1 00:00:02,336 --> 00:00:04,839 There will be no mercy! 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,341 (SCREAMS) 3 00:00:07,382 --> 00:00:10,845 JOSEPH: My sister's only child hanging from a cross! 4 00:00:10,886 --> 00:00:13,012 Joseph... We need this to end! 5 00:00:13,054 --> 00:00:14,807 CAIAPHAS: We must govern ourselves 6 00:00:14,849 --> 00:00:19,060 so that we are never again subjected to Roman justice. 7 00:00:19,102 --> 00:00:21,396 You did nothing of any worth whatsoever. 8 00:00:21,438 --> 00:00:23,774 GUARD: Make way for King Antipas. 9 00:00:23,816 --> 00:00:26,861 Your position is reliant on my endorsement. 10 00:00:26,902 --> 00:00:30,280 John, I'm poor and sick in my soul. 11 00:00:30,322 --> 00:00:31,866 I'm glad to give you this land. 12 00:00:31,907 --> 00:00:33,659 Barnabas, it's perfect. 13 00:00:33,701 --> 00:00:35,870 God has a purpose for each of us. I'm meant to preach. 14 00:00:35,911 --> 00:00:37,997 Be patient, Stephen. The time will come. 15 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:41,082 And didn't Jesus say, "I will rebuild this temple in three days," 16 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:43,669 before he rose from the death you condemned him to? 17 00:00:43,711 --> 00:00:45,044 Silence him. Shut him up. 18 00:00:45,086 --> 00:00:47,297 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 19 00:00:47,339 --> 00:00:48,549 (GRUNTS) 20 00:01:18,579 --> 00:01:22,541 JOHN: No longer will violence be heard in your lands, 21 00:01:24,292 --> 00:01:27,796 nor ruin and destruction within your borders. 22 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:35,679 Your walls shall be called salvation, 23 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:40,099 and your gates, praise. 24 00:01:42,978 --> 00:01:48,776 No longer will the sun light your days, 25 00:01:48,817 --> 00:01:51,987 nor the moon bright your night. 26 00:01:53,655 --> 00:01:57,409 You will have the Lord for everlasting light, 27 00:01:58,827 --> 00:02:01,329 and your God for your glory. 28 00:02:02,414 --> 00:02:04,583 (CROWD WAILING) 29 00:02:14,217 --> 00:02:15,761 (SOBBING) 30 00:02:16,595 --> 00:02:19,222 My son is dead! 31 00:02:19,264 --> 00:02:22,726 Stephen is dead! Because of you! 32 00:02:22,768 --> 00:02:24,645 You and your politics! 33 00:02:24,686 --> 00:02:26,229 Where is He? 34 00:02:26,271 --> 00:02:29,441 Where is He now, this Messiah of yours? 35 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:30,985 (SOBBING) 36 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:43,497 (CROWD ULULATING) 37 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,375 MATTHEW: Why doesn't he raise him up 38 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:50,045 or ask the Lord to bring Stephen back to us? 39 00:02:51,379 --> 00:02:53,799 Is it for us to test Him? 40 00:03:00,055 --> 00:03:03,684 I dreamt last night that Stephen wouldn't be the last of us to die. 41 00:03:09,356 --> 00:03:10,983 PHILIP: Another hungry soul that's heard the word. 42 00:03:13,735 --> 00:03:15,362 God be with you. 43 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:19,116 Have you come to hear the word of Jesus? 44 00:03:19,158 --> 00:03:20,199 (CHUCKLES) 45 00:03:21,076 --> 00:03:22,201 No. 46 00:03:24,245 --> 00:03:25,204 I am Saul. 47 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,084 Scholar, Jew, Roman citizen, 48 00:03:29,126 --> 00:03:32,046 Pharisee, defender of the Great Temple of Jerusalem. 49 00:03:32,087 --> 00:03:34,213 I have come here to teach you of the wrath 50 00:03:34,255 --> 00:03:36,675 you will all bring down upon yourselves 51 00:03:36,717 --> 00:03:39,761 if you do not end your blasphemy. 52 00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:45,184 If. 53 00:03:52,691 --> 00:03:54,609 (WOMEN CRYING) 54 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:58,238 PETER: The desert and the parched land will be glad. 55 00:04:02,325 --> 00:04:07,122 The wilderness will rejoice and blossom. 56 00:04:10,125 --> 00:04:12,169 Like the crocus, 57 00:04:14,004 --> 00:04:15,964 it will burst into bloom. 58 00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:21,178 It will rejoice greatly 59 00:04:25,057 --> 00:04:27,267 and shout for joy. 60 00:04:37,861 --> 00:04:39,279 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 61 00:04:48,371 --> 00:04:51,208 So, tell us, how are we so wrong in our belief? 62 00:04:53,752 --> 00:04:55,963 Friend, speak with us. 63 00:04:57,589 --> 00:05:00,300 BARNABAS: What's the matter, have you no tongue? 64 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:03,137 Or no brain? 65 00:05:04,972 --> 00:05:10,310 Jesus of Nazareth, this peasant Messiah you love and praise, 66 00:05:12,229 --> 00:05:15,107 is nothing more than a false prophet. 67 00:05:19,527 --> 00:05:23,698 You dare come here and say that. 68 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:27,077 I don't say it. The Sanhedrin says it. 69 00:05:27,119 --> 00:05:28,745 The Psalms of Solomon say it. 70 00:05:28,787 --> 00:05:31,832 The prophecies of Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Daniel say it. 71 00:05:33,541 --> 00:05:35,919 Who are you to say otherwise? Who? 72 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:39,547 Oh. 73 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:41,967 What's the matter? 74 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:44,845 Have you no tongue? 75 00:05:47,222 --> 00:05:48,347 No courage? 76 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:52,519 (SCOFFS) 77 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:55,897 Be gone, little man. 78 00:06:18,461 --> 00:06:20,421 ANNAS: I don't understand you, Jonathan. 79 00:06:20,463 --> 00:06:23,300 You saw the slaughter, the wave of crucifixions, 80 00:06:23,342 --> 00:06:26,178 saw what bloody turmoil made its home in Jerusalem. 81 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:29,181 Of course. Father, I'm not blind. 