualified to answer my questions." "I need to counsel of someone who is my echo." "a leader in the movement.." "Someone who walked with Jesus." "Yes.Yes." "This man is guilty of blasphemy, seduction, treason and other evil acts." "The penalty...is death." "Reuben you must stop this;." "I can do nothing against the power of the king, and the High Priest." " Then I have to stop them." " Dina there is nothing to be done." "I carry out the sentence in the name of Rome, and in the name of God." " Reuben , did you like the dance?" " I'm a priest." "Oh, yes.they shout not watch the set of sex postures of a human flesh ..religion." "I've called you here to compliment your own excemplit way of finding the Jesus' followers." "and you know what the most amazing part of that even was?" "The crowd, they laughed it.." "and they loved watch me killing the Jesus's dog." "especially your friends ..the priests." "I was amazed." "I have been getting compliments about fifty days now." "I've never been so popular in Jerusalem." "So, my Priest." "I want to do it again." "A politician's first rule is to please the people." "Well, actually that is not quite to hear is it?" "The first rule is to please Rome and I want you to help me." "You should be High Priest, Reuben." "Oh, Yes, yes, yes..the High Priest is a fool." "You are what I need in the Sanhedrin, and more importantly you are what the Emperor that needs." "I am going to recommend you to Rome." "My God demands that those who break the Law as given by God be punished." "It is God's law, it is not Roman law." "Anything else would be the destruction of my beliefs, and my country." "High Priest is not my goal, justice is my goal." "Justice?" "Well, yes." "That is all what you want." "..and we will have it as soon as you find me Peter." " Peter?" " Simon, called Peter." "That is what my spies tell me.. is name of the number one leader." "I want him." "Bring him to me?" "You can do that, can not you?" "For justice, Reuben." "High Priest!" "?" "Well, where is the girl?" "Lead her to me!" "Or shall I have the boy?" "Perhaps, I will have both of them." "Take him.." "You express your agreement with the execution of James son of Zebedee." "and now I bring you the leader of Jesus' followers." "May he be the last." "I give you Simon called Peter." "No...." "Reuben." "My king.." "Reuben!" "?" "My High Priest." " Will you execute him now, my king?" " No, no, no." "He is too valuable." "That is the mistake I made last time." "I had only one show with that James." "I want more." "I'll keep this Peter prisoner, and bring him out anytime I need the crowd behind me." "My chain through the crowd, and then throw him into a cell ." "My king." "Under heavy guard, Reuben...heavy!" "Looses this one; and you will be priest off." "Anything?" "!" "Satan!" "Reuben..." "Satan!" "Satan!" "Satan!" "satan!" "Satan!" "No, no no...." "No...." "Do not despair, child." "God will be victorious." "I lead him to Peter, to James, to Peter." "I lead him." "Reuben pretended to love me, just I would lead him to them." "Then you have to pray for him, and for Peter." "God would never hear, my friend." "Jesus taught us a pray." "Do you want to learn it?" " Yes. -"Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name," "Your kingdom come, your will be done..."" " Paul ..." "Paul." " Barnabas!" "?" "I look at you... working like a slave." "I pay my own way, Barnabas." "This is important, more important, but God needs you now." " Paul, I believe:" "God need you." " So do I..." "So?" "God told Ananias:" ""I will show how much must he suffer for the sake of my name."" " I'm frightened." " You ..frightened?" "And I'm envious." " Envious?" " God has called you, Paul." "Perhaps the road will be hard, ...but its God's road." "We will spread the Word together ?" "Reuben!" "Peter had escaped from prison." " I am not responsible for this." " Of course not." " I had men sleeping on either side of him." " Of course." " There must be bribed." " Of course." " There were men on the doors." " Of course." " I will find him again." " How?" "Your wife did not very happy with you.." "and I am not very happy with you... even the High Priest is not very happy with you." "So, You told our king that you will be a better High Priest, and calling me a fool?" " You have ten days." " Ten days?" "to live..if you can find him; this Simon Peter." "What is his name anyway ?" "Simon or Peter?" "His name is Simon, my lord, but this Jesus called him Peter." "Why?" "I think so:" "Simon, and Peter that were completely different names." " But Jesus... he was a mad man." " Obviously." "Get out." "Open the gate!" "Its is your king who speaks." "Go away ...filthy!" "Who was guarding Peter ?" "...and who was outside the cell?" "Draw your swords.." "Kill him!" "If you do not kill him, I will have him kill you." "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Would you rather he kill you?" "Kill them!" "Cyprus, Paul.." "Cyprus." "Salamis is in the North-East shore." "You love the sea, too much for a tent maker!" "It is my road to God's will." "God's will ?" "God wants to be tell the Gentiles about his words." "Yes, Paul. you must be careful." "They have their own god." "No, we must never be careful about this." "We