Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God.
The multitudes came to hear the words of Jesus.
The crippled and the sick came to be healed...
I can see! I can see!
Jesus of Nazareth, he cured the blind man!
- Who? - Jesus of Nazareth!
...and the sinners to be forgiven.
Your faith has saved you.
Go and sin no more.
They saw life restored where there was no life...
Lazarus, come forth!
...and food provided where there was no food.
I'm sorry! There's only one. That's all we have!
But we're starving!
What do you mean there's only one? There's plenty!
You must go to Jerusalem. The whole city awaits you!
No, Judas.
In Jerusalem the son of Man will be rejected...
...by the elders and the chief priests of the temple.
He will be condemned.
He will be handed over to the unbelievers, who will scourge him, mock him,
put him to death.
Then after three days...
...he will rise again.
It was here, in Jerusalem,
that the trial of the passion of Jesus of Nazareth began.
Jerusalem, the faithful city,
she that was full of justice, has become a harlot!
Have ye not known? Have ye not heard?
- Harlot! - Stone her!
Stone her!
Master, what should we do?
This woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
She should be punished according to the law. What do you say?
He who among you who is without sin, let him cast the first stone.
The Romans have butchered hundreds of innocent people,
young people, old people,
lives ended without mercy, without trial.
We must meet the sword with the sword!
All who take up the sword shall perish by the sword!
My heart is troubled,
and my mind confused.
You must help me to see the truth.
Except the man beem born again, Nicodemus...
...he cannot see the kingdom of God.
God so loved the world that he sent his own son,
that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Kill the Romans!
Traitor! Traitor!
Came to Jerusalem. The crowd went wild...
...for his arrival and we did nothing!
He then drove the merchants,
so they sell us our beasts for sacrifices...
...from the courtyard in the temple, and we did not intervene!
How many times have we protested at the disgrace...
...of money changers being allowed at the precincts of the temple?
But then we allowed him to preach...
...in the holy temple itself, and no time...
And no time did he recognize your authority, Caiaphas,
nor made submission to the elders of Israel.
We must denounce him in the name of the people Of Israel!
I'm not sure... I'm not sure that we have that right.
Can we honestly say that we represent the true...
...thoughts and aspirations of the people of Israel?
What are you saying?
I've often wondered if as elders...
...we are too cut off from them and from their real problems.
How can we guide them if we don't know what's in their hearts?
But without our guidance they would be lost!
People? People will run after any new thing.
They have taken up with this man, Jesus...
...with his tricks and his exaggerated promises.
I have seen him, I've heared him preach.
His words reach into men's hearts, not like ours.
It's not through the old ritual, the old formulas...
...but a new vision which seems to answer all their hopes.
A message of comfort, of goodness, of purity,
of the virtues of humility.
We've heard it all before.
From John the Baptist and hundreds of others.
And why not?
That is the richness of our religion,
that it's always being kept alive by new ideas.
Oh, that kind of thinking encourages false prophets!
What an incredible people we are.
Thirsty for knowledge, but hypocrites, afraid of change.
We say that we want new ideas so our religion will speak to each generation,
and yet when a prophet appears, burning with...
...faith and fiery revelations, we stifle him!
Shall we go down through history as a people who destroys its prophets?
Oh, no, no, please. No. Brothers. Please.
This is scarcely the time for philosophical discussions.
They are more urgent problems to be considered.
Yes, how's those who follow him to hail him as the Messiah?
He's a blasphemer! He's an imposter!
With respect to those more learned than I, there is one possibility...
...that it seems no one here is ready to consider.
What is it?
The possibility that Jesus of Nazareth...
may be in fact the Messiah awaited by our people.
A carpenter from Galilee?
This man has studied the prophecies...
...and carefully and subtly, he never misses...
...a chance to identify himself with them.
Exactly!
I only know that like our brother Joseph, I've heard him preach.
I was moved, lifted out of my soul,
and seemed to see all things in a new and blinding light.
I was aware of wonders, signs...
...that God may be with him,
and through him, with us.
Do you realize what you are saying, Master Nicodemus?
Let him speak!
- Listen to him! Let him speak! - Don't shut him down!
The coming of the Messiah is the heart of our faith.
Why should he not come now?
Why do we dream our liberator will be revealed in glory,
a new Solomon, a new David?
Is God not allowed to choose whom he wishes?
Even the son of a poor carpenter from Nazareth?
And David began life as a shepherd.
