1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:04,757 [ 2 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,355 The day of judgment approaches. 3 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,873 The Lord will reward the righteous and smite the wicked. 4 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,393 King Herod and Queen Herodias are doomed, for they live in sin. 5 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,350 They are not wed. But, master, they are. 6 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,835 Not under the law of Moses. 7 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,156 Herod has broken the seventh commandment. 8 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,954 He has taken another mars wife. 9 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,119 And Herodias is equally guilty, for she lives in adultery, 10 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,232 scorns our God-given law. 11 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,194 The hand of the Lord will fall upon the king and queen. 12 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:54,992 They will suffer his wrath. 13 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,270 But be calm, my friends. 14 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,155 Righteousness shall rise like a mighty river. 15 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,999 Truth shall be clear as crystal. 16 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,428 Repent. 17 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:08,677 Cease to do evil. Learn to do good. 18 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,838 Relieve the oppressed. Seek righteousness. 19 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,510 For his love will be with you as a morning dew, 20 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,029 and you shall blossom like a rose. 21 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,993 [ 22 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,752 What did you learn, my dear councillor? 23 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,952 Your Majesty, the Baptist has returned from the wilderness. 24 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,720 He speaks more viciously against you than ever before. 25 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,270 How many listened to his poison? Many. 26 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,916 Not only the rabble, but men of means now follow him. 27 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,032 You must stop him, or he will begin preaching in the city. 28 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,113 Micha, wait here. I will see the king. 29 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,436 Yes, Your Majesty. 30 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,029 [ 31 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,712 [WHISPERS] Your Majesty, the queen. 32 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,672 Tell her I have retired. 33 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,997 I remember when you could not retire without coming to me. 34 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,475 You wish to see me. How rare to get so quick 35 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,274 an audience with Your Majesty. It's late. I'm tired. 36 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,436 Not too late and not too tired to be waiting for another. 37 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,428 Very well. I am waiting for another. And your wife is the intruder. 38 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,030 I thought we were long past that. I know you are. 39 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,231 Why did you come? What is it you want? 40 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,029 The Baptist is back. And this time, you must silence him. 41 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,357 He calls me an adulteress. No matter what is between us, 42 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,120 he threatens the House of Herod. I want him destroyed. 43 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,550 He is harmless. What he says is of no consequence. 44 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,512 Many fill your prisons for saying less. 45 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,154 Yet you allow a madman to preach treason. 46 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,998 You must put an end to him. 47 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,519 Stop him! Let me alone. 48 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,154 Stop him before it's too late. I said, go! 49 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:05,918 I warn you. 50 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,312 It must be his death, or it will be ours. 51 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,875 [ 52 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,392 Ezra, 53 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,272 you heard? 54 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,239 Everything, sire. 55 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,439 She descends upon me like a plague of locusts every time the Baptist appears. 56 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,108 She knows what'll happen to me if harm befalls him 57 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,958 and she asks for his death. 58 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,193 Yet I cannot let him denounce me. Lift not your hand against him. 59 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,313 But he preaches sedition. I cannot allow that. 60 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,476 Remember the prophecy. 61 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,229 Remember when your father, Herod the Great, was king of Judea. 62 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,557 Three wise men came out of the East proclaiming 63 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,469 a child had just been born who would grow up to be the Messiah. 64 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,877 I don't need reminding. In your heart, you do. 65 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:04,393 Never forget the deed of your father when he was seized with terror 66 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,716 that the Messiah would someday dethrone him. 67 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,751 I know. I know. Why must you hound me with it? 68 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,838 So that you will not follow in the path of your father. 69 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,870 Remember the punishment of the Lord upon him. 70 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,275 For the blood he shed. 71 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,311 The innocent blood. 72 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,557 Remember the strange illness that came over him. 73 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,877 The unbearable pain that befell him. 74 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,755 His mind and body became his own torture chamber. 75 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,157 Your father suffered agony, agony without relief. 76 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:40,389 Enough. Enough. I can still hear him screaming. 77 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,750 You are trying to shield the Messiah from me. 78 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,679 I do not know if John is the Messiah. 79 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,392 Many people think he is. 80 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,796 It is written the Messiah will first appear as a prophet. 81 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,752 But there are many prophets in the land. 82 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,797 The Messiah is the prophet and no other. 83 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,878 He was born in my father's time. Now he tries to depose me. 84 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,834 I know him for a great prophet. 85 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,473 A holy man. 86 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,033 Harm him, 87 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,312 and what happened to your father will happen to you. 88 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,239 You will die in agony as he did. 89 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,550 If only he would not preach against the throne. 90 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,593 If word reaches Rome that I tolerate treason... 91 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,553 [ 92 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,318 What was it the illustrious Julius Caesar wrote? 93 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,752 I came, I saw, I conquered. 94 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,236 How easy his task was. All he had to do was to win battles. 95 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,874 I must maintain peace. 96 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,072 That is the impossible legacy I have inerited. 97 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,431 And I dare not indulge myself in the grand illusion: 98 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,278 Make war in order to keep peace. 99 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,311 I do not have the forces. 100 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,954 We are already stretched thin across the world, 101 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,515 stretched almost to breaking point. 102 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,269 I must keep the conquered in place by other methods. 103 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,308 Well, to the business of the day. 104 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,472 ATTENDANT: Pontius Pilate, 105 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,148 commander of the 9th Legion. 106 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,749 [BUGLES PLAYING] 107 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,068 Hail, Caesar Tiberius. 108 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:25,679 Hail. 109 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,677 Pontius Pilate, 110 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,519 I appoint you governor of our Eastern provinces. 111 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,235 You will find unrest and agitation, 112 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,675 which could lead to trouble in your new post. 113 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:40,271 We need peace in the East. That is of great military importance. 114 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,598 There will be peace. I cannot spare you any soldiers. 115 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:45,756 I need them to maintain order in Africa. 116 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,636 I am depending upon your reputation. But this time, use it like a glove 117 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,717 not as a spear. 118 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,276 The great Caesar flatters me. Not nearly enough 119 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,153 in view of your accomplishments in Britain. 120 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,078 You will sail tomorrow night. 121 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,317 You'll convey my felicitations to King Herod in Galilee. 122 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,195 Inform him taxes are double. 123 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,675 From there you will proceed to Jerusalem. 124 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,555 That will be your headquarters. Caesar commands, I obey. 125 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,597 Hail, Caesar. 126 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,312 ATTENDANT: Petitioner for Senator Marcellus Fabius. 127 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,437 Hail, Caesar. 128 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,958 A petition from my nephew, Marcellus? 129 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,198 Why did he not present it himself? 130 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,278 Senator Marcellus Fabius grieves. 131 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,072 Urgent business in the forum 132 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,352 makes it impossible for him to present this petition in person 133 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,273 for the favourable consideration of the mighty Caesar. 134 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:46,913 Proceed. 135 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:50,552 "To Caesar Tiberius, most generous of emperors, 136 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,389 I humbly solicit your imperial permission to marry 137 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,434 the Princess Salome of Galilee. I cast myself on your royal forbearance, 138 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,915 and ask that you grant a special dispensation..." 139 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:01,678 Scrivener. 140 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,268 To Senator Marcellus Fabius, 141 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,320 my beloved nephew, 142 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,633 in answer to your petition that you be permitted 143 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,150 to marry the Princess Salome... 