1 00:02:17,831 --> 00:02:21,494 In the hour when the King Messiah comes. 2 00:02:22,602 --> 00:02:25,196 He shall stand on the roof of the temple, 3 00:02:26,205 --> 00:02:30,198 and proclaim that the time of deliverance has come. 4 00:02:31,543 --> 00:02:38,176 Those who believe and are faithful to God will rejoice in the light that will rise upon them, 5 00:02:38,717 --> 00:02:44,246 as it is written, "Arise, Shine, for Thy light has come". 6 00:02:46,157 --> 00:02:52,119 Only take courage and be careful to observe all things written in the law of Moses. 7 00:02:53,465 --> 00:03:00,598 And try not to side from them, neither to the right hand nor to the left. 8 00:03:02,241 --> 00:03:05,698 Take care only this, in all diligence, 9 00:03:07,812 --> 00:03:10,143 that of love the Lord, thy God. 10 00:03:11,683 --> 00:03:12,706 Amen! 11 00:03:14,818 --> 00:03:17,844 Blessed art thou Lord, our God, King of the universe. 12 00:03:18,422 --> 00:03:24,156 Nay, only the best among men, as it is better to be an entity of the Heavens. 13 00:03:25,662 --> 00:03:28,859 Blessed art thou, O God, Lord of the Universe, 14 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:34,396 who consecrates the Sabbath, and all of lsrael's celebrations. 15 00:03:34,970 --> 00:03:36,403 Amen. 16 00:03:36,839 --> 00:03:41,641 May the Lord bless and preserve you. May He let his face shine upon you. 17 00:03:42,611 --> 00:03:45,375 May the Lord lift up His countenance and give you peace. 18 00:03:45,648 --> 00:03:46,774 Amen. 19 00:03:47,216 --> 00:03:50,276 Come to my house, Rabbi, for supper? I promised my children. 20 00:03:50,585 --> 00:03:51,348 Thank you. 21 00:03:51,854 --> 00:03:55,289 Ah... Joseph! Ah, Joseph! Joseph! 22 00:03:55,825 --> 00:04:00,785 Joseph, there's something I want to talk to you about... it's very important, 23 00:04:02,764 --> 00:04:06,564 see, if you just come with me we can talk about it better... 24 00:04:19,347 --> 00:04:23,282 I've read from the scriptures, it might clear. 25 00:04:31,425 --> 00:04:32,551 Get away from me! 26 00:04:38,632 --> 00:04:40,361 Rabbi, rabbi! 27 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:43,860 Yes, tell your mother and father they can see me tomorrow. 28 00:04:50,577 --> 00:04:52,567 Once you've mastered the craft you will be free. 29 00:04:53,547 --> 00:04:56,413 Always remember, only those that know how to use their hands are free. 30 00:04:57,250 --> 00:04:58,842 Only they are not dependent on anyone else. 31 00:04:59,852 --> 00:05:02,821 Joseph, could we-please? 32 00:05:03,356 --> 00:05:03,981 Anna! 33 00:05:09,060 --> 00:05:10,857 I shall leave you to work on your own for a minute. 34 00:05:16,368 --> 00:05:18,996 - Remember, don't force the wood-treat it gently. - Yes, of course. 35 00:05:23,575 --> 00:05:26,738 Anna, I intended to find you when we finished work, but I'll come with you now. 36 00:05:28,313 --> 00:05:31,771 - You know that my husband... - God rest him, the best of men... 37 00:05:32,383 --> 00:05:33,578 Was very fond of you. 38 00:05:34,518 --> 00:05:41,356 He would have come to you himself, but in the end, he could hardly speak. Poor man. 39 00:05:42,793 --> 00:05:49,028 What sleep he could get was disturbed by dreams about his daughter-alone, without her brother! 40 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:53,395 No man in the house! And now, I can't sleep. 41 00:05:54,404 --> 00:05:57,397 And when I die, as I must soon... 42 00:05:57,908 --> 00:05:58,840 Why do you say that? 43 00:05:59,709 --> 00:06:02,440 I have a feeling that I will not live much longer. 44 00:06:02,812 --> 00:06:05,804 You have years ahead of you, and you will sleep soundly tonight. 45 00:06:08,585 --> 00:06:13,079 It's a great change in a man's life, but I also know a single man is only half a person. 46 00:06:15,023 --> 00:06:18,357 As for the contract and the date of the wedding... I leave that all to you and the rabbi. 47 00:06:19,628 --> 00:06:21,927 Well, thank you, Joseph. You won't regret it. 48 00:06:22,397 --> 00:06:25,924 Mary is a good girl-she'll make you a beautiful wife. 49 00:06:27,603 --> 00:06:31,539 Shall we sign the contract the first day of the full moon? 50 00:06:32,374 --> 00:06:37,437 And then after a year's betrothal, celebrate the wedding in the season of the harvest 51 00:06:39,146 --> 00:06:42,547 when the earth yields up its fruit and the heart rejoices. 52 00:06:44,518 --> 00:06:46,749 With luck I may be able to see it. 53 00:07:24,157 --> 00:07:25,784 Mary, Mary! 54 00:07:26,859 --> 00:07:28,884 Come out Mary! They're waiting for you! 55 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,436 Mary! Mary! Mary, come! Come quickly! 56 00:07:42,141 --> 00:07:43,607 Shawl! Your shawl! 57 00:08:05,096 --> 00:08:06,723 Thank you. Do not be afraid. 58 00:08:08,198 --> 00:08:09,461 Yes, here she is. 59 00:08:31,788 --> 00:08:32,914 Beautiful. 60 00:08:37,594 --> 00:08:43,533 May this betrothal, one to the other, Joseph, Mary 61 00:08:44,835 --> 00:08:49,134 be blessed and sanctified according to the law of Moses, and of lsrael. 62 00:08:49,872 --> 00:08:51,203 Amen, Amen! 63 00:09:57,303 --> 00:09:58,167 Who are you? 64 00:10:02,075 --> 00:10:02,973 Who are you? 65 00:10:42,646 --> 00:10:43,704 How can that be? 66 00:10:45,116 --> 00:10:46,640 No man has ever touched me. 67 00:11:20,016 --> 00:11:22,245 Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, 68 00:11:24,386 --> 00:11:27,219 may you be done unto me according to your word. 69 00:11:35,864 --> 00:11:38,890 Mary? Who are you talking to? 70 00:11:54,182 --> 00:11:56,047 There's news of Elizabeth. 71 00:11:56,817 --> 00:11:59,149 My cousin, Elizabeth? What news? 72 00:12:02,123 --> 00:12:05,023 She's going to have a son in three months time. 73 00:12:09,296 --> 00:12:16,361 She conceived the child six months ago, on the 19th day of Tishri. 74 00:12:18,438 --> 00:12:19,962 But Elizabeth was always bad. 75 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:22,967 Now, she's far too old. 76 00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:28,474 What nonsense is this, child? 77 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:32,715 Oh, but it's true. She's going to have a son. 78 00:12:36,355 --> 00:12:38,085 And I must go and visit her. 79 00:13:27,070 --> 00:13:35,273 Seems like... the release of these nations, the Egyptians, the Syrians, King Herod, 80 00:13:36,513 --> 00:13:40,278 to revert to the Jews, I wonder, is it because, as you say, 81 00:13:40,784 --> 00:13:44,344 they identify future with past that they have so many prophets? 