82 00:06:29,223 --> 00:06:33,185 And you accept that Caiaphas, as High Priest, stands knee-deep in blood. 83 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:36,188 Blood spilled by Pilate wielding the power of Rome. 84 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:41,902 Yes, I accept Caiaphas has not handled things well. 85 00:06:41,943 --> 00:06:46,614 So, why can't you accept that he must be replaced? 86 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:49,868 Jerusalem needs a man who will forge a different 87 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:51,661 relationship with Rome 88 00:06:51,703 --> 00:06:56,166 to take us back to the peaceful times Caiaphas once stood for. 89 00:06:56,208 --> 00:07:01,629 The Sanhedrin is looking for a man to challenge Caiaphas. 90 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:06,425 The Annas family needs that man to be you. 91 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:17,604 The whole idea of your loving family 92 00:07:17,645 --> 00:07:20,774 gathered in our house to give thanks gives me indigestion. 93 00:07:20,815 --> 00:07:23,693 Well, take a potion. Clear your head. 94 00:07:23,735 --> 00:07:24,819 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 95 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:27,655 Hmm. 96 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:30,658 Two guests of honor have invited themselves. 97 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:34,079 Although a little more notice wouldn't have hurt. 98 00:07:34,121 --> 00:07:36,039 Antipas and Herodias. 99 00:07:36,081 --> 00:07:37,457 (SIGHS) 100 00:07:47,675 --> 00:07:50,929 HERODIAS: I had no idea the Nazarene camp was so close to the city. 101 00:07:50,971 --> 00:07:53,223 And so populated. 102 00:07:53,265 --> 00:07:57,018 Why would anyone leave everything they knew to live like that? 103 00:07:58,937 --> 00:08:01,689 (HORSE NEIGHING) 104 00:08:01,731 --> 00:08:06,111 Well, we are honored the festival of Purim has brought you to our home. 105 00:08:06,153 --> 00:08:09,281 In truth, it was a useful excuse to come to Jerusalem. 106 00:08:09,323 --> 00:08:11,116 To see if the city was still standing. 107 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:15,287 ANNAS: My son and I think, 108 00:08:15,329 --> 00:08:19,499 as Jews, we can talk honestly about recent dark days. 109 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:24,754 JONATHAN: The people will not soon forget the blood spilled 110 00:08:24,796 --> 00:08:27,674 in Governor Pilate's wave of crucifixions. 111 00:08:27,715 --> 00:08:29,009 CAIAPHAS: They shouldn't forget. 112 00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:31,511 But was there ever a time when the people were content? 113 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,764 ANNAS: If the anger of the people was fading, 114 00:08:34,806 --> 00:08:37,392 there would be room for this complacent approach. 115 00:08:37,434 --> 00:08:38,935 Father, we are hardly complacent. 116 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:45,359 JONATHAN: But the anger is growing, 117 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,028 just as the new city of tents out in the desert is growing. 118 00:08:48,069 --> 00:08:49,279 You mean the camp? 119 00:08:49,321 --> 00:08:51,739 JONATHAN: Hmm. There are thousands there now. 120 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:54,534 Yes. We passed it on our way here. 121 00:08:55,327 --> 00:08:56,495 JONATHAN: Where will it stop? 122 00:08:56,536 --> 00:08:59,580 At 5,000 converts? 100,000? 123 00:08:59,622 --> 00:09:02,625 Will everybody please stop going on about these people? 124 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:05,253 (SIGHS) 125 00:09:20,852 --> 00:09:23,063 Tell me, what exactly is it that you'd have me do. 126 00:09:24,272 --> 00:09:25,357 Hmm? 127 00:09:26,649 --> 00:09:29,444 Have them slaughtered in their tents? 128 00:09:35,616 --> 00:09:39,162 ANNAS: Antipas, surely the people, and you, as their ruler, 129 00:09:39,204 --> 00:09:42,582 want to see a High Priest in control of events. 130 00:09:44,292 --> 00:09:45,793 JONATHAN: Not led by them. 131 00:09:47,128 --> 00:09:50,590 Not governed by the whim of his Roman master. 132 00:10:03,437 --> 00:10:06,147 HERODIAS: I do enjoy the smell of treachery. 133 00:10:06,189 --> 00:10:09,901 ANTIPAS: Poor old Caiaphas has the look of a man preparing to face the executioner. 134 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:14,072 If it was a choice between him and young Jonathan as High Priest, 135 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:15,907 I don't know who I'd go for. 136 00:10:16,908 --> 00:10:18,535 Neither. 137 00:10:18,577 --> 00:10:20,245 But I'll have to give my support to one of them, 138 00:10:20,287 --> 00:10:22,247 and then let Pilate have the responsibility. 139 00:10:23,415 --> 00:10:24,832 SERVANT: My Lady. 140 00:10:26,209 --> 00:10:29,921 SAUL: And then there was Zachary of Beersheba, 141 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:34,384 a passionate man who tried to follow the example of Moses 142 00:10:34,426 --> 00:10:37,137 and lead his friends across the Red Sea. 143 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:40,932 He drowned (CHUCKLES) and so did they. 144 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:46,646 And then there was Simon from Perea, brave, well-intentioned Simon. 145 00:10:46,687 --> 00:10:49,399 Well, he believed that he was sent by God, 146 00:10:49,441 --> 00:10:50,984 but only made a Jew's life... 147 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:57,574 But only made a Jew's life harder under Rome. 148 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:04,414 And there was another pretender, an imposter from Galilee, 149 00:11:04,456 --> 00:11:06,916 this man Jesus. 150 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:11,463 You're Peter. I've heard you preach. 