"Filmed in Rio Grande do Norte, near Ponta do Mel/ Areia Branca..." "Dunas do Rosado, Falésias, Ponta do Cristóvão, Porto do Mangue... and Lajedo de Soledade's archeological site." "BROTHERS IN FAITH lf l speak in the tongues of men and of angels... but have not love... I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries... and all knowledge... and if I have a faith that can move mountains... but have not love, I am nothing." "If I give all I possess to the poor... and surrender my body to the flames... but have not love... I gain nothing." "FIFTEEN YEARS EARLIER" "Say, you scared?" "No way." "You're a man." "Sure." "OK." "Out!" "Get out of the car!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Out!" "Out!" "Easy." "Come on, ma'm." "No "easy", no." "We'II do everything you say." "Get in, get in." "We'II do as you say." "Shut up." "Have you got any money here?" "AII I have is in my purse." "If you're hiding some, you'II dance." "No, I'm not." "A man of faith." "Come on!" "Spirit" "Sing along." "Spirit" "Spirit" "Holy Spirit of God" "Spirit" "Come on." "Holy Spirit of God" "AII together." "Spirit!" "Spirit" "Spirit" "Holy Spirit of God" "Come and take control of my being." "Straight to the bank." "I'm going to the bank." "But I'm worried, for God's sake." "My husband has heart problems." "He may choke back there." "Ma'm, relax, we don't want to hurt nobody." "AII we want is money." "Spirit of the Father, in the name of Lord Jesus." "Now, raise your hands high in the air and claim..." "Spirit!" "Spirit" "Power!" "Spirit" "Holy Spirit of God" "Holy Spirit of God" "Spirit" "claim for Him." "Spirit" "Desire." "Pour on us." "Holy Spirit of God" "Don't stop, go on!" "Ask Him!" "Spirit" "Pour the oil, pour the power... calling on apostle Saint paul." "holy Spirit of God." "Power!" "Spirit" "It's OK, I know where to turn." "I'm parking." "pull over, pull over!" "Easy." "I've got to park." "Stop!" "Stop!" "Come on." "Out." "For God's sake, get my husband out of the trunk." "Easy there, old man." "Spirit" "Spirit" "Get in there." "Easy." "Get my wallet." "Shut up!" "holy Spirit of God." "Spirit." "Spirit." "Spirit." "Thank you, Lord." "May He lead you." "holy Spirit of God." "Ask Him." "Spirit" "Spirit" "You..." "holy Spirit of God." "Father, pour down your cure." "Heal your people, Father." "Make miracles on behalf of Your name, of Jesus." "Take it." "Give me the code." "I'm getting it." "Drop it!" "Drop the gun and lay down on the floor." "On the floor!" "Drop the gun." "Drop the gun!" "Lay down on the floor." "Don't shoot!" "For God's sake!" "For God's sake!" "They're just kids." "He's going to kill me." "No, don't shoot him." "He's not going to kill you." "Don't shoot." "Mariana!" "please." "please, call the priest for me." "Easy, he's coming." "Easy." "Oh, my God." "Mariana?" "Why are you so desperate?" "Father... my brother..." "paulo." "He's in jail." "In jail?" "But why?" "He has been held at FEBEM before." "He thought I had fingered him then." "He hates me." "Did you tell on him?" "No, father." "No, I saved him." "Father." "We live in a very dangerous area." "Drug dealers are giving money to the kids." "paulo quit school." "Get out!" "Leave me alone." "relax, paulo." "She's your sister." "She just wants to help you." "I'm not in the mood to listen to a priest's talk either." "You see?" "It serves no good." "Let's go." "paulo, please." "please." "Come, come." "We'II come back another time." "hold it." "please, I have to go back there." "Father, if you want to, go back." "But I don't answer for it." "These kids are worse than many adults." "My brother is not violent." "I have God with me." "paulo..." "I have a gift for you." "This book has a Iot of stories about courage, about love." "As a matter of fact, there's a story of a man with your name." "Even if you don't want anything to do with me or your sister." "This book will be an excellent company to you, mostly here." "Even so, God bless you." "JERUSALEM" "No!" "Stephen!" "Let go of my brother!" "For the love of Jesus." "Stephen!" "Stephen!" "Stephen, Stephen." "Stephen!" "Stephen!" "I see heaven open." "God is sitting on his throne." "Standing at His right... is Jesus, the son of man." "Jesus!" "Jesus is at the right side of God." "No!" "Don't you think that by killing Stephen you kill God's word." "Listen to what I say to you." "Every stone cast on my brother... will be an open wound in your body." "You haven't met the power of Christ... yet." "Murderer!" "Murderer!" "Murderer!" "Esther, serve on James first, then on John." "Thank you, Esther, I'm not hungry." "I can't forget what they've done to Stephen." "It was barbaric." "I dreamt of him last night, Peter." "Stephen was the first one." "But worse there will be others." "In my dream, he had a calm face." "Our path will be marked by the blood of many martyrs." "It's important to know." "Jesus has chosen our people." "We don't own ourselves anymore." "Our lives belong to Him." "No one can quiet down such a powerful truth." "He's by our side." "For God's sake." "Father!" "You will burn in hell!