82 00:13:44,553 --> 00:13:47,147 Oh, the prophets, it's the sun which breeds them. 83 00:13:48,824 --> 00:13:52,419 Many of them are harmless. They preach religion, we let them go. 84 00:13:52,828 --> 00:13:56,093 But, some of them preach rebellion because it is written. 85 00:13:57,099 --> 00:14:00,363 Altogether, literacy has had a disastrous effect in this country, 86 00:14:01,269 --> 00:14:03,134 and those we eliminate. 87 00:14:03,972 --> 00:14:10,935 Rome has taught us that although this may be indifferent theology, it is very good government. 88 00:14:13,481 --> 00:14:18,383 Majesty, I've heard the word, "Messiah". What exactly is a Messiah? 89 00:14:18,887 --> 00:14:23,381 Oh, even you have heard that awful word, Procunuas? 90 00:14:24,291 --> 00:14:26,782 Well, is he a prophet or is he something even... 91 00:14:27,027 --> 00:14:32,932 Well, Rome, even Rome, cannot influence men's dreams, 92 00:14:34,301 --> 00:14:40,797 and the messiah is a bad dream disguised as a solution to every problem. 93 00:14:40,974 --> 00:14:47,345 It's a leveler of scores, a rewarder of righteousness, a scourge for the wrongdoer, 94 00:14:48,182 --> 00:14:51,912 it is the bringer of everlasting peace. 95 00:14:53,319 --> 00:14:59,155 Then, as I understand from what you have said, a messiah is worse than a prophet, 96 00:14:59,492 --> 00:15:01,289 from the Roman point of view... 97 00:15:01,494 --> 00:15:04,952 From the Jewish viewpoint, too. I mean, you try telling that to the Jews. 98 00:15:05,331 --> 00:15:08,323 No, don't! Don't! It's much wiser not to consult them. 99 00:15:08,568 --> 00:15:12,128 Just when a messiah appears, crush it under foot like a young scorpion. 100 00:15:14,907 --> 00:15:19,309 No, you can tell great Augustus, that he can rest in peace in Rome, 101 00:15:20,479 --> 00:15:25,382 there will be no messiahs, true or false, in Palestine while I am alive. 102 00:15:30,956 --> 00:15:32,855 Come Mary, you'll be comfortable. 103 00:15:34,458 --> 00:15:38,054 Here we go! May the Lord keep us safe on our journey! 104 00:15:39,463 --> 00:15:41,090 God bless you, child. 105 00:15:51,475 --> 00:15:54,376 Esther, Esther! Take this to my sister in Bethlehem. 106 00:15:54,611 --> 00:15:57,308 And tell her, tell her I'll be with her for Passover. 107 00:15:58,415 --> 00:16:00,042 Go safely on your journey! 108 00:16:28,912 --> 00:16:30,708 Where do you want the screen, where should I put it? 109 00:16:39,521 --> 00:16:43,217 Mary! I've been longing to see you. 110 00:16:56,404 --> 00:16:57,393 Mary... 111 00:17:02,275 --> 00:17:03,470 So it is true. 112 00:17:07,380 --> 00:17:09,974 How did you know? Who told you? 113 00:17:11,685 --> 00:17:13,711 A messenger from God. 114 00:17:16,389 --> 00:17:17,651 And he told me another thing. 115 00:17:25,465 --> 00:17:27,456 A thing even more wonderful. 116 00:17:32,305 --> 00:17:34,034 You're blessed among women, 117 00:17:35,475 --> 00:17:38,034 and blessed shall be the fruit of your womb. 118 00:17:39,378 --> 00:17:45,578 I, too, am highly favored that the mother of the chosen should come to me. 119 00:17:47,286 --> 00:17:50,448 From the moment your greeting reached my ears 120 00:17:54,126 --> 00:17:57,789 the child in my womb leaped for joy. 121 00:17:59,531 --> 00:18:01,623 My soul doth magnify the Lord, 122 00:18:03,066 --> 00:18:05,558 and my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my savior, 123 00:18:06,304 --> 00:18:10,070 for He has looked kindly upon the most humble of his handmaidens, 124 00:18:11,108 --> 00:18:14,373 and He has told me that all generations shall call me blessed. 125 00:18:15,579 --> 00:18:18,481 He who is mighty has done unto me a mighty thing. 126 00:18:33,796 --> 00:18:35,025 Is it true about Mary's dream? 127 00:18:35,265 --> 00:18:38,428 Oh yes, it's true. News came from Enkarim. Elizabeth is going to have a child. 128 00:18:38,835 --> 00:18:41,564 - Even though she's past the age? - Oh yes, she must be nearly fifty. 129 00:18:41,838 --> 00:18:43,702 - Is she the one married to Zacharias? - Yes, that's the one. She's Mary's cousin. 130 00:18:44,374 --> 00:18:46,204 - What? It can't be true! - Oh, Joseph! 131 00:18:47,510 --> 00:18:49,478 Are we going to get an invitation to your wedding? 132 00:18:51,447 --> 00:18:55,075 There's plenty of time for that, Jonathan. The contract's only just been signed. 133 00:18:55,785 --> 00:18:58,252 Only just betrothed and his beloved has left him already. 134 00:18:59,688 --> 00:19:02,681 Just like her, She's always been a bit strange-not like the others. 135 00:19:03,158 --> 00:19:04,682 That's something you'll have to learn to live with. 136 00:19:05,594 --> 00:19:07,824 But seriously, Joseph, Mary is remarkable. 137 00:19:08,730 --> 00:19:11,528 We all think so. A remarkable girl. 138 00:19:45,732 --> 00:19:46,757 Give him to me, Elizabeth. 139 00:20:04,217 --> 00:20:08,779 Blessed be thou, our Lord, King of the Universe, who has blessed us with your commandments 140 00:20:09,488 --> 00:20:13,322 and ordained us to initiate our sons in the covenant of our father, Abraham. 141 00:20:13,792 --> 00:20:14,656 Amen. 142 00:20:14,894 --> 00:20:17,191 As this child enters the covenant, 143 00:20:17,864 --> 00:20:24,291 so many enter into the study of the Torah into marriage, and into good deeds? 144 00:20:24,736 --> 00:20:25,703 Amen. 145 00:20:31,376 --> 00:20:35,778 This is the seal in flesh of the covenant between the Lord and his people. 146 00:20:37,149 --> 00:20:39,878 - What is the name of the child? - His name is... 147 00:20:43,187 --> 00:20:44,745 His name shall be John. 148 00:20:56,366 --> 00:20:57,799 When you get back to Nazareth, 149 00:20:58,835 --> 00:21:02,862 tell Joseph what you have seen and heard what you know. 150 00:21:04,974 --> 00:21:07,841 The Lord God gives life where no life is possible. 151 00:21:09,913 --> 00:21:14,941 And one life shall be the son of God, and the other shall be his prophet. 152 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:19,982 Go, tell all this to Joseph. 153 00:21:25,694 --> 00:21:28,822 But will he believe me? Will he believe me? 154 00:21:30,199 --> 00:21:31,495 God will open his heart. 155 00:21:42,244 --> 00:21:43,642 That's too much for any man to believe. 156 00:21:44,780 --> 00:21:49,011 But you're not any man. You, too, are chosen. 157 00:21:59,761 --> 00:22:00,784 I was sick at heart. 158 00:22:02,696 --> 00:22:06,462 You ought to be my wife. But now, that vow has to be broken. 159 00:22:13,039 --> 00:22:14,438 I swear I've never been with her. 160 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:44,526 What I said about Elizabeth was true. 161 00:22:51,343 --> 00:22:56,075 Don't worry. I believe you. 162 00:22:59,517 --> 00:23:03,351 God's will be done. 163 00:23:08,826 --> 00:23:09,690 Now, you're sure. 164 00:23:10,894 --> 00:23:11,987 She told me herself. 