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Joseph, the king's coming!

We want justice!

We want our rights! Give us our rights!

Herod's eagle.

In the temple of God.

Idolatry! Blasphemy! He pays us, so he thinks he owns us!

like them exist, there is still hope.

Let's go!

Come on!

Come on!

Fighting will get you nowhere.

Herod's in our power!

He's in Jog's power!

You stain the temple with bloodshed and try the way your father died!

Joseph! Joachim?

Anne! Joseph!

Son of Bethlehem, Prince of David's line. Joseph, my old friend.

All past, Joachim.

A prince no more. You've been gone from Nazareth so long.

So many years, Anne. A lifetime.

You remember our little Mary.

Mary? When I saw you last, you were so high.

When you were a child, Joseph carried you on his shoulders in Bethlehem.

These are your nephews?

Yes.

Joseph, Simon, Judas.

Sons of David.

You have done well by them. They've learned their trade.

We're better than the temple.

Get your hands off me.

Who made this?

Me.

An invisible join.

Well done.

Your name?

Joseph.

Joseph of Nazareth.

Ah.

You're from Galilee, the land of rebels.

I will have work for you soon, Joseph of Nazareth.

Gaze on my work, Israel, and give thanks.

Herod, in his mercy, will leave you his sons to rule over you. When I am

gathered to my father, Judea shall pass to my firstborn Antipater, Galilee

to my beloved Aristobulus, and out of Syria to warlike Alexander.

Herod's seed shall live forever.

Open the doors!

Nazareth, we are home.

Martha!

Judas!

You're back!

Now they will finally be betrothed.

You can't grieve forever, my friend.

No.

I was just thinking.

Ten years is long enough to mourn. You must live, my friend.

Your nephews are grown men now.

When we gave you shelter in Nazareth, we thought sooner or later you'd make your

own family here.

I always believed I would be a father.

Have sons.

But I came so close.

Excessive sorrow is a sin.

Any woman in Nazareth would be proud to have you.

With hands like these, at my age.

Don't you ever dance, Mary?

I used to.

When I was a girl.

Was?

Will you dance for us now?

Well?

I mean, for the bride and groom.

No. No?

Not even for the Lord our God?

I must see Mary married before the Lord takes me.

Romans! I've seen them.

They're coming.

How many? Where?

A lot.

Heading south from Syria.

They're pitching camp down in the valley.

Romans? In Israel? So much for Herod the Protector.

Friends, listen.

Prepare provisions from every house. Don't wait to be asked.

I'll go to meet them. We're coming with you. Joseph, Simon, stay here. It's

dangerous. You can't go alone.

Obey me.

Hurry!

Thank you.

It takes courage to come here.

What do you want?

We have food in our village.

We are a peaceful, law -abiding people.

We'll give you everything you need.

Joseph's not with them.

If they've heard him... Quickly!

The Romans are coming! Hurry!

They're coming! Quickly!

The men have been punished.

And what use is that to her?

Martha is still with us.

And so is Judas.

But she's dishonored.

She needs you now, Judas.

You still love her, don't you?

You must marry her now.

And what if she's pregnant?

How can I face my friends? Then what sort of friends are they?

Every

child

is a child of God.

We are of David's line.

The blood of kings.

We are princes made to fight.

Come on, brother.

The Messiah won't come to a nation of cowards.

And your father died for his presumption along with your mother and my

betrothed.

And half of Bethlehem.

Better die as men than die of shame.

Come on.

Stay here.

Why should we stay here?

I order you to.

No, Joseph.

We have always obeyed you as a father, but now... Now!

We must think of rebuilding our homes, our lives.

We need you.

I need you.

They've gone.

I am no longer like a father to them.

Perhaps I never was.

What happened?

Judas.

Judas.

Forgive me, Joseph.

I disobeyed you.

Judas, no.

No.

Where is our God when we need him?

How long till his anointed one comes to free us? Don't blame the Lord.

Your brother is dead.

We had to do it.

We killed them.

Justice has been done.

Your revenge will destroy us.

Didn't you think what they will do to us now?

Hmm?

Hmm?

Warn the village.

Take every man.

Retreat to the hills.

We have a war to fight.

And win.

Only the Lord knows when we will meet again.

Your nephews are not with them?

No.

They must be miles away by now.

Martha!

Why?

Why all this pain?

Listen, Mary.

If the Lord will help us, he'll send us someone.

As he's always promised.

Jerk him. Father.

No. Jerk him.

Jerk him. What is it?

Joseph.

Mary needs you now.

She will be looked after.

Marry her.