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom, mom!" "Listen!" "I'm going to make you bleed, and all of you... who insist on such a heresy." "Why won't your messiah come for your rescue?" "Isn't he the son of God?" "Why won't he come to help his loyal followers?" "Jesus is among us." "He can see all." "I don't care if you kill me." "You're all mad." "Ei, kid." "Ei!" "Get your stuff and come along." "God bless you." "Father, I have something to tell you." "I don't understand." "Why is paulo so aggressive, so violent?" "He pushes away everyone who wants to help him." "But with those friends..." "They are all mad, all junkies." "Mariana, watch out what you say." "Don't be so negative." "With faith and courage we'II help save paulo." "Father..." "I wanted you to go back and talk to him again." "would you do this for him?" "For both of us?" "Move over." "What's up, man?" "What's your problem?" "Is there a problem, am I really stinky?" "talk to me!" "What do you want with me?" "I want some loving." "What's going on there?" "What's up?" "paulo." "There's a priest there to talk to you." "What's your deal with this priest?" "What's your thing with him?" "What happened?" "They're teasing me." "Shut your mouth." "Have I asked you anything?" "What happened?" "This one hit the other." "Have you read the bible?" "No." "It was stolen." "Your sister is worried." "She loves you very much." "tell her to forget me." "That snitcher should forget I exist." "paulo..." "I hate that bitch." "Does she want to help me?" "She should die and go to hell." "I don't want to know if she lives or dies." "I hope the one who stole the bible uses it well." "Peace be with you, master GamaIieI." "My beloved saul." "These are the letters you asked." "That's all I need to go to Damascus." "Judas the Damascene has been informed." "But one thing disturbs me, my beloved saul." "How far can the madness of these heretic can lead them?" "To one place only, rabbi." "jerusalem's dungeon." "There's no doubt among us that your activity... at the moment, is God's will." "What I am..." "I am due to divine will." "I'm in favor of one's submission to the Iaw." "And you were the one who taught me to love it." "When your parents appointed me as your tutor..." "I couId never have guessed that such a little boy... would become God's sword." "I'II return from Damascus with many Nazarenes in chains." "And they shall be punished in front of them all." "May this wine and this food lull you into sleep." "Tomorrow we'II have a Iong and dangerous day in Damascus." "We're not frightened, sir." "But we don't know whether God approves." "This is frightening." "Don't you doubt it." "We're not afraid, when we're with you, saul." "On the contrary." "If you feel like it, we can go now." "You've got to understand... our action should be swift and direct." "We can't attract attention from Roman authorities." "This is a war among us, Hebrews." "No one should meddle in." "We should go in, identify the bastards... throw them into a cart and take them in chains to jerusalem." "Let's rest." "Esther." "We need some wine." "What about our brothers?" "How are they?" "Sorrow and terror haunt all over among the followers." "Something that can give us courage is hope in God." "Peter, Peter!" "saul has left to Damascus." "He's going after our brothers there, now." "This man's obsession knows no boundaries." "How much evil is he able to spread around?" "May our Christ stop the sword of this executioner... from descending upon the saints of Damascus." "We're close." "We're close." "Saul, why do you persecute me?" "Who are you?" "I'm Jesus, the Nazarene." "I'm the one you persecute." "Go to Damascus, Saul." "There you will find Ananias." "He will tell you everything that you are to do." "DAMASCUS" "What happened?" "Let's take him inside." "What happened?" "It's saul, sir." "saul." "What's the matter with you, saul?" "It's no good asking him." "What happened?" "A light dazzled us." "We heard a voice." "When the light was gone..." "He seems to have gone mad." "Let's put him to rest in the other room." "Sarah, bring water and cloths." "Come on." "Murderer!" "Murderer!" "For three days, he's been in this wretched condition." "He can't see." "He won't talk to anyone." "Poor man." "He seems to be burning in hell." "I don't want to leave you all by yourself, Saul... but it's Saturday. I've got to go