165 00:23:18,368 --> 00:23:22,099 Women are the loveliest and brightest of God's creations. 166 00:23:24,074 --> 00:23:26,804 And think you would know, but you... 167 00:23:29,112 --> 00:23:32,445 - Please, I need your advice. - What advice can I give? 168 00:23:34,318 --> 00:23:35,716 - This is all. - Rabbi, may I? 169 00:24:08,550 --> 00:24:09,744 It is written in the law, 170 00:24:11,052 --> 00:24:17,980 if in the time of betrothal a woman sins with any other man, let them both be taken beyond the gates of the town, 171 00:24:19,761 --> 00:24:25,562 and stoned to death with the abomination that be crushed out of the heart of lsrael. 172 00:24:27,602 --> 00:24:31,093 Should a man marry a woman which he finds has no favor in his eyes, 173 00:24:32,539 --> 00:24:36,839 because he has found in heart he stain of uncleanliness, 174 00:24:39,179 --> 00:24:42,148 let him write a bill of repudiation and deliver it unto her hands. 175 00:24:43,851 --> 00:24:46,614 This law applies even if l haven't taken Mary into my house? 176 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:55,194 Yes, yes. All that is needed is for a bill to be written and delivered in the presence of two witnesses. 177 00:24:57,597 --> 00:25:00,963 No, if l do that I will expose her shame. 178 00:25:03,136 --> 00:25:05,899 I can't. I can't. 179 00:25:12,477 --> 00:25:17,039 I'll send her away if l must, but in secret. 180 00:25:21,420 --> 00:25:26,823 God knoweth the secret of the heart. Trust in him, and accept. 181 00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:30,889 Accept it, Joseph. 182 00:25:32,730 --> 00:25:33,924 The Lord will not abondon you. 183 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:35,860 Thank you. 184 00:26:13,603 --> 00:26:14,900 No! 185 00:26:22,611 --> 00:26:23,579 No! 186 00:26:24,214 --> 00:26:25,578 No! 187 00:26:39,494 --> 00:26:43,556 Joseph. Joseph, son of David. 188 00:26:44,165 --> 00:26:46,930 Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. 189 00:26:48,269 --> 00:26:51,067 It is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived. 190 00:26:53,041 --> 00:26:59,173 She will bear a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus, the Savior. 191 00:27:56,332 --> 00:28:00,062 Hey, Joseph. Joseph! The bride is arriving! Mary's here! 192 00:28:50,149 --> 00:28:52,083 - With this ring... - With this ring... 193 00:28:52,984 --> 00:28:56,442 - Be thou consecrated unto me... - Be thou consecrated unto me... 194 00:28:57,990 --> 00:29:00,117 According to the law of Moses and of lsrael... 195 00:29:00,659 --> 00:29:03,025 According to the law of Moses and of lsrael... 196 00:29:06,465 --> 00:29:08,434 May the Lord bless and preserve you. 197 00:29:09,935 --> 00:29:12,028 May the Lord make His face shine upon you. 198 00:29:13,738 --> 00:29:18,437 May the Lord lift up His countenance towards you and give you peace. 199 00:29:19,276 --> 00:29:20,369 Amen. 200 00:29:46,070 --> 00:29:49,164 Would you like some grapes or some dates? I picked them myself from the orchard. 201 00:29:49,340 --> 00:29:51,672 No no no no... I've got one. Bless you. 202 00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:37,241 Your majesty, we have always treated your country as far as possible 203 00:30:38,287 --> 00:30:40,311 as a free and independent nation, 204 00:30:41,322 --> 00:30:46,089 but the governor of Syria has decided to include Palestine in a census. 205 00:30:47,495 --> 00:30:50,429 - In that event... - A census in my territories? 206 00:30:51,332 --> 00:30:56,030 In Galilee, Judea, whatever your motives for this, they'll be misunderstood. 207 00:30:56,770 --> 00:31:02,676 People will be resentful, suspicious, perhaps, perhaps even hostile. 208 00:31:03,176 --> 00:31:06,111 As consul, I am here merely to carry out instructions. 209 00:31:06,546 --> 00:31:14,351 My dear, there seems to be one aspect of the problem of which either Rome or you are entirely ignorant, 210 00:31:14,754 --> 00:31:16,345 and I cannot believe it to be Rome. 211 00:31:17,324 --> 00:31:22,727 The method which you propose to me of your census are contrary to our tradition. 212 00:31:23,195 --> 00:31:25,060 - Tradition? - Permit me your Majesty. 213 00:31:26,232 --> 00:31:30,758 I do not think that Marcus Matzo is aware of the tradition your majesty refers to. 214 00:31:32,838 --> 00:31:36,500 For such official purposes as the taking of the census, 215 00:31:37,610 --> 00:31:43,343 every person living in these territories considers himself as belonging not to the place where actually he lives, 216 00:31:44,249 --> 00:31:46,581 but to the place of origin in his family group. 217 00:31:47,752 --> 00:31:50,516 His tribe, may I say tribe? 218 00:31:52,357 --> 00:31:54,291 You may say tribe. 219 00:31:56,260 --> 00:32:03,325 A census, therefore, means movement of every person back to what he considers to be his native township, ancestral capital. 220 00:32:04,201 --> 00:32:07,500 To dignify a place which is sometime no more than a stinking dunghill! 221 00:32:07,739 --> 00:32:14,644 Oh! You choose your phrases most exquisitely... 222 00:32:15,746 --> 00:32:20,513 So, if the census were conducted according to local tradition, 223 00:32:21,551 --> 00:32:24,247 you think your subjects would accept it more readily? 224 00:32:24,454 --> 00:32:26,786 Oh, I see! Now we're supposed to count ourselves! 225 00:32:27,491 --> 00:32:31,552 Under your supervision, I hope starting with the king? 226 00:32:31,861 --> 00:32:35,353 - That is not. - Seriously, seriously do you know what this would entail? 227 00:32:35,766 --> 00:32:39,257 The shifting of entire populations! The disruption of trade! 228 00:32:39,502 --> 00:32:43,734 The divine Augustus is counting on your understanding, your Majesty. 229 00:32:45,274 --> 00:32:49,370 I hope I shall not have to inform him of any lack of cooperation. 230 00:32:51,447 --> 00:32:59,478 Thank the divine Augustus for his unswerving benevolence. 231 00:33:00,922 --> 00:33:04,551 That census is a trick to increase the taxes, 232 00:33:05,493 --> 00:33:07,484 and we know where the money ends up in Rome! 233 00:33:08,496 --> 00:33:09,359 But why should it? 234 00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:12,757 What does Rome give us? 235 00:33:13,435 --> 00:33:14,333 That's not the point. 236 00:33:15,403 --> 00:33:19,237 The Romans want to count us how many we are where we are, 237 00:33:20,174 --> 00:33:21,835 they want us to know that they are our ruler, 238 00:33:23,678 --> 00:33:29,206 but we should have no earthly ruler. No rule but the Lord, no king but God. 239 00:33:29,450 --> 00:33:32,510 It's not for you to remind us of the scriptures. Be quiet and go home. 240 00:33:33,554 --> 00:33:36,750 I apologize for my son. He's too young to understand. 