Ican see! I can see! I can see!
Jesus of Nazareth, He cured a blind man!
- Who? - Jesus of Nazareth
Master. We should send these people, we have nothing to give them to eat.
They should go to the villages where they can find food.
There's no need to send them away.
You give them something to eat.
How? There are thousands of them. We cannot feed them.
Is there any food left?
This is all we have. Five barley loaves and two fish.
Put the loaves and the fish in the baskets. And give them to the people.
Well, go on. Why are you waiting? Do as he says.
I'm sorry! There's only one. That's all we have!
- But we're starving! - What do you mean there's only one? There's plenty!
A miracle! A miracle!
Jesus is our salvation!
Amos! God works through Jesus of Nazareth, doesn't he?
Through him we can cast off our chains!
We must revenge the murder of John the Baptist, and we must kill King Herod.
Then what are we waiting for?
Listen it's been said over and over and over again our kingdom is at hand.
Now a kingdom needs a king doesn't it?
So now is the time for the people and tribes of lsrael to follow Jesus of Nazareth.
With him to lead us, we can gather an army!
March on Jerusalem! And at Passover, protect the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth!
Quiet! Quiet all of you! Now is the time for clear thinking,
not for indulgences and your absurd fantasies! You!
You want to kill Herod and you, you want to march on Jerusalem!
They could have your skulls crushed for saying it!
And one day, they will.
Amos,
Amos. We live in obscure times, and you all know that we suffer together.
Well I would rather die than see Jesus manipulated by men like you.
His words speak louder than any of your fake eloquence.
And what of his enemies.
What will defeat his enemies, what will disarm them?
You madness, or his mission?
Judas,
you have to take us to meet him, we have to talk to him.
So the Baptist was right.
Men must change before kingdoms can.
Don't stand in our way, Judas. That is my advice.
Brothers.
Judas won't stop us I like some of his ideas.
Herod must die, that is certain. He must pay in the blood for the Baptist,
but I agree with Judas.
Jesus of Nazareth must be kept out of the picture for the time being.
It would be safer not to speak of him now.
We shall wait for the Passover in Jerusalem. That's when you bring him to us, Judas.
We have our brothers in the temple guards.
They shall arrest the Sanhedrin and force them to declare Jesus, King of the Jews.
Are we all agreed?
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
No, Amos, I don't agree.
I have listened to all of you,
and not one of you have understood what Jesus of Nazareth means.
What does his presence on earth mean?
Brothers. I am one who like you
believe that the people of lsrael would rise up in the name of the messiah and break their chains,
but I am sure now that Jesus of Nazareth means far more than this.
Through him lsrael will be reborn,
not by force, but by change within.
Simon, Simon, you can't give up the cause.
We've believed in it all our lives. Simon, choose.
I choose to pray for you.
And to follow Jesus of Nazareth, if he will accept me.
Oh, he will accept you.
John the Baptist gave neither eating bread nor drinking wine and you said he was possessed by devils.
Here I am drinking and eating freely with you
no doubt you'll say I'm a glutton and a drinker, friend of the tax collectors and the sinners
Rabbi you do us an injustice we respect your achievements,
and we understand their importancebut to what extant are you prepared to accept our laws?
We hear that you heal the sick on the Sabbath.
Do you want our people not to rest on the Sabbath?
If one of you had a sheep that had fell into a pit on the Sabbath, would you go and get it out?
God made Sabbath for the man, not man for the Sabbath.
Oh, we understand that we understand what you're trying to say,
but is it not confusing to other people?
We live by the law.
If we accept the law to be ruled by exceptions, then we are lost.
Today, if it hadn't been for the severity that we learned from Moses,
we would not have our laws,we would not even have, we would not even be a people any longer.
But it is the, the excessive tolerance, the lack of rigidity in your teaching thathas made us feel that this is a real danger.
The law gives me security, it's a guide to my whole way of life,
a measure for judging this man is right and this man is wrong.
Then you should not judge-
But you, as a son of lsrael, know we have been chosen by God from all mankind to be the holy nation.
And for this He gave us our law, the Torah, which is the law of life,
and we have to separate ourselves from the sinners and be pure and just.
But who is just in the eyes of the Lord?
What is the heart of the law?
