(DRUSUS GRUNTS)
The assassin came for me.
(HORN BLARES)
PILATE: Ten Jews will be crucified every day until I have
the man who tried to kill me.
Papa. CORNELIUS: His name and where to find him.
(SWORD UNSHEATHES) If I've found you, they will find you.
His name is Boaz.
EVA: Nowhere is safe.
There is somewhere. There are people who can forgive my sins.
I'm Stephen.
Move aside, boy. No.
(GRUNTS)
What's in your heart, Ananias, to make you lie to the Holy Spirit?
PETER: When you and your husband sold your house
did you keep anything back for yourselves?
There may have been something, but what does that matter?
(ANANIAS COUGHS) PETER: You've lied. Not just to us,
but to God.
MAN 1: Come on. Come on. Move.
MAN 2: What are we to do?
MAN 1: You must give it more time.
MAN 3: No, listen to me. MAN 4: They need to earn their keep.
MAN 5: My boys, one of them's good.
One of them's good for nothing. (CHUCKLES)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
WOMAN 1: Do you suppose he knows that this is how people are feeling?
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(PETER CHUCKLES)
GIRL: Run!
They're afraid of me.
What happened to Ananias and Sapphira was not your doing.
It was the will of God.
Then why does God want the people of this camp
to look on me with fear in their eyes?
Do you see fear in mine?
They have faith. In time, they will understand.
This is supposed to be a place of happiness.
How can it be a joyful place
when every day more of our people
are being crucified in Jerusalem?
There's so much pain and despair.
That's why my son came.
To free us from it.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Any news of Boaz?
Nothing, Governor.
There is a wedding today in the western quarter.
I'm sure that between both families,
you will find the people justice demands.
Take 10 women
and crucify them.
Yes, Governor.
You have something to say?
Have you no mind for compassion?
I have not.
I do no more than I would to insubordinate soldiers.
PETER: Ananias and Sapphira were punished by God
for lying to the Holy Spirit,
and this camp is focusing on that,
and this fear is paralyzing all of us.
But our message is one of love and hope.
So, what are we to do?
There are people suffering in Jerusalem,
and we can offer them safety here.
Share what we have.
If not, we're no different to those God has punished.
Then we must go to Jerusalem, no matter how dangerous it is.
WOMAN 1: Stay back. MAN 1: Hurry. Hurry!
WOMAN 1: They're coming. I can hear them from their steps.
MAN 2: There they are again. WOMAN 1: Let's run now!
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
ROMAN SOLDIER 1: Out of the way!
WOMAN 2: David, look!
MAN 3: Let's just go about what we came here for.
WOMAN 1: What do they want again?
MAN 4: Do not meet their eye.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
WOMAN 1: They're past. Quickly, let's go home.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Maya. This is Tamar.
She's lost everyone.
She really needs a friend.
Shall we go find a place for you to stay?
LEAH: There's hope.
They've given us a name, Boaz.
They're closing in.
They've already found his fiancee.
She could lead us right to him.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
LEAH: Eva?
We know it was Boaz who murdered the Roman soldier.
And so do you.
I can't help you... It's Jerusalem that's asking for help
because every day its people are being put to death in his absence.
If he truly loves his people,
then he will be ready to give up his life for theirs.
You're wasting your time.
Then I beg you, Eva.
If you know something, a name or a place, anything, you must tell me.
I'm sorry, there's nothing.
It isn't a betrayal to save the lives of hundreds of innocent Jews.
PHILIP: All will be well. These men will help us, I'm sure of it.
(COUGHING, THROATS BEING CLEARED) Yes. Yes.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Forgive our intrusion,
but these people are desperate.
Can you help them?
Even those who do not share the belief?
What is your name? Philip.
How did they know to come here? I brought them.
I heard you speak.
And I was baptized by James.
And somehow, I knew you'd come.
We need to get these people out of the city as quickly as possible.
How?
The Romans are out there looking for people to crucify.
Take them to the camp.
Go in small groups. Use different routes.
MAN: Romans! (WOMAN SCREAMS)
CORNELIUS: There. ROMAN SOLDIER: Yes, sir.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Philip, can I trust you to organize these people?
You can.
Now! (ROMAN SOLDIER GRUNTS)
(DOOR BANGS OPEN)
It was you, wasn't it?
The Jewish wedding, you tipped them off.
Be careful how you speak to your Governor's wife.
Yeah, I wonder how he'd react if he knew
she'd attempted to sabotage his order.
You and I were the only ones who heard it.
I saw your distaste for it.
(LAUGHTER)
No, I'm a soldier. I don't have opinions.