must rush in like bulls." "We must crash through their pagan gods like those boats for the sea." "We will tell the world about Jesus all the way to Rome." "Rome." "Rome." " Why you're washing clothes like slaves ?" " To punish myself for your crimes." " I had to do it." " Get away from me." "They wanted to destroy the Law." " They wanted to destroy our way..." " No, you did that." "I love you." " Jesus taught forgiveness." " Do not speak to me of Jesus." " You are my wife." " I am a widow." "If I do not bring them Peter, I will be killed." "For me you are dead already." "Please ..." "Please.." "I beg you to pity me." "I will find Peter." "Peter is a stupid Jew." "I want Saul." "A Roman citizen who betrayed Rome." "You are alive only because King Herod is dead." "Find Peter.. kill him, and I let you live." " I can..." " I thought you said that." " Saul sailed for Cyprus." " How do you know this?" "Rome, knows everything, Priest." "Follow him." "These men will accompany you." "You kill Saul, or they will kill you." "Let it be known to you therefore, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you," "Through this Jesus, everybody who believes is set free." " Do you believe what I am saying, friend?" " I want to .." "What stops you from believing ?" "We have many gods here." "I've prayed to them since I coulld speak to heal me." "but none can." " How long have your legs been like this." " Always." "Do you believe Jesus can heal you ?" "He can." "I can see you believe he can." "Stand up on your feet." "The Gods have come down to us in human form." "We are not gods." "We are not gods." "We are not gods." "He is Zeus." "We are not gods." "Barnabas, stop this." "Can not be Zeus for Just a moment longer?" "Reuben!" "I'm here to carry out God's punishment for your crimes." "You will die by the stone according to His Law." "You are not my judge." "God forgive you." "We are fools for the sake of Christ." "We are hungry, and thirsty;" "We are poorly clothed, and beaten" "We are homeless, and we grow wearily from the work of our own hands, when reviled, we bless;" "when persecuted, we endure;" "But God proves his love for us." "While we were still sinners, Christ died for us because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is the Lord," "And believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." "As you all know, I'm trying to tell the truth that all times." "even when I know it is not a truth that everyone wants to hear." "Tonight we are all happy that Peter has been here with us in Antioch for the past month." "And we are glad that Benjamin and others are brought good titles from James in Jerusalem." "But, but ..." "Some of us began engaging in hypocrasies as Benjamin arrived." "Some of us used to eat with the Gentiles in this group and as soon as Benjamin arrived;" "they shun the Gentiles." " This is hypocrasy." " Who you speaking on, Paul?" "You ..." "...and Peter." "I'm sorry Peter, but it is true." "As soon as James' people arrived from Jerusalem, you pull back from the Gentiles." "You were afraid of criticism because of the controversy of those who are circumcised, and those who are not." "It's a very serious question." "To some perhaps, to me, it is a mockery of Jesus's teaching." "It is the Law that believers must be circumcised." " Believers in the Law!" " You are abandoning the Law?" "When Gentiles who do not possess the Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they are the law of themselves." "What the Law requires is written on their hearts." "Many who follow Jesus believe that they must accept the Law also." "Christ is the end of the law." "The end of the law, so there may be righteousness for everyone who believes." "This is too serious question to decide it tonight." "There should be a meeting of all the elders to decide this question." "Barnabas is right." "We will meet in Jerusalem in one month time." " This is very dangerous." " This is my temple." "I will come here whenever I want." " You are a stubborn man, Paul." " I'm not afraid." "I am." "Unless you will circumcise according to the customs of Moses, you can not be saved." "But we are not talking about jews, we are talking about Gentiles." "The law does not pin Gentile or Jew." "Moses was very clear." "We always say that we follow the Law, Moses' Law." "Even, Jesus said to follow the Law." "But he also said be tolerant of the differences of each man." "The Law has no tolerance" "Barnabas, and I have found many wonderful things in our travels." "Jesus, he is called Christ in the lands to the West." "And the believers are called Christians." "Christians?" "Oh, we like this word." "I think Jesus would like this." "You are all Christians." "The law, as Moses gave it to us is not known among Gentiles." "When we tell them about the law, we always careful to explain it as a way of living which is good for all, not as rules which must be followed." "Gentiles have their own rules and Barnabas and I found that many have the same as ours." " Different words meaning the same thing." " Yes!" "God's commandment is to do unto others as you would have them to do unto you.." "..is the law by which all men must live." "It does not matter that Jew or Gentile." "But specific laws