to the synagogue." "Stay." "please." "I'm waiting for a man." "He was sent by the Lord." "His name is Ananias." "I need you to stay here." "I'd Iike to have you here as... a witness of Jesus' hand acting upon me." "A witness?" "Yes, Judas." "A witness that Jesus the Nazarene... is the Christ." "saul..." "I don't recognize you." "To help this kid, father?" "help him how?" "And what for?" "From what I've heard, he doesn't seem to need help." "How come?" "You've just said he's just a kid." "Everybody deserves a second chance." "I'm sorry, father, but I am not as pure and good as you are." "These kids have grown up among criminals." "They're no children anymore, they're just young." "I'm sorry, but I don't agree." "Because he needs attention." "He needs someone to teach him how to be a man... someone to give him a religious education." "He's waiting for you." "Jesus has sent me here, saul, my brother... to free you from your wounds." "earlier your eyes could look, but couldn't see anything." "Now, that the shadows have revealed Lord's light to you... you will be a witness of everything you saw and lived." "Ananias..." "I should be baptized." "Confess that Jesus is the Lord." "I acknowledge..." "I acknowledge Jesus as the son of God... the true messiah and lord of my Iife... which I devote entirely to His service." "On behalf of our Lord Jesus..." "I purify you from your sins." "I baptize you." "As a new creature in Jesus Christ... you will be known as paul." "From now on, my name is paul." "Brothers, you may calm down." "The one beside me is not saul, our executioner." "This man is a creature who was renewed by Jesus' love." "Jesus spoke to him, Jesus gave him a mission." "This is paul... our brother in our faith in Christ." "Lord... you have searched me and you know me." "You know when I sit and when I rise." "You perceive my thoughts from afar." "You discern my going out and my lying down." "You are familiar with all my ways." "Where can I go from your spirit?" "Where can I flee from your presence?" "If I go up to the heavens, you are there." "If I make my bed in the depths, you are there." "If I take dawn's wings to settle in the far side of the sea... even there... your hand will guide me." "Your right hand will hold me fast." "Brothers... this scripture has totally come true in me." "I believed I was loyal to our God's intentions... our forefathers' God, God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob... when I Ieft JerusaIem." "I find myself following another path now." "My brothers in faith." "You are witnesses today of my resurrection." "God has revealed His son in me, the son of Mary... the one in whose hands I lay my Iife upon." "If rage, persistency, blindness, took me to a path... of blood and terror... today I'm free to preach the word and the love... in Jesus, Christ and Messiah." "Don't you think this grace has softened my heart." "No." "It's turned it into something braver, relentless, severe." "It's more probable that all my bones may be broken... than for me to give up one word said on behalf of Him." "Brothers..." "I have a testimony to give." "I believe Jesus the Nazarene was buried... and resurrected on the third day according to the scriptures." "He showed up to witnesses, many of them still alive." "Mary MagdaIen, the first one." "Peter..." "James, John, and other apostles... that the Lord has chosen to sew His word." "They all saw Him." "He showed himself to me too." "Me... the abortive." "Because I'm the least important of the apostles." "I'm not worthy of being called apostle..." "for I persecuted Lord's church." "saul!" "You've betrayed our fathers' God." "You've become a heretic, demon!" "A curse!" "A blasphemous!" "Your blood should run!" "You'II pay for it." "paul, we've got to leave." "This situation is unbearable." "I'm fine." "We shouldn't worry about their despair." "We know of a plan to kill you." "And so I'd lay down sooner at the Lord's feet." "paul, we all know your courage, your faith." "My friend... don't you worry." "I'm going to Jerusalem." "News from Ananias leave no doubts." "He's a serious man, a saint." "He wouldn't say anything that he wasn't sure of." "Do you really believe saul's conversion is a deed of God?" "There's no doubt, Peter." "I believe it." "Jesus has come to Ananias." "If the Lord has chosen the fiercest of our enemies... we have evidence here of His will, His power." "What happened, man?" "Esther, bring him some water." "Don't you bother, Esther." "It's the news on saul's conversion." "I can't believe it." "Why, James?" "A man who has persecuted our brothers can't be one of us." "Jesus showed up to Ananias." "If information from Ananias are fake, nothing changes." "But, if it was Lord's deed, no