No. But Joachim... Mary deserves a... Deserves

no better man.

Younger, Joachim.

Younger. Look at me. No. She needs a rock.

She needs a man.

Like you.

I'll marry her only if she agrees.

Our Mary will give you...

Betrothed for a year.

Bound together by solemn contract.

For you can marry and live together as man and wife.

Handmaid of the Lord.

Let it be as you said.

We're looking for Joseph the carpenter.

Have you seen him?

Mary?

Joseph the carpenter?

Yes. Mary!

He must come with us.

By order of...

Your work on the temple doors was admirable.

Come.

But now I expect something even better.

You will work here where I can watch you from my rooms.

Do you believe in Hades?

Sure.

The abode of the dead.

We're nearly there.

My mausoleum.

No pyramid was ever safer.

You will build my sarcophagus.

Mary, stop tormenting yourself like this.

I wish I were with him.

But you aren't.

Try not to think about it.

I'll go to Elizabeth.

She'll be needing help now.

She will.

And it will do you good.

A baby always brings us such joy.

Hmm?

Elizabeth. Mary.

Is

something

wrong?

As soon as I heard the sound of your voice, my son leapt for joy.

Blessed are you among women.

And blessed is the fruit of your womb.

But why has the mother of my Lord come to me?

How did you know?

You are blessed, Mary, for you believed in what was spoken to you by the Lord.

The Lord has done great things.

Missing home.

Me too.

But look, the stars we see here are the same they see at home.

The same my betrothed sees in Nazareth.

Look, there's one up there.

It's moving.

Coming towards us.

She's as bright as that new star.

And as far from me now.

My soul shall praise the Lord.

My spirit shall rejoice in God my Saviour. I must trust in the Lord.

I can do no more.

For he has raised me from my humble state.

And from now, all generations shall call me blessed.

His mercy is on those who fear him.

He will throw down the mighty and raise up the humble.

Every night.

A little closer to Judea.

What does the star signify?

Speak. Speak.

I see, I see, I see.

Another attempt on the king's life.

Zealots? Again?

No.

Pretenders to the throne of David.

Who are they?

Two brothers.

One is ambitious and the other a warrior.

In the shadows, they are plotting against their lord.

No.

Not my sons, Aristobulus and Alexander. I see them. I see them now.

No, you're lying. No.

Stars cannot lie.

David.

David.

Why does he haunt me?

Look, Mother.

Where?

I saw it on the way.

How strange.

Look.

Do you like it?

It's magnificent.

Worthy of the king of kings.

You see how my sons love me, Cyrenius?

I see.

When will they be ready?

Not for some time.

You hear?

Aristopoulos, not for some time.

My dear sons, they believed they could easily get rid of me.

But Herod isn't ready to die.

No, father.

Nobody wants you. Liars! You put it against my life. It's a lie.

Show us the proof.

You will have the proof.

And you will be condemned.

Serenius will be the judge.

The king's cup was poisoned. And the venom was found in Alexander's

The cupbearer died an awful death. The death you intended for me. It's a

conspiracy. Enough.

I shall bring the case before Caesar Augustus in Rome. You will obtain.

An exemplary sentence.

Will you not? They must leave for Rome today.

But for the sake of peace and continuity, Augustus will never allow a

sentence from members of the royal family.

They attempted to kill their father, the king.

Herod, your family is yours. The empire is ours.

Pax Romana. Peace will return with stability.

I have named my successor.

The emperor has withdrawn that privilege.

We have a pact of friendship.

But you free my murderers and allow an entire Roman legion to rumble over

Galilee. Am I still king?

You are king of the Jews.

Then withdraw your troops.

Your land is a hotbed of revolt.

Zealots, bandits, messiahs. Get rid of them.

And my legion will return to Damascus.

My seal. Bring me my seal.

My seal.

A star.

I see.

In our scriptures, it is written, there shall come a star out of Jacob, a

scepter out of Israel.

The Messiah stands here.

My people love me, and I love them.

You there, Joseph.

The best craftsman in the world.

Ask me a favor.

I'll grant it.

Money.

Women. And servants.

They're yours.

Let me go home.

Let me go home.

Herod's seal.

The key to my kingdom.

You have my protection.

Go!

Get out of my sight!

Leave me alone!

Go, go, everybody out!

Where's Mary?

Huh?

Have you seen Mary?

Rabbi!

Ah.

What's the matter?

She went to see her cousin Elizabeth in Jericho.

But when she came back... She's down there.

Away from decent people.

Mary. Joseph.

Mary.

Mary. Mary.

What's the matter?

Joseph.

What?

No.