And Rome only thrives because men like me obey orders.
Yes, of course.
And how convenient that such an attitude
absolves you of any responsibility.
(HORN BLARES)
(BREATHES SHAKILY) What did you think would happen?
(BLARING CONTINUES) We took them from the market instead,
and that's on your head.
Were they any more or less deserving of death?
(BLARING CONTINUES)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
(BLARING CONTINUES)
She was holding something back. I know she was.
And she'll come.
Trust me, she'll come.
(SIGHS)
I understand things didn't go entirely to plan today.
Do you suppose it's possible that they knew you were coming,
that someone had alerted them?
(STAMMERING) I don't think so.
There was no sign that anyone had fled our arrival.
But, um, there were no women at the market today?
The men seemed to have decided to keep women out of sight.
PETER: I trust you, Stephen,
which is why I want you and Philip to look after the camp.
STEPHEN: Huh, really?
It's growing so fast, and we have so many new converts.
(CHUCKLES)
Peter, I've been reading and studying the Scriptures since I was 13.
I know entire pages by heart,
and I can speak, read, and write in four different languages.
Now, God has a purpose for each of us.
You've got yours, and I have mine.
And that is not it.
I'm meant to preach.
Stephen.
Maybe I can put your knowledge to good use.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Eva?
Believe me, I don't know where he is,
but he said he was going to a place
where people would forgive his sins.
LEAH: Come with me.
Why have you brought me here?
I've told you what I know. Yes, but
if my husband returns empty-handed, I will be forced to consider
whether you deliberately misled us,
and then what truth you might conceal.
I've told you the truth.
Let's hope he's there, then.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
CAIAPHAS: Go. REUBEN: Go!
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
STEPHEN: God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
This is the word for "God"?
Mmm-hmm. (CHUCKLES)
Very good.
We believe the man Pilate wants is here.
His name is Boaz.
You know him, don't you?
He once sought an alliance.
If he's here, you must allow him to face justice.
Yes.
If he's here.
Need I remind you that if you fail to hand him over,
Rome will come for him,
and wipe this camp from the Earth in less than an hour.
If the Romans thought he was here, we'd be dead already.
You are welcome to look for him yourself.
(GRUNTS)
Do not test me!
(PETER GRUNTS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY) There are hundreds of innocent people here.
I pray to God for their sake, you're truthful.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
You, you've taken a man's life. You're a killer.
As are you. I hear a husband and wife were murdered.
Do you really think that was me, that I have that power?
Only God decides who lives and dies.
God and Romans.
How many Jewish lives have fallen to the man I killed?
That's not good enough. You cannot justify murder!
Then why didn't you give me up to Caiaphas?
Because only God decides who lives and dies!
I will not be compelled to decide a man's fate!
(WIND BLOWS)
I will harbor you.
But I cannot, and will not, force you to surrender.
The foundation of what we believe in here,
is love for all people.
All I can do
is forgive you.
Even though you know Rome will surely come for me,
and destroy this place?
My faith is in God. If that's His will,
then so be it.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
BOAZ: High priest.
Who are you? What do you want?
(METAL KNIFE RINGS)
I'm the man you're looking for.
I'm Boaz.
Why is it that some men
are determined to pull the serpent's tail?
Is it a death wish?
Or is it some vague notion of heroism?
"I'm the man who..." this, that, or the other.
Heroism, it's for children's stories.
But monsters,
monsters are real,
and they cannot be slayed.
Try, and they grow another head
that bites back twice as hard.
So, what to do?
Placate them, flatter them,
feed them until they're fat and indolent,
and forget that they're monsters.
And in time,
they move on.
You despise Pilate more than I do.
And I know that deep down,
you wish with all your heart
that I'd succeeded in killing him.
(DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN)
He's here, if you want to see him.
So that he'll die
knowing that I betrayed him?
For what it's worth, you didn't.
He wasn't found through you. He surrendered.
(EXHALES)
You seem taken with her.
I remember how it feels.
I was about her age when my mother died,
and I didn't ever want to be left alone again.
You've been wonderful with her today.
But you mustn't think she's your responsibility.
But I know how it feels.
I know what she needs.
And do you think you can give that to her?
Somebody should. Why not me?
Because you're still a child yourself, Maya.
Maybe that's why she wants me around.
Because I'm like her.
I'm not an adult.
I'm a friend.
LEAH: We have Boaz, finally. CLAUDIA: Oh.
Thank you for coming to me.
It was a risk.
No. Anything to at last get back to normality.
Normality? And what is that?