one can go against it." "We have to listen to him, James." "Peter, this man is soaked in the blood of our brothers." "I want to listen to him." "That's what I fear." "That he may be welcome by such an unarmed soul." "saul from Tarsus?" "Thief!" "Thief!" "How are you, my friend?" "I'm according to the service to the good Lord." "Is this tent you're making the dwelling of the Lord?" "The Lord has many dwellings." "This will be one more." "But it will depend on the one under it." "actually, Lord's dwelling is inside each one of us." "It's a good job to do tents on this land." "One can live from it." "If you don't work, you don't deserve the bread you eat." "I know you." "I'm from the legion that knows you without you knowing me." "Aren't you saul, disciple of GamaIieI?" "No..." "You don't know me." "My name's paul, apostle of Lord Jesus." "I knew it." "I just wanted to hear it from you, your testimony." "I'm Barnabas." "Peter, James and the apostles' brother." "I've been looking for you." "I need Peter to take me in, Barnabas." "I know the pillars are afraid of taking me in." "They must have their reasons," "But I need to be with them." "Jesus came to me, spoke to me and gave me a mission." "I need Peter, James and John to take me in." "We've had news on what happened on the way to Damascus." "Though hard to believe, I am to take you to Peter's." "In the name of Jesus, the pillars will take you in!" "I'm sorry if we seem a little uneasy." "I know you as saul, and my memories are not so good." "I know." "These memories torment me too." "I pray to God... the news from Ananias is true." "paul, we're really glad you're here with us." "tell us about your meeting with the Lord." "It was the most extraordinary experience that happened to me." "Today, I'm a new man." "I must confess that being here is the second greatest emotion." "You met Him, you saw Him resurrected." "It was Him who called me." "But it's you who are taking me in the church of jerusalem." "Now, this church is yours too." "I didn't come to talk about me." "I came to tell you what I saw in Damascus." "My brothers, there are many, many conversions... men, women, people from all over." "I've never seen anything like it... the beauty in the transformation of Iife as operated by Jesus." "One thing bothers me." "It worries me and I believe it must worry all of us." "It's said that in Damascus... you've dedicated yourself to preaching not our people... but the gentiles too." "Is that true?" "Yes, James." "It is true." "Is there a problem in taking His words to anybody on Earth?" "No." "It's our mission." "But it's necessary the converted, if they're nor our blood..." "live, from then on, the Jewish practice and commandments." "You know that!" "I know the Lord has ordered me to preach all... that haven't lived to His grace." "But with what authority?" "Who told you this had to be done like this?" "It was the Lord who chose me." "It was the Lord who gave me this mission." "The mission of preaching His words, yes... among God-fearing ones, and those who respect our traditions." "The Lord makes no distinction amid men." "We're all very happy with paul's presence here... and for having him joined us on the Way." "paul, my brother..." "I believe you'II be staying with us from now on... here in jerusalem." "I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy you company." "My path is beyond JerusaIem's boundaries." "Lord's flock has many and good shepherds." "My mission is to go after the other sheep." "paul, if the Lord has chosen you, He must know what he's doing." "You must go to Antioch." "Barnabas will go with you." "He'II know how to make you company." "Barnabas is a very special brother." "He abandoned everything to live the Lord's words." "Barnabas." "I'm ready, sir." "A piece of this pork for me and for my brother." "But this meat is impure, paul." "We can't, I can't eat it." "Jesus freed us from the Iaw's judgement for us to be free." "Everything can be said about you... but that you aren't a brave man." "ANTIOCH" "Are you coming from jerusalem?" "For many days." "Do you know Peter?" "The soul fisherman?" "So, you are paul and Barnabas, aren't you?" "What's left of them." "I'm so glad to have met you!" "We've had news from the church of jerusalem." "We were afraid that something bad might have happened to you." "We're fine." "Your name?" "Teodora" "shall we go?" "I'm anxious to meet the Antioch's brothers." "You must know something first." "Things are dangerous around here." "Antioch is raging with intolerance." "Don't worry!" "I'II take you to your brothers' house." "Teodora..." "I bring some marks on my body." "But they don't hurt at all." "The ones I bring in my soul need healing." "I haven't come