151 00:11:11,505 --> 00:11:15,049 You do it well. A little soft-hearted, perhaps, but... 152 00:11:18,512 --> 00:11:20,888 I have a case to make against your false Messiah! 153 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:23,391 Do you want to hear it, Peter, or are you afraid 154 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:28,729 I will unpick your delusions in front of this gullible crowd? 155 00:11:28,771 --> 00:11:32,400 This man is living in darkness and doesn't even know his eyes are closed. 156 00:11:32,442 --> 00:11:34,986 He claims such knowledge, 157 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:38,697 but he's just stumbling in the dark if he doesn't know this, 158 00:11:38,739 --> 00:11:43,953 no one can come to the Father except through Jesus. 159 00:11:43,995 --> 00:11:49,501 Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. 160 00:11:49,543 --> 00:11:52,587 This Jesus of yours 161 00:11:52,629 --> 00:11:59,052 is nothing more than a false prophet of illiterate fishermen. 162 00:11:59,093 --> 00:12:02,138 He has you all in a net of lies. PETER: John! 163 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:12,315 You use words like a trader selling stones, 164 00:12:12,357 --> 00:12:15,943 but there's no heart to them, no love. 165 00:12:15,985 --> 00:12:21,658 I have love for those things you want to destroy, 166 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:23,742 the Temple in the heart of Jerusalem. 167 00:12:23,784 --> 00:12:27,247 Centuries of law and tradition your pathetic little band 168 00:12:27,288 --> 00:12:30,709 can no more replace than a flea can fill the shoes of a man. 169 00:12:30,749 --> 00:12:32,919 Speak simply. 170 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,755 If there is truth to your thoughts, you'll be understood. 171 00:12:38,216 --> 00:12:41,344 Here's a simple truth. 172 00:12:41,386 --> 00:12:45,390 If you set yourself against the Temple, 173 00:12:45,432 --> 00:12:49,185 you will be destroyed by the Temple. 174 00:12:50,228 --> 00:12:52,813 Simple truth. 175 00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:59,404 Even if I could persuade the Sanhedrin to trust your family, 176 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:03,575 who stood by while more and more of our people were crucified. 177 00:13:03,617 --> 00:13:04,825 There was nothing... And even if I was 178 00:13:04,867 --> 00:13:06,494 willing to speak in your defense, 179 00:13:06,536 --> 00:13:10,373 and so gain for you the support you'll need to unseat Caiaphas, 180 00:13:10,415 --> 00:13:13,334 and heal the wounds you've caused, 181 00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:16,795 have you no shame that you'd plot against your own son-in-law? 182 00:13:17,464 --> 00:13:20,759 I have shame, 183 00:13:20,799 --> 00:13:26,347 shame that I didn't act sooner to save so many from their pain, 184 00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:30,685 those who died, and those, like you, who lost the ones they loved. 185 00:13:33,187 --> 00:13:35,690 We ask you to not let that failing 186 00:13:35,732 --> 00:13:38,610 cost more blood and suffering, 187 00:13:38,652 --> 00:13:42,572 not to let the moment pass when we can act to start afresh. 188 00:13:42,614 --> 00:13:46,242 My son Jonathan is a man of integrity 189 00:13:46,284 --> 00:13:49,287 who would truly speak for the people of Jerusalem. 190 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:50,913 The only man who can bring both... 191 00:13:50,955 --> 00:13:52,499 There's many opinions on this subject. 192 00:13:57,587 --> 00:13:59,838 Both change and continuity. 193 00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:07,180 Before you even think of making the case to Pilate, 194 00:14:07,221 --> 00:14:09,974 you'll need the unreserved backing of Antipas. 195 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:13,186 Pilate will want his approval to maintain order. 196 00:14:13,227 --> 00:14:17,190 If, with your support, we can unite the Sanhedrin behind us, 197 00:14:17,231 --> 00:14:19,192 we can approach Antipas today. 198 00:14:27,575 --> 00:14:29,869 You won't regret this, I promise. 199 00:14:32,622 --> 00:14:39,379 This man would have you believe in a crucified Messiah. 200 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:40,839 Deuteronomy says, 201 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,800 "For he that is hanged on a tree 202 00:14:43,842 --> 00:14:46,761 "or on a cross is accursed of God." 203 00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:50,765 But God raised Him up, having loosed Him from the pains of death 204 00:14:50,807 --> 00:14:53,727 because it was not possible He should be held by it. 205 00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:55,936 So you claim, but who among you 206 00:14:55,978 --> 00:14:57,980 has seen the resurrection? Who? 207 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,571 You? You? You? Only your charlatans, 208 00:15:04,612 --> 00:15:06,656 who need you to believe it. 209 00:15:06,698 --> 00:15:10,368 Jesus and the truth of His message are loved. 210 00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:13,496 By all our people? 211 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:15,665 Not even by all of Jerusalem. 212 00:15:15,707 --> 00:15:19,794 They love him so little, they executed him. 213 00:15:19,836 --> 00:15:23,882 And fulfilled Isaiah's prophecy. 214 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:28,344 The Messiah is a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. 215 00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:29,888 (ALL AGREEING) 216 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:33,015 This man thinks it's a mark of success 217 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:37,019 when those you love are executed. 