like circumcision, are very difficult for Gentiles to accept." "Demanding the Gentiles to eat certain foods or wear a certain cloth is not important in my opinion." "Its only important that they understand and accept Jesus and the teaching of Jesus." " But did not Jesus teach the Law ?" " He did." "But you had told me that he said:" "loving one another was the heart of the Law, and we have to be more concerned about what comes out the mouth than what goes in." "My brothers, Paul's argument has changed my mind." "No Peter." "Peter!" "?" "God knows the human heart, and in cleansing the hearts of Gentiles he has made no ditinction." "Therefore, putting God to the test by placing on the neck of these believers a yoke, which is not theirs but ours, is not right." "They will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus just as we will." "Will you join with me in this, James?" "It is important we be united in this decision." "We should make a solemn proclaimation which says that we have decided.." "...unanimously" "Do no longer impose on Gentiles any burden of the Law, except" "..except to obey the commandments of God." "If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation." "Everything old is passed away." "Everything has become new." " Amen." " Amen." " I love Jerusalem!" " Yes, But we have to go back Barnabas." " Back?" " To the Gentiles." " You like been beaten with stones?" " Personally, I do not enjoy it." " It is our mission." " Yes" "Hagar will be very sad." "Your wife knows your life is not your own." "Yes, but she still find it hard to accept that." "I think it is good to remain unmarried." "I love her." "In that case, it is better to marry than to be a flame with passion." "Let each of us lead the life the Lord has decided." "Yes." "As God has called." "We just at the begining, Barnabas." "We have a long way to go." " Where do you want us to go ?" " Rome." " Rome?" " Yes.." "But we will start in Greece." "We will not be welcome in Greece, Paul." " They have their own gods." " I know." "..and you can put Rome out of your mind, it is ridiculous..." "Rome?" " We will go to Antioch." " No." "Rome." " We will go to Rome." " Paul?" "It is my mission." "Your mission is to bring God's words to the world." "Rome is the center of the world." "But there are plenty of Gentiles between here and Rome." " You have no faith in Christ." " You have no right to say that." " I have every right." " No!" " You do not trust God." " Everyman has fears." " Faith conquers fears." " Tolerance" " I have no tolerance for a lack of faith." " I am not going to Rome." "I am." "Fine." "Then you go on alone." "Paul." "Rome!" "..." "This can not be God's will." "It is." "I'm going." "If you choose, without you..!" "But i am going." "Suicide is not God's will." "and to try to teach about Jesus to the very people who killed Him ...?" "No." "No." "I love you." "So, He was raised from the dead, and ascended into heaven." "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who were called according to his purpose." "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God;" "...in Christ Jesus, Our Savior." "To the God Zeus...." "To the God Josephina.." "To the Unknown God." "Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way." "For as I walked through theis city and looked carefully at the objects of worship," "I found among them an altar with the inscription:" "TO AN UNKNOWN GOD." "But noble men, The God who made this world does not live in shrines made by human hands as though he needed anything from us." "He himself, gives to all mortals:" "life, and breath." "We should not think of God as an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals." "God has overlooked the times of human ignorance." "But now, as man gains knowledge, God commands all people everywhere to repent" "Because He has fixed a day in which He will have the world judged, by a man whom he has appointed, and who raised Himself from the dead." " Raised Himself from the dead?" " And asceneded into heaven;" "where He waits for the day to come, when we will all be judged for our belief in Him;" "Jesus of Nazareth." "My Father has told us about Jesus." " You say He raised Himself from the dead?" " Yes." " Are you the owner?" " I'm Aquila." " I am Paul of Tarsus." " Tarsus?" "I am a tent maker." "My Father has a pit just like this." "I thought i was home when I smelt their smokes over the hills." "Ah..which why we are now outside of Corinth." "City for hazards do not think the woman to smell these pits." "Do you like some water ?" "Let us give our new friend some." "This is Paul of Tarsus." "He is a tent maker too." "This is my wife, Priscilla." "When I was a boy I worked with my father till he sent me away to school in Jerusalem." "Jerusalem?" "Do you know a prophet called Jesus?" "I travelled the world telling people of Him." " We are Christian." " I'm home." "Jesus spoke of love." "Tell us what he meant, Paul." "Love is patient, love is kind." "Love is not envious, not boastful, not arrogant, or rude." "It does not insist on its own way." "It is not irritable or resentful." "It does not rejoice in wrong doing, it rejoices in the truth." "It bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all