144 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:20,676 [ 145 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,751 Marcellus, why do the gods favour you above all men? 146 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:36,636 To present you with so divine a gift as Salome? 147 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,790 What does he say, Marcellus? Tell me. 148 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,629 "Remember the law, learned senator. A Roman may marry only a Roman. 149 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:19,197 And I need not tell you the Princess Salome is held in ill repute." 150 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,152 III repute? 151 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,956 Because I enjoyed life here? 152 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,037 I knew I should not have petitioned Caesar. 153 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,276 It has only made everything worse. 154 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,313 If you love me, you will not let him stop us. 155 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,670 You know I want you with me always. 156 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,514 But not enough to disobey Caesar. 157 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,199 Why are you so afraid, Marcellus? What can he do? 158 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,311 Take away your possessions? 159 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,715 If so, let him. He can do worse than that. 160 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,718 He can deprive me of my... Of your precious Roman rights. 161 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,428 They mean more to you than I do. I'm only being practical, Salome. 162 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,552 I could not ask you to marry me if I had no more status than a slave. 163 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,030 I would join you as a slave. 164 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,073 But as a Roman, l... Salome, wait. 165 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:07,872 This is for you. 166 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,833 "From Emperor Caesar Tiberius to Princess Salome of Galilee, 167 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,631 you have incurred our imperial displeasure 168 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,957 by presuming to exceed your status as... 169 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:28,910 As a barbarian." 170 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,318 "You have tried our hospitality beyond our patience. 171 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,717 Know therefore you are banished from Rome." 172 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:41,794 Banished? 173 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,349 "You will sail on a galley leaving tomorrow night. 174 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:47,791 You will be given safe escort home to Galilee." 175 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,875 But... But I have lived in Rome since I was a child. 176 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,718 Everything that means home is... 177 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,433 Is here. I know. 178 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,197 So I... 179 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,034 I am banished from Rome. 180 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,789 To make certain that Caesar's nephew marries a Roman, 181 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,795 not a barbarian. Please, it is difficult enough. 182 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,558 Is it, Marcellus? 183 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,159 How difficult 184 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,035 if you could let me go so easily? 185 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,232 There will come a time when my word will be law. 186 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,432 Then. Then the princess of Galilee 187 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,312 will reject your petition. 188 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:26,958 Please. Do not touch me. 189 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,596 I am a barbarian. Do not defile your hands. 190 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,360 My noble Roman. 191 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,759 With a heart of pure marble. 192 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,560 You all come out of the same quarry. 193 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,918 [ 194 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,869 SLAVE MASTER: Make way for His Excellency Pontius Pilate. 195 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,196 [ 196 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:22,191 MAN: Make way. Make way. 197 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:24,993 Claudius. 198 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:26,955 Under your command again, sir. 199 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:28,752 I thought you were stationed in Galilee. 200 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:30,916 I was in Rome on leave, sir. 201 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,195 Happy to have you with me again, commander. Like old times in Britain, huh? 202 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,278 Any more wounds since then? No, not one, sir. 203 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,550 You will find your new post quite different. 204 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,194 I hope what I've learned about Galilee and the people after five years 205 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,311 in the diplomatic service will be useful to you. 206 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,476 Serve me half as well as you did in Britain, 207 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,875 and we'll keep those barbarians quiet. 208 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:51,753 Captain Quintus, sir. 209 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,474 We must cast off immediately, sir, or lose the tide until morning. 210 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,319 Sail. I am ready. There's still one passenger missing. 211 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,511 What passenger? Princess Salome. 212 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,075 And who may she be? King Herod's stepdaughter. 213 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,840 We have orders from Caesar to transport her home. 214 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,268 Well, why is she not here? 215 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,199 [ 216 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,555 I follow orders, and I expect others to. 217 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,035 I wait for no one. Least of all a woman. 218 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,350 Perhaps there's one woman won'th waiting for. 219 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,074 No woman. Not even that one? 220 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:22,235 Hmm? 221 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,470 Princess Salome. His Excellency Pontius... 222 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,592 What impudence. 223 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:06,598 Claudius, show me to my quarters. 224 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,917 Your quarters have just been invaded, sir. 225 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,831 MAN: Pull the oar harder. 226 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,439 Pull harder! 227 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,591 Shall we find quarters below deck, sir? 228 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,839 No, I have no stomach for the perfume of galley slaves. 229 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,634 I'd rather camp up here. 230 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,113 To give up your quarters to a princess of Galilee 231 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,630 is diplomacy of high order, sir. 232 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,878 Protocol dictates that you go one step further. 233 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,559 Present yourself to the princess. 234 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,149 Welcome her personally the first night aboard. 235 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,876 Protocol dictates? I'm the governor. I dictate. 236 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,273 Then allow me to relieve you of an unpleasant duty. 237 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,552 I will present your compliments. I shall send none to her. 238 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:00,473 Oh. 239 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:06,031 It's possible the princess did not realize she had taken your quarters. 240 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,549 Perhaps I could persuade her to relinquish them. 241 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,354 Perhaps? Order her out. 242 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,073 Yes, sir. 243 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,438 [DRUM BEATING] 244 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,511 Keep the beat. 245 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,790 Keep the beat! 246 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,594 You there, put your weight into it. 247 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:30,639 [KNOCKING AT DOOR] 248 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,195 The governor wishes... 249 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,992 The governor wishes to extend his official greetings. 250 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,589 As for taking his quarters, 251 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,360 I must ask you... 252 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,596 Another gallant Roman. 253 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:02,157 Governors, senators, commanders. All alike. 254 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:04,396 Men of iron, made to rule. 255 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,876 All heartless liars. You know Caesar banished me. 256 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,753 And yet you come to greet me officially. 257 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,953 As a Roman of pure blood to a barbarian. 258 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,673 What else, 259 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,108 unofficially? 260 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:23,110 I assure you, my intentions were... I am not interested in your intentions. 261 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,756 All I want is no Roman near me. 262 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,030 No Roman anywhere near me. 263 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,631 I will remain in this cabin for the remainder of the journey. 264 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,471 I want nothing to do with any of you, 265 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,872 and I expect that courtesy to be returned. 266 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,428 I will have your wish carried out. 267 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,359 All Romans onboard will avoid you. 268 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,838 On no condition will any Roman speak to you. Not one word. 269 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:58,192 Onboard ship or on the overland journey home. 270 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,233 Well, commander? 271 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,476 I regret to say I could do nothing, sir. 272 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,433 Did you order her out? In the name of Your Excellency. 273 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,598 And she still refused to go? She ordered me out, sir. 274 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,155 Oh, did she, Claudius? 275 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:20,430 The most important man in Galilee 276 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,870 who knows just how to handle these barbarians. 277 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,355 I'm afraid the princess is beyond diplomacy, sir. 278 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:26,788 Yes. However, 279 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,797 I shall not give up the struggle. 280 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,594 [ 281 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,709 MAN: Put your weight into it. 282 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,150 You there, pull harder. 283 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:39,669 I hope your mistress is in a better humour this morning. 284 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:41,871 Sir, the princess would like to take a bath. 285 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,911 My permission is not necessary for that. 286 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,918 Sir, her bathtub has been put away with her other possessions. 287 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:50,556 The princess requests you to send it to her with enough water to bathe in. 288 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,558 The ocears full of water. No ocean water. 