"AND THERE HE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD" "WHEN AND IN WHAT PARTICULARLY UNPLEASANT MANNER" "YOU WERE ALL BUTCHERED IN THE ROMAN ARENA." "SIRE, WE HAVE A STRATEGY." "WE CAN PRESENT IT IN A FEW DAYS." "A FEW DAYS?" "IT DEPENDS ON THE STARS." "THE STARS?" "YES SIRE, IN 2 NIGHTS THEIR CIRCUIT WILL BE FAVORABLE TO" "SIGNS AND PORTENTS." "YES, SIRE." "GET MARIAMNE." "BRING HER HERE." "SHE WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO." "GET HER." "MARIAMNE IS DEAD, SIRE." "GET HER." "[LAUGHING]" "JOSEPH, JOSEPH, LISTEN TO MY SON." "HMM?" "YOUR DAUGHTER." "SHH, LISTEN." "I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING?" "JOSEPH, YOUR SLEEVE." "I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO MEND IT." "YOU NEED A WIFE." "HE DOES." "WHAT ABOUT MARY?" "SHE HAS HER CHOICE OF ANY MAN IN GALILEE." "BESIDES I'M TOO OLD FOR HER." "JOSEPH, PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT AGAIN." "YOU'RE AN OLDER YOUNG MAN." "YOU'D MAKE HER THE BEST HUSBAND," "YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU?" "ZIPPORAH, IT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION." "BESIDES WHO WOULD SPEAK FOR ME?" "MENACHEM WOULD, WOULDN'T YOU?" "SHH!" "WOULDN'T YOU SPEAK FOR JOSEPH?" "SHH!" "I'D BE HONORED." "HER MOTHER WANTS A PRINCE." "I'M A CARPENTER." "ZIPPORAH'S MOTHER WANTED HER TO MARRY A PRINCE." "SHE GOT A BRICKLAYER." "THERE JUST AREN'T THAT MANY PRINCES." "WHAT ABOUT MY CLOTHES?" "MENACHEM HAS CLOTHES." "HE'D BE GLAD TO LEND THEM TO YOU." "I'D BE HAPPY TO." "WHAT DO I HAVE TO OFFER HER?" "PEACE, BREAD AND SOMETIMES A ROSE." "YOU'LL GIVE HER A LIFE." "HOW ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO BE HAPPY?" "WE WANT TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU." "WE'VE CONSIDERED ALL THE YOUNG MEN," "ALL OF THEM WOULD MAKE FINE HUSBANDS." "I THINK SO." "IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE." "WHOEVER YOU CHOOSE I'LL ABIDE BY IT." "HOWEVER, MAY I TELL YOU MY PREFERENCE?" "WHO?" "WELL?" "WELL, THE BIRD WITH THE FANCY COLLAR" "MIGHT HAVE MADE AN IMPRESSION." "OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE." "WHY?" "THE CLOTHES." "^^^^^" "GENTLEMEN, FATHERS, SONS, IT IS A PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE" "^^^^^" "TOLD YOU." "NO, THE CLOTHES." "THE ANSWERS LIE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN JUDEA AND THE GALILEE," "NOT IN THE SKY." "WELL, TELL HEROD THAT, AND TELL HIM THE ANSWERS." "OR WHY DON'T WE JUST TELL HIM" "THAT THE STARGAZER HAS THE ANSWERS?" "WELL, THAT WAY THE BURDEN IS HIS." "I MEAN LET'S FACE IT, WE'VE GOT A MAD KING." "I DON'T WANT TO BE THE REASON WHEN" "EVERYTHING FINALLY FLIES INTO PIECES," "DO YOU?" "LET IT BE DIOMEDES." "FLAVIUS, YOU SHOULD GET DRUNK MORE OFTEN," "THEN YOUR SCHEMES MAKE SENSE." "WHAT MORE THAN MORE BLOOD THAN CRUCIFIXIONS AND TAXES?" "ISRAEL IS STAGGERING WITH BLOOD AND TAXES" "SIRE." "YOU SAID YOU HAD A STRATEGY." "YOU SAID IT WOULD BE READY IN A FEW DAYS." "WELL, YOU'VE HAD YOUR FEW DAYS." "WHAT IS IT?" "SIRE, I BELIEVE THAT DIOMEDES HAD SOMETHING TO TELL YOU." "EXCITING NEWS." "WHAT'S UP THERE, DIOMEDES?" "ENLIGHTENMENT, MY LORD." "SHARE IT WITH ME." "I'M TACKING TWO STARS." "THEY'RE COMING NEAR." "TO THE EARTH?" "SHALL WE TAKE SHELTER?" "TO EACH OTHER, SIRE." "THEN WE'RE SAFE." "FOR A WHILE." "TALK TO ME." "THERE WILL BE, WITHIN THE YEAR," "A CONJUNCTION OF TWO PLANETS, JUPITER AND SATURN;" "JUPITER IS THE STAR OF ROYALTY," "SATURN IS THE STAR OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID." "YES?" "WHEN THEY MEET," "A KING OF THE JEWS WILL BE BORN." "WHAT MANNER OF KING, ASTROLOGER?" "HE WILL BE BORN." "IT IS INEVITABLE." "WITHIN