Joseph, I don't know... I don't know how to tell you.

No.

Joachim.

Why did you think I could protect this young girl?

Forgive me.

You were attacked?

No.

But you were forced.

What then?

Was I gone too long?

You thought I was dead?

Mary.

I love you.

A fool at my age.

Joseph,

it's not what you think.

I never... Trade my love for you.

Before the soldiers took you, I heard a voice.

A kind voice.

Mary, Mary!

He spoke to me. I'm a simple man.

I have lived and I've learned to trust.

I'm easy to deceive.

You can tell me this place is cursed.

That the soldiers came as they did with Martha.

This kind boy.

He returned.

Once I'd gone, didn't he?

No.

Then how?

He told me I'd bear a son.

Then... I... I heard you calling me.

And he was... Mary! I'm a carpenter! I work with bees!

I know what a piece of wood is!

I know what a stone is!

I trust my eyes!

Why?

Why does the Lord need to speak to me? Why?

I'm his servant.

He treats me well as a master should.

He wouldn't deceive me.

He does not deceive his faithful.

If you think I'm guilty, if you really think so, then punish

me as the Lord demands.

One year's betrothal was all that was asked of you.

It

wasn't you.

The truth, Joseph.

I can't live with her.

If she's guilty of adultery, she must be punished.

You mean you'd put her to death?

Would you question the law?

No.

But I... Help me.

What can I do?

I remember that you told young Judas to marry Martha after she'd been

dishonored.

Nothing prevents you from marrying Mary and then... and then quietly

repudiating her.

Moses' law says nothing against it.

I'll marry you.

And then... we'll...

If

you mean to divorce me quietly, I understand.

You do not believe me.

But you want to save my life.

You are a just man.

Please, send me away.

I can't bear your pity.

Mary, what did he say?

He said... He said God looked kindly on me.

He said I was blessed.

He said I would have a son of David's line.

David's?

It's my lineage.

And that his kingdom would never end.

Are you sure you understood him?

I asked him how it could be.

Seeing I have no husband yet.

And?

He said I should think about Elizabeth.

With God, all things are possible.

The child will be called the son of the highest.

Do you know what this means?

I shall be the mother of the Messiah.

But why you?

Why us of all people?

I told him I'm God's servant.

Let it be so.

You willed it.

Then you believe me.

And if it's true?

Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your

wife, for she is telling you the truth.

She'll give you a son, and you shall call him Jesus, which means

the Lord saves, for he shall save his people from their sins.

He is full of life.

Where did you hear that name?

Didn't I tell you?

But that name.

He said, you shall call him Jesus.

But I don't know what it means. The Lord saves his people.

He spoke to you too.

His name will be Jesus.

And the Lord God said, It is not right that man should be

alone. I shall make a helper for him.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the side of your house.

Your children like olive plants around your table.

A census?

Caesar Augustus decrees?

All grown men for their place of birth.

My subjects.

Listed. Counted.

Named. Ready to become his subjects. Fit for taxation.

Can't he wait till I'm dead?

The Jews will never accept a census.

God alone counts his people.

Father, you can use this to your advantage.

Defer to Augustus and register your name as his subject within your place of

birth. Me?

The king?

Count myself like the first animal in the herd?

Like the lord over his realm.

And summon back my half -brothers in order to make them do likewise.

They won't defy Augustus.

And when they're back here, who can vouch for their safety?

As for the other sons of David, the census will show us how

many there are.

Joseph. Joseph, please think again.

She will soon give birth.

She can't travel in her condition.

But we have to go. We will be careful.

Yes, but the road is dangerous.

She'll lose the child.

Mary?

Joseph will assist me, Mother.

The baby?

We'll be born in Bethlehem.

May the Lord watch over you and keep you.

And bring you back here soon.

What will he do?

A scribe?

A carpenter?

What will he be, this child?

It's a mystery, Joseph.

The important thing now is for you to protect him.

Who sent you?

What do you bring me?

Great king.

The sacred scriptures speak of a star out of the east.

What do they say?

They say... They say... Tell me!

That a great king shall come out of Israel to rule over the earth and that

kingdom will last forever.

What? And who is this king?

It's you, my king. Who else could it be?

I demand the truth.

The sacred scriptures say it, not me.

Father?

They're arriving.

My half -brothers.

An escort fits for an uncle.

The last... of David's line in your power.

No tenderness.

We come and we fall.

My sons.

My poor sons.

Do away with them.

Mary, at last, Bethlehem.

Come along.

No, we can't.

My husband's waiting.

Name?

Father. Grandfather, age and occupation.