289 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,878 Drinking water? You can tell the... Allow me to handle this, sir. 290 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,878 [ 291 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,111 Ocean water. 292 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,277 Did you not tell the commander...? I did tell the commander. 293 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,113 SALOME: Remind him I do not want a Roman in here. 294 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,199 I can bathe without his supervision. 295 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,114 Tell him to leave. 296 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,118 SERVANT: Sir, the princess wishes you to leave. 297 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,551 Now get out. 298 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,591 MAN: Pull that oar harder. 299 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,313 You there, pull harder. 300 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,637 Harder! Faster! 301 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,114 Listen back there. Harder! 302 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,436 [SOFTLY] Water. 303 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,679 Water. 304 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:48,635 MAN: Put your weight into it. 305 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,277 Keep the beat! 306 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,708 SLAVE: Water. 307 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,475 Water. 308 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,277 Water. 309 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,638 I wish you were as concerned with my comfort, commander. 310 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,310 Why waste a slave? 311 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,353 Why not? The world's full of them. 312 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,153 Land to! 313 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,156 Land to! 314 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:32,555 [ 315 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,350 Tell your mistress the litter is ready. 316 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,154 I will not be shaken in that... 317 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,635 Inform her it's the only litter I could find. 318 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:52,038 Tell the Roman I would rather walk than... Than... 319 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,876 [ 320 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:56,278 Instruct your mistress to lean forward. She will be shaken less. 321 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,592 Also tell her not to drink so much water. It will make her ill. 322 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,276 [LAUGHS] 323 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,313 [ 324 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,718 I baptize you with water, 325 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:49,510 but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, 326 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:53,192 whose shoes I am not won'thy to bear. 327 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,918 He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost 328 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,631 and with fire. 329 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,229 [ 330 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,999 PILATE: What is it? A meeting of some kind, sir. 331 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,952 The leader was sprinkling water on their heads. 332 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,390 Cut them out of the way. I intend to camp on the other side. 333 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:15,919 Yes, sir. 334 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,029 [GU ARD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 335 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,793 We are here to hallow the name of the Lord. 336 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,434 Let your faith be your shield. 337 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,915 [CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 338 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,756 Tyrants of Rome! 339 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,393 Those who live in hatred and strife shall vanish from the universe. 340 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,996 The day shall come when Roman spears shall be ground into dust. 341 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,191 Silence that traitor. 342 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,870 JOHN: The stormers shall be consumed. 343 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:58,553 And all evildoers shall be destroyed! 344 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:03,196 The enslavers of the world shall soon be broken on the wheel of... 345 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,197 Do not kill that man! 346 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,275 CLAUDIUS: Go on, quick. Get away from here. 347 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,948 [ 348 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,918 Did you send for me, sir? Yes. 349 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:41,032 I'm informed that you countermanded my order. Why? 350 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,153 I said that traitor was to be silenced. I'm sorry, I did not hear your order. 351 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:47,874 That man the guard almost killed was John the Baptist, a prophet. 352 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:49,798 His death would stir up the populace. 353 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,550 The rabble- rouser has lived too long. Sir, heed my advice. 354 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,035 I know these people, how they regard a holy man. 355 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,674 They will not tolerate harm to a prophet. 356 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,359 Why court trouble? 357 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,551 Caesar commanded us to keep the peace. 358 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,193 Let me help you keep it 359 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,631 until you become familiar with the nature of the enemy. 360 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,510 [PEOPLE SINGING IN THE DISTANCE] 361 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,674 Who was that? The commander. 362 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,710 What is that singing? The religious people. 363 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,717 On the other side of the Jordan. 364 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,832 Strange. 365 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,709 It is like I have never lived here at all. 366 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,839 [ALL SINGING] 367 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,871 [HORSE APPROACHING] 368 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,197 Claudius. 369 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,718 I did all I could to stop them. I know. 370 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,710 Pilate, the new governor, is a ruthless soldier. 371 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,354 You must not speak against Rome where your enemies can hear you. 372 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,757 I can no longer retreat into the wilderness. Next, I will preach in the city. 373 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,633 No. It is too dangerous. Wait until you have more followers. 374 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,354 There is no time to wait. The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 375 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,358 The people must know that there is hope. 376 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,233 John, stay out of the city. 377 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,034 You will have no protection. The Lord will protect me. 378 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,757 How? Will he send a thousand swords to guard you? 379 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:23,551 Claudius, in time you will learn to put all your faith in the Lord. 380 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,309 I know it will come, even as it came to you after many years of killing 381 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,080 that the way of the conqueror is wrong. 382 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,794 If I could reach more Roman hearts, 383 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,959 if they were as open as yours is to the horror of slaughter and slavery... 384 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,276 You will reach no one by inviting death. 385 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,675 And you embrace it by speaking in the city. 386 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,190 When I do, do not risk your life for me as you did today. 387 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,671 If Rome learns you follow me, you will end on the rack. 388 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,156 You taught me a man must serve his faith. 389 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,909 Yes, but there are many ways to serve. 390 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,395 Never with a sword. 391 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,314 Now go before you are missed. 392 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,916 [ 393 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,271 Stay. 394 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:41,598 It's deadly. Do not move. 395 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,595 [ 396 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,710 Why are you so bitter against all Romans? 397 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,636 Because I know what a Roman is. Tell me. 398 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,356 A heartless shell of a man ruled by Caesar. 399 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,916 You condemn every Roman because Caesar banished you? 400 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,079 Do you know why he did? No matter why. 401 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,433 Because I loved a Roman once. 402 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,790 But he chose Caesar 403 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,514 instead of a barbarian. 404 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,559 I would make no such choice. 405 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,189 And I would not love a Roman 406 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,192 ever again. 407 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,275 [ 408 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,433 [CROWD CHEERING] 409 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,836 [ 410 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:03,151 It's a Roman caravan. Prepare to receive them. 411 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,350 Your Majesty, Princess Salome is in the caravan. 412 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,508 My daughter? Oh! 413 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,598 Make all preparations to welcome her. 414 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:20,918 [ 415 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,831 [CHATTERING] 416 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:44,399 I am to attend your needs. 417 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,433 Take me to your king. I will convey your message. 418 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,789 Your Majesty. Commander, welcome back to Galilee. 419 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,195 I am very happy to be here. I trust you 420 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,960 relaxed properly in Rome. 421 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,993 I shall enjoy hearing of your conquests as if they were my own. 422 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,397 You must give me an account in detail, my dear commander. In detail? 423 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,393 I have nothing to recount that would be of interest to Your Majesty. 424 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,431 You came back with an escort befitting... 425 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,438 Befitting a new governor, Pontius Pilate 426 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:23,595 Pilate? 427 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,518 He is now the governor of these provinces. 428 00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:29,349 I bring you his felicitations and his request for an audience at your earliest convenience. 429 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,869 At his convenience, no doubt. 430 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,709 What an undeserved honour, Caesar sending so great a soldier to govern 431 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,390 our poor provinces. To what do we owe this favour? 432 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,916 Oh, I am sure Governor Pilate will prefer to enlighten you himself. 433 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,475 [ 434 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,269 He has enlightened me regarding his taste in women. 435 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:07,633 Pilate conquers supremely. A jewel like that. Hmm. 436 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,392 She's incredible. Who is she? 437 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,079 Princess Salome. 