Who are we to decide the way in which God should choose to help his people?
We... are grains of sand, chaff blown in the wind.
May the Lord open our eyes to His wisdom.
Master Nicodemus, I have always respected you.
How am I to understand your defense of this man,
whose missions seems to be to divide our people?
Even this noble assembly has been torn asunder by him.
This Jesus of Nazareth...
...must be an extraordinary man.
But is there not one among you who understands...
...the real significance of this matter?
It is not the Galilean's words that are important,
or the so called miracles,
even the fact that frenzied crowds hail him as the Messiah,
it's not important.
The central core of this case is...
...that this man dares to proclaim...
I can hardly make myself say it.
This man dares to proclaim himself...
...the son of God.
Master Nicodemus,
in your great faith and wisdom,
and you Joseph, most honest of men,
can you tell us that in your heart of hearts...
...you believe he is the son of God,
and he is equal to God?
If he is not the son of God, then who is this Jesus of Nazareth?
Is he... a prophet?
Only a false prophet can assume the powers of God and say,
"You persistent sinner, you are forgiven." Only God can forgive sins.
All through our history, false prophets have been the plague of Israel.
This man, while claiming to uphold the law,
perverts our most fundamental beliefs.
The Romans will not wait for us to find the answer.
Our law says: the prophet...
...who claims to say in the name of God things...
...which God has not commanded, that prophet must die.
If this man Jesus is a false prophet and a blasphemer,
is it not better for one man to die, than for a whole nation to perish?
However, under Roman occupation, Caiaphas,
the people of Israel may put a goat to death, but not a man.
Thank you, Zerah, for reminding us of our realities.
Then... he must be charged and found guilty by the Romans.
But Caiaphas, we have not found him guilty yet!
Surely our law does not condemn a man...
...before first giving him hearing before the elders of Israel.
No matter how serious his offense, we cannot...
...simply hand over one of our brothers to the Romans.
Caiaphas, after the Passover let me...
...persuade Jesus to come to us and explain to us...
...what is in his heart and his mind when he says he is the son of God.
Brethren I agree.
We will question him fully...
...and give this Jesus of Nazareth every oportunity to...
To defend himself.
No!
Caiaphas, to delay would be too dangerous.
We all know what steps Pilate would take...
...against our people if the unrest continues.
Zerah, he must be taken tonight.
It could cause even more trouble among the crowds...
...if our temple guards go searching for him.
It could be a long search, all over the city.
No one knows where he and his followers are hiding.
They stay no longer than one night in the same place.
I think I know the way to reach him.
Zerah, don't forget, Jesus of Nazareth is one of our brothers.
Judas?
I've not been able to find you. You weren't seen with the master...
...the last day or two. Where have you been?
I've been trying to think.
Trying to decide what to do.
You seem to me to be very sure of what to do.
Well, I was...
...but not now.
Now I am confused.
I always believed action, political action,
could solve everything.
Thought it was enough to think clearly and act clearly but...
But I fear my master does not agree with me.
He doesn't need my ideas. He says the heart is more important.
Perhaps he's right.
Have I hardened my heart?
Am I fit to be one of his disciples?
I... I should go home.
Judas, don't lie to yourself.
The truth is that in your heart you no longer believe...
...that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah.
There's only one way to know the truth.
You knew that the very first time that you came to see me.
Let Jesus prove himself before the Sanhedrin.
It's too late.
He won't accept it.
Why? There are many influential members of the counsel who admire Jesus.
He will be fairly judged.
If he is the Messiah, God will not abandon him.
If he is not, then you will have helped to save...
...Israel from yet another false prophet.
Master.
We are happy to eat this Passover with you.
I have longed with all my heart to share it with you.
It is for this Passover that I came into the world.
I shall not be with you much longer.
You will look for me but...
...where I am going you cannot come.
Master, I will follow you wherever you go.
I will lay down my life for you.
Peter...
...this very night before the cock crows twice...
...you will have denied three times that you even know me.
Oh, my Lord, never.
Never!
I will never deny you.
You will all lose faith.
The shepherds shall be struck and the sheep will be scattered.
Even if they all lose faith, I will not!
Peter...
...I have prayed for you...
...and once you have recovered, you in your...
...turn must give strength to your brothers.
Truly, I tell you...
...one of you is about to betray me.
Master...
...I'm sick at heart.
Who will betray you. Is it I?