Here, O lsrael, thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength.
This is the greatest commandment.
You study well.
You are not far from the kingdom of God, Joseph of Arimathea,
but there is another commandment no less great,
you must love your neighbor as yourself.
But who is my neighbor?
No! no! Stop her! You can't come in! This is no place for the likes of you!
What's the matter?
Isn't she that woman? The whore! Yes, yes that's her!
What is she doing?
She is defiling him!
This is no place for you woman! Come, leave quickly.
- Simon, sit down! - But Rabbi,
you know what kind of a woman this is!
Simon, please!
Simon, when I came into your house,
you didn't pour water over my feet, or kiss me in greeting, or anoint my head with oil.
She has washed my feet with her tears,
and dried them with her hair,
and anointed them.
Daughter, your sins, and I know they are many,
are forgiven you because of the greatness of your love.
Only god can forgive the sins of men!
Your faith has saved you.
Go. And sin no more.
Daughter.
Take this ointment
and keep it for my burial.
Go in peace.
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out peasants.
Take nothing with you except a staff, no pack no food no money.
Whenever you come to a town or a village find who is worthy of it, and stay with him.
If at any place they will not take you or listen to you,
shake the dust off your feet as you leave.
Sodom and Gomorrah, on the Day of Judgment, can fare better than that place.
I am sending you out as sheep among the wolves.
Be as wise as serpents
and as harmless as doves.
Don't be anxious about what you are to say, or how you are to speak.
It's not you who speak,
but the spirit of your father speaking from you.
Freely you have received, now freely give.
Go.
Blessed are you among women.
You are His mother.
Anyone who believes our Father in Heaven
is His brother, His sister, His mother.
Take this.
The king is coming.
Here comes Herod.
Keep following me. Come on, come on!
Kill the tyrant!
Herod! Pay with your blood for the Baptist! Murderer! Murderer!
Your blood for the Baptist! Murderer!
Make room for His Majesty! Make room! Lead him this way!
He's been attacked by those damn zealots!
Lead him this way! Lay him down here, Lay him down. Gently! Gently!...
Oh! Oh! I could have been killed. I could have been killed.
The guards were simply not there! They were too slow!
Do you know why this happened?
Because two disciples of Jesus of Nazareth were preaching in the town!
Your majesty, Jesus himself has no interest in the zealots.
He... He may not, but the zealots still make use of him!
They made use of John the Baptist, too,
and he is more dangerous now then when he was alive.
Watch your tongue!
Don't stand there, gaping like idiots! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out!
Have no mercy on those zealots. Kill them all!
Come on you zealot scum!
You sold your soul to Herod!
Herod! God's curse on you!
You butcher us, Herod, and after our blood, thousands will rise to take our place!
In the name of the king, kill them!
And this is how they'll all end up! All who plot against the king!
Poor Amos! To die like that!
How good and strong he was, really.
Don't grieve, Simon. You warned them what would happen, remember?
They were my brothers, Judas. I lived with them since I was a boy.
Ah, I know they were mad, I know, but they were honest.
- They thought they could force God's hand. - Exactly.
Now Jesus will go to Jerusalem,
and will deal with the Sanhedrin on his terms,
and there will be no need for bloodbath.
Come!
Come, let us find a master. Come!
And she called to me Rabbi...Rabbi!
I didn't know how to greet China! And then suddenly I found myself speaking!
The same power of Peter was here!
Master, there is great excitement everywhere about you!
Who do the people in Galilee say that I am?
Some say John the Baptist. They will not believe that he's dead.
They know he is dead! Many indeed.
But they say you're John the Baptist alive again
I've heard one say you're Elijah, back from the grave.
Or some say Jeremiah, or Ezekial.
And who do you say that I am?
I say you are the messiah.
The son of the living God.
In saying that, Simon by Jonah,
you show yourself to be blessed among men.
Flesh and blood have not revealed this truth,
it has come from my Father in Heaven.
And so now I will call you Peter, the Rock.
And upon this rock I will build what I must call my church.
The gates of hell will not prevail against it.
To you I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
And to you all I say this,
Peter has spoken the truth.
And now you know it.
But you must not reveal it to any man.
The time has not yet come.
But another time is coming.
The time for me to go to Jerusalem.