things, endures all things." " That is beautiful, Paul." " Paul, you must stay in Corinth." "We've new believers in Rome." "We need a leader." "Rome is where I'm going." "I must go back to Jerusalem first, and then to Rome." " You can not go to Rome." " No jews are allowed." " What?" " Claudius had driven out all jews from Rome." "That's why we are here." "No Jews. you can not go to Rome, Paul." "I am on my way to Jerusalem." "Not knowing what will happen to me there." "Except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and persecution awaiting for me." "But I do not count my life any value to myself," "If I only finish my course." "In the ministry, I receive from the Lord Jesus to testify to the good news of God's grace." "Remember..." "If I speak in tongues of mortals and of angels; but you do not have love," "I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." "And if I have a prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that move mountains, but you do not have love, I am nothing." "Law?" "Law is the sin..you understand?" "..." "The Law will make you do something....." "There are rumors saying that you teaching against Moses Law." "Rumours ..." "I do not deny the importance of the Law, James." "We had to live by it until Christ came." "But we are now no longer subject to it." "The only thing that counts now is faith working through love." "This is very difficult for Jews." "They grew up under the Law, Paul." "Yes, I know." "Tomorrow ..." "Today!" "Today we have men who are under the vowel for purification for seven days." "I think you should join these men, go through the rites with them, pray... cut your hair, then everyone will know that it was not true what have been told about you and that you too observe and guard the Law." "Cut my hair?" ".." "A small sacrifice for a man who has beaten for his God." "James, are you making him tourist." "Sooner I will begin my longest journey." "But I could agree with you." "It is important for the people to know that I follow the Law." " Where will you go?" " Rome." "To the end of the earth." "You lied to me You told me Saul was dead." "Sure and your own soldiers saw him stoned." "He is alive and in the temple at this very moment." " How?" " Kill him!" " Reuben." "Stop!" " Alive?" " You are not his judge, Reuben." " I am a priest in the service to God." "You do not serve God by killing." "I serve God as He demands, Gamaliel." "Not here, not in the temple." "I will not allow it." "It is not God, you serve!" "but your anger, your jealousy." "Fellow Israelites, this is the man who is turning the world against our people," "..our Laws, this place." "He is defiling this holy place." "No." "Stop !" "Stop it!" "stop it." " Why you punish of this man?" " He breaks God's Law." "He breaks no Law." "If he breaks the Law, he should be dealt with under the Law." "You have no right to murder him as you wish." " This is a matter for Jews." " Jews are Roman subjects." "and in this land,..." "I am Rome." "Bring him!" "General ..." "General, you should follow my order immediately." "Take him up." "Take him.." " What will I do with you, Jew." " Kill him!" "Why?" "He is a threat to Rome." "One man?" "He leads a religious sect that follows Jesus of Nazareth." " He was crucified." " They teach that he rose from the dead." " I do not care what they teach, but he returned to us one." "They teach revolution against Rome." "Is that true, Jew?" "You want a revolution against Rome?" " He is harmless." " Kill him!" "I decide what is done here, Gaius, not you." "This man will not be killed." " There is no reason for it." " He must be flogged for insulting a rite." "Yes." "Flog him." "I am Roman citizen." " What did you say?" " Born Roman citizen." "A Roman citizen!" "Do you still want him killed, You, fool?" "Bring him Inside!" "So I bring him before your council." "People want him killed but I can not allow because he is a Roman citizen since birth." "A Jew, yes ... but, also a Roman." "You will decide the proper punishment at him, for this man." "Brothers, since the day I met Jesus I have lived my life with a clean conscious." "Blasphemy." "Strike him on the mouth!" "Filthy.." "God will strike you." "Are you standing there to judge me according to the Law, and you making violation of the law, you order me struck?" "Saul." "This is the Head Priest, you speak to." "If you follow the Law, you know what is demanded." "The Law says you should not speak evil of the leader of your people, and so, I apologize." "Brothers, I am a Pharisee." "I follow the Law as you do.." "I'm in trial here not because of the Law, but because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead." "God has spoken to me." " This is blasphemy." "Quiet...quiet." "We find nothing wrong in this man." "He follows the Law." "This man spits on the Law of Moses." " He teaches Love." " God teaches Law." " He teaches tolerance" " God teaches obedience." "Come in..take him out." "Paul." "Keep up your courage." "For just as you testified for me in Jerusalem, so, you must be my witness also in Rome." "Rome." "This man..." "This man must die." "If we can not do it withen the Law, then we must do it without the Law." "Brothers, there sometimes a moment when the Law