438 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,191 My stepdaughter? 439 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,195 [ 440 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,036 Salome. Mother. 441 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,918 Oh, what a heaven- sent surprise. 442 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,350 Let me look at you. 443 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,757 Why, just yesterday you were the child I sent to Rome. 444 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,235 You are just as I remember you, Mother. 445 00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:46,154 Come. You must be exhausted. 446 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,756 [ 447 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,916 Why did you not dispatch word that you were coming? 448 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,315 I would have sent the palace guard to meet you. 449 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,274 Though your escort would do honour to a Roman emperor's daughter. 450 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:19,115 I knew when you came home it would be with the best that Rome could give. 451 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,312 I knew that only in Rome would you find happiness. 452 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,997 No, Mother. 453 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,112 I made the mistake of wanting to marry a Roman. 454 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:30,992 And Caesar banished me. 455 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,758 A daughter of the Herods banished from Rome? 456 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,518 Oh, Mother, forgive me. 457 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:41,909 HERODIAS: What is it? 458 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,554 Your Majesty, the king requests an audience. 459 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,398 Tell His Majesty... 460 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,830 No, wait. I will tell him. 461 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,950 Take the princess to her room. 462 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,635 I will present you to the king later. 463 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,514 [ 464 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,638 This is the first time in years you have entered my chamber. 465 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,308 I came to welcome your daughter. 466 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,239 After all, I have not seen her since she was a child. 467 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,273 And you cannot wait to see what a difference the years have made. 468 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,914 I can imagine the difference, my dear. 469 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,357 I know that it is useless to assure you, 470 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,233 but only my sense of duty brings me here. 471 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,589 Certainly not your duty as my husband. 472 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,677 Where is she? I have other matters to attend to. 473 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,438 She's indisposed. 474 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,915 [ 475 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,709 Convey my regrets. 476 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,359 And I suggest that you do not keep her indisposed for the dinner tonight 477 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,716 in honour of the new governor. 478 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,475 Your Majesty's trusted councillor. 479 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,960 I've just learned that Caesar has appointed a new governor. 480 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:11,639 The king told me. Oh? 481 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:15,430 Does it seem strange to you that my husband should come in here? 482 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,119 Why, only... I only meant that... 483 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,276 No need to spare me, my dear councillor. 484 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,869 We have no secrets from each other. 485 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,913 The king did not come to see me, but my beautiful daughter. 486 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,236 Beautiful? Like no other. 487 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,519 A rare beauty in the palace? 488 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,235 Micha. Your Majesty. 489 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:37,831 I wonder, should beauty be wasted or used for a purpose? 490 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:42,352 Strange. The identical question crossed my mind. 491 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,278 Would you say that I have done everything I could 492 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,198 to protect my daughter from the king? 493 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,038 Well, you could do no more. 494 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:51,232 Sending her to Rome to keep her far from the king. 495 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,192 And now that she is near him 496 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,277 and his appetite has grown much keener... 497 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,835 Yes, much keener, Your Majesty. 498 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,876 - Could her return not be used to my advantage? 499 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,390 It is quite within the realm of possibility. 500 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:10,594 Your Majesty, may I suggest for your sake that you lose no time 501 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:15,271 in using that advantage? Yes, Micha. 502 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,240 Why is the princess not here? 503 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,795 Her absence is an insult. 504 00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:01,508 Congratulations from Caesar Tiberius. Your Excellency. 505 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:04,359 [ 506 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,116 Your Majesty, this is my daughter. 507 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,235 I remember the child. 508 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,073 The blossom does justice to the bud. 509 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:30,913 Thank you, Your Majesty. 510 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:34,829 Or should I say, the radiant flower that bloomed in Rome 511 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:39,431 beautiful beyond my expectations. 512 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,799 Is Your Excellency ready to dine? 513 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,595 [ 514 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,713 Splendid. As tasty as anything in Rome. 515 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,514 You have not eaten anything, my dear. 516 00:41:11,720 --> 00:41:13,073 You know, 517 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,238 I owe your mother an enormous debt. 518 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,874 She sent you to Rome when you were a child. 519 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:24,870 We shall have all the pleasure of becoming acquainted now. 520 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,998 After Rome, I'm afraid, you'll find life very dull here. 521 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,430 Of course, I shall do my feeble best to amuse you. 522 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,112 Do you like hunting? 523 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,433 Boating? 524 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:44,355 I'll order a royal barge from the Egyptians. 525 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:49,315 Your Majesty need not trouble. I will find ways to make the time pass. 526 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:51,312 I'll help you. 527 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,311 Yes, captain? 528 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,469 We have no secrets before the governor. What is it? 529 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,750 Your Majesty, the Baptist is in the city. 530 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,838 Word is about that he will speak in the marketplace tomorrow. 531 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:07,473 The Baptist? 532 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,389 Was not that the rabble- rouser who was in our way at the River Jordan? 533 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,473 Yes, sir. Have you any orders, Your Majesty? 534 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:17,114 No. Let him speak. 535 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,078 So you allow troublemakers to speak out? 536 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,113 Your Excellency, he is a peaceful man. He causes no trouble. 537 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:27,753 He is a menace, Your Excellency. 538 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:29,871 He threatens... The queen exaggerates 539 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:31,911 the importance of a simple preacher. 540 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:34,799 He denounces the House of Herod in the name of religion. 541 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:36,513 Your Excellency will agree. 542 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:39,029 Anyone who scorns the throne should be silenced. 543 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:40,918 This man says nothing against us. 544 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,236 He speaks against Rome. I heard him. 545 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:47,353 Rome nails every traitor to a cross, crucifies them by the thousands 546 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,516 so that the rabble may know their master. 547 00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:52,792 And yet you let a traitor speak out. Your Excellency, 548 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:57,710 I am king here. Thus far, I have ruled without adding to Caesar's troubles. 549 00:42:57,920 --> 00:42:59,638 Where else does sedition lead? 550 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,957 The Baptist is harmless. Nobody listens to him but a few beggars. 551 00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:07,278 If I were to stop him, the word would spread that I interfere with religion. 552 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,710 That will inflame the people. 553 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,275 You must allow me to keep order in my own way. 554 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,631 Very well. Keep order your way. But no one is to speak against Rome. 555 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:20,593 That is my responsibility. And yours alone. 556 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,598 Should you be unable to cope with any disturbances, 557 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,189 the commander here will report it to me. 558 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,915 I start early tomorrow for Jerusalem. I must retire. 559 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,078 [ 560 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,433 So you would even enlist the Romans against me. 561 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,194 HERODIAS: To save us both. HEROD: You mean, to save yourself. 562 00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:52,152 We were speaking. What were we speaking about, my dear? 563 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:56,319 If Your Majesty will excuse me, the journey was exhausting. 564 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:18,030 [ 565 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,471 Remember, you march early. 566 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:23,678 SALOME: Commander. 567 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,750 You have been here for many years. I'm sure nothing has escaped you. 568 00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,318 Who is this John the Baptist? 569 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,676 A prophet. A prophet? 570 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:48,916 But why is my mother so afraid of him? 571 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,793 And the king, he seems just as terrified. 572 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,228 What is happening here? 573 00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:55,517 Why does he denounce them? 574 00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:58,075 I understand he preaches a new religion. 575 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,716 My mother says he scorns the throne. 576 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,718 He speaks of a different world, founded on justice and mercy. 577 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,717 Justice and mercy. 578 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,354 Strange words from a Roman. 579 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,278 Those are the words of the prophet. 