Let me get closer!
They will crucify him!
The son of God! Kill him!
Scold him!
Blasphemer!
Well, what happened to him?
They're sending him to Pontius Pilate!
We know how that will end up.
Wait a minute! I know you! You were with that Jesus!
- You're one of his followers. - No, I don't know him!
But he is! Look!
And I know him. He is one of his followers!
I see him! I see him!
He's a liar. Arrest him!
I tell you I don't know him!
You are one of them. I saw him!
- What's going on here? - Here's a friend of Jesus. A disciple.
Don't let him go.
Oh please.
Mistaken. I don't know this Jesus they speak of, nor that they want rid of him.
Go
Just keep quiet here.
Don't you know you are on sacred ground?
Hear them? Free Barrabas!
Those crazy people. They should be in here.
Your friends outside want you set free.
So you carry on with your murdering, I suppose.
I'm not a murderer.
I shouldn't be in with those two.
I'm a patriot.
You're all criminals. Don't think you're any different.
It was he who did the murder, not me!
No, he talked me into it. It was his idea.
When will it be?
When Pontius Pilate comes from Caesaria for the Passover, or whatever they call it.
Listen, You've got to let me out of here, I didn't do nothing!
Listen to me!
Free Barrabas! Free Barrsbas, please!
Free Barrabas! Free Barrabas! Free Barrabas!
You have no right to arrest him! Free Barrabas!
- Welcome- - Welcome?!
I leave for one week and I come back and I find the mob clamoring in the street and you dare to say to me welcome?
Who's this Barrabas they keep shouting about?
He's a zealot we arrested.
His followers have disturbed the crowd.
I don't think their noise will disturb my judgment.
Look, you take a hundred men and you clear the street. I'm tired.
With respect procurator-
Please, I'm so tired!
Jerusalem is full of people, there are many hotheads among them.
Yes, and they'll cool when they see the example we make of their Barrabas.
Pontius Pilate, I'm afraid there's another case of which I must cover.
Another one?
Yes, it was submitted to us by the Sanhedrin itself. It concerns a certain Galilean preacher.
Quintilius, I am not interested in their preachers nor their prophets, you know that.
Yes, of course, I know that.
The Sanhedrin whose- cooperation has been very useful to us, they consider it extremely important.
- Even urgent.. - Urgent? Urgent?
I'm sorry.
Maybe next week.
But first we'll deal with Barrabas.
Pilate, there's a delegation from the Sanhedrin waiting outside,
and is lead by Zerah himself.
They have this, uh, this preacher, this Jesus of Nazareth with them. They, they want you to judge him.
Judge him? Zerah himself?
It must be important. No, no, no, no.
I don't want to get involved in their religious quarrels.
This is the monthly report of the prophets.
I thinks it's wise not to offend them unnecessarily. I think you should see them.
Then have them in.
Don't stand there, bring them in.
Ah... Pilate
I'm afraid we must go to them.
We must go to them?
Yes, according to their beliefs, they must not enter the house of a Roman, not on Passover.
They would be defiled.
Defiled.
I forgot about that.
All right.
We'll go to them.
Bring them to the great hall.
How does one govern such people?
Procurator
We have found that this man Jesus of Nazareth
distorts our peoples views on the relationship between God and the state.
Furthermore, he perverts the very heart of our religion.
I'm not concerned with people who break your religious laws.
My function as governor here is to keep the peace in the minister role of justice.
We know that procurator, but this man also threatens the established order.
If he were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you.
He calls himself the Christ, which means the anointed one.
Thank you, I too know some Greek.
Well what else has he done?
Has he spoken against the Emperor? Has he spoken against Rome?
Well, procurator, not directly no, but...
Not directly? Then he is your problem, you'll have to judge him according to your laws.
Procurator, for us, this man Jesus is a blasphemer.
If we were a self governing nation, we would have the right to exact punishment,
which under the law of Moses is laid down for blasphemy.
He made a triumphant entry into Jerusalem, calling himself the king of the Jews.