241 00:33:37,224 --> 00:33:39,316 What are you doing to the faith of our fathers? 242 00:33:39,692 --> 00:33:43,220 All over of Galilee there are thousands of Jews preparing for, 243 00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:47,192 for what you're always talking about in there, the coming of the king who will liberate us. 244 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:49,660 - Come! - And what are you doing about it? Nothing! 245 00:33:50,236 --> 00:33:51,897 We accept the violence of the Romans like sheep! 246 00:33:52,438 --> 00:33:54,372 - We are not worthy of the king to come! - Stop it! 247 00:33:54,974 --> 00:33:57,441 The king to come will not bring violence and bloodshed. 248 00:33:59,311 --> 00:34:02,645 It is written. He himself is pure from sin. 249 00:34:03,615 --> 00:34:06,312 God shall cause him to be mighty through the spirit of holiness 250 00:34:07,486 --> 00:34:10,387 and wise through the counsel of understanding. 251 00:34:11,656 --> 00:34:15,284 Now come home. Stay there until you learn more respect for your elders. 252 00:34:41,751 --> 00:34:42,582 Anna. 253 00:34:44,954 --> 00:34:46,046 I must go to Bethlehem. 254 00:34:48,591 --> 00:34:49,581 It's my native town 255 00:34:50,795 --> 00:34:53,490 and, and Mary must come with me. 256 00:34:56,967 --> 00:34:58,729 - Why? - For the census? 257 00:34:59,936 --> 00:35:01,631 So even Augustus obeys God. 258 00:35:08,378 --> 00:35:10,436 - The prophecy? - Yes the prophecy! 259 00:35:12,615 --> 00:35:16,948 For thou, O Bethlehem, art in no ways the least of cities. 260 00:35:18,353 --> 00:35:24,553 For from thee shall come forth a Shepard of my people, Israel. 261 00:35:29,064 --> 00:35:31,498 If only I could come with you. 262 00:35:34,670 --> 00:35:45,944 If only, I... Joseph, you'll need help when he's born. 263 00:35:47,013 --> 00:35:50,950 Don't you trouble, Anna. He will be well cared for. 264 00:35:54,654 --> 00:35:57,452 Everything will be done as God ordered. 265 00:39:26,323 --> 00:39:30,521 They seem to be kings, Lord Melchior. From different lands. 266 00:39:31,262 --> 00:39:35,221 I told you we could not have been the only ones to see the sign. 267 00:39:49,846 --> 00:39:52,281 Come in peace. Where are you bound? 268 00:39:53,650 --> 00:39:54,810 Wherever I am led. 269 00:39:58,721 --> 00:39:59,949 I follow that star. 270 00:40:38,192 --> 00:40:41,593 I'm sure that Herod keeps a strict watch on his frontiers. 271 00:40:43,998 --> 00:40:46,091 He must know that we've crossed them. 272 00:40:47,301 --> 00:40:50,633 I would have to tell him, as Balthazar said, 273 00:40:51,772 --> 00:40:54,968 that I follow that star, wherever it leads. 274 00:40:55,810 --> 00:40:57,141 But what will we find. 275 00:40:59,212 --> 00:41:04,912 All my calculations show that there was to be a new heavenly creature, a new star. 276 00:41:06,686 --> 00:41:09,052 It was even precise as to place and time. 277 00:41:10,157 --> 00:41:13,649 So I made up my mind to set forth and see what they will behold. 278 00:41:13,894 --> 00:41:14,882 You did not know? 279 00:41:15,828 --> 00:41:17,228 Only that it would be something wonderful. 280 00:41:18,631 --> 00:41:21,862 The stars are not distant and aloof, cut off from the lives of men. 281 00:41:22,935 --> 00:41:28,772 The rising of a new star always entails an immense labor in the heavens that always has its counterpart on earth. 282 00:41:29,909 --> 00:41:34,778 The universe is about to bring forth a prodigy beyond our understanding. 283 00:41:35,047 --> 00:41:40,986 Your star, my brother Balthasar, is indeed a sign of wonder. 284 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:48,026 The divine solar master says, the next prophet will show himself in a foreign land. 285 00:41:49,227 --> 00:41:54,995 And the truth he will reveal will be at first only for his own people... 286 00:41:55,300 --> 00:41:57,768 - But there is only one truth. - And only one God. 287 00:41:59,336 --> 00:42:03,273 All the rest are vain, or parts of him. 288 00:42:04,275 --> 00:42:06,209 The people of lsrael know this. 289 00:42:07,244 --> 00:42:10,873 Many of their wise men have been close to him, 290 00:42:12,049 --> 00:42:15,985 and their writings confirm my calculations. 291 00:42:19,422 --> 00:42:22,290 A king is about to be born... 292 00:42:22,993 --> 00:42:23,960 A king? 293 00:42:27,096 --> 00:42:31,829 A king who will free us from the evils of this world. 294 00:42:33,936 --> 00:42:34,904 Where will he be born? 295 00:42:36,906 --> 00:42:44,870 The sacred writings point to a small town, in Judea called Bethlehem, Efratta. 296 00:43:43,070 --> 00:43:44,559 Rest there, I'll find a place. 297 00:44:06,456 --> 00:44:08,651 - Excuse me, may I speak with you? - What do you want? 298 00:44:09,259 --> 00:44:10,624 I desperately need a place to stay for tonight. 299 00:44:13,296 --> 00:44:14,627 My wife is near her time... 300 00:44:15,098 --> 00:44:18,363 No, no, I can't help you. I already have too many people. 301 00:44:18,635 --> 00:44:19,760 - But I've got... - Can't you see? 302 00:44:20,236 --> 00:44:22,227 Come on! Close the door! 303 00:44:23,372 --> 00:44:25,238 How many times do I have to tell you the gate should be shut? 304 00:44:39,654 --> 00:44:42,623 Nothing, but there must be another place, I'll try again. 305 00:44:43,625 --> 00:44:44,455 How do you feel. 306 00:44:45,426 --> 00:44:46,655 I don't like leaving you alone. 307 00:44:48,195 --> 00:44:49,628 Do you think you could walk a little further? 308 00:44:50,632 --> 00:44:52,462 - Hold on to me... - Oh, no! No! 309 00:44:52,700 --> 00:44:53,792 Stay there, stay there. 310 00:44:55,336 --> 00:44:56,200 God will help us. 311 00:45:13,453 --> 00:45:16,548 Listen, it's no use trailing around Bethlehem anymore. 312 00:45:17,257 --> 00:45:20,624 Every inn is full up. None of them are going to take your wife in like that. 313 00:45:21,661 --> 00:45:24,424 Come I'll show you. Take your donkey. 314 00:45:26,732 --> 00:45:29,463 It's about time. Now do as I tell you, 315 00:45:31,170 --> 00:45:37,405 if you go through that gate over there, just outside the walls on the road to Jerusalem you'll come to... 316 00:45:37,743 --> 00:45:42,112 Careful... you come to some stables, some caves. 317 00:45:43,650 --> 00:45:50,110 It's not much, I know, but you need warm and dry and plenty of fresh straw. 318 00:45:55,627 --> 00:45:59,085 Look, they're down there. Can you see? 319 00:46:05,236 --> 00:46:10,731 Right. Now then, if l can manage it, I'll come back later, and help. 320 00:46:11,909 --> 00:46:16,811 Oh, and if anyone tries to throw you out, just say that Abigail sent you. Abigail. 