THE YEAR?" "WHERE?" "WHERE WILL THE KING OF THE JEWS BE BORN?" "IN GALILEE AS MY PRIESTS SAY?" "SHALL I TRUST THEM?" "WHERE?" "I DON'T KNOW, SIRE." "SIRE," "YES, IN THE GALILEE." "I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, NESTOR AND I." "NESTOR HAS CHARTS TOO." "CHARTS, WHAT CHARTS?" "STATISTICS, SIRE, FACTS." "THE GREATEST NUMBER OF MYSTICS ARE IN THE GALILEE;" "AMULETS, BONES, RELICS, SORCERERS" "AS IF TO PREPARE THE PEOPLE FOR SOME DIVINE VISITATION." "DIVINE?" "IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S WRITTEN IN THE SKY, SIRE," "IF DIOMEDES IS RIGHT, AND HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT HE IS." "SO YOUR PLANETS THREATEN MY RULE" "AND PROMISE OUR KINGDOM TO SOME UNBORN BARBARIAN!" "DO YOU THINK WE WILL ACCEPT SAVAGE SAVAGES?" "WE, WHO HELD THIS LAND AGAINST GIANTS," "WHO BUT FOR US, WOULD HAVE MANGLED THIS TORTURED COUNTRY!" "I TOOK THIS CITY OF MUD HUTS AND HUDDLES," "AND TURNED THEM INTO TEMPLES OF MARBLE," "HALLS OF CEDAR WOOD." "I BUILT TEMPLES AND PALACES THROUGHOUT THE LAND." "YOU SEE HOW IT SHINES A SPLENDID JEWEL?" "A JEWEL WE HOLD IN THE PALM OF THIS HAND." "AND NOW YOUR COLD INDIFFERENT STARS SAY," ""GIVE IT UP." ""HAND IT OVER TO SOME MINNOW," "THAT MAY OR MAY NOT ONE DAY BECOME A WHALE."" "WELL, WE WILL FIND HIM," "AND THEN WE WILL DESTROY HIM!" "AND FOR THAT WE CAN'T DEPEND ON THOSE BLIND EYES OF HEAVEN." "HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT, SIRE?" "OH, BY LOOKING, BY GOING INTO THE LAND," "ALL OF YOU, AND SEEKING OUT THOSE WHO ARE TO BE RESPONSIBLE" "FOR THE COMING OF THIS CHILD KING," "SO-CALLED MIRACLE OF GOD." "YOU WILL FIND THEM AND WRITE DOWN THEIR NAMES," "AND YOU WILL BRING THE LIST TO ME." "AND I WILL DEAL WITH THEM." "BUT FIND THEM." "NOW!" "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "AND NOW YOU'VE EXCHANGED YOUR CONSENT EACH TO THE OTHER," "AND WE HAVE WITNESSED IT." "YOU HAVE COME TOGETHER" "AND YOU ARE BETROTHED." "MAY THE YEAR 'TIL YOUR MARRIAGE PASS QUICKLY" "SO THAT YOUR DESCENDANTS BE PLENTIFUL AND THAT YOUR SONS" "OVERRUN THE GATES OF THE ENEMY AND BRING PEACE TO THIS LAND." "SHALOM." "SHALOM." "SHALOM!" "SHALOM!" "^^^^^" "I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY." "OR ME." "JOSEPH, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT A YEAR TO GET MARRIED." "MARY, YOU KNOW IT'S THE LAW OF OUR PEOPLE." "THAT'S ONE LAW, BUT ISN'T THERE ANOTHER LAW" "THAT SAYS THAT IN SOME INSTANCES TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE BETROTHED" "CAN GET MARRIED IN LESS THAN A YEAR?" "SOME INSIGNIFICANT LAW?" "I HAVE A FRIEND, BENJAMIN, STUDIES THE TORAH," "KNOWS ABOUT THESE THINGS." "I'LL ASK HIM TO LOOK IT UP." "BUT IN THE MEANTIME, INSTEAD OF TAKING 12 MONTHS" "TO BUILD OUR HOUSE, I'LL BUILD IT IN 3." "I WANT TO BE YOUR WIFE." "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH." "^^^^^" "GOOD DAY." "GOOD DAY." "WE ARE TRAVELERS, BUT WE DO NOT MEAN TO INTRUDE." "WHERE ARE YOU FROM?" "I COME FROM SEPPHORIS." "COME JOIN US." "WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE CELEBRATION," "MY DAUGHTER'S BETROTHAL." "CONGRATULATIONS." "MARY, MY DAUGHTER MARY." "AND THIS IS HER BETROTHED, JOSEPH BEN YAAKOV." "WE'D LIKE TO DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH." "THANK YOU." "MAY MIGHTY HEROD BLESS THESE LOVERS NOW BETROTHED" "AND THIS PLACE, THESE PEOPLE." "WHAT'S THE MATTER?" "WE DIDN'T LIKE YOUR TOAST." "YOU DON'T LIKE HEROD?" "LET'S ASK FOR GOD'S BLESSING." "BUT HEROD IS YOUR KING." "TO HEROD." "JOSEPH, THAT'S YOUR NAME, ISN'T IT?" "JOSEPH BEN YAAKOV." "THAT'S RIGHT." "JOSEPH, HEROD IS A BENEVOLENT AND RIGHTEOUS KING, IS HE NOT?" "WHY WON'T YOUR DRINK TO HIM?" "KINGS IN THEIR