Joseph, son of Jacob, son of Matan, 37, a carpenter of Nazareth.

The son of David?

Yes, I am.

I have King Herod's protection.

Detain me and you will answer to Herod himself.

Move on.

Clear the path. Move on.

You need some rest.

How long are we going to have to wait? I can't wait here forever, you know. No,

I know.

Hey, burro, burro.

It was my father's work and I grew up here.

Well, it's mine now. Move on.

It's not the place I'm looking for.

Ten pieces of silver.

What?

Six.

It's all we've got.

Ten or nothing.

A roof over our heads.

Any shelter you have.

There's the hayloft. Six pieces of silver.

Here.

Wait.

Forget it. I have better customers.

No. I've paid already.

We'll share with them. In her state?

Haven't you any consideration?

Here, have your filthy money back.

You... Joseph.

We need a place to stay.

Well, you can sleep across the valley,

in the stable.

With the animals, where you belong.

Six pieces of silver.

We need firewood. Don't leave me.

You must keep warm.

I won't be long.

He's sleeping.

What do you want?

Hail, great king.

From Assyria and Persia, greetings, good health, and a long life to

Herod and to your heir, the newborn king of the Jews.

Where is he that we may offer our gifts?

We thank you for your courtesy.

And to your masters, we send the kiss of peace.

Tell us of your journeys.

What brings you here?

The star seen in the skies throughout the east.

Traveling ever westward.

Until it reached Jerusalem.

And its meaning?

A king shall rise from Israel to rule the world.

And of his kingdom there shall be no end.

The Messiah.

It's not possible. King Herod is the Messiah.

King Herod is the Messiah.

For this news, we are in your debt eternally.

And where was he born, this Prince of Israel?

Great Herod.

Where should he be born, if not here?

In Bethlehem, the scriptures tell us.

An hour's ride.

Well, go.

Search for the child.

And when you have found him, bring me word.

So, I may go and worship him too.

No! No!

No, my king!

Herod!

No, my king!

Herod! Have them follow.

We come in peace, king of all the world.

I bring you royal gold.

I, priest of the new temple, I bring you the frankincense of sacrifice.

Anointed of God, I bring you the myrrh of death and eternal life.

Prince, priest, prophet.

The ambassadors have pitched tents outside Bethlehem. We're watching.

And the child?

This newborn king of the Jews?

Does his father think himself a prince?

Desire a king?

Who is he?

Some zealot leader?

Some would -be prophet?

He's no messiah.

The boy was born in a stable.

He's even registered in the new census.

His name?

Joseph of Nazareth.

Joseph?

My carpenter?

A son of David?

Seize him! And those ambassadors!

I want them!

Joseph, wake up.

Take Jesus and Mary and flee to Egypt.

For Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Mary, wake up.

Mary.

No one here, sir.

Let's go.

Come on.

You there.

Seen a couple with a baby?

Yes.

They asked me the way.

Where to?

Jerusalem.

There are soldiers everywhere.

It's too dangerous.

We have to find a place to hide.

Fool! You let them escape!

Better leave them surrounded. We'll find them.

One termite among thousands.

Kill them all!

Even the innocent.

Does he think I'll sacrifice my sons and spare his?

Kill every child in Bethlehem, every babe in arms, every mother's son!

We are safe for a while here.

Border guards.

They'll kill him.

No. Turn back, Joseph.

Cross the Jordan.

Egypt, he said. Egypt.

I'll carry him across the top.

Follow the caravan and wait for me across the border.

Save him, Joseph.

Egypt, marry.

I've said

too much.

You must act.

Follow me.

Will they say Herod was a great king? No.

They're stupid.

Ungrateful. They believe in this fable of the Messiah.

A king, son of David.

Sooner or later, I'll kill them all. Even their so -called Messiah.

For I am the only true king of the Jews.

Where is he?

Did you find him? No.

My only remaining son.

An incompetent and a fool.

Father, Jerusalem has taken up arms.

The child is the cause of all of this. Rid me of him.

And order will be restored.

The people are in revolt.

Come back to your senses. You must act. Then why are you still here?

Go and look for him.

The king has lost his senses.

You will answer to me now.

In revolt?

Must be stopped.

The only real rebel is standing in front of me. First the poison.

False testimony, calumny, and now unmasked betrayal.

Who is king here?

Seize him!

Wait! Wait!

Father, I've always been faithful to you.

I've never betrayed you.

Joseph. Joseph.

Who is your child? Why does he haunt me? If he's a man, I'll catch him. He can

flee from the Romans, but death will find him.

Nothing will save him.

You see?

I did well?