321 00:46:17,614 --> 00:46:18,512 Remember the name. 322 00:46:19,183 --> 00:46:21,514 We'll remember. Thank you. 323 00:48:40,985 --> 00:48:42,351 Look, Mary. 324 00:49:08,678 --> 00:49:11,010 Oh, beautiful child. 325 00:49:12,715 --> 00:49:14,410 Come on, put him there in the manger. 326 00:49:14,817 --> 00:49:17,844 And see if there is some fresh straw. That will keep him warm. 327 00:49:20,556 --> 00:49:23,321 I'll take care of her, poor girl. 328 00:49:43,711 --> 00:49:48,842 Now then. Hand me some water. Give it to me. 329 00:49:51,118 --> 00:49:52,086 Good, that's it. 330 00:49:57,058 --> 00:49:59,686 Who's that? What do you want? 331 00:50:00,595 --> 00:50:04,361 This is no place for you! Get out! Get out, you hear me? 332 00:50:04,732 --> 00:50:06,962 Off! Off with you! Can't you see? 333 00:50:07,935 --> 00:50:09,493 The poor girl's just had a child? 334 00:50:10,003 --> 00:50:12,631 That's why we've come. We were told to. 335 00:50:14,775 --> 00:50:16,002 Told by whom? 336 00:50:16,643 --> 00:50:22,946 We were out there in the fields. This man came to us from nowhere. 337 00:50:23,583 --> 00:50:25,447 An angel, shepherds he said. 338 00:50:27,087 --> 00:50:31,114 They say that Israel is a scattered flock that lacks a shepherd. 339 00:50:32,057 --> 00:50:35,152 And then he said, "Tonight, the shepherd is born. 340 00:50:36,830 --> 00:50:39,992 It is for you that He comes, "he said. "For the poor." 341 00:50:42,868 --> 00:50:44,062 That's why you came here? 342 00:50:45,170 --> 00:50:47,138 Yes. The man said, 343 00:50:50,542 --> 00:50:51,702 he said... 344 00:50:54,813 --> 00:51:03,880 The man said, "Today, in the city of David, a savior has been born for you. 345 00:51:07,191 --> 00:51:09,955 Glory to God in the highest," he said. 346 00:51:11,428 --> 00:51:14,022 And peace on earth for those who he loves. 347 00:51:19,102 --> 00:51:20,091 Come! 348 00:52:25,065 --> 00:52:30,936 They cross my border, yet not one of them sends a greeting? 349 00:52:33,907 --> 00:52:34,703 Are they armed? 350 00:52:35,209 --> 00:52:39,475 Not heavily, your majesty. As far as I say, they were equipped to travel fast and far... 351 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:41,108 But they were not heading here? 352 00:52:42,683 --> 00:52:44,514 If not here, where? 353 00:52:44,951 --> 00:52:46,509 It was Bethlehem, majesty. 354 00:52:47,154 --> 00:52:50,486 They, they followed a star, the new star. 355 00:52:52,059 --> 00:52:52,957 Bethlehem? 356 00:52:54,060 --> 00:53:01,159 O thou, Bethlehem, Effrata, thou art the smallest what was that phrase again? 357 00:53:03,269 --> 00:53:10,231 Thou Bethlehem Effrata, art little one out of thousands of Judah. 358 00:53:11,511 --> 00:53:18,939 Out of thee He shall come forth unto thee, for as to be the ruler in Israel, 359 00:53:19,685 --> 00:53:26,852 and His going forth is from the beginning from the days of eternity. 360 00:53:36,934 --> 00:53:38,732 A ruler in Israel? 361 00:53:49,579 --> 00:53:53,209 Have those travelers watched all the time. 362 00:54:00,291 --> 00:54:06,160 And bring me the names of all newborn children in Bethlehem. 363 00:54:25,747 --> 00:54:29,079 And the glory of the Lord shines over you. 364 00:54:30,785 --> 00:54:35,085 For though darkness covers the earth, and dark night the nations, 365 00:54:36,290 --> 00:54:38,087 the Lord shall shine upon you. 366 00:54:43,396 --> 00:54:44,796 Come, come! 367 00:54:46,333 --> 00:54:50,600 - I promise that everything will be done the way we agreed. - It won't take long. 368 00:54:51,872 --> 00:54:53,203 Come, come! 369 00:55:01,814 --> 00:55:02,782 Borsch! 370 00:55:12,125 --> 00:55:19,724 And the Lord said to Abraham, "Keep my alliance, and circumcise each child born unto Israel on the eighth day of his life." Amen. 371 00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:25,962 This is the seal and flesh of the covenant between the Lord and His people. 372 00:55:37,315 --> 00:55:38,339 And the child shall be called? 373 00:55:44,355 --> 00:55:45,686 His name shall be Jesus. 374 00:56:14,350 --> 00:56:15,716 Where is he? 375 00:56:36,772 --> 00:56:39,707 Now I can die contented, Lord, 376 00:56:44,045 --> 00:56:45,808 according to Thy word. 377 00:56:57,092 --> 00:57:02,223 I am Simeon, an old man who has waited long to see his salvation. 378 00:57:03,964 --> 00:57:14,397 And now my eyes have seen the child who will bring the salvation thou hast prepared before all people. 379 00:57:16,810 --> 00:57:23,978 A light of revelation to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people, Israel. 380 00:57:36,229 --> 00:57:39,198 And a sword shall pierce your heart. 381 00:58:13,931 --> 00:58:14,454 Next. 382 00:58:15,866 --> 00:58:17,834 - What is your name? - Joseph of Elias. 383 00:58:19,137 --> 00:58:20,900 - Where are you from? - Eskelon. 384 00:58:21,405 --> 00:58:22,804 Don't forget to take your token with you. 385 00:58:24,108 --> 00:58:25,973 - What's your name? - Asbar Zadif. 386 00:58:26,177 --> 00:58:27,872 - How many children? - Seven, this is the youngest. 387 00:58:28,111 --> 00:58:29,044 - How old is she? - Three. 388 00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:31,072 - Move on. - And here, seven tokens. 389 00:58:31,615 --> 00:58:33,310 My husband could not come, he's ill. 390 00:58:34,352 --> 00:58:37,912 - Well, there will be one for him, too, if you explain. - What are these tokens? 391 00:58:38,521 --> 00:58:42,150 - A coin to prove that you've registered. - Well, they're little tokens with the emperor's head on them. 392 00:58:48,531 --> 00:58:49,395 Special orders! 393 00:58:54,104 --> 00:58:55,900 We want the names of all the newborn. 394 00:58:56,873 --> 00:58:57,463 Newborn? 395 00:58:58,608 --> 00:59:00,006 Note their names. The newborn. 396 00:59:03,279 --> 00:59:04,074 What did he say? 397 00:59:04,847 --> 00:59:06,475 He wants the names of all the newborn. 398 00:59:07,449 --> 00:59:09,212 Why do they want to know about the newborn? 399 00:59:09,585 --> 00:59:12,849 Well, there's no point in arguing with them. You just do what you're told. 400 00:59:46,153 --> 00:59:47,086 Wait! 401 01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:15,979 Don't be afraid. 402 01:00:17,283 --> 01:00:18,511 Where is the child? 403 01:00:19,518 --> 01:00:21,611 We have come a long way to greet him. 404 01:00:53,383 --> 01:00:56,011 This is the king of lsrael 405 01:00:58,522 --> 01:01:00,649 who will take away the sins of the world. 406 01:01:06,730 --> 01:01:12,066 I did not know what we were to find, and coming here, a stable? 407 01:01:13,503 --> 01:01:18,031 I thought my brothers were mistaken, but now I see the justice of this. 408 01:01:19,642 --> 01:01:21,076 There could be no other place. 