KINGDOMS FLOURISH AND PASS AWAY." "IF I'M TO BE BLESSED," "I'D LIKE IT IN THE NAME OF SOMEONE MORE PERMANENT." "WHO ARE YOU?" "WHAT DO YOU DO?" "I'M A CARPENTER." "WHAT DO YOU DO?" "WE'RE..." "AGENTS OF THE KING." "I DON'T THINK ANY OF US TAKE ANY COMFORT" "IN YOUR PRESENCE HERE." "AM I RIGHT?" "YES." "AND WE THINK YOU OUGHT TO LEAVE, NOW." "^^^^^" "MAYBE WE HAVE SOMETHING." "LIKE WHAT?" "A DEFIANT JEW AND CALLING ATTENTION TO HIMSELF," "WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?" "BECAUSE, HE'S DEFIANT." "WHY IS HE SO BOLD ABOUT IT?" "MAYBE HE HAS SOME SECRET," "HE BELIEVES THAT NOTHING CAN TOUCH HIM." "NESTOR, ARE YOU STARTING TO BELIEVE IN HIS STARS?" "WHATEVER ANYONE MAY BELIEVE," "THE CHILD KING WILL BE BORN WITHIN THE YEAR." "NOT BECAUSE OF THE CARPENTER, HE JUST GOT BETROTHED." "IT'LL BE A YEAR BEFORE THEY MARRY." "THE GIRL COULD BE PREGNANT, COULDN'T SHE?" "IN THE GALILEE AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE," "THE GIRL WOULD NEVER SEE HER WEDDING DAY;" "SHE WOULD BE STONED TO DEATH." "STILL, LET'S REMEMBER THE NAME, JOSEPH BEN YAAKOV." "^^^^^" "AND THE BED..." "RIGHT HERE." "WHAT DO YOU THINK?" "I DON'T THINK SO." "THERE'S GOING TO BE A WINDOW HERE, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?" "MMM-HMM." "AND FIREPLACE HERE?" "MMM-HMM." "SHELVES FOR THE DISHES RIGHT HERE." "JOSEPH, DID YOU TALK TO YOUR FRIEND?" "YES." "WHAT DID HE SAY?" "HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A SIN FOR US TO MARRY" "BEFORE THE YEAR WAS UP." "HE SAID THAT PEOPLE DO IT, AND IT'S A QUESTION OF, WELL," "RUNNING AWAY TO ANOTHER PLACE TO GET MARRIED." "AND THEY DON'T COME HOME." "HE SAID, NOT THAT IT'S SO SHAMEFUL," "BUT THAT THE CUSTOM MORE THAN THE LAW WAS SO STRONG" "THAT BREAKING IT WOULD WEAKEN THE FLOW, THE CEASELESS PASSAGE," "HE SAID, FROM EACH TO THE OTHER," "OUR PEOPLE'S STRENGTH." "SO, WE COULD GET MARRIED," "BUT NO ONE MUST KNOW." "WE'LL WAIT." "SNAKE CHARMERS, SWORD SWALLOWERS," "THE CUP AND BALL MOUNTEBANKS, FIRE EATERS." "THIS PLACE WREAKS OF MAGICIANS," "BUT ONLY A CERTAIN RARE KIND OF MAGICIAN IS DANGEROUS." "I'M BEGINNING TO BE CONVINCED, AS YOU SAID;" "WHERE WOULD YOU LOOK FOR HIM BUT IN THE GALILEE?" "WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?" "THE STARGAZER'S PROPHECIES." "I CAN JUST SEE HIS RIGHTEOUS, RED-EYED MAGICIAN STRIDING" "ACROSS RIVERS, OVER MOUNTAINS TO RULE NOT ONLY GALILEE" "BUT JERUSALEM, ROME, THE WHOLE WORLD." "MAYBE HE'S RIGHT." "[SCREAMING]" "THE DAYS OF THE WICKED SHALL BE CUT SHORT!" "THE SAVIOR, WILL COME AMONG US!" "GOD WILL SEND DOWN A DELIVERER TO LIFT UP THE PEOPLE" "AND BRING CONFUSION AND DESTRUCTION" "TO THE CROWNED HEADS OF THE MIGHTY!" "AND IF A SAVIOR DOES COME, HOW ELSE BUT FROM SUCH MADNESS?" "YES." "BARBARIC." "AND YET, THE PEOPLE LISTEN." "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "HOW WILL THIS BE DONE?" "I KNOW NO MAN." "BEHOLD THE HAND MAIDEN OF THE LORD," "BE IT DONE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD." "^^^^^" "MARY!" "MARY." "I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU." "I WAS WORRIED." "WHAT'S THE MATTER?" "WHAT IS IT?" "TELL ME;" "WHAT'S THE MATTER?" "NO!" "MARY?" "MARY." "WHAT IS IT?" "WHAT IS IT?" "NOW, TELL ME." "I'M GOING TO HAVE A BABY, I AM." "I HAD A VISITATION." "I'M GOING TO HAVE A BABY." "YOU HAD A WHAT?" "A VISITATION." "YOU MEAN YOU FELL ASLEEP OVER THERE." "YOU HAD A DREAM." "SOMETHING LIKE THAT." "MARY, THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU HAVE BABIES." "YOU DON'T JUST DREAM 'EM." "I KNOW HOW YOU HAVE BABIES." "WELL, YOU DON'T MAKE THEM IN DREAMS." "JOSEPH, I'M GOING TO HAVE A CHILD." "HE'S GOING TO BE A BOY, AND HIS NAME WILL BE