"And so, divine Caesar, the governor of Palestine has disregarded the holy tradition of the Jews." "He has taken the temple tax from them and used it to satisfy his boundless ambition." "He wanted to build himself a monument there already during his lifetime." "In addition, he has behaved like a tyrant, hate the Jewish people and bullied them, and has let the people experience his hatred, who were at the mercy of his injustice." "And finally, divine Caesar, in the valley of Mount Gerizim he has massacred a large number of unarmed slaves, who had dared to oppose his tyranny." "Now, Pilate did you hear which one accused you?" "I am very sorry that after all the misfortune in Palestine you now also have to justify yourself at home, before the Senate of Rome." "And instead of old Tiberius, your protector, you find a new judge before you, me, Gaius, the Emperor Caligula." "The goddess of fortune is clearly not always by your side, Pontius Pilate." "You wrote this here, that is an insult to the majesty of Caesar!" "With this you condemned a criminal from Galilee and at the same time recognized him as king of the Jews!" "Did you forget that Caesar himself is the king of the Jews?" "Pontius Pilate, the senate is gathered here to hear your defense." "We wait for your words." "Speak!" "Defend yourself!" "Well, don't you speak?" "Are you short of courage or short of words?" "Have we lost the brave soldier of Germanicus?" "Or have we lost the brilliant speaker of the Forum, at whose words all grew silent in admiration?" "The Senate of Rome is waiting for you to answer." "Pontius Pilate, I command you to talk!" "His silence is an insult to the divine Caesar!" "Caesar has been patient enough." "Divine Caesar, proclaim your verdict." "Are you aware, Pontius Pilate, that you have abused the power, which the Senate and the People of Rome have given you?" "For the very last time, Pontius Pilate, I challenge you to defend yourself." "Speak, finally!" "It is a black day, when our High Council bows before a heathen." "You can hate a man, even if you're smiling at him." "With the arrival of the last governor of the sky was overcast." "What will be the fate of Pilate, since today is such a beautiful day?" "The sky here in Israel is very fickle, a sudden storm can erupt at any time." "The only cloud that Pilate and his heathens have to fear, is that which separates them all from the throne of God." "He won't drive away that could either." "In all these hostile faces here, it is a real blessing, to see a pair of beautiful eyes." "This is Sarah, the daughter of Aronne Ec Mezir," "The richest merchant of the East." "On behalf of my people, I, Caiaphas, the guardian of the laws of Moses, welcome you, Pilate, the Roman governor, in Palestine with us." "We hope for a wise administration, respect for our faith from you, and that you may bring to our people peace and prosperity." "We know that you enjoy the highest reputation with the Emperor Tiberius." "The High Council only wishes that your government proves here, that you rightly deserve this respect." "It is my sincerest wish that your stay here, will always be well thought of." "Thank you, Caiaphas." "In the name of Rome and my Emperor, I promise you, that I will govern justly." "Who is that?" " That's Barabbas!" "Follow him!" "Daniel!" "Daniel!" "Wait here!" "Daniel!" "Daniel!" "Don't worry about me." "Flee while you can." "Stop!" "Don't take him away!" "On!" "No, Galba!" "You can have no pity with these!" "I come to build, not to destroy!" "You lose a lot of blood." "I had expected no demonstrations of joy on my arrival, but neither that my soldiers would be killed before my eyes." "You here?" "What do you want?" "Do you want to betray us?" "Why do you come here?" "Don't you know yet?" "The assassination attempt failed." "And Barabbas?" "He's probably already back in the mountains." "They've all fled, except for Daniel." "He's lying on Isaac's roof, and he's seriously wounded." "We absolutely must save him immediately." "Here!" "Drink." "Drink." "We will take care of him." "Did anybody see you?" "No, no." "But the streets are being searched by Roman soldiers." "Accompany him." "Woe to us, if they find him here." "But didn't you say, when you are in danger, then come to me!" "Now it is wiser when you go." "But Daniel up there, he's bleeding to death, he will die!" "Do not worry about Daniel!" "Daniel fights for the freedom of Israel's people!" "You promised to protect us!" "Can you deny that?" "Well, Gionata, have I not kept my promise?" "And what's even more important, aren't you also under the protection of the High Council?" "Of the High Council?" "Go now." "No!" "Wait." "This will help you further." "Money opens all doors." "And now go with God." "And remember, when I am discovered, then no-one can help you and your friends anymore, you must not forget that." "Not even the high council." "The road is empty!" "Go now!" "Stop him!" "Don't let him escape!" "And if he talks?" "The Romans know how to get people to talk." "His confession alone is not enough." "Besides he will not speak, he has courage and is fighting for an ideal." "Yes, but what about the other boy who lies wounded on the roof?" "He dies for the same ideal." "Pilate, the Quaestors and the representatives of the people in the High Council request an audience." "First, the Quaestors." "The wound will heal in a few days." "Would you let me do, then I could have arrested Barabbas." "Galba, you're a magnificent soldier, but a lousy politician." "Here, drink this." "The Quaestors of Galilee, Samaria