218 00:15:37,061 --> 00:15:39,063 He won't be happy until you're all dead... 219 00:15:41,148 --> 00:15:43,067 Like Stephen. 220 00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:46,237 If you stay here one moment longer, I swear... 221 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:47,864 I'm going to tear your head off. 222 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:56,038 Don't worry. I've heard enough to see that 223 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,249 reason won't break you from your delusions. 224 00:15:59,584 --> 00:16:00,877 You will see me again, though. 225 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:04,422 Be sure of that. 226 00:16:13,723 --> 00:16:15,558 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 227 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,936 SAUL: Rabbi Gamaliel, 228 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:21,063 how can these blasphemers in the desert want to end all this? 229 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:24,859 Don't concern yourself with them. 230 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:28,112 Go to your own studies. 231 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,072 Improve your understanding, and then... 232 00:16:30,114 --> 00:16:32,366 Yes, but they just don't see 233 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:35,995 that this, all of this, is the heart and soul of Jerusalem. 234 00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:41,125 I tried to tell them, but they just won't see reason. 235 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:44,838 Then, Saul, don't spend more of your energy 236 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:46,840 trying to correct their mistake. 237 00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:51,218 I see a path for you from scholar to rabbi, 238 00:16:51,260 --> 00:16:56,516 from rabbi to, perhaps, a seat on the Sanhedrin. 239 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:00,060 Who knows? 240 00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:05,859 These men, they do the same work as the Sanhedrin. 241 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:09,028 They toil to preserve the old while making it new. 242 00:17:09,069 --> 00:17:12,198 What this fisherman, Peter, 243 00:17:12,239 --> 00:17:14,826 and the others want to do, is destroy the old, 244 00:17:15,785 --> 00:17:18,287 replace it with the new. 245 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:22,500 I have to find a way to stop them. 246 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:24,377 I have to. 247 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,508 (WHISPERING) I think that went well. 248 00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:50,403 For you, an anniversary gift. 249 00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:52,822 After you left our house, my wife reminded me 250 00:17:52,864 --> 00:17:56,743 that it was at Purim 10 years ago that we first met. 251 00:17:56,784 --> 00:18:01,080 Me as High Priest, you as Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, 252 00:18:01,121 --> 00:18:02,957 each trying to work the other out. 253 00:18:02,999 --> 00:18:05,001 And here we are, still trying. 254 00:18:07,127 --> 00:18:08,087 Please. 255 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:14,635 So, your father-in-law and his son 256 00:18:14,677 --> 00:18:16,429 would very much like to take from you 257 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:18,431 those fine robes of office that you wear. 258 00:18:22,060 --> 00:18:23,061 Now, 259 00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:28,357 what are you going to do about these fanatics in the desert? 260 00:18:28,399 --> 00:18:31,986 The ringleader of the cult, the man they follow, is from Galilee. 261 00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:34,781 This reflects very badly on me. 262 00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:38,367 They will soon tire of the hardships 263 00:18:38,409 --> 00:18:42,121 that come from following their Messiah. 264 00:18:42,162 --> 00:18:46,166 But what happens? Dissent becomes revolt. 265 00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:48,419 The Roman response could be devastating. 266 00:18:51,881 --> 00:18:55,134 Solve this problem for me, Caiaphas. 267 00:18:55,175 --> 00:18:58,596 And if this attempt to overthrow you reaches Pilate, 268 00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:00,139 you will have my support. 269 00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:04,226 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 270 00:19:06,687 --> 00:19:09,565 LEAH: We know you're conspiring with my father and brother. 271 00:19:11,943 --> 00:19:13,945 Should I know what you're talking about? 272 00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:17,197 The three of you won't win this fight. 273 00:19:17,239 --> 00:19:20,242 My husband will remain in office as High Priest, 274 00:19:20,284 --> 00:19:22,286 and you will suffer for your betrayal. 275 00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:24,246 Tide is turning against your husband, 276 00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:26,499 and I can't stand in the way of it. 277 00:19:26,540 --> 00:19:29,543 If you don't recognize that, you'll both drown in the flood. 278 00:19:35,424 --> 00:19:37,010 The High Priest has more to deal with today 279 00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:38,678 than you can even imagine, 280 00:19:38,719 --> 00:19:40,387 and you think that I should bring him out here to talk to you? 281 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:41,806 Yes. 282 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,182 Come back in three days. 283 00:19:44,391 --> 00:19:45,601 The answer will still be the same, 284 00:19:45,643 --> 00:19:47,520 but at least it'll give me chance to forget you. 285 00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:52,859 Three days, the danger to the Temple could be doubled. 