580 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:12,835 As you say, nothing escapes a man in my position. 581 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:20,190 The truth about him certainly appears to have escaped you. 582 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:24,879 PILATE: Claudius! 583 00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,470 You were supposed to meet me for final instructions. 584 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:34,675 Must she always take precedence over me? 585 00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:38,799 No such danger. I shall arrange for your departure immediately, sir. 586 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:48,191 [ 587 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:17,313 SERVANT: Princess. Princess. 588 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,278 Princess, please do not go to the marketplace. It is dangerous. 589 00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:23,755 Is the guide here? He is waiting at the terrace. 590 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:25,518 Come. 591 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,036 [ 592 00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:03,111 JOHN: Run to and fro through the streets, search in the great plains 593 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:06,278 for one man who seeketh the Lord. 594 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,233 For verily I say unto you, 595 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:13,115 the heaven of which I speak can be found here on earth 596 00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:15,231 if we live like children of God, 597 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:20,118 and not like beasts of prey as those that rule you now. 598 00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:21,594 People of Galilee, 599 00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:25,199 Herod is an alien king. 600 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,350 He is descended from a desert tribe of heathens. 601 00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:32,433 He was not born in the faith of our fathers. 602 00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:35,148 Though he may profess to believe, he makes a mockery 603 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,079 of the Lord's commandments. Rulers who do not observe 604 00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:43,229 the laws of God can only bring disaster to the people. 605 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,319 Pay the House of Herod no tribute! 606 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:51,115 Do not let them proceed to new crimes, 607 00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:54,676 or misery and destruction shall fall upon thee. 608 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,276 And not a stone of thy house shall remain unmolested. 609 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:02,070 For as certainly as all rivers rush to the ocean, 610 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,350 the day of justice shall come. 611 00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,313 For the cup of despair brims over. 612 00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:09,676 Iniquity sits upon the throne. 613 00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:13,156 The king has forsaken the people for wine and harlots. 614 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:16,153 And the queen lives in sinful luxury 615 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,794 with no heart for the afflictions of the poor. 616 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,959 Her wickedness and her evil... You will not say that of the queen! 617 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,919 I will speak against sin! SALOME: She has done nothing. 618 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:29,635 She is an adulteress! That is a lie. A lie! 619 00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:32,752 She has turned from her husband to marry his brother. 620 00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:35,116 She scorns the law that was given to us. 621 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,114 The law. Words. She has harmed no one. 622 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,954 She has brought injury to all the people. 623 00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,196 By placing herself above the law, 624 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:47,551 she has destroyed the equality of justice! 625 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,036 I will have you silenced. Daughter of Herodias! 626 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:53,394 Yes. 627 00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:57,354 I am her daughter. Heed me, Galilieans! 628 00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:02,634 Do not visit the sins of one generation upon another. 629 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,671 Daughter of Herodius, I know your heart speaks for your mother. 630 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:14,995 But let it not blind you to the evil of her ways. 631 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:17,589 Though you are of her flesh and blood, 632 00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:19,756 your soul is your own. 633 00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:22,872 Abide not her wickedness. 634 00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,954 [ 635 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:37,239 Where have you been, dressed like that? 636 00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:39,556 At the marketplace. 637 00:49:40,240 --> 00:49:42,549 I heard the Baptist speak. 638 00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,479 Oh, how I hoped you would never hear him. 639 00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,955 He has made my life a misery. 640 00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,150 Why does the king allow him to humiliate you? 641 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,990 He is afraid to stop him. Afraid? 642 00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,998 Why should the king be afraid of...? Because of a prophecy 643 00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,589 made in the time of his father, Herod the Great. 644 00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,792 What prophecy? "If a king of the House of Herod 645 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,070 harms the Messiah, 646 00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:09,357 he will die in agony." 647 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,198 The king thinks the Baptist is the Messiah. 648 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,118 He fears if he harms him, 649 00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:18,312 he will die in terrible pain like his father. 650 00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:24,308 That a king could believe such things and permit anyone to speak against you. 651 00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:25,999 And call for my death. 652 00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,760 No, Mother. He did not incite the people to harm you. 653 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,195 He calls me an adulteress. 654 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:34,948 There is only one punishment for this crime: 655 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,590 To be stoned by the people. Stop! 656 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:39,634 But you are innocent. 657 00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:42,953 I have broken a senseless law, 658 00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:45,754 and for that they want me to die. Oh, Mother. 659 00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:48,997 Mother, leave. Leave this place. I will go with you anywhere. 660 00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,111 I cannot leave Galilee. 661 00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:52,998 But what is to keep you here? 662 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:56,192 The king? Not the king. The throne. 663 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:59,472 Oh, the throne. What does it matter when your life is in danger? 664 00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:02,752 The throne is more than life to me. 665 00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:05,709 It is the legacy I leave you, 666 00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:07,757 my daughter. 667 00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:09,958 You will be the next queen. 668 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:13,357 The throne will be yours, but only if I guard it for you. 669 00:51:13,720 --> 00:51:16,280 I will suffer anything so that you may inerit it. 670 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:21,275 I will endure a loveless marriage, humiliation by a madman, 671 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:23,951 even stoning. 672 00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,151 [ 673 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:28,836 [SOBBING] 674 00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:35,477 Therefore Rome may expect the following yield in taxes: 675 00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:37,557 From the province... 676 00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:40,835 I did not mean to disturb you. 677 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:42,792 We will continue later. 678 00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:55,872 I am sorry for my rudeness last night. 679 00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:01,112 Then you no longer hate all Romans? 680 00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,355 Not all Romans. 681 00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:29,193 What is it? 682 00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:47,998 Tell me. 683 00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:56,914 How much do you love me? 684 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:17,430 What is the measure of love? 685 00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:21,876 What is asked of another, 686 00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:24,036 and what is granted. 687 00:53:25,240 --> 00:53:26,832 Anything. 688 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,199 One favour. Anything you ask. 689 00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:33,470 Is that a promise? Yes. 690 00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:38,759 Help me save my mother. Arrest the Baptist. 691 00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:49,755 That I cannot do. 692 00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:53,838 Why not? I cannot interfere. 693 00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:56,674 You can stop him! I can do nothing. 694 00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,435 I could report it to Pontius Pilate. 695 00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:02,598 But arrest him? I have no such authority. 696 00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:05,434 You mean, you do not want to use it. 697 00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:09,195 [ 698 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:12,318 You're late, my dear councillor. 699 00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:15,592 My daughter has already informed me of what was said in the marketplace. 700 00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:18,633 Did she also inform you that the Baptist will speak again tonight? 701 00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:19,829 Tonight. 702 00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:21,598 Even now they are gathering to hear him. 703 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:24,314 He'll rave until the stones are hurled against me. 704 00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,432 What else can happen when the people see he is not punished? 705 00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:29,153 If no retribution comes, 706 00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:32,830 the rabble can only regard it as a token of the king's approval. 707 00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:36,150 I fear so, Your Majesty. 708 00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:38,198 He must be stopped tonight. 709 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:41,836 And will your daughter persuade the king? 710 00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:44,918 She cannot be rushed into Herod's arms. 711 00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:47,396 It'll take time. 712 00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:49,591 There is no time. 713 00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:56,199 Micha, you will silence him. 714 00:54:58,080 --> 00:55:00,435 Your Majesty, I must remind you, 715 00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:03,279 the assassination of John the Baptist may... 716 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:05,593 The king will suspect you. 717 00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:09,879 And in his anger he may... It is a risk I must take. 718 00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:15,150 The desperate can only survive by taking desperate measures. 719 00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:20,596 Your Majesty. 720 00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:25,630 The crooked paths shall be made straight. 