and Judea." "How is your wound, Pilate?" "Is it better?" "This is my first award in Palestine." "As stewards of the provinces it will be easy for you to understand me." "Emperor Tiberius in no way concealed from me his concerns about the situation in Palestine." "And today I've had to ascertain personally how difficult it must be, to govern these people." "Or maybe I'm wrong?" "What disturbs the peace in your province?" "Barabbas, governor." "He steals, plunders, and attacks caravans." "And today he has tried to kill you." "And why do not you arrest him?" "You've experienced it yourself." "It was, as if he had disappeared from the earth." "I want an answer, Galba." "Every time that we are close on his heels, he is hidden and protected by someone." "Today's attack was not the work of a street robber." "Someone has paid him." "I will find that person, and when I have him, there is no mercy for him." "I will relentlessly punish anyone to defy me and the power of Rome, whoever it might be." "And how is it in your province?" "In Galilee it is quiet." "King Herod finds more pleasure in attending to his young bride than to high politics." "Less dangerous and much more amusing." "The only thing that somewhat worries him is a new prophet, a Nazarene, who goes about the country to preach." "The poor worship him very much." "If Herod feels threatened by him, then why does he let him preach?" "Out of superstition." "Since he had John the Baptist killed, he has had nothing but bad luck." "Then I can understand him." "Here is my report on Samaria." "Oh, I almost forgot." "Samaria is one of the poorest provinces." "Yes, and the situation is still worsened by the lack of water." "The High Council refuses to pay for for the construction of an aqueduct." "They refuse?" "With all the wealth that the High Council possesses?" "Decius, send in the representative of the High Council." "Right now." "Don't talk too hard to them, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea have the reputation to be loyal friends of Rome." "Are you not also members of the High Council?" "Yes, governor, but Joseph and I are essentially nothing more than modest representatives of the jewish people." "If you truly have the interests of your people at heart, then we have the same goal." "But since you refuse to support the construction of the aqueduct, I must conclude that your religion rejects water." "We cannot build the aqueduct at our expense, Pilate." "It would only be for the good of your people." "My people can see the aqueduct only as a work of military importance." "Let Rome decide this." "Governor, all of us respect the authority of Rome, but try to understand us." "The High Council's position is based on an ancient law." "The temple tax, which is paid by the people, has always served only the glory of God and not the needs of the population." "Galba!" "Members of the High Council." "My first command in Palestine is:" "Construction of the aqueduct is to be started immediately and an appropriate duty will be imposed on the population." "But governor." "Quaestors!" "It was pleasure to see you." "Nicodemus, the barren soil will be changed into fertile farmland by the aqueduct." "But the people are already squeezed to the last." "The people firmly believe that they will poison themselves, if they touch Roman money." "And the usurers make good use of this superstition by chaging their money, and giving them only half the value!" "Half?" "Who controls this corruption?" "The richest merchant of Palestine, Aronne Ec Mezir." "The High Council tolerates such fraud?" "Aronne is a very powerful man." "The Hebrew people must finally know that they are under the protection of the Roman laws." "This man has to be put a stop to." "But you have no evidence against him." "Why do you want to set the High Council, the most feared power in Palestine, against you?" "Nicodemus, perhaps others have to fear this power, but eternal Rome is afraid of no-one." "There is no place here for scammers and parasites." "Arrest Aronne Ec Mezir." "Open the door!" "Go on." "Open the door!" "You must open!" "Where is your master?" "Call your master!" "But I..." " You shall fetch him!" "By what right do you dare to give commans in my house?" "I have to arrest your father, on the orders of the governor Pontius Pilate." "My father is not here, he's gone back to Jerusalem." "Search the entire house!" "We will soon know whether you're telling the truth." "You have no right to enter here, and I want to know what he is accused of!" "The governor himself will tell him that." "You don't get to decide alone here in Palestine!" "Go to the High Council and report this attack!" "No one leaves the house without my permission!" "This is my house, I give the orders here!" "You're coming with us!" "I won't take any orders from the oppressors of our people!" "Take care that you do not get yourself into trouble!" "You heathen, I curse you!" "I curse all of you, your Emperor and Rome!" "I spit on the Emperor and on Rome." "You're under arrest!" "You will pay for the insult." "The house is empty." "Where is your father?" "He is in Jerusalem, why don't you seek him there?" "Take her away!" "Sarah." "Sarah was truly very brave." "I told you so, all the people speak only of her arrest." "What kind of a father is it, who allows, his daughter to go to prison for him?" "They say he hid himself in Jerusalem." "Did you hear, Barabbas?" "What does the High Council say about this?" "They do nothing, despite all the gold that they've received from Aronne." "The High