He who dips his bread in the dish when I dip mine,
he shall be the one.
One of us?
What you are going to do, do it quickly.
Where is he going?
I don't know.
Blessed be thou our Lord our God,
who has blessed us with thy laws...
...and made bread to be sowed from the earth.
From now on...
...this will no longer be the bread of the passage...
...of our fathers from bondage to freedom.
This Passover is for you today.
The passage from the bondage of death...
...to the freedom of life.
This is the bread of life.
Whoever eats of this bread shall have eternal life.
Eat it.
For this is my body.
Do this in remembrance of me.
From now on,
this cup will not only be a memorial and sacrament to the covenant...
...that God made with our fathers on Mount Sinai.
This is my blood.
The blood of the new covenant which is to be poured out for me.
I shall not drink again from the fruit of the vine...
...until the day I drink it with you...
...in my Father's kingdom.
And now I give you a new commandment.
That you love one another as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this,
but a man laid down his life for a friend.
And if you love one another...
...all men shall know that you are my disciples.
Father....
...the hour has come.
Glorify thy son that thy son may glorify thee.
Keep in thy name those thou hast given.
I do not pray for these only,
but also for those...
...who believe in me through their word.
I am the way,
the truth...
...and the life.
Peter.
Father...
...if it is possible, let this come pass from me.
Let it be as you not I, who would have it.
This is your hour, Judas.
The hour of shadows.
Oh, master.
You betray your master with a kiss.
That is the man, arrest him.
Judas!
What's happening?
You traitor!
You betrayed him!
Peter... Peter, listen to me. The only way the master...
...can save himself is by speaking to the Sanhedrin.
Leave him alone!
- They're going to kill him! - No!
Jesus!
No, Peter!
Get away, you scum!
- Arrest them all! - Zerah!
It was me you sought.
You have found me. Let them go.
Take him away.
We must do something! We must do something!
Where have they taken him?
Zerah...
I must speak to Zerah! I must speak to Zerah!
Is he in here? Did they bring him here?
- Who? - Jesus!
Master Zerah please, I don't understand this man.
Zerah. Zerah, now...
Now where is this meeting with Caiaphas? I must be there with Jesus!
Meeting? There's no meeting.
There's a trial.
Your Jesus is accused of blasphemy.
You've been an invaluable help to us, Judas.
Come and see me when all this is over.
Well, got what you wanted, so get out of here.
Come on, get out of here! Move yourself!
Master Joseph. We were coming to find you.
This is Martha, the sister of Lazarus,
and Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Jesus has been arrested.
Yes I know. I've been called to a meeting of the elders.
You have such great influence in the Sanhedrin.
Please, will you help?
I'll try, you know that.
I'll do what I can.
I never understood how that liar could have fooled so many people.
You were one of those who believed in him, didn't you?
Well, I admit I believed in him, but we all believed in him.
And now that you've discovered the truth?
He said a lot of things that I liked very much.
- So what? - And he did some good things.
Good things? They were tricks of the devil!
All right, all right. He knows that he was a liar and a blasphemer...
...and he betrayed us, and now he will pay.
Come on. I'm sorry I had to wake you up at this hour of night.
Master Nicodemus.
Brethren! Brethren!
Brethren!
Caiaphas, that he should be found like a common thief is most unseemly of us!
Jesus, it is not our intention...
...to treat you as a criminal.
But we want you to explain to this assembly...
...the nature of your teachings.
What is this doctrine...
...you and your disciples are spreading through Judea?
I have spoken openly...
...for all the world to hear.
I have taught in the synagogues and in the temple.
I have said nothing in secret.
So, why do you ask me?
Ask those who heard me.
They are my witnesses.
Caiaphas, I've heard him preaching.
I... I find nothing in his doctrine which denies the basic principles of our faith.
Rabbi, we fail to understand the meaning of many of your sayings.
For instance, there are witnesses who say that...
...you claim that you could destroy the temple...
...and rebuild it in three days.
No one could rebuild the temple in three days.
What he said must have some symbolic meaning. Come...
I'm sure I've heard him say he could rebuild it again in two days!
Three days, four days in here! Witnesses cannot even agree!
How can we remember every detail?
There was a riot which Jesus himself provoked...
...but for which the Romans will hold us responsible.
The riot was provoked by Barabbas!
Well, the Romans don't need an excuse.
We know what they have done to our people.
All of us here can remember an occasion...
...not so many years back...
...when over a thousand of our people...