for the sane, I've come for the sick." "I prefer to go straight to the synagogue." "Let's go then!" "Let's go!" "More than ever... we have to be aware of our law's traitors' presence." "If anyone here believes... our worst enemy is dressed as a Roman soldier... you're wrong." "Today this demon wears Jewish clothes... and it has a snake instead of a tongue." "We have to keep our eyes open... and be ruthless... with those who betrayed our fathers." "My brother..." "I've just arrived at Antioch." "With my brother Barnabas." "And as a Jew we're here in this synagogue to share with you... the nice things we have in our soul and heart." "Aren't you saul, the traitor?" "I'm paul, disciple of the Jesus Lord, the Christ, the Messias." "Infamous!" "Scum!" "You deserve death, heretical." "Let paul speak!" "Shut up, woman!" "calm down!" "calm down!" "We haven't come to bring hatred, listen to paul." "I've brought a word of grace, tolerance... a word that has no owner on Earth, no boss." "If God turns no man down, who can have this power?" "If God has sent us His son... and He is among us, who can distinguish?" "This is God's greatest plan, to have faith in His son." "If this is His greatest plan, what law is against it?" "Who should I thank for saving my life?" "I've brought you some water." "I'm Tito." "Instead of thanking me, tell me about this God of yours, Jesus... whose name is life threatening!" "Sure!" "talking about Him has become my purpose, my Iife." "We better eat first." "We can talk while we eat." "Even better." "paul, the ones who assaulted you in the synagogue..." "they are Jew like, right?" "Yes, they are." "And they hate you because they hate Jesus?" "No, that's not the only reason they hate me." "I was one of them, Tito." "But I was converted after my meeting with the Lord." "Now they cal me traitor." "But they are not the only ones." "So, why do they all hate you?" "Not all of them." "Not all Jews hate me." "only the ones that intolerance has taken over." "But I haven't come to please all." "Those you saw at the synagogue can't stand me... because I was an example of all that was opposed to Jesus' path." "Are there others?" "There's no hate in the others." "actually, for them... it's inadmissible for me to convert someone who's not Jew... and this brother may not be servile to the Hebrew law." "James thinks like this." "James is a saint, our brother." "You may think differently." "I'II get some food." "But for these Jews, what should I do, apart from celebrating Jesus?" "I'd start by not eating pork or any other impure meat." "I wouldn't work on Saturdays and I should fast, in respect to God." "You'd have to go to the synagogue and learn new psalms... and say our prayers." "And that's all?" "No." "There's something else." "You'd have to be circumcised." "tell Tito, Barnabas, what it is to be circumcised." "What's this, Barnabas?" "Never!" "You'II never see a Greek accepting something like that!" "See, Barnabas... the mistake is to impose to all what belongs to our people?" "You're right, my brother." "Law can't be an unbearable burden restraining a man from walking." "AII you need to accept Jesus is to open your heart." "Teodora, us, normal people that feel hunger." "Let's attack this food." "I'II pour the wine." "paul!" "paul!" "This is Isaac, a messenger from jerusalem." "May the peace be with you." "Brothers from there are welcome." "How are our brothers?" "I don't bring good news." "Peter is asking for help." "There's no food in jerusalem." "My brother, tell us what goes on in the holy City." "It's the worst famine ever seen." "The elderly faint on the streets." "children find no more milk in their mother's breasts." "Peter has asked us to pray for them." "We'II pray day and night for our brothers from jerusalem." "It's time for us to leave, brothers." "We'II go to other cities to preach and we can collect money... for our saints from jerusalem." "Tito, you'II be responsible for collecting the donations." "When we come back, we'II take our brothers' salvation." "When are we leaving?" "Right now!" "Teodora, you heard the messenger." "I should leave." "I'm going with you." "No." "You'II be more useful here." "collect all the money you can and keep our flock together." "paul, I need to tell you about the feelings I hold in my heart." "please, don't say anything that can drive us apart." "No, they are wonderful things." "Things that bring us together." "Love in our mission can bring us together." "Teodora, I've made an option." "An option of walking alone." "My life is not mine and I can't share something I don't have." "Stay, help to build our work, we'II always be together." "Don't cry." "Don't cry." "If Jesus has united us like this, it's how we should