JESUS." "MARY?" "JOSEPH, LISTEN TO ME," "WILL YOU PLEASE?" "I WAS VISITED BY AN AGENT OF GOD, I WAS JOSEPH." "BUT HOW?" "AN ANGEL." "IN A DREAM, MARY." "IT WAS A DREAM." "NO, HE WAS VERY REAL." "AND SOMETHING ELSE, YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME." "I KNOW WHY ZACHARIAS IS MUTE." "HE HAD A VISITATION TOO." "THE ANGEL TOLD ME THAT;" "THAT ELIZABETH'S ALSO IS WITH CHILD." "HE DIDN'T BELIEVE AND HE WAS STRUCK DUMB." "MARY." "JOSEPH, DO YOU THINK I'M CRAZY?" "DO YOU?" "IT'S JUST SOMETHING'S MADE YOU HYSTERICAL." "THAT'S ALL." "WHAT I TOLD YOU IS THE TRUTH." "AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME," "YOU BELIEVE THAT I SINNED AGAINST OUR LOVE." "JOSEPH, I'VE NEVER KNOWN A MAN." "THEN HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE HAVING A BABY?" "I AM." "I KNOW I AM," "AND I KNOW WHAT HE'S COMING INTO THIS WORLD TO DO." "HE WILL BE THE CHRIST." "HE IS HERE." "I'VE BEEN TOUCHED BY GOD." "BUT WHY YOU?" "I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S TRUE." "THE SAVIOR, JOSEPH, MY CHILD." "JOSEPH, JOSEPH, YOU'RE MY BETROTHED." "YOU ARE MY LOVED ONE, I LOVE YOU," "AND I'M WITH CHILD AND THERE'S NO SHAME." "DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?" "I DON'T KNOW." "JOSEPH?" "I DON'T KNOW." "^^^^^" "IT'S CLASSIC." "MENACHEM, YOU'RE A LOVELY MAN," "A GOOD HUSBAND AND SO FAR A VERY NICE FATHER," "BUT ONE THING I NEVER EXPECTED FROM YOU WAS WISDOM." "HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S CLASSIC?" "BECAUSE IT IS." "A GIRL GETS PREGNANT" "SHH!" "A GIRL GETS PREGNANT, WHO KNOWS BY WHOM," "AND SHE SAYS SHE HAD A VISITATION." "AND IN THESE TIMES, WHENEVER SOMETHING HAPPENS" "THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN," "THEY SAY IT WAS THE WORK OF A PHANTOM, A DEVIL." "SHE SAID IT WAS AN ANGEL." "SO SHE'S ORIGINAL." "JOSEPH, DO YOU LOVE MARY?" "WHY ARE YOU CONFUSING THE ISSUE?" "YOU SEE THE MAN'S ANGUISH." "IF YOU WERE THE FATHER OF THE CHILD," "YOU'D MARRY HER AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT." "AND IF HE DOESN'T MARRY HER, THAT WILL BE THE END OF MARY." "TAKE HIM." "YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU?" "IT CAN BE KEPT A SECRET FOR ONLY SO LONG." "SHE'LL BE JUDGED BY THE ELDERS." "SHE COULD BE STONED TO DEATH." "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?" "ZIPPORAH, IF IT'S NOT MY CHILD" "IT'S A MATTER, JOSEPH," "OF WHETHER YOU LOVE HER, ON THAT YOU'LL LIVE OR DIE." "JUST, JUST ONE" "NOW, NOW, NOW, DON'T GET EXCITED." "JUST ONE QUESTION, ALL RIGHT, MAYBE TWO." "ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE PREGNANT?" "YES." "THE SIGNS HAVE STARTED." "SHE SAYS THAT ELIZABETH IS PREGNANT TOO." "WE'LL GET TO ELIZABETH LATER." "AND THIS CHILD OF YOURS, IT IS NOT JOSEPH'S CHILD?" "JOSEPH WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE'S." "THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION." "MARY, MARY DEAR, YOU LOVE JOSEPH." "JOSEPH LOVES YOU." "I'M NOT SURE THAT JOSEPH DOES LOVE ME." "NOT ANYMORE." "I THINK HE'S JUST UPSET." "ANNA, SHE SAID IT WASN'T JOSEPH." "SHE SAID IT WAS" "AN ANGEL FROM GOD." "YOU KNOW WHAT MY CONCERN IS, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU" "IF PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE AN ADULTERESS?" "DON'T SPEAK LIKE THAT." "I WON'T HEAR IT." "SHE WON'T LISTEN TO YOU IF YOU SPEAK LIKE THAT." "MARY, IF ELIZABETH IS PREGNANT" "SHE CANNOT BE PREGNANT, SHE'S AN OLD WOMAN." "SHE'S PREGNANT." "SUPPOSE SHE IS." "SHE IS." "SUPPOSE." "THEN I'LL BELIEVE ANYTHING." "TAKE ME THERE." "YES." "YOU'LL SEE." "TAKE HER." "IF ELIZABETH IS PREGNANT, IT'LL KEEP FOR A FEW MINUTES." "I HAVE A PREGNANT DAUGHTER." "IS IT ALL RIGHT IF I ASK MY DAUGHTER