...were nailed to the walls of Jerusalem...
because there were not enough scaffolds
to satisfy the Romans' lust for blood.
None of us, I'm sure, wants to give any more...
...victims to Pontius Pilate than we can prevent.
Of course not, Joseph, we're all agreed upon that.
As Caiaphas has said, this is not a trial.
We... We left our homes, we came here tonight...
...hoping that Jesus of Nazareth...
...would explain to us the purpose of his mission...
...and help to heal the divisions in our community.
Brother, we have often heard that you've come...
...to bring love and brotherhood.
I beg you, bring peace to our gathering tonight.
Tell me...
...it has been said that you proclaimed yourself...
...the son of God.
I ask you now in the name of the Eternal.
Are you the Messiah,
the son of God?
I am.
And you shall see the son of man...
...sitting at the right hand of the power of God.
Here O Israel!
The Lord, our God The Lord is one!
We've heard enough.
Let him be taken before the procurator and Pontius Pilate,
in whose hands lie the final authority for trial and judgment.
Let me get closer!
They will crucify him!
The son of God! Kill him!
Scold him!
Blasphemer!
Well, what happened to him?
They're sending him to Pontius Pilate!
We know how that will end up, don't we?
Wait a minute! I know you! You were with that Jesus!
- You're one of his followers. - No, I don't know him!
But he is! Look!
And I know him. He is one of his followers!
Yes, I've see him! I've see him!
He's a liar! Arrest him!
I tell you I don't know him!
You are one of them. I saw him!
- What's going on here? - Here's a friend of Jesus. A disciple.
Don't let him go.
Oh, please.
Mistaken. I don't know this Jesus...
...they speak of, nor I even ever heard of him.
Go!
Just keep quiet here.
Don't you know you are on sacred ground?
You hear them? Free Barabbas!
The crazy people. They should be in here.
Your friends outside want you set free.
So you carry on with your murdering, I suppose.
I'm not a murderer.
I shouldn't be in with those two.
I'm a patriot.
You're all criminals. Don't think you are any different.
It was he who did the murder, not me!
No, he talked me into it. It was his idea.
When will it be?
When Pontius Pilate comes from Caesaria for the Passover,
or whatever they call it.
Plese, you got to let me out of here, I didn't do anything!
Listen to me!
- Free Barabbas! - Free Barabbas, please!
- Let Barabbas go! - Free Barabbas!
Free Barabbas!
You have no right to arrest him! Free Barabbas!
- Welcome... - Welcome?
I leave for one week and I come back and I...
...find the mob clamoring in the street...
...and you dare to say to me welcome?
Who's this Barabbas they've been shouting about?
He's a Zealot we arrested.
His followers have disturbed the crowds.
I don't think their noise will disturb my judgment.
Look, you take a hundred men and you clear the street. I'm tired.
With respect procurator...
Please, I'm so tired!
...Jerusalem is full of people, there are many hotheads among them.
Yes, and they'll cool when they see the example we make of their Barabbas.
Pontius Pilate, I'm afraid there's another case of which I must trouble you.
Another one?
Yes, it was submitted to us by the Sanhedrin itself.
It concerns a certain Galilean preacher.
Quintilius, I am not interested in their...
...preachers nor their prophets, you know that.
Yes, of course, I know that.
The Sanhedrin, whose...
...cooperation has been very useful to us,
they consider it extremely important.
- Even urgent. - Urgent? Urgent to whom?
I'm sorry.
Maybe next week.
But first we'll deal with Barabbas.
Pilate, there's a delegation from the Sanhedrin waiting outside.
It is lead by Zerah himself.
They have this... this preacher, this Jesus of Nazareth...
...with them. They... They want you to judge him.
Judge him? Zerah himself?
It must be important. No, no, no, no.
I don't want to get involved in their religious quarrels.
This is the monthly report of the prophets.
I thinks it's wise not to offend them...
...unnecessarily. I think you should see them.
Well, have them brought in.
Don't stand there, bring them in.
Pilate...
I regret, I'm afraid we must go out to them.
We must go to them?
Yes, according to their beliefs, well, they cannot...
...come in to the house of a Roman. Not on Passover.
They would be defiled.
Defiled.
I forgot about that.
All right.
We'll go to them.
Bring them to the great hall.
How does one govern such people?
Procurator...
...we have found that this man, Jesus of Nazareth,
distorts our peoples views on the relationship between God and the state.