Council?" "The High Council only thinks of itself, and they'll let us down just as well, when we're no longer useful for them." "They've given us these weapons, so that we make life difficult for the Romans, but with the same weapons we can also make life difficult for them, if they no longer do, what we think is right." "Come Ester!" "Look there!" "What are you bringing me now?" "This is for me." "This is a shepherd shirt, but you please me more without it." "You can keep that." "Daniel, are you still alive?" "We had already given up on you." "Daniel, we believed that you were dead." "I fled." "Fled?" "Who gave you that?" "He." "Who is he?" "He has come to spy on us." "Do you have sold yourself to the Romans?" "No, no, I was on the run, and on the road to Emmaus" "I met a man." "He looked at me." "How did he look at you?" "He looked at me strangely, I can't explain it to you." "His manner of speech was also very strange." "He dressed my wounds and said:" "These wounds do not lead you to death, but they lead you to the glory of God." "To whose glory?" "Daniel, tell me, who was that?" "It was Jesus of Nazareth." "Ah!" "More lies again!" "What else did he say?" "Come on, tell us!" "He also said:" "And for my sake you will suffer persecution, but the kingdom of heaven will be yours for it." "This barn owl!" "He speaks like the crazy on the road to Naim!" "Daniel!" "Daniel!" "Have you heard from Gionata?" "Where is he?" "Is he still alive?" "Please tell me." "They threw him in jail." "In which one?" "In the prison of Cesarea." "He will fight with the other prisoners in the crocodile lake, on Tiberius' birthday." "Oh, no!" "That's too gruesome a death." "No, Jessica, no." "Daniel, Daniel, he must not die!" "I have to save him!" "He must not die." "Gionata!" "Gionata!" "Jessica!" "How did you get here?" "I had to see you." "How can they force you, to kill each other?" "You cannot die." "Long live Pilate!" "Do you want to bet me, Decius?" "Certainly. 100 sesterces on the Reds." "They are the fittest." "You throwing away your money." "150 on the Greens." "Come!" "We must win!" "They fight like lions." "Who wins, is free." "Wasn't I not right?" "Look, the Reds lose." "Don't you see that the Yellows are the fittest?" "Gionata has triumphed, he'll be freed." "A Special Representative of Tiberius has arrived from Rome." "Welcome, Lucelius." "Salve, Pilate." "This is from Tiberius." "Thank you." "Let's drink to the happiness of the Emperor." "Wine from Palestine." " Very good." "Inform the Emperor, that the Aqueduct will be completed even this year." "You have the full support of the Emperor." "Carry on, in Rome your reputation is growing day by day." "What news from my wife?" "Have you seen her?" "I saw Claudia in Cumer." "The Emperor considered her almost like his own daughter." "Come on, the guests are waiting." "Citizens of Cesarea." "The joy with which you celebrate the birthday of Emperor Tiberius, proves to me that the people of Palestine do not feel repressed, but rather feel protected by Rome." "I have kept the promise I gave you on my arrival, the aqueduct is under construction and you will benefit from it soon." "I've never seen the people of Cesarea so excited." "The people feel it exactly if someone does something for their wellbeing." "Provided that everything you do does not contradict their faith." "I respect their faith." "Do you have news about Aronne Ec Mezir?" "They say he was hiding in Jerusalem." "His cowardice is much larger than the love for his daughter." "Tell my wife, that she and the children are the only thing I'm missing here." "I will be traveling to Cumer and deliver it to them." "Thank you." "What is it?" " A prisoner has escaped!" "He went down there!" "What are you waiting for?" "Come on, pursue him!" "Oh, the daughter of Aronne Ec Mezir." "Do you love revenge more than freedom?" "I will feel free, when I have avenged myself." "Do not forget that your father is to blame for your captivity." "I think it would be much fairer, if you would turn against the cowardice of your father." "You lie!" "My father, a coward?" "He will one day take a terrible revenge on you!" "Oh, I'm already afraid of your father." "Here." "Do you want to try again?" "I hate you!" "You mustn't hate me just because I do my duty." "And do not kneel down before me." "You should just ry to understand me." "And if they ask you, what kind of man Pontius Pilate is, then answer, that he is a good and sensible man." "Go, come here!" "Which one of you guarded this woman?" "I, governor." "Did you leave your post?" "They called me." "To go Where?" "You two, arrested him and take him to the cell, where the woman was." "And now that your cell is occupied, I cannot possibly send you back there." "You will let me go?" "Yes, on condition that you do not leave the palace." "Give her to Galba, he is to take care of her." "Pilate." "Go with them, before I change my mind." "Can you tell me how long it took Gaius Vitellius to build his aqueduct in Syria?" "Three years, governor." "That is too much." "We will do it in less time." "I wish that the slaves get enough to eat and drink." "Yes, governor, I will immediately do what is necessary." "Sarah, how pretty you look." "I am glad that you came." "Could I be disobedient?" "Now I understand why you're so happy." "I am satisfied, that's true." "I long for the day when in the the clear water from the mountains flows on these arcs." "And when this day has come, your people will chisel my name in stone." "For what you have done, my people will be very grateful to you." "Your