721 00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:27,671 And the rough way shall be made smooth 722 00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:31,031 so that we shall receive the salvation of God. 723 00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:34,280 The day has come when men must cease 724 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:37,472 to march from one evil to another and know not the Lord. 725 00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,148 It is true we live in times of violence, 726 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:42,794 when men are turned against each other. 727 00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:48,074 But since the same God is our father and we have the same destiny, 728 00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,032 we are all brothers. 729 00:55:51,240 --> 00:55:55,518 And that is our great hope, that humanity will prevail. 730 00:55:55,720 --> 00:56:01,158 When men see that hatred and fear are the mutual enemies of mankind. 731 00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:03,715 [CROWD CLAMOURING] 732 00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:07,913 Guards! 733 00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:09,678 Guards! 734 00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:13,752 Guards! Guards! 735 00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:16,637 An assassin tried to kill John the Baptist! 736 00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:20,116 Arrest him and take him to the king, and he will reward you! 737 00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,520 Speak up, wretch, while you still have a tongue. 738 00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:35,032 Your loyalty is commendable. Place it at the service of your king, 739 00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:38,471 and you will be repaid with your life. Who hired you? 740 00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:44,517 I asked you to be present because your ear is keener than mine 741 00:56:44,720 --> 00:56:47,314 to palace intrigue. Whom do you suspect? 742 00:56:47,560 --> 00:56:49,835 Your Majesty, I couldn't even venture a guess. 743 00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:51,872 Not one? 744 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,591 It must be somebody close to the throne, 745 00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:57,518 very close, 746 00:56:57,720 --> 00:57:00,871 who knows what the prophet's death must mean to me. Do you agree? 747 00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:05,915 Perhaps it was thought a service, not an injury, to Your Majesty. 748 00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:09,636 Then help me reward my loyal servant. 749 00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:11,398 Have you no recommendation? 750 00:57:11,720 --> 00:57:15,156 If I knew, I would reward him myself. 751 00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:20,271 Well, wretch, still dumb? Perhaps the rack 752 00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:23,358 will oil the hinges of your tongue. Out with him. 753 00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:28,755 It is late, and I'm tired. If that is all... 754 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,554 That is not all. It was your hand behind that dagger. 755 00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:34,228 Yours and yours alone. It appears you think I had good cause. 756 00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,034 If you ever try to harm him again... You threaten me? 757 00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:39,157 You will learn that I am king here. 758 00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:43,831 I command who lives and who dies. And the prophet must live. 759 00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:46,270 Why? Because you are mad? 760 00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:47,708 Mad, am I? 761 00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,719 You'll let him bring the House of Herod down on our heads. 762 00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:55,198 I will bring it down on yours if you do not get out of my sight. Now get out! 763 00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:11,278 She will murder him. I know it. 764 00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:15,439 She will hire assassin after assassin until one of them strikes him down. 765 00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:18,200 You must protect him, sire. How? 766 00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:21,075 She will contrive his death. 767 00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:25,511 And when the Messiah dies at the hands of a Herod, 768 00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:27,153 I will die. 769 00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:30,472 What am I to do? Am I to wait like a lamb for my own slaughter? 770 00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:33,956 Why does the prophet visit me with worse than the tribulations of Job? 771 00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:36,720 Why does he preach against me too? What harm have I done him? 772 00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:40,112 Does he not know I want to protect him? 773 00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:42,399 [SIGHS] 774 00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:45,839 Wait. 775 00:58:46,040 --> 00:58:47,439 Yes. 776 00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:50,791 I will have him brought before my ministers. 777 00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:52,672 Would you try a holy man? 778 00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:54,950 Is a prophet above the law he upholds? 779 00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:57,310 This prophet has spoken against his sovereign. 780 00:58:57,520 --> 00:58:59,511 Let him answer for his treason. 781 00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:01,478 Sire, to what end? 782 00:59:02,080 --> 00:59:03,638 Would you sentence him? 783 00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:05,831 Bring the prophecy to pass? 784 00:59:06,040 --> 00:59:08,315 I have found a way at last to make the prophet 785 00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:10,517 come to terms with me. 786 00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:13,154 To what terms can a prophet come with a king? 787 00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:14,634 You will see. 788 00:59:15,080 --> 00:59:19,119 Captain! Have John the Baptist brought before me in the morning. 789 00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:21,754 Sire, what are you doing? What is your intention? 790 00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:23,837 You will learn tomorrow. 791 00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:27,438 [ 792 00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,230 MAN 1: Release the Baptist! 793 00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:57,989 WOMAN: The Baptist has done no wrong! 794 01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:02,674 He has committed no crime. 795 01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:05,235 MAN 2: Down with the House of Herod! 796 01:00:05,640 --> 01:00:07,073 Mother. 797 01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:09,510 WOMAN: Release the Baptist. Free him. 798 01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:13,113 MAN 2: He has committed no crime! 799 01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:15,711 I cannot believe it. 800 01:00:16,640 --> 01:00:18,710 MAN 3: Free the Baptist! 801 01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:21,511 [ 802 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:32,518 Forgive me for last night. 803 01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:34,358 Forgive you? You had him arrested. 804 01:00:34,560 --> 01:00:36,630 You knew what it meant to me. Thank you. 805 01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:39,115 [ 806 01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:06,960 You have been brought here to answer charges of treason. 807 01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:10,470 Who bears witness against me? The people of Galilee. 808 01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:14,069 I see no one here of the people. 809 01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:16,436 You see my ministers who represent the people. 810 01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:18,756 They accuse you of arousing the people 811 01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:21,235 to overthrow the House of Herod. 812 01:01:21,480 --> 01:01:25,792 I do not speak for violence. Only evildoers must resort to force. 813 01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:29,357 You call for violence by denouncing the throne. 814 01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:32,950 I call upon the people to pay no tribute to iniquitous rulers. 815 01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:35,513 Then you would have 816 01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:38,314 another king in my place? Yes. 817 01:01:40,320 --> 01:01:44,472 One who would rule with godliness. With justice and mercy. 818 01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:49,111 You admit allegiance to someone other than His Majesty? 819 01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:52,079 The one I acknowledge is above all kings on earth. 820 01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:56,238 Then he is mightier even than Caesar? 821 01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:57,475 [ALL LAUGHING] 822 01:01:57,680 --> 01:01:59,511 He is the king of kings. 823 01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:04,990 He will make all the Caesars and the Herods tremble. 824 01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:09,035 He will raise the yoke from the oppressed, right all wrongs, 825 01:02:09,240 --> 01:02:12,835 bring a day of judgment upon the evil masters of the world. 826 01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:16,989 And who is this king of kings? 827 01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,473 He is the Messiah. 828 01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:22,353 But you are the Messiah. 829 01:02:23,400 --> 01:02:26,278 You then are the king who sets himself above me. 830 01:02:26,560 --> 01:02:29,154 [ALL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 831 01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:31,112 He does not declare himself the Messiah. 832 01:02:31,320 --> 01:02:34,471 Elder, I have never told the people I am the Messiah. 833 01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:36,159 Only that the Lord has sent me 834 01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:39,238 to awaken the conscience of mankind to the coming of the holy one. 835 01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:43,195 Many people who hear you denounce me say you are the Messiah. 836 01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:47,597 Then I have failed him who follows me, 837 01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:50,519 for I have not prepared the way as I should have done. 838 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:52,472 What is your judgment? 839 01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:56,713 Your Majesty, he acknowledges a king higher than you. 840 01:02:58,040 --> 01:02:59,598 He is guilty of treason! 841 01:02:59,840 --> 01:03:01,353 MAN 1: Treason! MAN 2: He is guilty! 842 01:03:01,560 --> 01:03:03,994 You are twisting his words to suit your purpose. 843 01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:07,195 What is the recommendation of my ministers? 844 01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:09,476 He must be punished like all traitors. 845 01:03:09,680 --> 01:03:10,874 He must die. To the cross. 846 01:03:11,080 --> 01:03:12,433 Stoned to death. He must die. 847 01:03:12,640 --> 01:03:14,790 Death to the traitor. Take him to the cross. 848 01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:16,991 My judges have pronounced sentence upon you. 849 01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:20,829 You pronounced it. The guilt is yours and yours alone. 850 01:03:21,040 --> 01:03:22,359 You have made a mockery of justice 851 01:03:22,560 --> 01:03:24,312 by trying a righteous man. Enough. 852 01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:27,273 Hear me, your religious counsellor, before it is too late. 853 01:03:27,560 --> 01:03:31,872 You know that you were not born in the faith of our people. 854 01:03:32,080 --> 01:03:34,150 Do not offend them by committing sacrilege 855 01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:37,392 against what they hold sacred. 856 01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:42,909 You have already turned their hearts against you by breaking the law of Moses. 857 01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:45,714 Do not turn the hand against you 858 01:03:45,920 --> 01:03:49,071 by murdering a holy man. Enough, I said. 859 01:03:50,320 --> 01:03:53,756 I will pray for you. Pray for them, elder. 860 01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:56,911 For the Lord is beside me. 861 01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:04,992 You have heard the judgment of my ministers. 862 01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:07,714 If you plead for mercy, and if I grant it... 863 01:04:07,920 --> 01:04:09,831 I will plead for your soul. 864 01:04:10,040 --> 01:04:11,996 [ALL SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 865 01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:15,431 Generation of vipers! 866 01:04:15,960 --> 01:04:17,837 Do what you will with me. 867 01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:22,188 But a day of judgment is coming that will swallow up all evildoers. 