A claim which we totally reject!
King of the Jews?
Well, whatever else he might have done, such a claim is treason.
True, true, Alright alright,
I'll talk to him
Your Jesus.
- Not ours. - Then whose? Whose?
Bring him in!
Is this the man you think so dangerous?
This, the man that aspires to be a king?
Come, Come, come, come!
Now the leaders of the Sanhedrin accuse you of preaching perverted doctrines.
Come.
They also say you call yourself the king of the Jews.
Well, are you king of the Jews?
If my kingdom were of this world,
my followers would have fought to prevent me from being captured.
Oh, you speak of a kingdom,
therefore you must be a king. Are you a king?
I am.
I was born for one purpose.
To bear witness to the truth.
All who can accept the truth hear my voice
And what is the truth?
No, this man's no criminal.
He's a dreamer. Take him away Take him away.
Have him flogged as a token of Roman justice, that should wake him up.
Right
Procurator
We believers of the Sanhedrin, have always had the same aim as you.
Peaceful administration of our country for the good of people, and for many years-
Please, please, please, please Don't talk to me about the people.
As long as they obey, who cares much about your children of lsrael as we do the mob in Rome?
No, Zerah
Let us speak directly.
Why does the Sanhedrin consider this man so dangerous
that they send you yourself here to make sure that he's condemned?
Perhaps for the same reasons as you procurator if you knew him as well as we do
would also find him dangerous.
That's enough! Put his clothes back on.
..from Jerusalem as the king? Look at him now!
So he's the king? The king of the Jews?
- Maybe we ought to dress him as a king! - Hey, Don't use mine, use one of those!
Wait, Over here.
Here it is.
Come on. Here we are. Turn around.
- Look at him! - Hey, hey wait a minute.
If he's the king, if he's the king, he needs a crown!
Hey Majesty, high and mighty majesty!
Oh! Look at him!
I have it!
A king's crown!
He's got his crown!
He needs a scepter! Majesty!
A perfect fit! Where's your throne, eh?
Now he's the king.
Tiberius will be getting worried!
Behold the men.
Well. What have you got to say for yourself now?
Speak!
Who are you?
What are you?
Well, say something!
Don't you want to defend yourself?
You want to die?
Don't you realize that I have the power to release you or have you crucified?
You would have no power over me
if it had not been given you from above.
Quintilius
Isn't there an ancient custom honoring Passover
where the procurator can release a prisoner sentenced to death
as an act of mercy?
Yes, That custom still exists.
And we have two prisoners.
- Barrabas? - And Jesus.
So let the people decide.
I've made my decision.
The people will decide.
- Zerah- - Take him away!
All right, Take this one away.
Get down to the prison and bring Barrabas.
Barrabas! Remember? Barrabas!
Here, Here, Here Listen to me, Listen, You two, listen.
When I give you the que, you shout for Barrabas!
Barrabas has defending on you. Barrabas has fought for you. Don't betray him.
Shout for Barrabas!
No, we must save Jesus, he's a righteous man.
When did they arrest him? Late last night. In the garden near Gethsemane.
Gethsemane? That's near where I live.
We must be prepared. Barrabas must be freed at all costs.
Now, we put all our men. Do you understand?
As a sign of his magnanimity and his benevolence,
our divine emperor has decided that the custom of releasing one prisoner sentenced to death
in honor of your Passover shall continue.
We have two prisoners.
One! Jesus of Nazareth
Accused of treason by proclaiming himself king of the Jews.
Any one who shouts for that false prophet had better watch out.
Look at him, the king of the Jews. What's happened to him?
You call yourself a king?
Or
Barrabas!
Accused of sedition and murdering a Roman auxiliary.
Free Barrsbas!
Free Barrabas! He's one of us!
Give us Barrabas!
Which of the two shall be released to you?
Jesus of Nazareth.
Guilty of proclaiming himself king of the Jews
or
Barrabas?
Release Jesus! He is the true prophet!