Furthermore, he perverts the very heart of our religion.
I'm not concerned with people who break your religious laws.
My function as governor here is to keep the peace...
...and administer Roman justice.
We know that procurator, but this man also threatens the established order.
If he were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you.
He calls himself the Christ, which means the anointed one.
Thank you, I too know some Greek.
Well, what else has he done?
Has he spoken against the Emperor? Has he spoken against Rome?
Well, procurator, not directly, no, but...
Not directly? Then he is your problem, you'll have to judge him...
...according to your laws.
Procurator, for us, this man Jesus is a blasphemer.
If we were a self governing nation...
...we would have the right to exact punishment,
which under the law of Moses is laid down for blasphemy.
He made a triumphant entry into Jerusalem, calling himself the king of the Jews.
Claim which we totally reject!
King of the Jews?
Well, whatever else he may have done, such a claim is treason.
True, true. Alright alright.
I'll talk to him,
your Jesus.
- Not ours. - Then whose? Whose?
Bring him in!
Is this the man you think so dangerous?
This, the man that aspires to be a king?
Come. Come, come, come!
Now, the leaders of the Sanhedrin accuse you of...
...preaching perverted doctrines.
Come.
They also say you call yourself the king of the Jews.
Well, are you king of the Jews?
If my kingdom were of this world,
my followers would have fought to prevent me from being captured.
Oh, you speak of a kingdom,
therefore you must be a king. Are you a king?
I am.
I was born for one purpose.
To bear witness to the truth.
All who can accept the truth hear my voice.
And what is the truth?
No, this man's no criminal.
He's a dreamer. Take him away. Take him away.
Have him flogged as a token of Roman justice, that should wake him up.
Right.
Procurator...
...we, the leaders of the Sanhedrin,
have always had the same aim as you.
Peaceful administration of our country...
...for the good of our people, and for many years now...
Oh, please, please, please, please. Don't talk to me about the people.
As long as they obey, who cares much about your...
...children of Israel as we do the mob in Rome?
No, Zerah...
...let us speak directly.
Why does the Sanhedrin consider this man so dangerous...
...that they send you yourself here to make sure that he's condemned?
Perhaps for the same reasons as you, procurator...
...if you knew him as well as we do,
would also find him dangerous.
That's enough! Put his clothes back on.
They saw him entering in Jerusalem as the king?
Look at him now!
So he's a king? The king of the Jews?
- Maybe we ought to dress him like a king! - Hey, don't use mine, use one of those!
Wait, their is one over here.
Here it is.
Come on. Here we are. Turn around.
- Look at him! - Hey, hey, wait a minute.
If he's a king... If he's a king, he needs a crown!
Hey, Majesty, high and mighty majesty!
Oh, look at him!
I have it!
A king's crown!
He's got his crown!
He needs a scepter! Majesty!
- A perfect fit! - Where's your throne, eh?
Now he's the king.
Tiberius will be getting worried!
Behold the man.
Well, what have you got to say for yourself now?
Speak!
Who are you?
What are you?
Well, say something!
Don't you want to defend yourself?
You want to die?
Don't you realize I have the power to release you or have you crucified?
You would have no power over me...
...if it had not been given you from above.
Quintilius...
...isn't there an ancient custom honoring Passover...
...where the procurator can release a prisoner sentenced to death...
...as an act of mercy?
Yes, that custom still exists.
And we have two prisoners.
- Barabbas? - And Jesus.
So let the people decide.
I've made my decision.
The people will decide.
- Zerah... - Take him away!
All right, take this one away.
Get down to the prison and bring Barabbas.
Barabbas! Remember? Barabbas!
Here, here. Here, listen to me. Listen, you two, listen.
When I give you the cue, you shout for Barabbas!
Barabbas is depended on you.
Barabbas has fought for you. Don't betray him.
Shout for Barabbas!
No, we must save Jesus, he's a righteous man.
- When did they arrest him? - Late last night.
In the garden of Gethsemane.
Gethsemane? That's near where I live.
We must be prepared. Barabbas must be freed at all costs.
Now, we put all our men. Do you understand?
As a sign of his magnanimit...
...and his benevolence,
our divine emperor has decided that the custom of releasing...
...one prisoner sentenced to death...
...in honor of your Passover shall continue.
We have two prisoners.
One! Jesus of Nazareth.
Accused of treason by proclaiming himself...
...king of the Jews...