go on." "Arrest this filthy fisherman." "No, not Peter." "Let Peter go, you thieves, you are thieves!" "Peter!" "Peter!" "Peter!" "Esther." "How are you?" "I'm fine." "I came as soon as I heard." "I'm sure he's not alone." "Herod is a criminal." "A man thirsty for our blood." "But why Peter?" "He knows Peter is our leader." "He knows everybody loves him... and that his work goes beyond JerusaIem's boundaries..." "He could take me, John." "Not Peter, Peter is the most sensible, our conciIiator." "James." "Peter is a simple man, a GaIiIee fisherman, an illiterate... even so he can, with his words... convert many Jews to the Nazarene's path." "This must make Herod crazy." "That's not all, Esther." "Peter is paying for what's been happening outside palestine." "Law disobedience, the admission of anyone in our sect... without him being circumcised." "This situation can't go on." "It's madness." "This has created a mess and, of course... has called the attention of Herod." "If the gentiles want to follow the path, great." "But they must convert to our laws first." "Come in." "Sit down." "The priest has already come to talk to me." "Did he tell you?" "Yes, he did." "That's it." "So." "He said that if he had a tutor..." "You don't have parents, do you?" "Look." "It has to be a direct relative and to be over 21 ." "Then I'II apply to the judge." "That's the best I can do." "And this relative?" "Does he really exist?" "We have a grandfather." "He's kind of old, but..." "How old?" "Eighty something." "child, the judge won't believe that a man that old... is going to control a relapsing such as your brother." "girl." "Mariana?" "Your name is Mariana, right?" "Yes." "Pay attention." "Your grandfather alone won't get your brother out." "But if there is a commitment from somebody else's..." "It doesn't have to be a relative, but a recognized capable person." "Someone... respected by the community, then..." "The priest!" "I can talk to him!" "!" "Yes, I was thinking of him." "Now, it's not going to be easy." "It's too much responsibility for him." "He might turn it down." "It's not just your brother who needs help here." "And there are others boys who deserve much more than him." "I'II talk to him." "He's going to help us, I'm sure." "When am I leaving here?" "I don't know." "When are you going to welcome and forgive your sister?" "I don't know." "Father... what's "gentile"?" "Those who are not Jews." "You have no idea how happy I am to be able to talk to you." "GREECE" "I'II miss Antioch, Teodora." "Despite the drubbing, we were happy there." "The drubbing is leading my feet on this walk." "I'd give anything for a horse." "As if you weren't used to stones and wind." "It's like your land." "Not me." "I Iike to walk, to feel free." "But we could be free on top of a donkey, right, Barnabas?" "That's true." "Not for me." "To have nothing, to walk... to sleep exhausted." "AII this gives me strength and calms me." "I've never thought a small piece of meat could be so good." "would you Iike some, paul?" "No, thanks." "Give it to Tito." "Eat it, my friend." "I prefer to dampen my body with what's left of this wine." "You couldn't imagine it wouId be so hard, right?" "But it's the path of grace." "When I sold all I had to join the people of Christ... many called me crazy." "What enemies of Jesus do to us... is the proof we are right." "The only problem is to convince the body." "Tomorrow your body is going to miss today's pains, my dear." "God, these people are so deluded." "They don't know the Messiah." "Mister, money, money for a crippled." "I have no money, my brother." "But I have faith." "Faith?" "I'm sick of faith." "This doesn't make me walk." "I've been like this since I was born." "It's because you haven't been praying to the right God." "And what God is this?" "I've prayed to all of them." "Jesus Christ." "The one for whom all was created." "would you Iike to meet Him?" "Jesus?" "I do." "Stand up!" "Stand up!" "Have faith... stand up." "Stand up, my brother." "Stand up." "I'm standing!" "I'm standing!" "I'm walking!" "I'm walking!" "miracle!" "A miracle!" "I'm not God, can't you see that?" "I'm not God, I'm a man like you... made of flesh, sins, and defects." "Why do you insist on remaining in this darkness?" "I didn't work on this man!" "It was Jesus, the true Messiah." "You are going to meet Jesus... you are going to meet Him!" "paul, we have to find something to eat!" "I saw a shelter by the square." "You go." "I need to rest." "paul, you have to eat." "You can't neglect your body so much." "It's unbearable!" "Come on, my friend, I'II help you walk." "Go... and bring me something." "I need to be alone." "I'II pray a little." "And, Tito... bring me half the wine you manage