409 01:01:21,445 --> 01:01:27,144 Mm... not in glory, but in humility. 410 01:01:28,150 --> 01:01:31,677 Accept these poor tokens of our homage. 411 01:01:32,588 --> 01:01:36,251 Incense, to perfume the halls of the mighty. 412 01:01:42,097 --> 01:01:46,159 Gold, for kingly rule. 413 01:01:46,735 --> 01:01:54,607 Myrrh, the most precious herb of the East, and the most bitter. 414 01:02:05,486 --> 01:02:07,751 And now, a word of warning. 415 01:02:15,596 --> 01:02:17,393 Leave here as soon as you can. 416 01:02:19,198 --> 01:02:22,498 Herod's soldiers have followed us, hoping it would lead them to you. 417 01:02:22,802 --> 01:02:25,600 He knows of His birth. He will seek out the child and kill him. 418 01:02:26,806 --> 01:02:28,536 Go into Egypt. 419 01:02:29,776 --> 01:02:34,145 It may not be for long, Herod's days are numbered. 420 01:02:43,523 --> 01:02:45,252 Those travelers crossed my frontier again? 421 01:02:45,792 --> 01:02:47,259 - Yes, your majesty. - Yes, your majesty. 422 01:02:54,833 --> 01:02:57,097 But the child would still be here. 423 01:03:11,937 --> 01:03:19,362 Kill every male child up to one year old, two years old. 424 01:03:23,371 --> 01:03:27,135 Better the innocent should die, then that the guilty should escape. 425 01:03:27,667 --> 01:03:30,732 Guilty? Your majesty, a child? 426 01:03:32,095 --> 01:03:35,160 Guilty of the womb! Guilty of the stars! 427 01:03:35,466 --> 01:03:39,454 I'll bring down their stars! I'll snuff them out in blood! 428 01:03:40,225 --> 01:03:44,349 This is my world! I will not share it with an infant! 429 01:03:45,115 --> 01:03:50,591 There is no room for two kings here! Like a newborn scorpion under foot! 430 01:03:51,990 --> 01:03:55,978 You know the mark of a real king? Courage! 431 01:03:56,549 --> 01:04:05,000 Even in the face of Jewish prophecy! Bits of old parchment! Old, blind men! Hah! 432 01:04:05,340 --> 01:04:08,303 Now go to Bethlehem! I make history! 433 01:04:09,834 --> 01:04:10,916 - Kill! - But your Majesty! 434 01:04:11,222 --> 01:04:17,656 Kill! Kill them all! Kill! Kill them all! 435 01:04:59,453 --> 01:05:02,979 Leave my child, you blood thirsty murderer! 436 01:06:01,305 --> 01:06:03,238 Lust is fulfilled. 437 01:06:05,207 --> 01:06:09,803 That which was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah. 438 01:06:11,981 --> 01:06:21,411 In Ramah, was there a voice heard, lamentation, weeping and great mourning. 439 01:06:23,324 --> 01:06:26,554 Rachel, weeping for her children, 440 01:06:28,895 --> 01:06:36,561 but would not be comforted, because they were no more. 441 01:07:34,182 --> 01:07:36,309 King Herod is dead. 442 01:07:37,953 --> 01:07:39,385 Taken in the midst of his sins. 443 01:07:40,421 --> 01:07:46,519 Struck down by the Lord to whom the power and pride of kings are as nothing. 444 01:07:47,561 --> 01:07:49,118 You cannot defy God, 445 01:07:50,530 --> 01:07:55,296 the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. 446 01:07:56,567 --> 01:08:00,196 Yet the yoke of tyranny will not be lifted from us. 447 01:08:00,872 --> 01:08:06,640 Rome will choose a king from among his sons, and her grip will become stronger, 448 01:08:07,444 --> 01:08:11,539 but you should lift up your hearts, for the Eternal will not abandon us. 449 01:08:12,315 --> 01:08:14,111 He will send us a deliverer, 450 01:08:15,418 --> 01:08:22,619 and His dominion is the everlasting dominion that shall not pass away. 451 01:08:23,657 --> 01:08:29,095 And his kingdom, that which shall not be destroyed. 452 01:09:35,618 --> 01:09:36,482 Come. 453 01:09:38,054 --> 01:09:43,490 There, look! Do you see? Nazareth! That's where we live. 454 01:09:57,336 --> 01:09:58,565 Here, O Israel. 455 01:10:00,340 --> 01:10:02,738 The eternal, our God, the Eternal is one. 456 01:10:04,509 --> 01:10:08,137 Blessed be the name of the glory of the kingdom forever and forever. 457 01:10:09,212 --> 01:10:15,082 And thou should the eternal, thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might 458 01:10:16,152 --> 01:10:19,245 and these words which I command thee shall be in thine heart. 459 01:10:23,224 --> 01:10:23,781 Amen. 460 01:10:24,559 --> 01:10:25,355 Amen. 461 01:10:32,466 --> 01:10:35,491 A man who's skillful in his work, will stand before kings. 462 01:10:37,003 --> 01:10:41,440 And our work like every other, has a second meaning in God's eyes. 463 01:10:44,042 --> 01:10:47,533 We use this to make a straight line on the wood before we cut it, 464 01:10:49,146 --> 01:10:51,376 and as we use the ruler to make straight lines, 465 01:10:52,082 --> 01:10:54,482 God gave us rules to keep our lives straight. 466 01:11:02,591 --> 01:11:03,579 God gives the wood. 467 01:11:05,026 --> 01:11:08,553 And man with his skill and invention, that God gave him, 468 01:11:09,564 --> 01:11:11,259 is always finding new uses. 469 01:11:12,700 --> 01:11:15,065 Sometimes wonderful uses for it, 470 01:11:18,804 --> 01:11:23,035 a wheel, a plow, a ladder. 471 01:11:26,210 --> 01:11:30,078 They all look simple, but they are from God. 472 01:11:32,283 --> 01:11:36,184 And a ladder can sometimes reach from earth to heaven. 473 01:11:37,588 --> 01:11:41,523 Joseph! Joseph! Didn't you say the plow would be ready? 474 01:11:41,824 --> 01:11:42,552 Coming! 475 01:11:49,497 --> 01:11:50,361 Keep on with your work. 476 01:11:51,832 --> 01:11:52,492 What is this? 477 01:11:53,802 --> 01:11:54,768 Well, look at it. 478 01:11:56,236 --> 01:11:57,224 What have you done? 479 01:11:57,671 --> 01:11:59,433 This is not how I asked you to make it! 480 01:12:00,773 --> 01:12:04,800 Oh, no! No! It is not worth labor at all! 481 01:12:07,279 --> 01:12:10,373 It was supposed to be ready days ago, and now it is not ready. 482 01:12:23,560 --> 01:12:24,650 No, son! 483 01:13:09,631 --> 01:13:13,294 Bless God who has given us the Torah. 484 01:13:14,536 --> 01:13:17,561 The Lord god will go before you. 485 01:13:18,538 --> 01:13:21,802 Be strong and of good courage. 486 01:13:22,742 --> 01:13:28,772 Fear not, do not be afraid, for the Lord, Thy god, will go with you. 487 01:13:29,581 --> 01:13:32,641 He will not fail you or forsake you. 488 01:13:34,452 --> 01:13:35,749 Amen! 489 01:13:43,192 --> 01:13:44,455 Now you are truly a man. 490 01:13:46,862 --> 01:13:53,630 Jesus by Joseph. As a new adult member of our community, 491 01:13:56,304 --> 01:14:01,798 you have exercised your right to read and comment upon the scriptures 492 01:14:03,609 --> 01:14:07,807 that is your heritage. It is the heritage of the children of lsrael 493 01:14:09,482 --> 01:14:18,513 but remember that God's word is spoken in times of light and in times of darkness and persecution. 