A QUESTION?" "DID JOSEPH SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A DIVORCE," "THAT HE WOULD GET OUT OF THE BETROTHAL?" "HE JUST SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE BELIEVED ME." "I'M GOING TO TALK TO HIM." "WHY?" "MARY, I AM YOUR FATHER." "IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, I KNOW WHAT TO DO." "FIRST, I TALK TO JOSEPH," "THEN WE'LL GO TO VISIT YOUR AUNT ELIZABETH." "FATHER, DO YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS" "ABOUT HOW I BECAME PREGNANT?" "ME?" "ABSOLUTELY NOT." "I BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY ABSOLUTELY," "JUST BECAUSE YOU SAID IT." "THEN WHY ARE YOU GONNA TAKE HER ALL THAT DISTANCE" "TO SEE ELIZABETH?" "TO SAY, "HELLO," TO SEE HOW HER PREGNANCY IS COMING." "JOSEPH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A NICE HOUSE." "ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH IT?" "I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FEELING." "I'VE COME HERE TO HELP." "IT'S A VERY SIMPLE THING." "JUST BELIEVE WHAT MARY TOLD YOU AND THERE'S NO PROBLEM." "BELIEVE HER?" "OF COURSE." "WHY SHOULD YOU PUT YOURSELF THROUGH ALL THIS ANGUISH?" "YOU BELIEVE HER?" "I'M TRYING TO." "WHY SHOULDN'T YOU?" "WE LOVE HER, JOSEPH." "I DO, DON'T YOU?" "WAIT A MINUTE, I ASKED YOU A QUESTION." "DON'T WALK AWAY FROM IT." "YOU'RE HER FATHER AND YOU'RE PROTECTING HER." "YOU ARE HER BETROTHED." "PROTECT HER, TRUST HER." "DON'T WALK AWAY FROM HER, JOSEPH." "LISTEN, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING," "I WAS NEVER HAPPY WITH YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE." "MARY WANTED YOU, HER MOTHER WANTED WHAT MARY WANTED," "AND I WAS FOOLISH ENOUGH TO GO ALONG" "WITH WHAT HER MOTHER WANTED." "IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND ABOUT MARY," "I CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF FOOL I REALLY WAS." "SHE WAS RAISED WITH HONOR, JOSEPH." "BUT WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH BELIEVING HER?" "YOU DON'T LISTEN." "HOW SHE WAS RAISED AND WHO SHE BECAME" "IS THE REASON YOU'LL LEARN TO LOVE HER." "AND IF YOU STILL LOVE HER," "THERE MUST BE A ROOM IN YOUR HEART FOR TRUST." "AND LISTENING TO MYSELF TALK, I KNOW THAT'S THE ANSWER." "I TRUST HER." "I BELIEVE HER." "I ASK ONLY ONE THING OF YOU;" "SEARCH THE PLACES OF YOUR HEART," "JOSEPH, AS I'VE DONE, THEN THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION OF THE TRUTH" "AND GOD WILL GRANT YOU PEACE." "AND JOSEPH, IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE TIME," "PLEASE, NOT TOO MUCH TIME," "BUT IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT." "^^^^^" "AUNT ELIZABETH." "MARY!" "OH MARY, HOW GOOD, HOW WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU." "ZACHARIAS, IT'S JOACHIM AND MARY." "AND YOU JOACHIM." "YOU'RE-- YOU'RE PREGNANT." "ZACHARIAS, SHE'S PREGNANT!" "AH!" "WHAT IS IT?" "I FELT HIM." "MARY, I FELT HIM." "I FELT HIM MOVE." "EVERYBODY'S PREGNANT." "MARY TOO." "I KNOW." "FOR BLESSED ARE YOU AMONG ALL WOMEN" "AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF YOUR WOMB." "MY SOUL MAGNIFIES THE LORD AND MY SPIRIT REJOICES IN GOD" "MY SAVIOR FOR HIS REGARD OF THE LOWEST AID OF HIS HAND MAIDEN." "FOR BEHOLD," "HENCEFORTH ALL GENERATIONS SHALL CALL ME BLESSED." "FOR HE WHO IS MIGHTY HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR ME" "AND HOLY IS HIS NAME, AND HIS MERCY IS ON THOSE" "WHO FEAR HIM FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION." "HE HAS SHOWN STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM." "HE HAS SCATTERED THE PROUD" "AND THE IMAGINATIONS OF THEIR HEARTS." "HE HAS PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY FROM THEIR THRONES" "AND EXALTED THOSE OF LOW DEGREE." "HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS." "AND THE RICH, HE SAID, EMPTY AWAY." "HE'S HELPED HIS SERVANT ISRAEL IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MERCY" "AS HE SPOKE TO OUR FATHERS AND TO ABRAHAM" "AND CHOSE POSTERITY FOREVER." "AND MY SON WILL BE CALLED JOHN," "AND HE WILL PRECEDE YOURS AND MAKE THE WAY FOR HIM." "IT IS GOD'S GREAT DESIGN." "YES." "TRAVELERS FROM FAR AWAY, TELL ME HOW, HOW WAS IT IN SAMARIA?" "YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, WHAT DO THEY SAY?" "ABOUT THE SAVIOR, THE ONE WHO'S COMING TO DELIVER US" "TO SET US FREE?" "WHEN WILL HE COME?" "DO THEY SAY IN SAMARIA, DO THEY SPEAK OF HIM THERE?" "EVERYWHERE." "THEY ALL HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE SON OF GOD," "ALL OF THEM." "WHY DON'T I" "ACCEPT IT, NESTOR, THE STARS SAY IT IS TRUE." "I CAN'T ACCEPT YOUR STARS." "YOU ARE A LEARNED MAN, THEN ACCEPT WISDOM." "WHAT WISE MAN DOES NOT DESIRE A WORLD WHERE STATES" "STOP PLUNDERING STATES, MEN PLUNDERING MEN?" "THIS SAVIOR WILL GIVE THAT HOPE TO THE WORLD." "IF YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IN HIS COMING, AT LEAST WISH FOR IT." "I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING;" "THERE IS NO ROMAN GOD OF KINDNESS." "DID THAT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?" "YOU TWO ARE TALKING TREASON, DID THAT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?" "REMEMBER THE CARPENTER?" "JOSEPH?" "HE SPOKE ABOUT A TIME WHEN ALL DESPOTS WOULD DISAPPEAR." "WELL, I THINK IT IS INEVITABLE." "THE PRINCE OF PEACE WILL COME." "MIGHTIER THAN HEROD?" "THAN CAESAR, THAN JUPITER, THAN THE STARS." "DO YOU BELIEVE ALL THAT?" "THE WORLD DOES LACK KINDNESS, FLAVIUS." "WITH THIS WONDERFUL PIECE OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU'D BETRAY HEROD?" "I DIDN'T SAY THAT." "BUT THERE IS NO ROMAN GOD OF LOYALTY EITHER." "FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD." "SHE SHOULD BE A GRANDMOTHER, NOT A MOTHER." "SHE, WITH A FIRSTBORN." "BUT DON'T FORGET, SHE IS THE WIFE OF A PRIEST." "AS I SAY, IT IS THE HAND OF GOD." "WHO IS THIS REMARKABLE WOMAN?" "ELIZABETH, THE WIFE OF ZACHARIAS." "AND WHERE MIGHT SHE BE FOUND?" "NOT FAR, PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU WHERE." "^^^^^" "I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO WORK ON THE HOUSE TODAY?" "I THOUGHT SO TOO." "LIKE THAT ALL MORNING." "WHY?" "I DON'T KNOW, THINKING." "FIRST THING THIS MORNING HE ASKED ME IF I THOUGHT" "MARY WOULD START LOVING HIM AFTER HE DOUBTED HER." "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "MENACHEM." "I LOVE HER." "AND A PLACE OPENED UP INSIDE ME THAT I NEVER KNEW." "I SAW AND I HEARD AND I KNEW." "SHE HAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT" "AND SHE WILL HAVE A CHILD." "HIS NAME WILL BE JESUS." "JOSEPH, YOU HEARD THIS FROM AN ANGEL OF THE LORD?" "WHY NOT?" "HE'S BEEN A BUSY ANGEL." "MY QUIET HUSBAND, AND SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT." "[KNOCKING AT DOOR]" "COME IN." "^^^^^" "WE'LL BE MARRIED." "I'VE COME TO TAKE YOU HOME." "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "ZACHARIAS." "MADAME." "SIR." "WE HAVE HEARD OF A MIRACLE." "IS THERE A MIRACLE HERE?" "WE'VE COME TO SEE FOR OURSELVES." "WHAT MIRACLE?" "I THOUGHT EVERYBODY IN THE GALILEE KNEW," "WHY DON'T YOU?" "A KING IS TO BE BORN." "A KING OF THE JEWS." "AND A THREAT TO HEROD." "YOU THINK I'M A THREAT TO HEROD?" "WELL, IT'S OBVIOUS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY." "YOU'RE RIGHT." "IT IS A MIRACLE." "I'M A WOMAN OF 57 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE CHILD'S FATHER." "AND