We did well. But carpenters also need rest.

Is it as good as the work you did on the temple?

Not so fast.

But you will be good.

Better than me, maybe.

What's the temple like, Father?

It's magnificent.

The white marble columns almost glow in the daylight.

as though the Lord himself were showing us that he is pleased with our work on

his house.

And he is there, there, with us, his servants.

Jesus, however much pain life can cost us,

no matter how many doubts we have, in the temple you never feel alone.

And one day, every man will make his way to the temple to celebrate.

And there will be no more war.

And men will live in peace.

The desert will bloom.

And no more tears will be shed.

For no one will be sad.

When will you take me to Jerusalem?

We'll return to Nazareth one day. I'm sure of it.

Joseph.

Why did you tell him that?

Why do you feed his hopes?

I don't want him to live like this forever.

An exile in a foreign place.

It's not so bad here.

And at least he's out of danger.

He must always remember that he's a Jew.

This is not his land.

Joseph, get up.

Herod is dead. Take Jesus and his mother and return to Nazareth.

We're going home.

Mary!

Mother, this is our son, Jesus.

Mary, what have you given us?

Mother, you have a son.

Next week we go to Jerusalem for Passover.

May I come?

Surely. Now you're a man.

If

only

my Nashis were here.

Joseph, Simon.

Celebrating with her.

They're starving in the mountains.

Like wolves without a lair.

Even wolves need a father.

They might as well be dead for all the good they've done.

I must know.

I'll see what I can do to help you.

What do you want?

I'm looking for my nephews. Tell that to our leader. He doesn't like spies.

Simon?

So, you remember us at last.

No, don't say that, Simon.

It's Passover now. I'm here.

I'm asking you to leave this place.

It's full of bandits and assassins.

Go home, old man.

Ask yourself in Jerusalem why your life has been a mockery.

Go.

Where's your brother?

Where's your brother?

He's dead.

Joseph... Joseph was a traitor.

He talked peace with the enemy.

He paid the traitor's price.

You killed him?

You killed him?

Look, Jesus, the temple.

It's beautiful.

Father,

the temple would be like this.

It's like a marketplace.

Money changes.

Traders.

It's worse every year.

But how can anyone pray with all this noise?

You're right.

What do you think about a dove? For the sacrifice.

Here.

There it is.

Look at the door.

Months at a time I was up there.

Even Herod was impressed.

The join is invisible.

You have to...

Aren't you listening to anything I say?

Pastor,

Pastor, or we'll lose them.

Where's Jesus?

I saw him with the children of our neighbors.

You heard him yourself.

Today he said things I just don't understand.

Our son is not like other children.

I'm worried.

We have to try to understand him, Joseph.

I try.

I wish... I wish I could truly know him.

Judith? Yes? Would you mind asking Jesus to come here?

Jesus? I haven't seen him all day.

Jesus!

Jesus!

Jesus!

Jesus! Jesus!

Jesus! Not here.

We've lost him.

Don't worry.

He'll be all right.

We are going back.

Have you seen a boy?

Have you seen a boy?

The Lord has judged us.

He gave us his son and we lost him.

He forgives us, even our despair.

Mary, it's my fault.

During the sacrifice, my thoughts were full of doubts about our son.

Now, all we can do is pray.

Yes.

that the prophet Elijah will come again to proclaim salvation.

But there will be terrible signs from the heavens. Before that, voices of

thunder, war.

Galilee will fall in ruins. People will scorn the wisdom of the scribes. Why are

you so worried?

Jesus, Jesus.

The heavens speak to the glory of God.

Think of the ravens.

They do not sow or reap.

They have no storehouses and no barns.

Yet God feeds them.

Think.

My son, why have you done this to us?

Your father and I have been looking for you.

We were grieved.

How could you have been looking?

Didn't you know I must be about my father's business?

My task is done.

Forgive me if I caused you both pain.

You wish to stay here, son?

In the temple?

Father, please, take me home.

Will I

ever understand him?

Will I ever see him as he is?

Too late.

Lord, too late for me now.

Yes, Father.

Simon!

Simon!

Another Cain.

Two brothers I murdered.

And all for nothing.

You always warned me.

The Lord will save you.

You're an honest man. I'm an assassin.

I'm condemned.

Lord, take me, but spare Joseph.

He's just.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

You are a father to me.

I shall sin no more.

should be the Lord's anointed one his son

and I've had the greatest of

all gifts I knew you

Take care of Mary.

She is more precious to me than my own life.

Thank you.

And men will live in peace.

The desert will bloom.

And no more tears will be shed.

For no one will be sad.