286 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:54,360 What danger to the Temple? 287 00:19:54,401 --> 00:19:57,030 Forgive me. 288 00:19:57,071 --> 00:19:59,198 I was merely talking about the followers of the false Messiah 289 00:20:00,491 --> 00:20:01,492 gathering in the desert. 290 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:08,124 Come with me. 291 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:13,504 You wanted to see me? Thank you for your good grace. 292 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,297 Having read much in the Temple archives 293 00:20:15,339 --> 00:20:17,008 of your family's great history, 294 00:20:17,050 --> 00:20:18,801 I hope that, with respect... 295 00:20:18,843 --> 00:20:21,554 Could we perhaps have a little less respect? 296 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:23,681 Time kills us all. Of course. 297 00:20:29,937 --> 00:20:32,439 I believe we share a common interest, 298 00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:36,861 a common desire to rid Jerusalem of a pest, 299 00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:39,780 the fishermen and their followers 300 00:20:39,822 --> 00:20:41,281 growing in numbers and confidence 301 00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:42,616 outside the city walls. 302 00:20:44,952 --> 00:20:48,956 And what is it that fuels your desire to see them gone? 303 00:20:48,998 --> 00:20:53,169 They offend me with their actions to undermine the Temple. 304 00:20:53,211 --> 00:20:56,047 Their defiance offends me. 305 00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:57,339 Their defiance of the Sanhedrin, 306 00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:58,507 who could not have been more definitive 307 00:20:58,549 --> 00:20:59,884 in their verdict when they said... 308 00:21:05,639 --> 00:21:07,100 What exactly do you want? 309 00:21:07,141 --> 00:21:09,018 The authority to 310 00:21:10,310 --> 00:21:13,272 act on your behalf and solve this problem, 311 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:17,610 to remove these blasphemers so completely 312 00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:21,280 that not even the stain of their memory is left behind. 313 00:21:27,369 --> 00:21:28,328 (PETER SIGHS) 314 00:21:35,419 --> 00:21:37,421 I just can't stop thinking about Stephen. 315 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,048 (SIGHS) 316 00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:41,675 Stop being such a man. 317 00:21:43,594 --> 00:21:45,221 What? 318 00:21:45,263 --> 00:21:47,974 You see the women at the funeral? 319 00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:53,437 They weep, and they wail, and they scream out their pain 320 00:21:53,479 --> 00:21:56,274 so the whole world knows about it. 321 00:21:56,315 --> 00:22:00,111 And while all this open-hearted grieving goes on, 322 00:22:00,153 --> 00:22:02,947 the men look at their feet, 323 00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:06,325 and put on their sad face. 324 00:22:12,372 --> 00:22:15,168 Don't bottle it up. Let out that pain. 325 00:22:16,585 --> 00:22:19,338 Honor Stephen by leading us, Peter. 326 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,349 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 327 00:22:35,271 --> 00:22:38,024 (SCREAMING) 328 00:22:41,152 --> 00:22:44,571 What I need is for you to give me the authority 329 00:22:44,613 --> 00:22:47,950 you would give the least promoted of your Temple Guard. 330 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:49,367 Authority to use how? 331 00:22:49,409 --> 00:22:52,412 And 20 men from that guard. 332 00:22:52,454 --> 00:22:54,748 (SCREAMING) SAUL: Their strength is their popularity. 333 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:59,003 I want to take that from them. 334 00:23:08,679 --> 00:23:10,472 PETER: You have questions. 335 00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:13,391 You say, "Why did He call me His rock?" 336 00:23:14,977 --> 00:23:17,855 You ask, "Am I the foundation? 337 00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:22,109 "Is this where His church will be built?" 338 00:23:24,111 --> 00:23:30,576 There is only one foundation stone, and His name is Jesus Christ! 339 00:23:30,617 --> 00:23:35,206 And His church is not here. It's not in those tents or these walls. 340 00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:39,585 It's you, all of you. 341 00:23:39,626 --> 00:23:42,420 You are His church. 342 00:23:44,006 --> 00:23:46,675 And like those we ask to believe 343 00:23:46,717 --> 00:23:49,427 even though they didn't see Him rise again, 344 00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:52,723 we must push away our fear 345 00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:57,019 even as we recognize the persecution we face. 346 00:23:59,021 --> 00:24:02,191 We have to go to Jerusalem 347 00:24:02,233 --> 00:24:06,695 and preach the word to build His church! 348 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,123 Recruit your own men. 349 00:24:18,916 --> 00:24:19,875 (FLESH SIZZLES) 350 00:24:21,877 --> 00:24:23,212 (SIGHS) 351 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:26,173 I'll pay. 352 00:24:31,011 --> 00:24:33,931 Forgive me, 353 00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:38,644 but wouldn't it benefit your authority to be seen as the hand at work? 354 00:24:44,191 --> 00:24:48,362 We need to claim back the true message of our faith 355 00:24:48,404 --> 00:24:51,573 from the families of the Temple and their masters from Rome. 356 00:24:57,037 --> 00:25:00,249 They crucified the man who said to you, 357 00:25:00,291 --> 00:25:03,710 "I am the light of the world. 358 00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:08,132 "Whoever follows me won't walk in darkness." 