Romans busy yourselves with art, philosophy, and even power." "We only live for god." "Our thoughts begin and end with our God." "Only the name of God deserves to be chiseled for eternity." "What strange ideas you jews have." "You have no taste for progress, because you're the prisoners of your faith." "You can not understand, my people love and praises this chain." "And I will adopt a regulation:" "No more chains in Palestine." "Not only chains make us slaves." "Listen." "Do you hear how sad their song is?" "What are they singing?" "Ancient stories." "Syria, Babylon, and Egypt, they've all defeated us and made slaves, but today they are gone." "We on the other hand are still there, and we will be there for all eternity." "I am happy to be able to report that work on the aqueduct is proceeding on course." " Nicodemus!" "I hope you bring good news." "Pilate, the Council members have discussed your proposal." "Unfortunately, I have to tell you the majority of the High Council is against the construction of the aqueduct." "Is that supposed to be a challenge?" "I will not allow the work to be interrupted." "So do you want a new tax?" "No." "My soldiers will stop the caravans that take the temple taxes to the temple." "You can't do that, Pilate!" "I'll have to confiscate half of the temple tax." "That would be sacrilege!" "It is not a sacrilege for us, when we can also use the people's money for the benefit of the people." "Call Galba!" "Pilate, I beseech thee, consider it." "Nicodemus, I hope that you still remain my friend." "But my decision is made." "Governor, your wife has just arrived from Rome!" "Father." "Markus, you're a real man already!" "Of course!" "I can even shoot arrows." "Fine." "If we need reinforcements, then we come and get you." "Well done, Markus!" "Ah, my girl." "Father." "Isn't she pretty?" "Decius, bring them to their rooms." "Gladly, what an honour." "Now, how was your first voyage?" "Tell me about it." "There was a bad storm, and the captain said..." "A storm?" "You have to tell me all about it when I get back." "Claudia." "I almost wouldn't have been there on your arrival." "Must you absolutely leave right now?" "Yes, it's about the aqueduct." "It keepds meeting new obstacles and problems." "In this country nothing seems to go according to plan." "Our good old Dirce." "What a pleasure to see you here in Cesarea." "Decius will bring you to your room." "Oh Claudia." "Claudia, I'm sorry, that I have to go already, but I rely on your understanding." "I have so many questions for you." "I think so, Claudia, but I have to go now." "Please come back soon." "Ah, Marzia." "My dearest." "Come on!" "Go, get to work!" "Get to work!" "Welcome Caiaphas, your visit honours me." "I see the work is proceeding very quickly, Pilate." "We have great experience in this area, Caiaphas." "Our system..." "The system to plunder defenseless caravans?" "To build with money that doesn't belong to you?" "Is that your experience, governor?" "The temple duty is a tax that is levied by the Jewish people, to find uses for the benefit of all." "This aqueduct serves the good of everyone!" "Resting gold serves no one!" "As a governor you do not have permission to decide, what is to be done with this money." "I'll give you the good advice to let these caravans make for the temple unhindered, otherwise you will have to bear the consequences." "Without money, the work will come to a standstill." "Let them come to a halt." "Now, before it's too late for you." "Caiaphas, do you want to threaten me?" "The High Council is not threatening, and wishes armed conflict even less." "I only wanted to warn you." "Listen to my warning." "Decius, why is no-one working?" "They refuse to continue, governor." "Have them whipped!" "Go!" "Go!" "Get to work!" "To work I said!" "A curse on you, Pilate!" "Did you see?" "That is my answer, Caiaphas." "Governor, your work is cursed by all here, and just like you serve your god, we suffer for the blood, which is shed here." "What do you want, Dirce?" "Why don't you go to sleep?" "Who knows when Pilate will come back." "What makes you say that?" "Didn't his cold reception show you?" "I've heard that he has a mistress." "Sleep well, Dirce." "They're sleeping." "They've waited for you for so long." "I'm afraid that the climate here is not good for them, or for me." "At the Lake of Tiberuis it is much fresher." "Nicodemus has a house there." "Nicodemus?" "He is the only member of the High Council who understands me." "He ​​is the only friend I have here." "Perhaps it would be better to go with both children there." "I'm sure that Nicodemus will receive you with open arms." "Well, I'll leave tomorrow." "I'll visit you as often as I can, Claudia." "And soon after, when it's not so hot here anymore, then you come to me in Jerusalem." "Good night." "Claudia." "Markus is here!" "Markus is here!" "Go away from here!" "Markus, come with me!" "Come on, come and let's play!" "I'm coming!" "Mama, I helped them pull the nets on the shore!" "Me too!" "Forgive me, Claudia, but I have the feeling that Pilate is neglecting you more and more." "Love cannot be forced." "The fact that he is so well regarded by Tiberius he owes only you." "It would be easy for you to make him loose his reputation again." "I simply can not forgive him." "But why should we talk about this now?" "We'll remain only a few days here." "And then we have to make our preparations to return to Rome." "But Pilate won't allow you." "The governor can not oppose my wishes." "Where are the children?" "By the lake, back