The murderer will be punished for his crime,
and the reprisals ended.
And the natural balance of things will be restored. Is that it?
I'm sorry?
You seem to think that before Boaz,
everything was as it should be.
Well, there was stability.
I know our nations have their differences, but...
We live under the heel of Roman tyranny,
an occupying army that drains us of resources,
and doles out murder on a mass scale.
We are enslaved.
But you stand here freely with me now, don't you?
Only because you allow me to.
And in return, you expect me to play the role of the grateful subject
because you are one of them, a Roman.
You are the problem.
(GASPS)
Bite your tongue, little snake!
Don't presume to know me.
That might prove a costly error.
(WHISPERS) There. You see?
At least we know where we stand.
(FOOTSTEPS RETREAT)
How did you find him?
Knowledge can be as effective as force.
You are the murderer. Prove it.
Show me where you struck.
No. Here. On me.
That's it. Closer.
Now show me.
At least he died quickly.
(KNIFE UNSHEATHES)
(GRUNTS)
Whereas you will die very slowly,
over many, many days
as an example for all to see.
(GROANS)
How does it feel to get this close?
Tempting.
(GRUNTS)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
(GROANS)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
(FLESH SIZZLES) (SCREAMS)
(WHIMPERS)
(SCREAMS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(WHIMPERS)
There will be no end to your pain for what you did.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(LAUGHS)
(GRUNTS)
(CLAMORING)
Cohort!
(LEVI BREATHES HEAVILY)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Not only is Boaz dead one week sooner than I'd like him to be,
you somehow have contrived to allow his killer to escape.
Explain yourself!
It was my failing.
I should have anticipated an attempt to stop him talking.
I should have placed men on the rooftops where he struck.
Failure to do so gave him an easy escape.
(SIGHS)
Is this cloying city finally getting under your skin?
A single mistake could be forgiven,
but this isn't a single mistake, is it?
I accept whatever punishment pleases you.
(SIGHS)
Get out of my sight.
Who was he?
CAIAPHAS: A man of great conviction,
but tragically misguided.
Leave us.
(CHANTS) ♪ Save me, O God
♪ For the waters are come into my soul
♪ I sink in deep mire
♪ Where there is no standing
♪ I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me
♪ I am weary of my crying, my throat is dried
♪ My eyes fail while I wait for my God
♪ They that hate me without a cause
♪ Are more than the hairs on my head ♪
PETER: Do not judge this man displayed here.
That's for God to do.
All we can do is forgive him,
as we must forgive all people,
and show love to all men.
Only then will we find salvation
when our Lord, Jesus Christ, returns,
to establish a new kingdom of God in Jerusalem.
Take him.
(EXCITED CONVERSATIONS)
Shall I stop him? No.
Let him tell the others. They'll come for their friend.
And we will be waiting.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
SIMON: All right. All right.
(HORSE NEIGHS)
What is this? We haven't done anything.
No.
But you will. Arrest them!
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
MATTHEW: Get off of me! (GRUNTS)
Peter. Are you all right?
PRISON GUARD 1: Get out of here!
You, too!
PRISON GUARD 2: Yeah, you get in there!
THOMAS: Peter.
PRISON GUARD 2: Get in! (GRUNTS)
PRISON GUARD 1: You! In!
This isn't good.
They were waiting for us.
Something awful is gonna befall us.
But it will mark the beginning of something wonderful.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) MAN: In the end, he knows.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Thank you for making it swift.
It was not done out of kindness.
It was to save lives. Boaz knew that.
He was expendable.
You'll need to replace him.
I'm in this now, too. Teach me, like you taught Boaz.
Show me how to kill.
(ECHOING FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(WIND BLOWS)
(GASPS)
(CELL DOORS SQUEAK OPEN)
(ECHOING FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
PETER: My friends, it's time.
JOHN: Where is he taking us?
To the temple.
JOHN: Our nation is poisoned.
Turn away from hate.
Turn away from violence.
Jesus is the light of the world. MAN: Amen!
Open your hearts.
Hear our message of hope and love for all people.
Come.
Jesus is the good shepherd.
People would not act this way if they knew
the kingdom of our Lord, Jesus Christ, is coming to Jerusalem.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) GUARD: Move, move!
PETER: He is the resurrection... REUBEN: Him. Him. Take them!
...and the life!
(CLAMORING)
MAN: Matthew.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
I suppose it's thankless to ask,
but I'd very much like to know how you escaped your cell.
Then I can only assume that you have some experience of lock-picking,
a skill which most reasonable people
would associate with criminality.