359 00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:10,759 And with my own eyes, I saw him. 360 00:25:10,801 --> 00:25:12,636 JOHN: We just buried a man, 361 00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:15,513 a good man and a friend, 362 00:25:15,555 --> 00:25:20,269 stoned to death because he dared speak the truth. 363 00:25:20,311 --> 00:25:22,480 JOHN: He was a young man, like you. 364 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:27,401 He shed blood and felt pain, just like you. 365 00:25:27,443 --> 00:25:30,946 His mother wept tears for him, just as yours would. 366 00:25:30,988 --> 00:25:35,075 But he had a burning need to speak the truth of the word of God. 367 00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:37,953 SAUL: With the authority of High Priest Caiaphas, 368 00:25:37,995 --> 00:25:41,415 I, Saul of Tarsus, hereby accuse 369 00:25:41,457 --> 00:25:44,710 all the people here of supporting blasphemy! 370 00:25:44,751 --> 00:25:49,006 Do you see this? These friends of Rome standing against us? 371 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:51,884 Is this your answer? Violence? 372 00:25:51,925 --> 00:25:54,053 You underestimate me. 373 00:25:54,094 --> 00:25:58,391 You will all be taken away and your name added to a list of offenders! 374 00:25:58,432 --> 00:26:00,100 These people have done nothing. 375 00:26:00,142 --> 00:26:05,481 Any further offense and you will all face the Sanhedrin court! 376 00:26:05,523 --> 00:26:07,733 Then take us. Take our names. 377 00:26:07,774 --> 00:26:08,817 We're the ones to arrest. 378 00:26:08,859 --> 00:26:09,735 No. 379 00:26:10,486 --> 00:26:12,946 You two can go. 380 00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:15,491 These people will soon learn the danger of your company. 381 00:26:15,533 --> 00:26:19,537 You and your men are no match 382 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:23,249 for the fire of the Holy Spirit that fills us. 383 00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:25,543 Really? 384 00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:30,588 Well, let's see whose fire burns brightest, shall we? 385 00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:35,386 Take them! 386 00:26:35,428 --> 00:26:36,594 (CROWD SCREAMS) 387 00:26:46,522 --> 00:26:47,773 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 388 00:26:56,073 --> 00:26:59,659 I've weakened these fanatics by isolating them, 389 00:26:59,701 --> 00:27:02,704 by turning their supporters against them. 390 00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:05,958 By terrorizing these citizens of Jerusalem? 391 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:08,502 Well, there was a problem nobody seemed able to solve. 392 00:27:09,169 --> 00:27:10,712 Neither have you. 393 00:27:13,507 --> 00:27:15,050 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 394 00:27:18,678 --> 00:27:22,433 They know you'll persecute them if they listen to the preachers in Jerusalem, 395 00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:26,228 so they're leaving the city to hear what they have to say. 396 00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:29,482 (EXHALES) 397 00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:38,198 Did you really think this man Saul 398 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,992 would stand in the way of our mission? 399 00:27:44,121 --> 00:27:47,458 The Temple won't stand for this, 400 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:49,335 and they won't let it go on much longer. 401 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:50,419 MAN: It's not safe in the city! 402 00:27:51,878 --> 00:27:54,131 ANNAS: It looks like your hero, Saul, 403 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:56,716 couldn't solve the problem of the Nazarene camp. 404 00:27:56,758 --> 00:27:58,844 Where are the other two conspirators? 405 00:27:59,886 --> 00:28:02,722 I didn't come to bicker. 406 00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:05,392 I came to ask you to show some dignity, 407 00:28:05,434 --> 00:28:08,937 to recognize that the will of the Sanhedrin is turning against you, 408 00:28:08,979 --> 00:28:14,276 and ask you, for the good of this family, to stand down. 409 00:28:15,902 --> 00:28:19,239 For the good of this family? 410 00:28:19,281 --> 00:28:22,326 For the good of this family, you, who in his day as High Priest, 411 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,953 hadn't the wits to walk in step with Rome? 412 00:28:24,995 --> 00:28:27,623 You, who left a mess behind him that I had to clear up. 413 00:28:27,665 --> 00:28:29,707 You plot against me? 414 00:28:31,627 --> 00:28:37,299 And now I must listen to the rantings of a failed and bitter old man 415 00:28:37,341 --> 00:28:40,636 for the good of this family? Get out of my house, 416 00:28:40,678 --> 00:28:42,680 before I forget you're my wife's father 417 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:44,723 and put a blade between your ribs. 418 00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:49,061 We'll take this to Pilate. 419 00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:58,320 (DOOR OPENING) 420 00:28:58,820 --> 00:28:59,738 (DOOR SLAMS) 421 00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:15,837 CLAUDIA: You must favor Caiaphas over his brother-in-law. 422 00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:18,424 Must I? 423 00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:21,927 Don't tell me what to do. 424 00:29:21,968 --> 00:29:25,805 A 10-year-old alliance shouldn't be tossed aside without good cause. 425 00:29:28,892 --> 00:29:34,189 Is it Caiaphas you approve of, or his wife? 426 00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:37,025 I hear the two of you are becoming the best of friends. 