there!" "You have heard what they say:" "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth." "But I tell you: if someone strikes you on the right cheek, so turn the other." "If someone wants to go to trial with you and takes your skirt from you, let him have your cloak also." "Do not show the shoulder, when someone asks you for a favour, and do not turn it back on someone who has refused it to you." "Who is not innocent as these children, will not enter the kingdom of heaven." "You have heard what they say:" "Love your neighbour and hate your enemy." "But I say unto you, judge not, and you won't be judged, forgive, and you shall be forgiven." "Claudia." " Yes?" "We must stop here, We need fresh water." "Can I speak a few words to the niece of the Emperor of Rome?" "I am a disciple of Jesus." "I cannot remember having seen you by his side." "I am always by his side." "Always." "Then you probably know him very well." "Yes." "I was with him since I heard him preach for the first time." "His word is the truth." "He himself is the truth." "I have separated myself from all earthly goods, from everything I possessed, just to follow him." "Listen, I think only the work of Jesus can reunite in our country the three realms of Israel." "Yes, that is my only dream." "And when that day will come, then I will be at his side." "And if Rome would help him with that, then the whole Jewish people would be grateful." "You have to tell it the governor." "I am afraid that you speak of things, of which I know nothing." "But after I've listened to him, I feel that I need his truth." "It seems as if he gave a whole new meaning to existence." "Did he not say:" "Forgive and you will be forgiven?" "Yes." "Do not hate the sinner, but the sin." "Because if you hate, then you sin already." "Yes." "Yes, I'm starting to understand his teaching." "So will you speak with the governor?" "I don't know yet." "But what is your name?" "Judas." "Give alms!" "Give alms!" "Pray for me, I need it." " Thank you." "Sarah!" "Father!" "Oh, father!" "Look what I brought you." "Pilate has pardoned you." "He has signed it in my presence." "You are free!" "Why has he given it to you?" "Why?" "He has done it for me." "But I'll never see him again." "Did you do all this for me?" "Have you loved this heathen?" "Answer!" "Yes, I loved him, father!" "Although he is a heathen and a Roman, but in his heart he..." " You are cursed!" "Yes!" "I'm cursed!" "But only because I've brought unhappiness on his wife and his children!" "And then I fled from the palace." "Ah, did you flee?" "You've forced my freedom and you've fled?" "Yes!" "May the lord will grant me revenge." "You want revenge on a man who has forgiven you?" "How can you?" "You've even tried to kill him!" "Not me!" "That was Barabbas." "But when Barabbas raised the sword against him, he did it on your command and for your money!" "How could you!" "We managed to devalue Roman currency again." "Should we buy more?" "Claudia!" "Claudia!" "I need to talk to you." "I need to talk to you." "But not here." "Have you forgiven me?" "Your children and I have come back." "Isn't that already an answer?" "Yes, I understand, but I would like to hear it from you." "I have forgiven you." "Have you forgotten, what wrong I did to you?" "And you can forgive me?" "I surely owe that to my friend Nicodemus." "No." "To whom then?" "To a young preacher." "I've never actually spoken to him, but I understood his words." "Love that can not forgive is not real love." "Claudia!" "50 51" "52 53" "Priests, elders, scribes and venerable members of the High Council." "It is the hour of hard decisions." "I hope that each of you has Voted to the best of knowledge and conscience." "Pilate has resorted to violence to push his plans through." "Most of you, to whom I also belong, are against repaying violence with violence, but others support this." "Have the latter been guided by their minds?" "Or by blind thirst for vengeance?" "Hopefully god has guided their judgment." "Joseph, do you have the result?" "Yes, Caiaphas." "And what is it?" "The majority wishes to repay violence with violence!" "Violence against violence!" "Tooth for a tooth!" "So be it." "Your decision is irrevocable." "As supreme high priest" "I am forced to bow to the majority." "But my heart decides against it." "But Pilate offends against our holy law!" "There is no shame in revenge!" "Vengeance is mine, said the Lord." "Visit those who violate the law of the Lord!" "Members of the High Council." "Pontius Pilate is only a steward." "He understands our problems and wants to solve them!" "You have chosen me, to negotiate with him, so I ask for your trust!" "How can you can expect from a Roman soldier, that he understands the soul of our faith?" "Sold-out to Pilate!" "Traitor!" "Slave of Rome!" "Friend of Pilate!" "Oh Lord, your servants want to shed blood in thy name." "Another will do that for us." "Barabbas!" "Barabbas!" "Barabbas!" "The High Priests of the Temple as allies of a thief?" "Why not?" "Only he is able to help us!" "If you pay Barabbas enough he'll protect our caravans!" "He speaks with the Romans in the language they understand!" "Yes!" "Barabbas!" "Barabbas!" "Go!" "This is only the first lesson!" "Or the last one!" "Give everything you have to my men!" "What shall we do with the prisoners?" "Kill them all!" "Only the temple charges may continue, the rest is all for us!" "Barabbas!" "You cannot do that!" "I followed you to free my people, not catch it and kill it!" " What?" "Here!" "You've stain our ideals with blood!" "Ideals have