494 01:14:20,825 --> 01:14:25,523 May you always read from the law in a time of joy. 495 01:14:26,196 --> 01:14:27,254 Amen. 496 01:14:27,963 --> 01:14:29,431 May God protect you. 497 01:14:30,432 --> 01:14:31,921 May God bring blessings on the boy. 498 01:15:21,342 --> 01:15:22,366 Romans! Here! 499 01:15:23,777 --> 01:15:25,369 Romans? Hey, hey! 500 01:15:26,013 --> 01:15:32,747 Brothers, brothers, quiet! Shh... The Roman forces are here. 501 01:15:53,369 --> 01:15:55,393 Jewish bread. Better than nothing. 502 01:16:05,311 --> 01:16:07,609 - Who ordered this? - Quarter master. An army must eat, 503 01:16:07,947 --> 01:16:09,973 and it's a long way from Dumasta to Jerusalem. 504 01:16:10,483 --> 01:16:11,882 But Galilee isn't Roman territory! 505 01:16:12,619 --> 01:16:15,313 Hah! The whole world is Roman territory! 506 01:16:20,625 --> 01:16:25,823 Hey, put your sword back. Ignore them. You'll meet with plenty of those in Jerusalem. 507 01:16:26,863 --> 01:16:30,663 They're called zealots. They're mad religious fanatics. 508 01:16:39,908 --> 01:16:40,670 You there! 509 01:16:41,775 --> 01:16:46,076 Remember this! The Roman army is not a pack of bandits. 510 01:16:46,781 --> 01:16:51,513 And we'll be through with the likes of you in our own good time. Come! 511 01:17:01,092 --> 01:17:05,051 May the curse of God fall upon these murderers! 512 01:17:11,567 --> 01:17:14,627 How long must we wait? How long? 513 01:17:15,606 --> 01:17:17,470 Are you to help us? 514 01:17:19,809 --> 01:17:21,332 God has abandoned us. 515 01:17:23,144 --> 01:17:24,576 How long? 516 01:17:29,083 --> 01:17:30,481 How long? 517 01:18:25,797 --> 01:18:27,128 Look, Jerusalem. 518 01:19:14,438 --> 01:19:18,238 This is a lamb with no mark, without blemish. 519 01:20:11,819 --> 01:20:17,848 Are not enough to please our Father, our eternal God. A prayer of the heart is more important. 520 01:20:18,625 --> 01:20:22,152 Do you remember what King Solomon said after he built the temple? 521 01:20:23,629 --> 01:20:25,824 Standing in front of the temple of the Lord, 522 01:20:27,033 --> 01:20:32,594 he spread out his hands and said, "Can God indeed dwell with His creatures on earth? 523 01:20:33,238 --> 01:20:37,139 Heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot contain thee, 524 01:20:38,108 --> 01:20:40,599 how much less this house that I have built? 525 01:20:42,245 --> 01:20:45,806 Yet attend to the prayer and supplication of thy servant, O Lord, 526 01:20:46,848 --> 01:20:51,648 that thine eyes can always be always upon this house, day and night. 527 01:20:53,621 --> 01:20:58,080 This place of which thy bid to say, 'lt shall receive my name."'. 528 01:20:58,324 --> 01:20:59,552 Son! 529 01:21:02,162 --> 01:21:03,925 We've been looking for you everywhere. 530 01:21:05,165 --> 01:21:07,655 Why were you looking for me everywhere? 531 01:21:08,867 --> 01:21:12,700 Did you not know you would have found me in my father's house? 532 01:21:16,007 --> 01:21:19,874 O Lord, I grow old. 533 01:21:21,311 --> 01:21:24,905 What have thy promised to the prophets. Where are they? 534 01:21:26,582 --> 01:21:35,716 "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of bondage has ended." 535 01:21:37,292 --> 01:21:43,229 That her penalty is paid. Salvation is at hand. 536 01:21:44,564 --> 01:21:46,828 To be shouted from the mountaintops... 537 01:22:01,045 --> 01:22:10,008 The teaching is clear behold thy send my messenger and He will clear the way before me. 538 01:22:16,124 --> 01:22:19,218 Messenger before me... 539 01:22:24,264 --> 01:22:30,031 Messenger. And the Lord will suddenly come to His temple, 540 01:22:31,003 --> 01:22:35,769 "and the messenger of the covenant, behold, is here." 541 01:22:41,411 --> 01:22:45,608 The people of Galilee thought they had seen the depths of inequity 542 01:22:45,982 --> 01:22:49,610 when their land was ruled by Herod, the mayor of blood. 543 01:22:50,419 --> 01:22:58,791 But now his son and the Herod Antipas, the new prince of Galilee strives to outdo his fathers' crimes 544 01:22:59,760 --> 01:23:03,787 for he follows his last's and breaks faith with God. 545 01:23:04,365 --> 01:23:11,360 He dares to defy the law of Moses by entering into unholy marriage with the wife of his brother. 546 01:23:12,237 --> 01:23:16,071 Can we permit this? All of us will suffer for his sins! 547 01:23:39,827 --> 01:23:42,056 Messenger for King! 548 01:23:44,698 --> 01:23:47,166 Your majesty, he's here, the Baptist. 549 01:23:48,335 --> 01:23:49,164 He's here? 550 01:23:51,971 --> 01:23:52,404 Well? 551 01:23:53,805 --> 01:23:55,171 Well, well what? 552 01:23:55,941 --> 01:23:56,704 What? 553 01:23:57,007 --> 01:23:59,100 Well, uh... leave him alone. 554 01:24:01,011 --> 01:24:02,842 We'll march again! Continue! 555 01:24:09,118 --> 01:24:11,450 Oh, what harm can he do? 556 01:24:12,922 --> 01:24:18,723 He's been out there for years in the desert living on locusts and, and, and prayers. 557 01:24:19,261 --> 01:24:24,391 He doesn't incite the people to rebellion! He asks nothing for himself. 558 01:24:25,165 --> 01:24:27,929 All he wants is to remain poor and naked. 559 01:24:28,970 --> 01:24:31,767 And he would do very much like everyone else doesn't the same. 560 01:24:33,940 --> 01:24:37,965 Oh no, when the wedding festivities is over, I'll have him preach at the palace. 561 01:24:38,209 --> 01:24:40,871 You can hear him with your own ears. He's a very remarkable. 562 01:24:43,180 --> 01:24:45,445 I'm glad there is somebody remarkable in Judea. 563 01:24:46,250 --> 01:24:47,239 Herod! 564 01:24:49,786 --> 01:24:54,279 Herod! The tablets of the law speak plainly! 565 01:24:55,157 --> 01:25:01,493 You may marry the wife of your brother when your brother is dead, but not while he lives! 566 01:25:02,296 --> 01:25:08,894 This woman, Herodias, is the wife of your brother Phillip, and Phillip lives... 567 01:25:10,103 --> 01:25:16,200 It is written, "I have seen thine adulteries and thine abominations, woe unto them!" 568 01:25:17,309 --> 01:25:19,039 Will thou not be made clean? 569 01:25:19,478 --> 01:25:22,879 Send this woman back to your brother! Repent! 570 01:25:24,515 --> 01:25:27,416 How can you allow this longer to continue? 571 01:25:28,786 --> 01:25:33,551 No, we decided to be clement on our wedding day. 572 01:25:33,923 --> 01:25:37,187 I'm not afraid of your power on earth, Herod Antipas! 573 01:25:37,826 --> 01:25:41,886 If I do not warn you, you will die in sin. 574 01:25:42,564 --> 01:25:46,055 And the Lord will ask me to account for your life! 575 01:25:48,368 --> 01:25:49,801 Quickly! Into the palace! 576 01:25:58,977 --> 01:26:01,411 Repent! Repent! 