to drink." "Let's go, Tito." "Heretic." "God charges those who disrespect." "And you won't take long to pay for your share." "Stand up." "Come with me." "The Lord has sent me to free you." "Thank you, Lord." "Thank you." "My God, Tito." "Tito!" "paul!" "We have to leave this city, Tito." "Come on, paul." "My dear brothers... we've prayed so much for you." "The Lord answered our prayers." "An angel... the Lord has given me the grace of an angel." "But I've called you because I've made a decision." "I'II be away from jerusalem for a while." "Esther is coming with me." "We imagine how difficult this decision must have been." "It was necessary." "Herod will come after me." "It seems he's full of hatred." "Go, Peter." "Our church needs you alive." "Herod killed all the soldiers that guarded you." "He's been feeling discredited." "Esther!" "I'm happy to see you." "God bless everybody." "Peter, we shouldn't take long, our house is surrounded." "Hurry!" "May God follow you." "We'II come back." "When we can." "We don't need so many martyrs, nor that one of them be Peter." "Take it, Peter." "Thanks." "Brothers, I've been with James... our saint who runs the mother church, in jerusalem." "He's the one who sent me to you." "I've been to many cities taking His words." "Many things have happened, many are the conversions... and this is one more miracle from our Lord." "But we must be careful." "We owe obedience and love to the Jew commandments." "Have in mind, brothers, the certainty... to reach Christ's salvation... it's necessary we all are, with no exception, circumcised... and we are under the servitude of Moses' laws." "Aaron." "paul?" "What do you sustain your certainty on?" "Don't tell me it's on Christ, that's not what he revealed me." "Let me tell you some things." "As there couldn't be more appropriate time... than this, when all the assembly is together." "In a church which is knowing you now... but knows me so well." "Before this faith came... we were prisoners of the Iaw, locked up until it was revealed." "And the Iaw was put in charge of leading us to Christ... so that we might be justified by faith." "Now that faith has come... we are no Ionger under the supervision of the Iaw." "AII of us, Iike me, Barnabas... you, Aaron... and the brothers who came with you from Judea... are all united by our faith in Jesus." "AII of us who were baptized in Christ, dress like Christ." "This way there is no more man or woman or Greek... slave or free." "And if this isn't clear for our brother, James... we should go to jerusalem... and reveal what Christ has done through us." "You are coming with us this time." "I missed hearing your words." "It's Christ who speaks through my mouth." "I know." "Gather everything you've collected." "We're going to Peter's church." "JERUSALEM" "paul, paul!" "Do you know what can happen here today?" "Yes." "To confront James in jerusalem's church." "Doesn't it worry you?" "What worries me, Barnabas, is a world without God." "Barnabas. we walked together, suffered together... and are witnesses of Christ's power, what else to fear?" "I'm not referring to fear." "But this affliction in my heart." "We should be together, paul." "James is a chosen one." "I Iove James, but I belong, Iike you, to God." "Let's open the doors of your church, my friend." "Open." "I don't have a choice." "Are you a Hebrew, James?" "Me too." "IsraeIite?" "Me too." "Descendant of Abraham?" "Me too." "Minister of Christ?" "If you accuse me of being unreasonable, as one I'II say..." "I'm much more!" "Much more for the fatigue... much more for aggressions, thousand times more for beatings." "Many times I found myself risking death." "I was whipped." "I was stoned." "I made several journeys." "I suffered the perils of the rivers... perils on the part of thieves." "I ran risks with my brothers of blood... on the part of false brothers." "I ran risks on the part of gentiles... risks in the cities and in the desert." "Fatigue, hardship, countless watches... cold and nakedness... hunger and thirst." "It should be clear, James... if I'm building what I have destroyed... yes, I'm a transgressor." "In fact, according to the Iaw..." "I'm dead for the Iaw." "I'm dead for the Iaw to live for God." "I was crucified with Christ." "I Iive... but I'm no Ionger me." "Jesus lives in me." "My life... in the flesh..." "I Iive for the love to the son of God... for the faith in the son of God who loved me... and gave himself for me." "I don't cancel the divine grace... because if justice comes through law, Jesus died in vain." "Listen, brothers... the tongue, though a little piece of the body... prides itself of great deeds." "Look how a small flame sets fire to a huge forest." "But tongue is fire