Free Barrabas! God save you! Release him!
Free Barrabas!
False prophet! He betrayed us! Kill Nazarite!
Jesus! Jesus!
We want Barrabas!
Free Barrabas! Barrabas!
- Free Barrabas! - Jesus! Jesus!
Barrabas!
Jesus!
Shut up, you scum!
Realease Barrabas!
Realease him! Kill Barrabas!
We can't let him go!
- We can't let Barrabas get away! - Yes
- Soldiers won't like that. - Move
Pilate, you're not going to free Barrabas!
An assassin and enemy of Rome!
I wonder, who is the real enemy?
Jesus of Nazareth must be saved!
Let it be written
that Jesus of Nazareth is guilty of treason by proclaiming himself
king of the Jews and is sentenced
to be crucified.
Hey Look, Where's the last prisoner? Come on
Here's the man.
Come on
- Oh... King of the Jews - Hurry up. This crowd worries me.
Take it
Come on, Make room Make room! Get out of the way!
Save yourself, Jesus!
You betrayed us! You betrayed us!
Get back you scum! Come on! Come on!
He's a traitor!
He's a prophet!
You betrayed us!
Traitor!
I know that sign. It is an insult!
He is not the king of the Jews!
Those are the orders we received!
Get out of the way!
Now all of you stay back!
Father Forgive them.
They know not what they do.
If you're what you say you are,
If you're the messiah,
Why don't you save yourself?
- And us. - Leave him alone!
Don't you fear God even when you are dying?
We deserve to die.
We are receiving the just punishment for our crimes
But this man has done nothing wrong.
Jesus
Remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Today you will be with me in paradise.
Hey Hey Hey... You
- She is his mother. - How can you prove it?
Hey
She is his mother.
Go to him.
- And who are you? - Please
I'm with the family.
Is that right?
Yes, she is one of the family.
Go!
John
Behold your mother.
Woman
Behold your son.
He has saved others. Why can't he save himself now?
Ilee?
Listen
Listen, He's calling on the prophet Elijah.
No, he's not calling Elijah.
He's quoting the scriptures.
Even now, nailed to the cross he quotes the scriptures.
Even now.
He was despised and rejected of men, man's sorrows and equated with grief,
he was oppressed and afflicted, yet, he opened not his mouth.
He was brought as a lamb to slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearer is done,
surely he has born our griefs and carried our sorrows
yet we didn't esteemed him stricken speech of god and affliction,
that he was wounded for our transgressions, he was abused for our inequities,
and through his wounds we are healed.
Yes Born again.
Father
Into thy hands
I cometh to my in spirit.
It is completion
Oh my god, Oh my god
My god!
My Lord!
Please help me!
Please.
My god, my god please
Hey you, in the family Come and take the body.
The tomb has already been provided by a prominent member of your faith who doesn't wish his name to be revealed.
Pontius Pilate gave permission before he went back to Caeseria.
Yes, yes, yes
But you don't understand. Why should you?
It is of vital importance for us to know where his tomb is.
With all due respect why is it of such importance? The man is dead.
Well since you've asked, there have been rumors of this Jesus arising up from the dead.
And you believe this?
But it may prevail upon the superstitious.
His followers could easily remove the body secretly
and then they can talk of having witnessed the resurrection.
Therefore, can the tomb be guarded?
No, there's nothing to stop you guarding it.
No, there isn't, but it must be carried out by your Romans.
Why?
Well, if we use our own temple guards, his disciples could say that he truly rose but that his enemies denied it.
What sort of person are you if I may ask?
His death is not enough for you?
I think your procurator, if he were here,
would agree with me when I say
this Jesus could be much more dangerous now that he is dead.
Therefore I would be grateful if something could be arranged.
Very well then
A roman guard will be posted.
Hey stop!
Who are you? Where are you going?
We are the family of Jesus of Nazareth who lies here.
What do you want?
To enter the tomb.
Why?
To anoint the body
to bring fresh linen, herbs, spices. It is our custom.