868 01:04:23,600 --> 01:04:25,989 Vengeance will be the Lord's. 869 01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:28,037 Silence him! To the cross with him. 870 01:04:28,240 --> 01:04:29,753 Clear the room. 871 01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:36,436 Do not touch him. Get out. 872 01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:40,315 You see how your enemies are arrayed against you. 873 01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:43,592 And the queen would assassinate you. All in power stand to murder you 874 01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:45,233 were it not for me. 875 01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:49,790 Have you tried me to prove your friendship? 876 01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:52,600 Yes. I am your only protector. 877 01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:54,836 I, and I alone, can save you now. 878 01:04:55,040 --> 01:04:58,316 All I ask is that you do not denounce me before the people. 879 01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:00,078 You cannot buy silence with my life. 880 01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:03,556 Say what you will outside of Galilee. Promise me never to return, 881 01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:05,910 and I'll set you free. My mission is here. 882 01:05:06,120 --> 01:05:07,951 Then speak only of religion. 883 01:05:09,040 --> 01:05:12,635 Leave the House of Herod to itself. I cannot. 884 01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:16,318 For it stands on a foundation of sin. 885 01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:19,239 And I have been ordained to root out sin, 886 01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:22,637 offer repentance to all who will listen. 887 01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:27,829 I offer it to you now. 888 01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:31,670 Return to God. 889 01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:38,076 How? Give up the throne. 890 01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:42,435 No. That I cannot do. It is my life. 891 01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:45,279 I speak of a life everlasting. 892 01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:47,755 Seek repentance. 893 01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:49,513 I will not give up the throne. 894 01:05:49,720 --> 01:05:52,314 And I cannot allow you to preach against me any longer. 895 01:05:52,520 --> 01:05:55,353 I will place you under guard here in the palace where you can do no harm. 896 01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:56,919 Guards. 897 01:05:57,280 --> 01:05:59,874 You will find no peace in my imprisonment. 898 01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:03,675 Only the Lord can ease the terrible burden of evil on your soul. 899 01:06:04,040 --> 01:06:05,155 Take him. 900 01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:07,510 [ 901 01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:48,234 [CHATTERING] 902 01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:55,239 Elder. What has happened to our prophet? 903 01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:56,919 What has the king done with him? 904 01:06:57,120 --> 01:06:59,111 MAN: Will he harm him? He has imprisoned him. 905 01:06:59,320 --> 01:07:02,357 We will free him! Abide in peace. 906 01:07:02,560 --> 01:07:05,279 Nothing will be gained by violence. 907 01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:09,711 But, elder... But, elder... 908 01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:12,960 Your Majesty, this is more than a suggestion. Peace must be maintained. 909 01:07:13,160 --> 01:07:15,628 I demand you release the prisoner. This does not concern Rome. 910 01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:17,512 Whatever threatens the peace concerns Rome. 911 01:07:17,720 --> 01:07:20,109 The peace is not threatened. Every minute you keep the Baptist 912 01:07:20,320 --> 01:07:21,548 increases the danger of bloodshed and disorder. 913 01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:23,273 There is less danger now. 914 01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:25,072 You removed this man from his followers. 915 01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:27,475 I will treat him well. He can have anything he desires. 916 01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:29,750 Anyone can see him. Anyone. He is still your prisoner! 917 01:07:29,960 --> 01:07:31,837 The people will rise. I will put them down. 918 01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:35,874 Commander, you have no authority to force his release. 919 01:07:36,080 --> 01:07:38,913 [ 920 01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:52,797 Saddle three horses. We leave for Jerusalem immediately. 921 01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:04,428 Claudius! 922 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:06,272 Why does the princess call the Roman? 923 01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:08,596 Where is he going? Does that matter? 924 01:08:08,800 --> 01:08:10,836 I found him more of a friend than anyone here. 925 01:08:11,040 --> 01:08:12,917 My dear, in what way have I been remiss? 926 01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:16,835 You allowed a madman to inflame the people against my mother. 927 01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:19,270 The commander had him arrested. 928 01:08:19,480 --> 01:08:21,471 Is that what he said? 929 01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:25,468 The lying dog of a Roman. Claudius wanted me to free him. 930 01:08:26,360 --> 01:08:27,679 Free him? 931 01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:29,791 The Roman pleaded, ranted, threatened, 932 01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:32,116 did all he could to make me release him. 933 01:08:32,360 --> 01:08:34,555 It was I who ordered him arrested. 934 01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:37,911 [ 935 01:08:43,840 --> 01:08:46,115 I am sorry to disillusion you, my dear. 936 01:08:46,320 --> 01:08:49,039 I lost my illusions about Romans long ago. 937 01:08:49,240 --> 01:08:50,514 Splendid. 938 01:08:50,720 --> 01:08:52,836 To be a realist is the beginning of wisdom. 939 01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:57,390 And the wise know that nothing matters except to find pleasure 940 01:08:57,600 --> 01:08:59,397 in the present. 941 01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:02,354 How little I've seen of you since your return. 942 01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:05,632 I've hardly had a chance to welcome you home. 943 01:09:09,880 --> 01:09:13,509 For the homecoming of a princess. 944 01:09:13,720 --> 01:09:15,358 Your Majesty is most generous. 945 01:09:15,560 --> 01:09:18,711 Please wear this at the banquet in the honour of my birthday. 946 01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:21,992 I should be giving His Majesty a gift, not receiving one. 947 01:09:22,640 --> 01:09:26,679 Your presence will be the most precious gift of all. 948 01:09:28,240 --> 01:09:32,313 Let's see if the artisan has done justice to your beauty. 949 01:09:40,400 --> 01:09:43,233 No silk nor spun gold can compare. 950 01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:46,238 Your Majesty, l... I cannot wear this. 951 01:09:47,080 --> 01:09:48,399 Why not? 952 01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:50,750 It is more fitting you give it to the queen. 953 01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:52,678 It is mine to give as I wish. 954 01:09:53,160 --> 01:09:54,878 Not mine to accept. 955 01:09:55,080 --> 01:09:57,992 Then wear it for me. Let it be a token between us. 956 01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:01,596 That you may know how much... 957 01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:05,028 How much you please me. 958 01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:08,559 Allow the queen to please Your Majesty. 959 01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:11,354 Am I to be denied what I want above all? 960 01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:14,160 One woman with whom I can find forgetfulness. 961 01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:18,592 Your Majesty takes much for granted, even though he is king. 962 01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:20,797 And he forgets, 963 01:10:21,720 --> 01:10:23,950 the queen is my mother. 964 01:10:29,800 --> 01:10:31,756 [ 965 01:10:52,560 --> 01:10:54,596 Why should you want to interfere? 966 01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:57,712 Herod has good cause to imprison this rabble- rouser. 967 01:10:57,920 --> 01:11:00,480 The arrest of John the Baptist may have serious consequences. 968 01:11:00,680 --> 01:11:03,717 It might start a rebellion that would spread throughout the provinces. 969 01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:05,876 You must order his release. Claudius, 970 01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:10,437 as a Roman, I would expect you to ask for his execution. 971 01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:16,115 Your Excellency, we've served together for many years. 972 01:11:16,320 --> 01:11:17,878 May I speak frankly? 973 01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:19,877 I've never thought you spoke otherwise. 974 01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:24,998 Rome cannot go on as it has, ruling with a sword and a whip. 975 01:11:25,200 --> 01:11:27,998 If we are to survive, we must recognize that a new force 976 01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:30,111 is coming into the world. New force? 977 01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:34,832 The religion of this prophet. It will bring hope to the conquered. 978 01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:36,678 It will bring peace to all men 979 01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:39,872 by teaching every man how to live at peace with his neighbours. 980 01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:43,836 This faith will march across the world and win men 981 01:11:44,040 --> 01:11:45,871 where Rome could only conquer them. 982 01:11:46,080 --> 01:11:48,913 Caesar is the only faith possible for a Roman. 983 01:11:49,160 --> 01:11:52,357 I believe the religion of this prophet will surge over the earth. 984 01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:55,996 Become his protector, and you would achieve immortality. 985 01:11:57,280 --> 01:11:58,998 Yes, immortality. Think of it. 986 01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:01,919 Your name will be enscrolled on the pages of history. 987 01:12:02,120 --> 01:12:05,635 Your name will ring down through the years. Pontius Pilate: 988 01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:08,638 The first champion of a new religion. 989 01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:11,229 Immortality. 990 01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:15,435 In a few years from now, we shall all be dust and forgotten 991 01:12:15,640 --> 01:12:18,359 no matter what we do here. 992 01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:21,313 The name of Caesar will live on. 993 01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:25,559 But Pontius Pilate? Never. The God of the Baptist is eternal. 994 01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:28,115 Ally yourself with him, and your name will never die. 995 01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:32,359 A new religion that will march across the world. A God that is eternal. 996 01:12:32,560 --> 01:12:34,915 You've been here for years. And I, only a few weeks. 997 01:12:35,120 --> 01:12:37,076 Yet already I know this country better than you. 998 01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:40,829 It's ridden with prophets. Right here in Jerusalem 999 01:12:41,040 --> 01:12:44,999 there's a carpenter that even claims he's the son of God. 1000 01:12:45,240 --> 01:12:48,550 Yes. They call him a man of miracles. 1001 01:12:48,760 --> 01:12:49,988 Miracles? 1002 01:12:50,240 --> 01:12:55,394 They say he can make the lame walk, the blind see. 1003 01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:59,510 And if the rabble in Jerusalem wish to believe such idiotic nonsense, 1004 01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:01,153 let them. 1005 01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:04,637 But I will not tolerate anyone denouncing Rome 1006 01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:07,991 under the cloak of religion. And this your prophet does. 1007 01:13:08,200 --> 01:13:09,679 But, Your Excellency... Claudius. 1008 01:13:09,880 --> 01:13:12,633 How can you ask for his release, knowing that he's a traitor? 1009 01:13:12,840 --> 01:13:16,913 I cannot understand a valiant soldier and a brilliant officer 1010 01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:19,395 turning to treason. 1011 01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:27,233 I've found a greater loyalty than Rome: 1012 01:13:28,040 --> 01:13:29,712 Humanity. 1013 01:13:34,240 --> 01:13:36,231 Were I not your friend, 1014 01:13:36,440 --> 01:13:38,510 had we not fought many battles together, 1015 01:13:38,720 --> 01:13:41,473 shared many dangers in the field, 1016 01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:46,993 were I not mindful of how bravely you've served me and Rome, 1017 01:13:47,640 --> 01:13:51,872 I would be compelled to execute you for treason. 1018 01:13:55,560 --> 01:13:57,437 However, I must relieve you of your post. 1019 01:13:57,640 --> 01:13:59,278 I will not place you under arrest. 1020 01:13:59,480 --> 01:14:02,119 But I cannot permit you to return to Galilee. 1021 01:14:02,320 --> 01:14:05,198 You'll stay here in Jerusalem until we have word of a galley 1022 01:14:05,400 --> 01:14:06,833 leaving for Rome. 1023 01:14:08,480 --> 01:14:10,630 Yes, Your Excellency. 1024 01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:14,358 Claudius. 