Oh yes, master! You must go to Jerusalem. The whole city awaits you!
The elders of lsrael must know and recognize you.
No, Judas.
In Jerusalem the son of Man will be rejected by the elders and the chief priests of the temple.
He will be condemned.
He will be handed over to the unbelievers, who will scourge him, mock him,
put him to death.
Then after three days,
he will rise again.
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for what is right,
for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called sons of God.
Blessed are those you are persecuted in the cause of right,
for theirs is in the kingdom of heaven
Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you...
Rejoice and be glad
for your reward will be great in heaven
as it was for the prophets persecuted before you.
In your prayers, remember,
your Father knows what your needs are before you ask him.
This is how you should pray,
Our Father who art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our debts,
as we and forgive us our
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Master.
Master, you said you were going to Jerusalem,
and in Jerusalem they would kill you.
If that's true, then it's our duty to keep you from going.
You must not allow it to happen.
Peter.
You're thinking as men think, not as God thinks.
The devil is speaking through you.
Get him out of Satan.
Mercy on this holy soil!
Jerusalem!
Come! Give me your hand, Alazar!
You go ahead, I'll meet you at the gate!
One more halt, and we'll be nearly there.
Jerusalem will be swarming with pilgrims getting ready for the Passover.
Will he go straight to the city?
He said that he would be put to death there.
And that he would rise again.
Master, master!
Martha and Mary, the sisters of your friend in Bethany
have sent me here to find you. Lazarus is very ill, near death.
Go. tell them I'll be there
- Master, master! he's coming - Master! Martha's coming
He's arriving!
My Lord.
Lord.
If you had been with us, my brother would not have died.
But I know that even now, whatever you ask of God, God will give it to you,
because I believe you are the Christ, the son of God.
He who has come into the world to give us eternal life
Where do you live?
Come and see.
Lord. Lord.
I prayed and prayed for you to arrive.
You could have kept Lazarus from dying.
Take away the stone
But he's been dead four days master. His body must already be decaying!
Take away the stone.
Give me a hand!
Father, thank you for hearing my prayer.
Now those who stand round me may believe
that I am resurrection and the life.
And those who believe in me shall never die.
I went down into the countries underneath the earth,
to the people's of the past,
but you lifted my life from the pit, Lord, my God.
Lazarus! Come forth!
He that believes in me, but he were dead, yet shall he live.
Too much, too much! Keep it! Ah! He always complains!
Give your sheep.
Thank you!
Lord our god, the Lord is one.
It is that thou art the Lord, our God, the God of our fathers.
Save your life Father, I'll save you-
Here are the documents you wished to see, master Zerah.
Thank you.
And I am extremely flattered that you wished to see me, but why may I ask?
Master Zerah, with respect,
there are many people in lsrael who feel that your influence in the Sanhedrin offers great hope for the future,
and I can think of no better introduction to the high priest, Lord Caiaphus.
Well, since you know so much about me, then you won't be surprised that we know about your rabbi from Nazareth.
Miracles. Raising the dead extraordinary.
No, I wish that my duties give me time to see your Jesus myself.
I wish you had, then you would need no persuading that he is the only man that can bring peace to lsrael.
- What? - Well, the zealots know it and so-
So, you might be surprised to learn, do your temple guards.
Romans, they're faithfully practical, they would welcome any body who can bring peace, and if it was a peace that cost him nothing,
so much the better.
The Sanhedrin should proclaim Jesus king of Judea, and tell the Romans-
What? "Look Caesar, we have a new ruler, one from the royal house of David.
One in whom we have every confidence, who preaches peace, tolerance and love even to you Romans,
therefore you can calmly withdraw your troops. We no longer need them"?
You actually put it very well.
I would have to put it very well indeed for the Romans to take away their troops and their procurates,
not to mention their tax collectors.
I was told of your wit, and this is hardly the time for it.
Alright.
You and I should not quarrel.
What do you want me to do?
Let Jesus of Nazareth prove himself before the Sanhedrin.
I think I can promise you that he shall have that opportunity.
Rabbi, Many days see to you.
Please, Jesus save me.
Welcome to our city!
Hail Jesus!
He raised Lazarus from the dead!