427 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:52,958 (BOX CREAKING) 428 00:30:03,051 --> 00:30:06,096 Minerva, goddess of wisdom. 429 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:16,440 Minerva, which of these men shall be High Priest, 430 00:30:18,108 --> 00:30:21,820 and which one shall be left to rot in the desert? 431 00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:32,122 Nothing. 432 00:30:34,750 --> 00:30:36,251 (SIGHING) Very disappointing. 433 00:30:39,630 --> 00:30:44,843 There is a rumor you knew of the plot against my life and did nothing. 434 00:30:44,884 --> 00:30:47,053 Is that true? No, that's ridiculous. 435 00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:51,600 And a rumor you have a spy here in my palace. 436 00:30:51,642 --> 00:30:55,103 And another that you visit the Nazarene's camp each night 437 00:30:55,145 --> 00:30:57,439 and pray with them. 438 00:30:57,481 --> 00:31:00,776 All of which, it's been suggested, 439 00:31:00,818 --> 00:31:03,362 makes you unfit to continue in office. 440 00:31:03,403 --> 00:31:05,864 Is any of this true? None of it. 441 00:31:05,905 --> 00:31:08,408 Lies are being spread by those who wish to undermine me. 442 00:31:08,450 --> 00:31:10,369 You undermine yourself by failing to get a grip on... 443 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:11,787 Enough! 444 00:31:15,248 --> 00:31:21,087 I will not waste my time separating truth from fiction, 445 00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:23,757 like a mother with squabbling children. 446 00:31:26,051 --> 00:31:28,762 Tiberius shall decide. 447 00:31:32,808 --> 00:31:34,184 I met a Greek, once, 448 00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:37,437 who made every decision with the toss of a coin. 449 00:31:39,939 --> 00:31:43,777 Emperor's head or the divine Livia? 450 00:31:45,779 --> 00:31:48,198 Shall I commend you for your ambition? 451 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:52,369 Or do I condemn you for spreading baseless rumors? 452 00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:55,997 Heads, I condemn. 453 00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:58,917 Livia, I commend. 454 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:00,794 (COIN CLINKS) 455 00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:17,561 Heads. 456 00:32:17,603 --> 00:32:23,233 Then I condemn you for making such a poor job of your treachery. 457 00:32:30,574 --> 00:32:33,702 These fishermen and their followers, are they being dealt with? 458 00:32:33,744 --> 00:32:35,913 They are, firmly and finally. 459 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:43,002 Unless he wants to be loved by all, 460 00:32:43,044 --> 00:32:47,424 the High Priest's job is not a hard one. 461 00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:51,762 He must deliver what's expected of the province of Judea by Rome 462 00:32:51,804 --> 00:32:55,974 and resist the many, often irrational, demands of his people. 463 00:32:56,015 --> 00:32:58,811 There are girls in the kitchen who can do that. 464 00:32:58,852 --> 00:33:00,854 Dogs in the street. 465 00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:04,483 Even a donkey. 466 00:33:09,905 --> 00:33:13,032 Heads, you stay. 467 00:33:14,284 --> 00:33:15,702 Livia, 468 00:33:16,954 --> 00:33:19,581 I'll replace you with a donkey. 469 00:33:22,793 --> 00:33:24,377 (COIN CLINKS) 470 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:26,254 Get that, will you, Caiaphas? 471 00:33:40,727 --> 00:33:42,896 Head. Excellent. 472 00:33:44,481 --> 00:33:48,902 You both may go. I need to speak with your High Priest. 473 00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:57,870 And the lesson is, don't play politics unless you're good at it. 474 00:34:03,416 --> 00:34:04,668 This coin, 475 00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:11,341 it has two heads. 476 00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:13,301 It does, doesn't it? 477 00:34:21,810 --> 00:34:23,520 (CHUCKLES LIGHTLY) 478 00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:24,437 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 479 00:34:25,522 --> 00:34:26,648 We shall see. 480 00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:29,192 By order of Caiaphas, 481 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:32,988 who remains High Priest, you are removed from the Sanhedrin. 482 00:34:33,030 --> 00:34:35,032 (CHUCKLING) 483 00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:38,911 Even though it was your own father and brother who hatched this plot? 484 00:34:38,952 --> 00:34:42,288 And you will leave Jerusalem, or find yourself arrested for treason. 485 00:34:44,290 --> 00:34:48,879 This all began with the murder of the Nazarene, Jesus. 486 00:34:48,921 --> 00:34:51,506 All your interfering, your scheming. 487 00:34:51,548 --> 00:34:53,926 It will bring you down, eventually. 488 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:02,601 (BUBBLING) 489 00:35:03,977 --> 00:35:05,144 (DOOR CREAKS OPEN) 490 00:35:05,186 --> 00:35:06,605 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 491 00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:13,445 SAUL: I tried to reason with them, but they just wouldn't listen. 492 00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:17,866 I tried to come between them and their supporters, 493 00:35:17,908 --> 00:35:23,121 but it would appear they would prefer the idiotic doctrine of the Nazarene. 494 00:35:25,707 --> 00:35:28,126 CAIAPHAS: This gives you my full authority to rid me of them. 495 00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:33,048 Permanently. 496 00:35:36,342 --> 00:35:37,844 Do whatever is necessary. 497 00:35:41,347 --> 00:35:42,557 (EXHALES) 498 00:35:47,186 --> 00:35:50,065 Whatever is necessary. 499 00:36:23,015 --> 00:36:24,182 (SNIFFS) 500 00:36:26,935 --> 00:36:29,938 Let me tell you about these people. 