never fed anybody yet!" "But you stain the honour of our people!" "I loathe you!" "Stay here if you want, and eat your ideals!" "Oh Israel, in this hour, we shed tears for you." "It was a bloodbath." "Then, Barabbas looted all karavans except for the temple taxes!" "A noble gesture for a robber." "It's high time that we nail one of these rebels to the cross." "Such acts of violence are punished by death!" "The imperial eagles are to be affixed to the temple." "Only Rome rules here in Palestine." "Galba, Decius, we break camp immediately for Jerusalem." "On the temple, the Roman eagle!" "On the temple, the Roman eagle!" "Did you hear?" "The Roman eagle on the Temple!" "This is a sacrilege!" "Blasphemy!" "Quick, protect the temple from the blasphemers!" "Hear!" "Why are they ever crying louder and do not stop?" "There is a sorrow in the heart, that one cannot suppress." "My people crying for their god." "Which God would not get tired, of having to listen to this endless whining." "It is a very understanding God." "Our suffering is his suffering." "Pilate, you cannot destroy the faith of my people." "Let the eagles be removed, if they violate their faith." "When I give a command...." "The Supreme High Priest asks for an audience." "I'm here." "But he cannot enter into the house of a heathen." "Is he afraid to soil the hem of his tunic?" "Caiaphas wants to speak on behalf of his people." "Caiaphas, I believe that the people obey the command of their High Priest." "Give the command to clear the square." "I have not the right to that." "If the temple of their god is profaned, then his servants have the right to complain." "Everyone has his own conscience." "Do not deceive yourself, that you can trample our faith." "From every persecution the faith of the people emerges stronger." "If you have the eagles taken down, then the people will go." "I have not asked you for advice, Caiaphas." "Has Emperor Tiberius suddenly change his opinion concerning the Jewish rights and customs?" "Show me the order that Tiberius has sent you." "What order?" "The order that authorizes you to act this way." "If such an order exists, you are only doing your duty in executing it." "We will then sollicit our complaints not to you, but to Rome, to your ruler." "Tiberius is my friend." "Friendship is a very fragile thing." "There are always people, who would enjoy making you look bad behind your back bad." "The path from innocent to accused is often short." "You understand how to choose your words well, Caiaphas." "But save your advice for your people." "Send the crowd away!" "The symbols of the Empire are not brought of these fanatics plans!" "Governor!" "He who does not listen to the voice of God, condemns himself." "I hoped until now that the voice of reason could prevent the application of violence." "Galba." "You know what to do." "Yes, Pilate." "No!" "Clear the space, or else we'll use force!" "Do you see the facade of your temple there?" "As soon as the shadow of the first cloud falls on it, my soldiers will use their weapons!" "Pilate." "Remove the eagle." "It wouldn't be a gesture of weakness, but of magnanimity." "Forward!" "Hear our prayers." "Oh Lord, deliver us from the oppressors and help us in our distress." "Amen." "Do you want to destroy in an hour all the good you've done them?" "Look at them, their life is at your mercy!" "No violence on earth is stronger than our faith." "Removes the eagles if you want us to return to our homes." "You can kill us and our children, but you can never slay our God!" "Soldiers!" "Draw swords!" "Pilate!" "Have the eagle removed from the temple!" "Pilate, do not forget that these women have children too." "Have mercy, I beg you." "Pontius Pilate, have mercy on us!" "Take the lives of our children, but remove the eagle from the temple!" "Sheeth swords!" "A Roman sword will never stain with your blood." "Some men want to destroy the friendship pact that connects us." "Not the threats have won." "Today my love for the people triumphed." "Return to your homes in peace." "I assure you that you Rome will continue to protect you." "The symbols of the Roman Empire will be retrieved." "Hurrah!" "Hurrah!" "And listen to what I say to you, because my words are the words of a son of man." "Even if my eyes could not see him, so have my ears have heard his words more clearly." "And thus spake Jesus:" "Blessed are the poor in spirit, theirs is the kingdom of heaven." "I am the resurrection and the life." "He who believes in me will live, even if he died." "The stone was moved and Lazarus was awakened to life again." "Have you seen him?" "What else did the Nazarene tell you?" "If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him also the other one." "You are Barabbas." "How do you know that?" "I recognize your voice." "Through your fault I have lost my eyes, that the Lord has given me." "Give it to me!" "Clear the table!" "Thieves!" "Thieves!" "Take the sheep!" "Burn it all down!" "Murderer!" "Thieves!" "Don't cry, don't cry." "Fetch Jesus of Nazareth to help." "What is it, Simon?" "Barabbas is becoming a dangerous threat to us." "For my part he can go back to his mountains." "Tell him he should stop massacring our people." "Why should I, when the High Council has so lovingly supported me?" "Barabbas is trying to incite the numerous nomadic tribes of Samaria to open resistance against Rome." "He is also leading the rebellion of the slaves who work on the aqueduct." "You know that very well, Aronne." "In Samaria?" "And at the aqueduct." "Since we have seen that our faith defeated