can not act, but our God will bless us for our courage." "David knew this." "Solomon knew this." "They had the courage to act." "And so must we." "I will not eat, or drink again, until Saul of Tarsus is dead." "Are you with me?" "I did not have to make a meal to my stupid man for this morning." "Why not ?" "He has taken an oath in that he would not eat or drink again until the called Paul is dead." "I hope he lives forever." "Stop.." "What's the hurry?" "Let me go!" "Let me go!" " Who is she?" " Want a little beauty...?" "Jew, wake up!" "You did not have a woman for you not boring today?" "..and that will be done immediately by my orders." " Here." "Well, what you want girl ?" " Paul is to be killed." "Jews ...!" "It is a secret pact." "When you bring him to the council tomorrow, they will ambush, then will kill Paul." " How do you know this?" " Women, learn things." "Good." "I will send Paul to Caesarea tonight." "Go on your way and tell no one of this." "...and up.." " Thank you." " Romans ..." "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child." "When I became an adult, I put an end to the childish ways.." "For now, we see in a mirror dimmly, but then we will see face to face." "Now I know only in part, then, I will know fully, even as I hope in fully known." "And now faith, hope and love; apite, these three... but the greatest of them is love." "Paul, some news : the king is dead." "That isn't news." "and the new king come to visit." " Agrippa?" " In one week." "I must give get to him my case." "Those who want to be heard, come forward." "Your name is?" "Paul of Tarsus." "I am Annanias;" "High Priest of Jerusalem." "And the charge, High Priest?" "This man, Saul is an agitator among the Jews throughout the world." "Not just Israel but the whole empire." "He is also a ringly of the indecent sect based around the fortune of Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth." "He has defiled the Temple, refused the law of Moses, incited rise against Rome and defail the name of Agrrippa himself and..." "Love never ends and Jesus lives, my king." "Why is it so difficult to believe that the Messiah has come?" "He spoke to me, He told me to take His truth into all the world." "I have followed His orders," "..saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would take place." "That the Messiah must suffer, and to be the first to rise from the dead." "He will proclaim light both to our people and the Gentiles." "You are out of your mind, Paul of Tarsus." "Too much learning has driven you insane." "I am speaking the truth." "Do you believe the prophets, my king?" "Are you going to persuade me to be a Christian now, Paul?" "Not only you but all who are listening to me." "And what other accusations are against this man?" "I haven't in no way, committed any offense against the Temple, against the Law of the Jews, against the king or against the emperor." "High Priest, this man has doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment." "I have to enter to the Emperor's tribune to set my release, my king." "You made a mistake;" "Prophet." "I would to set you free today, if you not appeal to the emperor." "But you did not have trust my judgment." "So now you will be required to go before the Emperor in Rome." "Very long journey for a man who should be free." "May your God be with you." "You'll never return from Rome to preach your false message." "Rome." "Reuben, you have destroyed the man becuse of your ambition." "You know nothing of my mind, Gamaliel." "Your love for Saul has blinded you." "My love for God tells me that He has many ways of showing of his mind." "I believe in life after death, Reuben." "I believe God knows our hearts." "And I believe we will stand before Him on that day, and answer for our life." "Shall I choose to serve Him now?" "not for some fantasy of life after death" " Jesus was not the Messiah." " I do not believe Jesus is the Messiah." "But what I know for sure is that your heart." "You do not have the true faith of Israel." "Paul, Paul?" "Please, I love this man." " I am sorry friend." " I am sorry too." " Pride is such a stupid sense." " Oh, other intelligence sense?" " Paul." " You saved my life." " You've saved my soul." " Only God can do that." " You showed me to God." " Thank you." "Remeber, God wants to forgive those who sinned against us." "Reuben loved you, I'm sure." "God has called me to Rome." "I'll wait for you." "I am not coming back." " He has told me .." " Please God, no." "You do please God Barnabas?" "You are a strong and good man." "He needs you here, me there." "Our testament is too hard for me today." "I'll see you in heaven." "I'll be there to welcome you at the gate." "Why?" "He has gone, he will never be back." "Gone to Rome?" "The Emperor will see that I failed to silence him." "I told you to kill him." "Help." "Do not be afraid, Paul." "You must stand before the emperor." "All those who are sailing with you will be safe." "PLease.." "Help me!" "Help me..... !" "Save your life." "My God help us.." "My Lord, my God," "You with me, even unto the end of the earth." "Rome." "For it is written: "Those, who had vever been told of Him shall see," ", And those who had never heard of Him shall understand.""