501 00:36:33,150 --> 00:36:37,946 These people want to bring down the Temple, 502 00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:40,615 the Temple, 503 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:46,788 the guiding hand in yours and my life, 504 00:36:48,165 --> 00:36:50,542 the well of wisdom. 505 00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:54,046 And they think nobody, 506 00:36:54,087 --> 00:36:57,007 nobody will stand in their way. 507 00:36:57,049 --> 00:36:59,926 They disregard the ruling of the Sanhedrin, 508 00:36:59,968 --> 00:37:03,722 who called them blasphemers. 509 00:37:03,763 --> 00:37:07,642 The very next day, one of them walked into the Temple itself 510 00:37:07,684 --> 00:37:09,394 proclaiming his profanity. 511 00:37:09,435 --> 00:37:10,729 (EXCITED CONVERSATIONS) 512 00:37:10,770 --> 00:37:13,106 And although... 513 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:16,776 And although the people of Jerusalem delivered their justice, 514 00:37:16,818 --> 00:37:18,611 and they stoned him to death, 515 00:37:20,030 --> 00:37:22,657 they continue recruiting 516 00:37:22,699 --> 00:37:27,328 the gullible and the weak-minded to their cause. 517 00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:32,084 Do we say "enough"? 518 00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:34,044 ALL: Enough! 519 00:37:34,086 --> 00:37:37,422 Will we break their heads? 520 00:37:37,463 --> 00:37:38,840 ALL: Yes! 521 00:37:38,882 --> 00:37:43,636 With swords and clubs and bare fists, 522 00:37:43,678 --> 00:37:45,180 we will say, 523 00:37:45,222 --> 00:37:47,140 "Leave this land, 524 00:37:47,182 --> 00:37:52,229 "or you will leave this Earth in a shroud of blood!" 525 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:53,855 ALL: Yeah! Yeah! 526 00:37:55,023 --> 00:37:56,315 Yeah! 527 00:38:03,115 --> 00:38:04,657 SAUL: Grab weapons! 528 00:38:04,699 --> 00:38:06,076 Grab armor! 529 00:38:06,118 --> 00:38:07,827 Follow me! 530 00:38:08,494 --> 00:38:10,663 (CROWD CHEERING) 531 00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:12,165 (CRASHING) 532 00:38:12,207 --> 00:38:13,291 GUARD: Get out! 533 00:38:14,876 --> 00:38:16,294 (GRUNTING) 534 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:19,631 (GRUNTING) 535 00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:29,182 Pay heed to this and spread the word. 536 00:38:29,224 --> 00:38:31,935 These people are being arrested for aiding, 537 00:38:31,977 --> 00:38:35,313 sheltering, and feeding the followers of the false Messiah. 538 00:38:36,148 --> 00:38:37,690 They will be... 539 00:38:37,732 --> 00:38:39,192 (GRUNTING) 540 00:38:39,234 --> 00:38:41,736 They will be imprisoned. 541 00:38:41,778 --> 00:38:45,323 Anyone else who does likewise will also pay with their freedom. 542 00:38:46,908 --> 00:38:49,244 And don't think of scurrying off to the desert 543 00:38:49,286 --> 00:38:51,037 for help from your friends. 544 00:38:51,788 --> 00:38:53,414 It's their turn next. 545 00:39:08,930 --> 00:39:09,806 SIMON: He's coming! 546 00:39:11,641 --> 00:39:13,268 Saul's coming back! 547 00:39:13,310 --> 00:39:14,811 He's bringing men with swords. 548 00:39:23,444 --> 00:39:25,071 Take what you can! 549 00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:26,823 Get everyone out of here. 550 00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:29,284 (ALL SCREAMING) 551 00:39:31,953 --> 00:39:33,079 This way. Go with them! 552 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:36,916 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 553 00:39:37,959 --> 00:39:39,418 We should go back to Galilee. No. 554 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:40,628 We have to stay together. 555 00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:41,963 We gather again in Jerusalem. 556 00:39:42,005 --> 00:39:43,798 We have to go now. 557 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,424 No. I'll stay. 558 00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:50,847 I will not be cowed by this man and his threats. 559 00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:52,724 I won't leave you to face him alone. 560 00:39:52,765 --> 00:39:54,226 He won't be alone. 561 00:39:54,267 --> 00:39:56,353 This was my land. I'm staying. 562 00:39:57,770 --> 00:39:59,231 And me. 563 00:39:59,272 --> 00:40:01,440 There's more than one way to welcome a visitor. 564 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:04,903 See you in Jerusalem. 565 00:40:08,698 --> 00:40:11,534 Please, hurry! Run! 566 00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:13,161 Mix it carefully. 567 00:40:13,203 --> 00:40:14,996 Too much and it won't work. 568 00:40:15,038 --> 00:40:17,498 Go! Move faster. Faster! 569 00:40:22,337 --> 00:40:23,421 SIMON: Take my hand. 570 00:40:25,090 --> 00:40:26,424 PETER: James, go. 571 00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:39,645 SAUL: (BREATHING HEAVILY) Pull it all down. 572 00:40:39,687 --> 00:40:42,648 Burn it. 573 00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:45,568 I want nothing left to show that they were ever here. 574 00:40:47,486 --> 00:40:48,654 Now! 575 00:40:50,073 --> 00:40:51,824 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 576 00:40:54,035 --> 00:40:56,246 (FLAMES CRACKLING) 577 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:11,261 He's leaving it too late. 578 00:41:11,303 --> 00:41:13,305 No. He knows what he's doing. 579 00:41:15,765 --> 00:41:18,184 MAN: Over there! Over there! 580 00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:29,279 There! 581 00:41:30,155 --> 00:41:31,489 Take him! 582 00:41:37,454 --> 00:41:39,872 Let's see whose fire burns brightest now! 583 00:41:45,753 --> 00:41:46,796 No! 584 00:41:51,968 --> 00:41:53,636 No! 585 00:41:58,224 --> 00:42:00,977 I will crush you! 586 00:42:01,019 --> 00:42:02,603 PETER: You will try! 587 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,653 You will try!