power, we should continue the fight by peaceful means." "I know Barabbas and his weakness for gold, and you know me and my weakness for gold." "Well, Aronne." "Stop Barabbas, and you'll have no reason to complain." "Farewell." "Melik." "How high is the sum that the Romans put on Barabbas' head?" "100 sesterces." "Well, my friend, I have a very pleasant job for you." "Look for Galba and inform him he can learn for 500 sesterces the hiding place of Barabbas." "Barabbas won't be worth that much to them." "Do you think he wouldn't be worth it to them if I'd add the message about an uprising in Samaria?" "Go on, he's there!" "Seize him!" "Take him away!" "Now they'll stop whipping us like dogs!" "All Romans Will end up like this!" "Oh, you've dressed up as a Roman centurion." "So I deceived them." "Here comes Barabbas!" "It was about time!" "No, no, that's Gionata." "But where is Barabbas?" "What do you want?" "They've caught Barabbas." "Caught?" "He is the one who has left Barabbas, he is a traitor!" "I did not come to betray you," "I came to help you!" "This country belongs to us all, do not destroy it!" "We have only one single enemy:" "Rome!" "Galba's legion is marching on Gerizim." "Fight against the oppressors instead and look to the future!" "He's right!" "He's right!" "Away from Rome!" "We fight with the weapons that we have, and with our hate, because that is our most powerful weapon!" "Better dead than living in slavery!" "Follow me!" "Come!" "Death to the Romans!" "Gionata!" "Oh, mercy!" "Why this, why?" "Jessica, it won't be pointless." "Those who will come after us, will be free." "You cannot leave me!" "God." "He has never stopped protecting the Jews, and perhaps soon, he will send you to a sign." "Yes, wait only until Passover." "Oh, Jessica." "Gionata!" "Gionata!" "Praise and bless!" "Glory to thee!" "We thank you, Mary, for the son, that you have given us!" "Hallowed be he, who comes in the name of God!" "This is David's son." "Let us appoint him king of the Jews!" "No, that is not what he wishes." "God's house is a house of prayer, but you have made a robbers' den!" "The High Council will never forgive your Nazarene for chasing the traders out of the temple." "Aren't you Judas Ischariot?" "Consider how rich you once were, and in what a miserable state you are now, just to follow a fanatik." "When my master has recreated the kingdom of Israel, then everyone will be rich." "My poor friend, you have not only lost your money, but also your mind." "Have you listened well to your master, as you call him?" "He never speaks of a kingdom on earth." "He only ever speaks of heavenly realm." "The Kingdom of which he speaks, lies in the clouds." "Watch your mouth!" "His kingdom will come, and I will sit by his side." "Judas, it is hard to sit on a cloud, even for a king." "Respect the Son of God!" "I'll pray for you." "I'll pray, I'll pray." "Judas lschariot, why do you come back?" "Has he sent you?" "Do you think you can return to us, and ask us for help, when you bring us nothing but your soul?" "I have always carried my soul open in my hand." "I have never forgotten your laws." "I see nothing in the hand, that you hold towards us." "I see nothing!" "Nothing more than an empty hand, Judas!" "Asking for help!" "Oh no, I beg you not for help." "I ask you just to understand my master." "Why did you leave him?" "Leave?" "I?" "Yes, I left him, I fled." "Why?" "His eyes!" "I could no longer bear the look in his eyes." "This look with which he regarded me, even if he turned away." "It was as if he was reading in my soul words that I had hidden in my heart, words that I never said." "Then why did you follow him at first?" "I saw in him the fulfillment of a dream." "The kingdom of David, it returned back to earth, as the prophets had told us before." "I believed that was his goal, and that he loved me more than the others, because I understood him." "There was between Us like a tacit agreement." "But I waited for the fulfillment of my wish in vain, and I know now that I was mistaken." "I was always mistaken, from the beginning." "That which he foretold us, was not an earthly kingdom." "He promised something quite different, in another world, not on this earth." "And maybe I could not be at his side there." "Maybe he mentioned another." "A different world?" "He mentioned another?" "Do we have to listen to this nonsense of his?" "Let him speak, Simon." "Today," "as we sat at the supper." "All were there, all." "Suddenly he uttered a strange accusation." "One of us, he said, will betray me." "We were all saddened." "Betrayed?" "And for what reason should one of his discipless betray the Master?" "Perhaps there was one among you, who had doubted him?" "Yes!" "Who has never doubted his master even once?" "You too?" "Me too." "And I love him more than anything else in this world." "And I would never betray him, no sooner than the temple." "We need to find him tonight." "We need to talk to him." "Yes!" "Talk to him, Caiaphas." "He will tell you that I did not betray him." "Where can we find him?" "Leave me alone with the prisoner." "Wait outside the door." "Come closer." "My son, I speak now as a servant of God to another servant of God." "We are both teachers and have a duty to fullfill towards those who are listening to us." "You are accused of describing yourself as Son of God, as the Messiah." "Are you the Messiah?" "Look at me." "My son, look me in the eyes." "You see, they are dull and tired after a long life, which was devoted to the search for the truth." "If I still have not learned