Any one shouting for that false prophet have better watch out.
- Look at him, the king of the Jews. - What's happened to him?
You call yourself a king?
...or...
...Barabbas!
Accused of sedition and murdering a Roman auxiliary.
Barrabas!
- Free Barabbas! - Free Barabbas!
- He's one of us! - Give us Barabbas!
Which of the two shall be released to you?
Jesus of Nazareth...
...guilty of proclaiming himself king of the Jews...
...or...
...Barabbas?
Release Jesus! He is the true prophet!
- Free Barabbas! - God save you! Release him!
Free Barabbas!
False prophet!
He betrayed us! Kill the Nazarene!
Jesus! Jesus!
We want Barabbas!
Free Barabbas! Barabbas!
- Free Barabbas! - Jesus! Jesus!
Barabbas!
Jesus!
Shut up, you slut!
Realease Barabbas!
- Realease him! - Kill Barabbas!
We can't let him go!
- We can't let Barabbas get away! - Yes.
- Soldiers won't like that. - Move.
Pilate, you're not going to free Barabbas,
an assassin and enemy of Rome!
I wonder, who is the real enemy?
Jesus of Nazareth must be saved!
Let it be written...
...that Jesus of Nazareth is guilty of...
...treason by proclaiming himself...
...king of the Jews, and is sentenced...
...to be crucified.
Hey,Mark, where is the last prisoner? Come on.
Here's the man.
Come on.
- The King of the Jews. - Hurry up. This crowd worries me.
Here, take it.
Come on, make room, make room! Get out of the way!
Save yourself, Jesus!
You betrayed us! You betrayed us! I believed in you and you betrayed us!
Get back, you scum! Come on! Come on!
He's a traitor!
He's a prophet!
You betrayed us!
Traitor!
I know that sign. It is an insult!
He is not the king of the Jews!
Those are the orders we received!
Get out of the way!
Now, all of you, stay back!
Father, forgive them,
they know not what they do.
If you're what you say you are,
If you're the Messiah,
why don't you save yourself...
- ...and us? - Leave him alone!
Don't you fear God even when you are dying?
We deserve to die.
We are receiving the just punishment for our crimes.
But this man has done nothing wrong.
Jesus...
...remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Today...
...you will be with me in paradise.
Hey, hey, hey, who are you?
- She is his mother. - How can you prove it?
Hey...
...she is his mother.
Go to him.
- And who are you? - Please...
...I'm with the family.
Is that right?
Yes, she is one of the family.
Go!
John...
...behold your mother.
Woman...
...behold your son.
He has saved others. Why can't he save himself now?
Eli... (Father...)
...lama sabachthani? (...why have you forsaken me?)
Listen.
Listen, he's calling on the prophet Elijah.
No, he's not calling Elijah.
He's quoting the scriptures.
Even now, nailed to the cross he quotes the scriptures.
Even now.
He was despised and rejected of men,
man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,
he was oppressed and afflicted,
yet, he opened not his mouth.
He was brought as a lamb to slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearer is done.
Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows,
yet we did esteemed him stricken smitten of god and afflicted,
that he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was abused for our inequities,
and through his wounds...
...we are healed.
Yes...
...born again.
Father...
...into thy hands..
...I commit my in spirit.
It...
...is...
...accomplished.
Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
My god!
My Lord!
Please help me!
Please.
My god, my god, please.
Hey, you, the family. Come on, you take the body.
The tomb has already been provided by a prominent member...
...of your faith who doesn't wish his name to be revealed.
Pontius Pilate gave permission before he went back to Caeseria.
Yes, yes, yes.
But you don't understand. Why should you?
It is of vital importance to us to know where his tomb is.
With all due respect why is it of such importance?
The man is dead.
Well since you ask, there have been rumors...
...of this Jesus arising from the dead.
- And you believe this? - No.
But it may prevail upon the superstitious.
His followers could easily remove the body secretly...
...and then they can talk of having witnessed the resurrection.
Therefore, can the tomb be guarded?
No, there's nothing to stop you guarding it.
No, there isn't, but it must be carried out by your Romans.
Why?
Well, if we use our own temple guards, his disciples could say that he...
...truly rose but that his enemies denied it.
What sort of person are you if I may ask?
His death is not enough for you?
I think your procurator, if he were here,
would agree with me when I say...
...this Jesus could be much more dangerous now that he is dead.
Therefore I should be grateful if something could be arranged.