too." "In fact, all kinds of beasts... of birds, reptiles, sea animals... is tamed and has been tamed by man." "But the tongue... no one can tame it." "It's an uneasy evil... and it's full of lethal poison." "With it we praise the Lord, our father... and with it we curse the men... who were made similar to God." "So, from the same mouth... praise and curse come." "I tell you, paul, you have faith, I have deeds." "Show me your faith without deeds..." "I'II show you faith through my deeds." "Do you believe there's only one God?" "Great." "But remember that demons believe too... but they tremble." "Do you want evidence that faith without deed is vain?" "Wasn't it through deeds that our father Abraham... was justified when he offered his son, Isaac, on an altar?" "You see, faith was totally fulfilled." "And the scriptures were fulfilled, where it says..." "Abraham believed in God and this was considered fair." "And he was called a friend of God." "You see, paul... man is justified by deeds, not only by faith." "I can talk to you on deeds, James." "And should the tongue be such a serpent, as you say... instead of talking, I'II show you deeds." "paul's daring knows no limits." "This man is a deed." "This brave man, who by my side and Barnabas... walked through roads, mountains, deserts." "This man who with us took the Word of Christ... who suffered with me aggressions and offenses... and ran risks, James, on account of one crime: to love God." "This man wasn't and won't be circumcised." "Brother Tito... give to James, our leader in the church of jerusalem... your work and your faith's fruit... on behalf of our Lord, Jesus Christ." "Brothers... beloved." "I've followed these discussions in deepest silence... pondering in my heart... every spoken word... every presented argument." "It's now necessary... to disarm our spirits... and listen to the One who the church was built on." "Without Him it wouId be built on sand... with Him it was built on rock." "Brothers... my heart is full of joy... for being with you again." "I see..." "Jesus calls upon me... to reconcile the sheep, to herd them." "Everyone knows God has elected me, of you all... so the gentiles could hear the gospel from my mouth... and believe it." "And God... who knows the hearts... gave them testimonies, gave them the holy Spirit... as He gave it to us." "He makes no distinction... among them and us." "It's necessary... to soften up the hearts... and also, paul, to respect some commandments from our tradition." "Hours and hours speaking... must make you avid to give another use to your mouth!" "You are right, Esther!" "But first, we'd Iike some drinks to celebrate this moment!" "This nice roast shouIdn't be put before James but before paul... to avoid further discussions." "I wanted to bring you to my house, after all debates... so we all could have the chance to know ourselves deeply... to know ourselves in Christ's love." "I don't want any grief or grudges left among brothers." "paul, there's someone here to see you." "paul, we have a surprise for you!" "I know you remember me, paul." "Macaria!" "Of course I remember." "How could I forget Stephen?" "In my soul... this is the biggest affliction." "My brother's with you, paul." "I feel it, I know." "Look!" "My brother's next to you... blessing and approving every step you take." "Paul!" "paul, paul, couldn't we go sIowIier?" "We'II have plenty of time to rest next to God." "Get used to it, Teodora." "This man is mad!" "So much compassion with men and none with our feet!" "I'm not tired." "OK, Tito, we're lost." "She's already contaminated." "You'II be remembered for many, many centuries!" "Faster." "Let's write more!" "You liked the story, right?" "Yes, I did!" "paul, I have good news." "Your sister is getting you out." "Father, I wanted to ask you something." "I know." "Wait." "I Iove you very, very much." "Very much." "This place is wonderful." "This is where the story you read took place." "I never imagined it could be so wonderful." "This place unites Christians, Jews, and Muslims." "I hope intolerance doesn't bring this beauty to an end." "And everyone may live in peace with their differences." "The deal was for you to spend some time away... so drug dealers forgot about you." "Thank you father!" "We'II never forget what you did for us." "No need to thank." "This is my mission!" "But I'm still going back to FEBEM !" "paul, your time is up!" "I'm coming." "paul!" "What's a "gentile"?" "Love is patient, love is kind." "It's not envious, arrogant, proud." "It's never rude or self-seeking." "It doesn't get angry, nor holds a grudge in the heart." "It hates injustice, it likes the truth... it forgives all, it believes all... it waits for all and bears all."