to recognize it, then I have lived truly in vain." "If it had been possible for a human to recognize the Son of David, wouldn't I surely have been one of the first?" "Ah, my son, you are a young Nazarene who is loved by his mother and his father." "Admit your wrong and say it to me, then you may return to those who love you, those who fear for your life." "Are you the son of David?" "Then go." "There is nothing left for me than to have Pilate judge you." "Pilate!" "Oh Pilate!" "Claudia." "I dreamed," "I had a terrible dream." "I beg you," "I implore you in the name of our children, don't let yourself be tempted to condemn this man." "What kind of dream?" "I watched as the sky darkened and the earth shook." "An eagle fell from heaven down on a defenseless lamb." "If you condemn him, something terrible will happen." "Pilate !" "Do not go!" "Do not go!" "He is the son of God." "Pilate, the High Council awaits your verdict." "Oh, no!" "No!" "Turn back to your room, Claudia." "Lead the prisoner before me!" "Prisoner, come closer to me." "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Your people have handed you to me, what have you done?" "Answer!" "Are you a king?" "Yes, I am a king." "I was born to bear witness to the truth." "What is truth?" "I am the truth." "The truth is that he came from Galilee to stir up the people!" "If this man, as you say, is from Galilee, then he falls under Herod's jurisdiction." "King Herod is in Jerusalem because of pesach." "His faith is yours." "Therefore, he can better understand the allegations that you put forward here than I can." "He should condemn him!" "Do not worry." "Do you have any new messages?" "Not yet." "Why do you torture yourself so, Pilate?" "It seems as if it is the first time that you are required, to pronounce a death sentence." "The other times everything was clear." "The crime, the punishment set on it, and my personal belief." "But this time, this time everything is threatening me to slip away." "A very simple process without any meaning." "And yet this process pulls Rome and Palestine and the conscience of the judge in its vortex." "One of you will betray me." "One of you will betray me." "No!" "No!" "No!" "Herod has found this man innocent." "He sent him back to me in the white robe of innocence." "I also find no fault in him after a long deliberation." "But he stirred up the people against us!" "For that he receives punishment he deserves." "He will be scourged, and then set free." "Take him away!" "No!" "Crucify him!" "Crucify him!" "Why do they long so persistently for the death of this man?" "Most believe, he is a criminal." "The rest of them is just curious." "It is your habit that on pesach a prisoner is pardoned." "Do the people wish this mercy granted to Jesus of Nazareth?" "No!" "No!" "Quiet!" "Or should I release Barabbas in his place?" "A thief, who stormed and looted your houses." "You yourself have the choice:" "Barabbas, or the king of the Jews?" "Now, what is it?" "Do not worry, Claudia." "Jesus will surely be freed." "I'll have him flogged, which is one of the usual penalties." "The people will be satisfied with this punishment." "The choice between him and Barabbas will certainly fall in his favour." "That I returned to you, is his work." "Not Jesus, Barabbas." "Should they release Jesus or the robber Barabbas?" "We are merchants, he is your enemy." "Do you want to loose anything you possess, because of these fanatics?" "Well, how did you decide?" "Should I set Barabbas or Jesus free?" "Barabbas!" "Barabbas!" "Barabbas!" "Barabbas!" "Oh Lord, stand by him." "He must live." "He ​​is the light and the hope for our country and all of humanity." "Here is the man." "What should I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" "Crucify him!" "Crucify him!" "Crucify him!" "Do you hear how they hate you?" "It is difficult to love." "Why do not you defend yourself, Nazarene?" "Why do not you answer?" "Don't you understand, Nazarene, I have the power to crucify you or to set you free?" "You would have no power over me, if it weren't given to you from above." "Crucify him!" "Bring me water." "I am innocent of the blood of this just man." "Crucify him!" "Take him away." "You have to sign the verdict." "Don't write King of the Jews, but what he said:" "I am the King of the Jews." "What I have written, I have written." "Judas Ischariot, why do you come back?" "Why did you leave him?" "And then why did you follow him at first?" "For what reason should a disciples betray his master?" "And I love him more than anything in this world." "And I would never betray him, no sooner than the temple." "I see nothing in the hand, that you hold towards us." "I see nothing!" "Nothing more than an empty hand, Judas!" "Asking for help!" "His eyes!" "I couldn't bear the look in his eyes." "I am innocent of the blood of this just man." "One of you will betray me." "No!" "No!" "One of you will betray me." "One of you will betray me." "Will betray me." "Will betray me." "Will betray me." "Claudia!" "Claudia!" "Claudia!" "Stay with me, Pilate." "You must not die, you must not die." "I have no fear of death." "Oh, no!" "Claudia!" "Claudia!" "Give the kids all your love." "And if you one day find the truth, then pass it on to our children." "Markus." "God, I pray thee, come down and enlighten the darkness in this house." "You should know that I alone have the power to decide over your life or your death!" "Only I can grant mercy!" "My judge is not of this world, divine Caesar." "I will be judged by the justice of the kingdom of heaven."