Very well. You are accused of continuing
to teach the name of a false prophet.
You defy the temple, and conspire
to lead the lost souls of this city astray.
What have you to say to this?
Answer me!
Out of respect for the learned elders of the Sanhedrin,
we will not seek to defend our beliefs.
We only know them to be true.
There can be no defense or clarification
or mitigation of the truth, it simply is.
And what is the truth?
That God raised Jesus from the dead
to sit at His right hand as Prince and Savior.
And it was His spirit that freed us from your chains.
CAIAPHAS: You are aware that saying such things
condemns you as false prophets, according to the law.
There is only one outcome.
You are to be put to death by stones. (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
So few words spoken
for so many lives to be clipped.
Rabbi Gamaliel, do you find fault in our application of the law?
No, no, no, probably not.
But as president of the Sanhedrin,
I'm obligated to poke a finger into matters that pique my interest.
Of course, but what more is there to say? They've been found guilty...
Yes, yes, yes, yes. It's all very upsetting.
But I wonder, do you not recall
the enthusiasms of your own youth,
and being carried away by them?
Your wisdom is highly valued and recognized by all, but...
But I should sit down now, should I?
No, no, I cannot.
My conscience pricks at me for us both.
Let these men alone.
They are not dangerous.
If what they claim is false,
then nothing will come of it,
and in time, they will simply fade away.
But if it is true, and you destroy them,
you will find yourselves in opposition to God.
(INDISTINCT TALKING)
Having considered the wisdom of Gamaliel,
it is agreed that the sentence shall be commuted.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
But you're to be taken to a public place and flogged
so that everyone may know your guilt!
MAN: Come on!
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
If you do not obey the Lord, your God,
and do not carefully follow all His commands and decrees,
you will be cursed in the city, and cursed in the country.
(GRUNTS) (WHIP CRACKS)
The fruit of your womb will be cursed.
The crops of your land,
the calves of your herds, the lambs of your flocks.
You will be cursed when you come in, and cursed when you go out.
(GRUNTING)
The Lord will send on you curses, confusion,
and rebuke in everything you put your hand to,
until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin,
because of the evil you have done in forsaking Him.
(SOBS)
(MAYA INHALES SHARPLY)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
We all knew we'd have to make sacrifices.
That's what Jesus told us, Stephen.
Not like this.
(GASPS)
Shall we go home,
to Galilee?
You mean to live?
(SNIFFLES)
Why not?
The camp's set up. It's growing.
(SNIFFLES)
You don't need to be here anymore.
Is that what you want?
Yes.
But you can't do it, can you?
(MAYA SNIFFLES)
When you're at home
you catch fish, you sell them,
you clean a boat, I can do that, anyone can.
(SIGHS)
But it's different here.
(SIGHS) You're different.
Even your name's different.
(MAYA BREATHES SHAKILY)
You're Peter.
No one else can be.
(SNIFFLES)
(VOICE BREAKS) And that's why I'm going home.
(SIGHS)
When?
(EXHALES)
Tomorrow.
Tamar's decided that I'm the only one that can keep her safe...
(SIGHS)
...and I can't do that here.
(MAYA SNIFFLES)
(SOBBING) I'm going to miss you
more than you will ever know.
(BOTH CRYING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
We must govern ourselves according to our law
so that this city and its people
are never again subjected to Roman justice.
That's all well and good,
but as far as I understand it, this Boaz surrendered of his own accord.
STEPHEN: Are these the men that claim to keep the law of Moses?
You, who have received the law through angels,
but have not obeyed it!
(INDISTINCT TALKING)
You're all just like our ancestors.
Was there ever a prophet they didn't persecute?
Enough!
What is the cause of this?
The unjust punishment of righteous men.
Hush your tongue.
The sentence was levied under the eyes of God in His house.
Oh, you mean this temple?
(SCOFFS)
Do you really believe that God would confine himself to a house built by men,
when he made all of creation?
You be careful. You're alone in here.
And didn't Jesus say, "I will tear down this temple and rebuild it in three days,"
before he rose from the death you condemned him to?
Silence him. Shut him up.
Look. Look here with me!
I see the heavens open
and Christ standing at the right hand of God!
(CROWD SHOUTING)
(STEPHEN GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
MAN: Blasphemer!
(CROWD SHOUTING)
STEPHEN: (GRUNTS) Ah! Ah!
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
(GRUNTS)
MAN: Kill the blasphemer! Kill him!
(PEOPLE SHOUTING OUT)
(GRUNTS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Do not hold this sin against them.
(MAN GRUNTS) Ah!
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(GRUNTS)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)