- Who is this Jesus of Nazareth? - He's a prophet, a great prophet.
A prophet, on a donkey?
I saw you with Jerusalem's daughters. Behold thy king!
Son of David! Master, you are the hope of lsrael.
You are our prophet and our savior!
Jesus has come to save us!
Hosanna! Hosanna!
Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!...
You cannot buy anything in our temples with Roman money,
you must change it for our sheckles, you know that!
- But it's cheap! - Well if you don't like it-
...You are turning the house of our lord into a market place! It's a shame!
That much?
Don't tell.
It's some rate that all the other saucer, dear friend.
It's come true ten-
Take two instead of one they are all greatfull.
Who fight with lambs. Who fight with lambs.
Jerusalem, the faithful city.
She that was full of justice, has become a harlot!
Stop him! Have you gone mad? Have you not heard?
What are your multitude of sacrifices to me, says the Lord?
Bring forth no more vain offerings!"
Look at my money! Thieves!
This is a house of prayer,
and you have turned it into a den of thieves!
Stop!
Rabbi, my name is Zerah. I'm a scribe of this holy place.
And l, like my brethren, have followed your mission with great interest.
We have heard good things about you, and are glad,
but what you have done today shocks and surprises us.
Do you wish to destroy this sacred temple?
A temple is not merely of stone. It is a house of God.
It cannot be destroyed as long as God lives here.
Destroy this temple, and in three days, I will make it rise again.
It took centuries to build this temple, and you think you can build it in three days?
You said it,
but you have not understood.
Rabbi, I understand better than you think.
Master That scribe had every intention of greeting you in a friendly manner. He wanted to understand your mission.
Was it wise to discourage him?
He has one of the most open minds in the Sanhedrin.
Open your heart, Judas Not your mind.
Open your eyes and your heart.
Master Zerah! Master Zerah!
Ah, My dear Judas!
You're quite right. Your master has very little political sense.
But he is an extraordinary man
and we shall continue to watch is mission with great interest.
Your son will be teaching in the temple. Shall I take you to him?
No I'll wait.
I'll see him when it is time
Blessed are the eyes that see what you see
for I tell you Many kings and prophets have desired to see what you see
and have not seen it
to hear what you hear
and have not heard it.
I thank you, Father
for hiding these things from the learned and the wise
and revealing them to the innocent and the sinful
for he who would be great among you must be your servant
he who would be the first must be your slave
just as the son of man came not to be served
but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Come to me All who labor and are heavy laden
and I will give you rest.
Come O blessed of my Father
and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
I was hungry and you gave me food.
I was thirsty and you gave me drink.
I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.
I was naked, and you clothed me.
I was a prisoner and you visited me.
I was sick and you came to me.
You will ask, "When did we do this for you?"
Whoever does this to the least of my brethren
he does it to me.
He's there.
Master I am Barrabas, a zealot.
Before he was murdered, Amos sent word to us, "Trust you."
My brothers are ready.
Some of them are temple guards.
Our day of revenge against the Romans has come.
Everyday their grip becomes tighter. Our people have become used to oppression.
With you to lead them, and with our swords behind you,
they will rise up, we can teach them to fight.
Some of the priests of Sagisis have said "Obey the laws of Caesar.
They do not speak for the Jewish people.
Tell us what to do, whatever you say we will follow you.
Then love your enemies
and forgive those who use and persecute you.
The day of forgiveness is at hand.
Forgive Herod?
Forgive the Romans?
Forgive them all.
But the, the Romans have butchered hundreds of innocent people, young people, old people, lives ended without mercy, without trial.
Surely you can't mean to forgive that, master?
We should fight the sword with the sword.
All who take out the sword shall perish by the sword!
But we must end the weeping in lsrael!
Barrabas Your zeal blinds you to the truth.
The new Jerusalem will not build up by murder and uprising.
If we still have god we'll fill the land as water fills the sea.
The lion will lie down to the lamb.
There will be no more killing or destroying
and the voice of weeping shall be heard no more.
While we wait for that day to come, our people live in mourning and lamentation.
Barrabas,
you wish to follow me.
I have come to take on my shoulders the sins of the world.
You who'd follow me must be willing to do the same.
Oh no.
Barrabas!
Father, Blessed my child.
The son of David.