Very well then.
A roman guard will be posted.
Hey, stop!
Who are you? Where are you going?
We are the family of Jesus of Nazareth who lies here.
What do you want?
To enter the tomb.
Why?
To anoint the body.
To bring fresh linen, herbs, spices.
It is our custom.
Why didn't you do that when you brought him here?
The Sabbath began, we could not buy them.
What do you think?
They're only three women, let them go.
I suppose it'll be alright then.
You'll need an army to move that stone.
All right then, let's go together.
But we'll need some help.
Hey, Lentulus, wake up! Come with us.
Marcus, you watch the bridge!
Where are you going?
Why do you seek the living among the dead?
Jesus is not there.
Come!
Jesus is not here!
You sure?
I swear by Jupiter, Hercules and Mars!
Yes yes, you've been awake all night and haven't moved from the spot!
That's right! We were given strict orders! Nobody's been near that tomb.
And those Jewish priests or whatever they are were with us all the time!
Well then, who moved the stone?
Who is it?
It's me, Philip!
- Did anyone follow you? - No.
Are you sure?
Of course I'm sure.
Are they still looking for us?
On every corner one sees temple guards and Roman soldiers!
This place isn't safe anymore, we must go somewhere else!
But where can we go?
I wish we could go to Galilee.
Peter.
Tell us. What should we do?
We must do what the master would have wanted.
The master is dead, Peter.
- I thought you said you weren't followed. - I wasn't!
- Mary. - Peter.
All of you,
I have seen him.
Seen who?
The master.
- You've seen him? - Yes.
He is risen.
I saw him. I saw him.
This morning, we went to the tomb, and near the tomb was a man,
and a young boy.
And the man said to me,
"Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Jesus is not here."
So we went to the tomb. We saw the stone was upturned.
The grave, the tomb was open.
We looked for him, it was not him.
You mean the master's body wasn't there.
- Has it been stolen? - No, no no.
Let me finish.
When we were leaving the cemetery, I saw another man.
He saw how distraught we were.
He said, "Woman,
why do you weep?"
And then he said my name...
...Mary.
Mary.
And it was then that I saw, it was Jesus.
I fell to my knees and I reached for him.
"Touch me not,
for I have not yet ascended to my father," he said.
"But go to my brothers and tell them."
You don't believe me.
I tell you I saw him. It was our Lord!
Mary, Mary...
John.
Oh, John, you don't believe me. You.
Mary, you're tired.
Please.
Please go.
I saw him, John. I saw him.
Women's fantasies.
Fantasies?
Was his death a fantasy?
I saw him die!
I was there and I wept at his feet!
Why should he not then appear to me?
He is risen.
He told me to tell you,
and I have done so.
You wouldn't believe her.
Even when the master raised Girus's daughter you didn't believe it!
What do you mean? You believe her story?
Well, do any of you believe it?
Do you, Andrew?
Do you, James?
And you, Matthew?
Do you?
Peter?
Yes.
How can you?
Because he said so.
Because he wanted it to be so.
He wanted everything to happen...
...just as it did.
And I have always believed him.
But, Peter, you denied him! You denied him three times!
Yes!
I denied him because I was a coward.
We are all cowards!
We accuse Judas of being the traitor, but we all betrayed him.
We all abandoned him.
At least our brothers in the Sanhedrin who condemned him, didn't know him.
The Romans...
...they didn't know him.
But we...
We ate with him.
We lived with him.
We knew he was the Christ,
and still we betrayed him!
Brothers, can't you see?
Thomas...
...you asked me if I believe he is risen.
Yes I do,
for I know in my heart he will not abandon us.
I know in my heart he has forgiven me...
Us.
Forgiven all of us.
This is precisely what I feared.
His disciples must have come in the night, removed the stone, and taken away the body.
Impossible! I had guards here as you requested!
And your priests were here, too.
Now it begins.
It all begins.
It was written,
"The son of man will suffer,
and on the third day will rise again from the dead to enter His glory."
You are my witnesses to this.
Now my Father in heaven is reconciled to the world,
and as he sent me,
so I am sending you.
Receive the Holy Spirit.
Go like lambs among wolves.
Make disciples of all nations.
Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
Teach them the gospel and the commands I gave you.
Now, I am leaving the world again,
and going to the Father.
Oh, Lord, stay with us.
For the night is falling,
and the day is almost full.
Don't be afraid.
I am with you everyday...
...till the end of time.