577 01:26:02,180 --> 01:26:06,445 - The Lord blesses you! - For the kingdom of heaven is at hand! 578 01:26:09,552 --> 01:26:12,147 Brothers, we can make use of this man! 579 01:26:13,356 --> 01:26:17,849 His attacks on Herod Antipas excites people makes them think of lsrael. 580 01:26:18,293 --> 01:26:22,354 Don't be too sure about it. Prophets only make men think of our God in Heaven. 581 01:26:23,031 --> 01:26:28,297 So do we, and if we want to direct people's thoughts, we must use what means we can. 582 01:26:28,902 --> 01:26:32,394 Yes, but we zealots want to see the power of God on earth fighting the Romans. 583 01:26:33,808 --> 01:26:34,569 Does John want that? 584 01:26:35,341 --> 01:26:40,244 The time has come! The great and terrible day of the Lord is at hand! 585 01:26:41,080 --> 01:26:44,277 Repent! And change your lives! 586 01:26:48,619 --> 01:26:54,988 Every valley shall be exalted! Every mountain in here laid low. 587 01:26:56,625 --> 01:27:01,358 The winding way shall be straightened! And the rough way made smooth. 588 01:27:02,098 --> 01:27:05,966 God let you back from Babylon to serve Him but you betrayed Him! 589 01:27:06,401 --> 01:27:09,336 Now you are warned! Please! Please! 590 01:27:17,544 --> 01:27:25,177 "I am the Lord unchanging," says the Eternal, "and you too shall not cease to be sons of cheaters. 591 01:27:25,984 --> 01:27:30,579 From the days of your forefathers you have been wayward, and have not kept my laws. 592 01:27:31,590 --> 01:27:36,652 If you will return to me, I will return to you!" says the Lord. 593 01:27:37,526 --> 01:27:41,964 Do not think you will be save by your rituals, by going to the temple 594 01:27:42,498 --> 01:27:45,160 it is not sacrifices the Lord demands! 595 01:27:46,901 --> 01:27:53,169 Bring no more vain offerings at the Lord. "I delight not in the blood of lambs". 596 01:27:54,074 --> 01:27:58,340 The sacrifice that God demands is a repented heart! 597 01:27:58,911 --> 01:28:01,903 - What can we do, then, to be saved? - Change your hearts! 598 01:28:03,616 --> 01:28:05,140 Take the right way! 599 01:28:06,051 --> 01:28:09,508 The Lord said that my ways are not your ways. 600 01:28:10,021 --> 01:28:12,387 Why speak as though none of us know the way to salvation. 601 01:28:12,990 --> 01:28:16,118 We know the law as well as you, and we try to obey it! 602 01:28:16,460 --> 01:28:21,123 We are the sons of Abraham. We have always kept the law. 603 01:28:21,898 --> 01:28:25,389 To those of you that seen themselves just and pious, 604 01:28:26,202 --> 01:28:30,262 I say that you must bring the fruits of repentance! 605 01:28:31,405 --> 01:28:37,071 Do not content yourself with saying, "Abraham was a father, and that is enough to save us." 606 01:28:38,145 --> 01:28:44,242 The Lord could take anyone of these stones and turn it into a son of Abraham. 607 01:28:46,252 --> 01:28:48,685 Pharisees, we know you! Go back to Jerusalem! 608 01:28:49,220 --> 01:28:51,279 Yeah, go back to Jerusalem! It's right. 609 01:29:03,300 --> 01:29:06,200 You are the prophet! Save us John! Save us! 610 01:29:09,103 --> 01:29:16,975 I baptize you with water that you may be purified and ready for the coming of the kingdom. 611 01:29:18,044 --> 01:29:19,535 Open up your hearts to God! 612 01:29:22,281 --> 01:29:25,215 Receive this cleansing light! 613 01:29:25,718 --> 01:29:30,380 Save me, save me, John! I have sinned! Have mercy on me, John. I am a sinner! 614 01:29:31,089 --> 01:29:34,081 Let his water wash away your sins. 615 01:29:47,736 --> 01:29:52,263 Disgrace! Go back! Go back! 616 01:29:59,113 --> 01:30:02,548 John, you'll pay for it! You'll pay for it! 617 01:30:11,422 --> 01:30:22,389 Oh! One day they'll almost stoned me to death! Is that what you want? 618 01:30:58,344 --> 01:31:00,137 You're tired of me, aren't you?! 619 01:31:01,013 --> 01:31:04,058 - No! - Yes yes, admit it, you are tired of me! 620 01:31:05,017 --> 01:31:09,230 I can tell by the way, by the way you mooned over my daughter, Salome! 621 01:31:10,773 --> 01:31:12,024 - Non-sense! - You like her! 622 01:31:12,692 --> 01:31:17,238 She's a child! Baker! Liar! 623 01:31:17,613 --> 01:31:18,698 - No! - Coward! 624 01:31:19,073 --> 01:31:20,908 - I am not a coward! - What are you then? 625 01:31:21,951 --> 01:31:26,330 That prophet I demand that you arrest him. 626 01:31:27,164 --> 01:31:28,165 Demand? 627 01:31:30,167 --> 01:31:34,797 Demand? That's a strong word, my heart. 628 01:31:37,967 --> 01:31:38,884 You must remember. 629 01:31:41,846 --> 01:31:42,722 John is right. 630 01:31:46,559 --> 01:31:50,855 By the laws of Moses, we have sinned. 631 01:31:53,733 --> 01:31:54,984 Come on, come on! 632 01:31:57,695 --> 01:31:58,779 We have sinned, 633 01:32:01,866 --> 01:32:07,246 and we go on sinning, and very pleasant it is, too. 634 01:32:12,126 --> 01:32:17,715 Even if I wanted to, I could do nothing about his reproaches until he once more sets foot in Galilee. 635 01:32:18,758 --> 01:32:25,306 And then, my own, my heart, we'll throw him into prison. 636 01:32:28,225 --> 01:32:31,020 Repent! Repent! Repent! 637 01:32:35,399 --> 01:32:37,276 A little repenting won't do him any harm. 638 01:32:38,986 --> 01:32:42,365 After all, he preaches it. 639 01:33:09,433 --> 01:33:10,226 Rabbi! 640 01:33:13,020 --> 01:33:18,859 We have been sent by the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, amongst whom you have many friends and admirers. 641 01:33:19,777 --> 01:33:22,196 They understood why you could not come to the temple. 642 01:33:23,239 --> 01:33:26,826 It would've been wrong for you to abandon your mission, even for a single day. 643 01:33:27,952 --> 01:33:31,706 The reason for the invitation was to ask you one simple question. 644 01:33:33,040 --> 01:33:33,916 Who are you? 645 01:33:36,460 --> 01:33:43,092 First, I will say who I am not. 646 01:33:46,095 --> 01:33:47,763 I am not the messiah. 647 01:33:50,850 --> 01:33:52,476 The messiah is yet to come. 648 01:33:54,895 --> 01:33:57,398 Then, in the name of the living god, who are you? 649 01:34:00,359 --> 01:34:10,202 I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness make great the way of the Lord. 650 01:34:11,162 --> 01:34:15,041 If you are not the messiah or the prophet Elijah, 651 01:34:16,125 --> 01:34:18,836 by whose authority are you backed up? 652 01:34:19,837 --> 01:34:23,174 By the authority of him who shall come after me. 653 01:34:24,175 --> 01:34:28,179 Whose shoes I am not worthy to unloosen! 654 01:34:30,139 --> 01:34:33,142 I baptize you with water 655 01:34:33,976 --> 01:34:41,317 but he will baptize you with the holy spirit! And with fire, 656 01:34:43,069 --> 01:34:48,908 his rod is in his hand and with it he will cleanse the threshing floor.