YOU'VE BEEN CHILDLESS UP 'TIL NOW?" "THESE THINGS HAPPEN." "WE THINK IT'S A MIRACLE TOO." "BUT HOW DOES THIS THREATEN HEROD?" "SIR..." "SIR, ARE YOU THE HOUSE OF DAVID?" "WE ARE LEVITES, BOTH OF US." "CAN'T HE SPEAK FOR HIMSELF?" "THE MORNING HE HEARD THE NEWS, HE STOPPED TALKING." "HE HASN'T TALKED SINCE." "I DON'T BLAME HIM." "WE'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE." "WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?" "THE WHOLE THING IS INSANE." "EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, FROM THE DEATH OF A GOAT" "TO THE SWELLING OF A THUMB, IS A MIRACLE." "WEEKS AND MONTHS, AND WE GOT NOTHING." "I SAY WE GO HOME." "AND TELL HEROD WHAT?" "WE'LL THINK OF SOMETHING." "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "HEROD THE GREAT, MIGHTY KING OF JUDEA." "HE THINKS HE SEES THE GHOST OF MARIAMNE" "IN THE PLACE WHERE HE HAD HER SLAIN." "HE TALKS WITH THE DEAD." "^^^^^" "SIRE, WE TRIED." "I HAVE MARIAMNE IN MY ARMS." "WE TALKED." "WE FOUND A WAY." "SIRE?" "THE LIFE OF EVERY MAN-CHILD" "BORN IN THE PAST 2 YEARS IN GALILEE." "ALL OF THEM." "YES." "THERE WILL BE A CENSUS TAKEN." "THEN WE KNOW WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE THE MAN CHILDREN." "THEN WE WILL DESTROY THEM." "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "IS THIS ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF NAZARETH?" "EXCEPT JOSEPH BEN YAAKOV, THE CARPENTER." "JOSEPH OF NAZARETH?" "HE WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM." "HE'S GONE THERE TO REGISTER WITH HIS WIFE." "OF COURSE HIS WIFE." "WHY DO YOU MENTION IT?" "IT'S REMARKABLE THAT HE TOOK HER" "IN THE FACE OF ALL THE HAZARDS." "WHAT HAZARDS?" "DESERT, JOURNEY, WIFE MORE THAN 8 MONTHS PREGNANT." "OF COURSE." "THE CHILD WILL BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM." "THE PRIESTS AND THE SCRIBES WERE RIGHT." "AS IN YOUR PLANET, THE STARGAZER." "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "THERE'S BARELY A DROP LEFT." "I'M NOT THIRSTY." "COME ON." "HOW DO YOU FEEL?" "DOES THAT MEAN YOU FEEL GOOD?" "NOT VERY." "PAINS, ANYTHING?" "NOT REALLY." "BE THERE SOON." "YOU ALL RIGHT?" "JOSEPH, HOW SOON?" "NOT LONG." "IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FAR." "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "WE COULD DIE HERE." "WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'D BE DYING FOR?" "FOR MY KING." "YOUR KING IS MAD." "IT'S THE HAZARD OF HIS PROFESSION." "ALL DESPOTS ARE INSANE." "HE'S GRIEVING FOR HIS WIFE." "FOR HIS WIFE, FOR HIS SINS." "PROWLING THE WILDERNESS LIKE SOME ANCIENT JEWISH MYSTIC." "SOON HE'LL BE COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR GOD." "DESPERATION CAN DO THAT, FLAVIUS," "MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY IT." "^^^^^" "HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?" "WHAT NEWS?" "THE REDEEMER WILL BE BORN." "THE CHRIST." "WHO ARE YOU?" "WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?" "FROM KINGDOMS TO THE EAST." "BALTHAZAR, GASPAR, I AM CALLED MELCHIOR." "WE GO TO GREET HIM." "HOW WILL YOU FIND HIM?" "A STAR WILL LEAD US." "REJOICE, BROTHER, FOR THE KING WILL BE BORN." "BY THEIR ROBES, PRINCES." "OUT OF A MIRAGE TO TELL US THE JOYFUL NEWS." "AND LOOK FOR A STAR TO GUIDE THEM." "WELL FLAVIUS, EVERYWHERE WE'VE TRAVELED" "PEOPLE TALK OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THINGS." "WHEN WE ASK FOR DIRECTIONS, WE GET SOME COMMENT" "ABOUT THE COMING OF THE SAVIOR." "WE PAY FOR FOOD, WINE, WE ARE INFORMED" "THAT THE SON OF GOD IS ON HIS WAY." "FARMER, BEGGARS, PRINCES, THIS WHOLE LAND IS POISED." "WELL, LET'S SAY THAT MAYBE I AM TOO," "MAYBE I'M GETTING READY TO AGREE WITH THEM." "OUR