Why didn't you do that when you brought him here?
The Sabbath began, we could not buy them.
What do you think?
They're only three woman, let them go.
I suppose it'll be alright then.
You'll need an army to move that stone.
All right then, let's go together.
But we'll need some help.
Hey Lenchilus, wake up! Come with us.
Marcus, you watch the bridge!
Where you going?
Why do you seek the living among the dead?
Jesus is not there.
Come!
Jesus is not here!
You sure?
I swear to Jupiter, Hercules and Mars!
Yes yes, you've been awake all night and haven't moved from that spot!
That's right! We were given strict orders! Nobody's been near that tomb.
And those Jewish priests or whatever they are were with us all the time!
Well then, who moved the stone?
Who is it?
It's me, Phillip!
- Did anyone follow you? - No.
Are you sure?
Of course I'm sure.
Are they still looking for us?
On every corner one sees temple guards and Roman soldiers!
This place isn't safe anymore, We must go somewhere else!
But where can we go?
I wish we could go to Galilee.
Peter
Tell us. What should we do?
We must do what the master would have wanted.
The master is dead, Peter.
- I thought you said you weren't followed. - I wasn't!
- Mary - Peter
All of you
I have seen him
Seen who?
The master
- You've seen him? - Yes.
He is risen.
I saw him. I saw him
This morning, we went to the tomb, and near the tomb was a man,
and a young boy
and the man said to me,
"Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Jesus is not here."
So we went to the tomb. We saw the stone was upturned.
The grave, the tomb was open.
We looked for him It was not him.
You mean the master's body wasn't there?
- Had it been stolen? - No, no no
Let me finish.
When we were leaving the cemetery, I saw another man.
He saw how distraught we were.
He said, "Woman,
why do you weep?"
And then he said my name
Mary
It was then that I saw it was Jesus.
I fell to my knees and I reached for him.
"Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my father," he said.
"But go to my brothers and tell them."
You don't believe me.
I tell you I saw him. It was our Lord!
Mary, Mary
John
Oh John You don't believe me. You.
Mary, you're tired.
Please
Please go.
I saw him, John. I saw him.
Women's fantasies.
Fantasies?
Was his death a fantasy?
I saw him die!
I was there and I wept at his feet!
Why should he not then appear to me?
He is risen.
He told me to tell you,
and I have done so.
You wouldn't believe her.
Even when the master raised girus's daughter you didn't believe it!
What do you mean? You believe her story?
Well, do any of you believe it?
Do you, Andrew?
Do you, James?
And you, Matthew?
Do you?
Peter?
Yes.
How can you?
Because he said so.
Because he wanted it to be so.
He wanted everything to happened just as it did.
And I have always believed him.
But Peter, you denied him! You denied him three times!
Yes!
I denied him because I was a coward.
We are all cowards!
We accuse Judas of being the traitor, but we all betrayed him.
We all abandoned him.
At least our brothers in the Sanhedrin didn't know him.
The Romans
didn't know him
But we we ate with him.
We lived with him.
We knew that he was the Christ!
and still we betrayed him.
Brothers, can't you see?
Thomas
You asked me if I believe he is risen.
Yes I do,
for I know in my heart he will not abandon us.
I know in my heart he has forgiven me-
us.
Forgiven all of us.
This is precisely what I feared.
His disciples must have come in the night, removed the stone, and taken away the body.
Impossible! I had guards here as you requested!
And your priests were here, too.
Now it begins.
It all begins.
It was written,
"The son of man will suffer,
and on the third day will rise again from the dead to enter into His glory."
You are my witnesses to this.
Now my Father in heaven is reconciled to the world,
and as he sent me,
so I am sending you.
Receive the Holy Spirit.
Go like lambs among wolves.
Make disciples of all nations.
Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Teach them the gospel and the commands I gave you.
Now, I am leaving the world again, and going to the Father.
Oh Lord, stay with us.
For the night is falling,
and the day is all full.
Don't be afraid.
I am with you everyday until the end of time.