FRIEND HERE CONVINCED FROM THE BEGINNING" "THAT THE JEWISH GOD HAD ARRANGED FOR A MESSIAH." "HE SMILES, WHATEVER HE KNOWS, HE KNOWS," "AND HE IS SERENE." "HE HAS HIS OWN MADNESS." "LIKE THE EASTERN PRINCES, THEY BELIEVE IN PLANETS." "AT LEAST IN SOMETHING!" "WE BELIEVE IN A KING WHO STARES INTO A SEA OF SAND" "WITH DEMENTED EYES." "WELL, MAYBE THIS CHILD SHOULD BE THE KING OF THE JEWS," "THIS CHILD OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID." "THINK ABOUT IT." "^^^^^" "[BABY CRYING]" "HELLO." "HELLO." "WHERE ARE YOU FROM?" "GALILEE." "THAT'S A LONG WAY." "FOR THE CENSUS?" "BETHLEHEM." "BETHLEHEM?" "RELATED TO KING DAVID?" "SO AM I, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO REGISTER." "I'M RUNNING FROM BETHLEHEM TO SAVE MY CHILD." "HAVEN'T YOU HEARD THE RUMOR?" "WHAT RUMOR?" "THEY SAY THE CENSUS IS A FRAUD, AN HEIREST" "ACCOUNT THE NUMBER OF NEW-BORN CHILDREN, MALES." "WHY?" "FOR SLAUGHTER." "TO KILL THE CHILDREN." "HEROD IS AFRAID OF A NEW JEWISH KING." "SHALOM." "OH." "HE SAID IT WAS JUST A RUMOR." "YOU BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT IS, DON'T YOU?" "DO YOU?" "WELL, WHAT IF IT ISN'T?" "WHAT IF IT'S THE TRUTH?" "NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE CHILD." "THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WAYS OF GOD." "AND YOU DO?" "IN THIS CASE, I'M AN AUTHORITY." "AND I'M A WOMAN AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A BABY," "AND THAT MAN SAID THE BABY WOULD DIE." "MAYBE THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS." "I DON'T UNDERSTAND HIM." "LET ME EXPLAIN HIM TO YOU." "IT'S SIMPLE." "IF GOD HAS CHOSEN THE CHILD IN YOUR WOMB TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE," "THEN HE'S GOT TO GIVE HIM SOME TIME TO DO IT." "HE CAN'T JUST LET HIM BE BORN AND DIE." "THE LORD PROMISED THE SAVIOR'S DOMINION" "WOULD STRETCH FROM SEA TO SEA." "AND GOD SAID HIS SON WOULD BE A LEADER OF ARMIES," "SO FIRST HE HAS TO BE A MAN TO BE A LEADER OF MEN." "THAT TAKES TIME." "HE'LL LIVE." "SOMETHING ELSE, DO YOU THINK GOD WOULD HAVE YOU BE" "THE MOTHER OF HIS SON IF THERE WAS SOME DANGER FROM HEROD?" "HE'D PICK ANOTHER MOTHER, HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM HERE," "SYRIA, EGYPT, I DON'T KNOW." "BUT CERTAINLY NOT SOMEONE" "WHO'S GOING TO HAVE A BABY TOMORROW IN BETHLEHEM." "RIGHT?" "YOU'RE THE AUTHORITY." "HOW DO YOU FEEL?" "BETTER." "LET'S CROSS THE RIVER." "HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU?" "THERE IS NOTHING." "THERE IS NO ROOM LEFT." "I HAVE A PREGNANT WIFE OUT THERE." "SHE'S GETTING READY TO HAVE A BABY." "I CAN'T MAKE A ROOM, SIR, THERE JUST AREN'T ANY." "JUST A MINUTE." "PREGNANT WIFE?" "I DON'T HAVE A ROOM, BUT THERE IS SOME SPACE." "WHERE?" "NOW, NOW, NOW DON'T GET ANGRY." "ANY PLACE, WHERE?" "A STABLE ON THE SIDE OF THE HILL." "IT'S WARM AND DRY." "^^^^^" "STRANGER, ARE YOU FOLLOWING THAT STAR?" "A CHORUS OF ANGELS, A HEAVENLY CHOIR, FLAVIUS," "FILLING THIS SACRED NIGHT WITH ITS GLORY." "LISTEN." "^^^^^" "NOW DO YOU BELIEVE?" "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "YOUR STAR, DIOMEDES, AND THE STAR OF THE PRINCES OF THE EAST." "SOMEWHERE HERE IN BETHLEHEM IS THE CARPENTER AND HIS WIFE," "AND THE CHILD WILL BE BORN." "HE WILL BE." "AND WE'LL FIND HIM." "^^^^^" "[BABY CRYING]" "WE MEET AGAIN." "COME, FLAVIUS." "COME." "^^^^^" "[BABY CRYING]" "JOSEPH." "^^^^^" "THE STAR IS THERE FOR ALL THE WORLD TO READ," "AND TO FOLLOW." "ALL THE WORLD, AND HEROD." "WHERE WILL YOU GO?" "PERSIA." "ROME." "I DON'T KNOW." "THERE'S SO MUCH OF THE WORLD I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE." "GOD BE WITH YOU." "MAY WE MEET AGAIN." "SHALOM." "SHALOM." "^^^^^" "^^^^^" "^^^^^"