1025 01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:30,752 I'm sorry, Claudius. 1026 01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:45,148 Claudius. The last remains of the 9th Legion. 1027 01:14:45,360 --> 01:14:47,351 Come. Join us. We are on our way to my villa. 1028 01:14:47,560 --> 01:14:49,835 No. Wait. Tell me, 1029 01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:53,669 do you know this carpenter who claims to be the son of God? 1030 01:14:53,880 --> 01:14:56,189 You mean the man of miracles? The great healer 1031 01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:58,391 who cures everything just by touching you? 1032 01:14:58,600 --> 01:15:01,114 They say he turned water into wine at a wedding in Cana. 1033 01:15:01,320 --> 01:15:03,311 Imagine the money he would save us. 1034 01:15:03,520 --> 01:15:05,272 Well, come with us. Wait. 1035 01:15:05,520 --> 01:15:07,988 Where is he now? Well, I heard he went to Bethany. 1036 01:15:08,200 --> 01:15:10,031 Why? Do you want to see him? 1037 01:15:10,240 --> 01:15:11,912 Bethany. 1038 01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:18,275 [ 1039 01:15:37,960 --> 01:15:39,916 I can see. 1040 01:15:43,240 --> 01:15:45,435 I can see. 1041 01:15:46,480 --> 01:15:48,118 I can see. 1042 01:15:48,320 --> 01:15:50,151 I can see. 1043 01:15:50,360 --> 01:15:52,191 I can see. 1044 01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:54,672 I can see. 1045 01:15:55,640 --> 01:15:57,676 I can see. 1046 01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:05,639 [ 1047 01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:11,791 MAN 1: Down with the House of Herod! The prophet is innocent! 1048 01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:14,070 WOMAN 1: Free the Baptist! 1049 01:16:15,160 --> 01:16:17,833 MAN 2: The Baptist has done no wrong! 1050 01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:22,674 WOMAN 2: Release the Baptist! 1051 01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:26,193 MAN 3: The Baptist must go free! 1052 01:16:27,280 --> 01:16:29,714 WOMAN 3: Down with the House of Herod! 1053 01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:34,118 MAN 4: He's innocent! MAN 5: The king is a heathen! 1054 01:16:35,120 --> 01:16:37,588 What is it, Your Majesty? My affectionate subjects 1055 01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:40,234 helping us celebrate the event of my birth. 1056 01:16:40,440 --> 01:16:43,910 They seem quite threatening in their affections, Your Majesty. 1057 01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:48,278 Let us go on with the feast. 1058 01:16:48,640 --> 01:16:51,234 [ 1059 01:17:28,480 --> 01:17:30,835 [GONG CHIMES] 1060 01:17:31,040 --> 01:17:33,235 [MUSIC PLAYING] 1061 01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:03,918 MAN 1: Down with the House of Herod! 1062 01:18:04,280 --> 01:18:08,876 MAN 2: Death to the queen! WOMAN 1: The queen is an adulteress! 1063 01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:11,716 [CROWD CLAMOURING] 1064 01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:14,596 WOMAN 2: Death to the queen! 1065 01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:17,314 Your Majesty, I've never seen the rabble in such a mood. 1066 01:18:17,520 --> 01:18:19,317 The stupid fools! 1067 01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:22,353 They will soon learn how I reward those who threaten... 1068 01:18:22,600 --> 01:18:24,318 MAN 3: Death to the queen! 1069 01:18:24,520 --> 01:18:26,556 Micha, stand back. 1070 01:18:26,760 --> 01:18:29,274 They'll break into the palace. They'll stone me. 1071 01:18:29,480 --> 01:18:31,277 Nothing but my death will satisfy them. 1072 01:18:31,480 --> 01:18:33,869 Micha, go quickly. Try to pacify them. 1073 01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:36,270 WOMAN 3: Down with the House of Herod! 1074 01:18:36,480 --> 01:18:39,950 Careful. A stone may strike you. 1075 01:18:40,160 --> 01:18:42,720 Mother, we cannot stay here. We must stay here. 1076 01:18:42,920 --> 01:18:45,275 If I let that rabble depose me, you will be next. 1077 01:18:45,480 --> 01:18:48,153 Your life means more to me than... I will not let them deprive you 1078 01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:50,430 of your heritage after all I've sacrificed. 1079 01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:53,438 Listen to them. And you speak of... I speak of your future. 1080 01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:55,676 My child, your destiny. 1081 01:18:55,880 --> 01:18:58,440 The rabble is nothing without a leader. MAN 5: Free the Baptist. 1082 01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:03,077 If I could make the king destroy the Baptist before it is too late... 1083 01:19:06,600 --> 01:19:08,511 There is a way. 1084 01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:11,316 Yes, yes. 1085 01:19:12,120 --> 01:19:15,396 One possible way to save the throne. 1086 01:19:15,600 --> 01:19:17,431 Salome, 1087 01:19:18,360 --> 01:19:21,113 you alone could accomplish it. 1088 01:19:21,960 --> 01:19:23,632 But 1089 01:19:23,840 --> 01:19:25,671 what can I do? 1090 01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:29,793 Prevail upon the king to destroy the Baptist. 1091 01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:34,551 But how can l...? You can persuade him. 1092 01:19:36,240 --> 01:19:40,870 How? With your matchless beauty. 1093 01:19:42,560 --> 01:19:44,915 Dance for him tonight. 1094 01:19:46,360 --> 01:19:48,237 Dance for him? 1095 01:19:49,960 --> 01:19:52,918 Mother, you know a woman who dances for the king 1096 01:19:53,120 --> 01:19:57,398 becomes his possession. Yes, I know the custom. 1097 01:19:59,480 --> 01:20:04,349 You would have me give myself to...? For the throne, yes. 1098 01:20:04,680 --> 01:20:07,592 [ 1099 01:20:16,840 --> 01:20:17,909 [CROWD CLAMOURING] 1100 01:20:18,120 --> 01:20:20,873 MAN 1: The Baptist must go free! 1101 01:20:25,520 --> 01:20:27,511 MAN 2: Release the Baptist! 1102 01:20:27,720 --> 01:20:29,392 MAN 3: The king is a heathen! 1103 01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:33,115 WOMAN: Romans! Romans, the Baptist must go free! 1104 01:20:34,240 --> 01:20:37,869 MAN 4: Roman heathen! Roman heathen! 1105 01:20:38,160 --> 01:20:40,469 [ 1106 01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:51,990 [SOBBING] 1107 01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:54,874 Why are you crying? Oh, take me away from here. 1108 01:20:55,080 --> 01:20:57,833 Claudius, please take me away. 1109 01:20:58,040 --> 01:21:00,156 Do you really want to leave? Yes. Yes. 1110 01:21:00,360 --> 01:21:02,396 There's something I want you to hear. Something you must know about me. 1111 01:21:02,600 --> 01:21:05,319 Then we can go away together. What is it? 1112 01:21:06,400 --> 01:21:07,833 Come with me. 1113 01:21:14,720 --> 01:21:16,915 [ 1114 01:21:32,120 --> 01:21:34,236 Where is the princess? You keep her from me. 1115 01:21:34,440 --> 01:21:36,271 Command her to appear. 1116 01:21:36,480 --> 01:21:37,959 Command her yourself. 1117 01:21:38,160 --> 01:21:40,116 [MUSIC PLAYING] 1118 01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:42,754 [CHUCKLING] 1119 01:22:09,200 --> 01:22:11,634 [ 1120 01:22:40,880 --> 01:22:42,677 I bear strange tidings. 1121 01:22:42,880 --> 01:22:45,075 Such strange tidings. 1122 01:22:45,280 --> 01:22:49,876 While in Jerusalem, I heard them speak of a prophet who performs miracles. 1123 01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:52,116 If true, this would be great tidings. 1124 01:22:52,320 --> 01:22:55,312 I heard them say this prophet brings sight to the blind, heals the sick, 1125 01:22:55,560 --> 01:22:57,312 that he fed thousands of the poor 1126 01:22:57,520 --> 01:22:59,954 with no more than a few loaves of bread to divide. 1127 01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:03,918 I went to Bethany where I was told he had gone. 1128 01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:05,758 Just outside Jerusalem, 1129 01:23:05,960 --> 01:23:09,635 I saw a procession such as I have never seen following one man. 1130 01:23:09,840 --> 01:23:12,115 The lame, the halt, the blind followed him. 1131 01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:14,709 Those whose back were bent from years under the yoke. 1132 01:23:14,960 --> 01:23:17,394 Those whose heads were bowed from years of shame. 1133 01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:18,828 They followed him. 1134 01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:21,674 And many who were sceptical, who came to scoff at him, 1135 01:23:21,880 --> 01:23:25,714 they too followed him. I joined this procession. 1136 01:23:26,200 --> 01:23:30,432 We followed him to a tomb where lay a man called Lazarus, 1137 01:23:30,640 --> 01:23:32,915 four days dead. 1138 01:23:33,120 --> 01:23:34,872 The sister of Lazarus, who believed, 1139 01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:37,594 had begged him to raise her brother from the dead. 1140 01:23:37,800 --> 01:23:40,360 I heard him say to her, 1141 01:23:40,560 --> 01:23:42,915 "I am the resurrection and the life. 1142 01:23:43,160 --> 01:23:46,709 He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. 1143 01:23:46,920 --> 01:23:50,390 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die." 1144 01:23:50,600 --> 01:23:54,195 He said that. I heard him. And then he went to the tomb. 1145 01:23:54,400 --> 01:23:58,996 And while others rolled back the stone, he raised his head and prayed. 1146 01:23:59,200 --> 01:24:00,758 He said... 1147 01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:04,999 He said, " Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me, 1148 01:24:05,200 --> 01:24:07,395 and I know that thou hearest me always. 1149 01:24:07,600 --> 01:24:10,797 But because of the people that stand by, I said it 1150 01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:14,834 that they may believe that thou hast sent me." 1151 01:24:15,040 --> 01:24:18,828 And when he had said this, he cried out in a loud voice, 1152 01:24:19,040 --> 01:24:21,679 "Lazarus, come forth." 1153 01:24:22,240 --> 01:24:25,710 And Lazarus came out of the tomb. I saw him. 1154 01:24:25,920 --> 01:24:29,833 I saw a man who'd been dead four days walk out of his grave! 1155 01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:31,952 All of us fell on our knees. 1156 01:24:32,160 --> 01:24:35,118 And then he told Lazarus to remove the shroud and rejoin the living. 1157 01:24:35,320 --> 01:24:37,754 And what had been a corpse became a man again. 1158 01:24:37,960 --> 01:24:40,679 Not only did I see Lazarus raised from the dead, 1159 01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:44,793 but I spoke to him. I talked to him myself. 1160 01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:50,395 The one who called him back from the grave 1161 01:24:50,600 --> 01:24:53,797 was named Jesus. 1162 01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:57,517 [ 1163 01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:23,233 My kinsman, Jesus. 1164 01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:26,358 The Messiah. 1165 01:25:31,840 --> 01:25:36,311 When I baptized him, I heard a voice from heaven say, 1166 01:25:36,560 --> 01:25:41,350 "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." 1167 01:25:42,840 --> 01:25:44,876 I spoke to this Jesus. 1168 01:25:45,080 --> 01:25:47,071 I told him that you were imprisoned. 1169 01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:51,068 He said he would come to Galilee. I shall never see Jesus again. 1170 01:25:51,280 --> 01:25:55,592 I will free you before he gets here. I do not fear death. 1171 01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:06,556 All my life I have been surrounded by wickedness. 1172 01:26:07,680 --> 01:26:10,513 I have lived by false standards. 1173 01:26:10,720 --> 01:26:13,109 I have held myself unaccountable to anyone. 1174 01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:16,790 And I have known evil. 1175 01:26:19,960 --> 01:26:24,078 For the first time, I see there is good in the world. 1176 01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:29,275 To see good is to be awakened to the Lord. 1177 01:26:34,080 --> 01:26:36,913 Know that my blessings follow both of you 1178 01:26:37,120 --> 01:26:39,315 all your days on earth. 1179 01:26:42,840 --> 01:26:45,400 Go in peace. 1180 01:26:46,120 --> 01:26:47,599 Go. 1181 01:27:16,080 --> 01:27:19,595 How can you possibly save him? I still command the palace guards. 1182 01:27:19,800 --> 01:27:22,075 But Herod's soldiers fill the palace. You cannot. 1183 01:27:22,360 --> 01:27:23,713 It is the only way. 1184 01:27:23,920 --> 01:27:25,956 No. 1185 01:27:27,880 --> 01:27:29,791 There is a more certain way. How? 1186 01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:33,310 I will dance for the king. And I will make him free the Baptist. 1187 01:27:33,800 --> 01:27:35,836 Dance for the king? 1188 01:27:36,080 --> 01:27:38,799 Do you realize...? He will never possess me. 1189 01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:44,189 No. No, I will not have you dance for him. 1190 01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:48,279 Prepare to leave. I will free the Baptist and then come for you. 1191 01:27:48,520 --> 01:27:51,796 [ 1192 01:28:07,640 --> 01:28:09,153 SALOME: Rebecca. Yes, princess. 1193 01:28:09,360 --> 01:28:11,157 Come with me. 1194 01:28:12,640 --> 01:28:14,710 [CROWD CHATTERING] 1195 01:28:30,200 --> 01:28:32,873 [ 1196 01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:05,192 I have orders from His Excellency, the governor. Release him. 1197 01:29:05,400 --> 01:29:08,836 I can only release the prisoner by orders of His Majesty, the king. 1198 01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:25,718 [MUSIC PLAYING] 1199 01:32:57,040 --> 01:33:00,510 I'd give half my kingdom. 1200 01:33:00,720 --> 01:33:04,952 No. Give me the head of the Baptist. 1201 01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:16,958 [MEN SHOUTING] 1202 01:33:36,400 --> 01:33:39,517 MICHA: Guards! Guards! 1203 01:33:47,840 --> 01:33:49,831 [MUSIC CONTINUES] 1204 01:35:12,840 --> 01:35:14,432 [MUSIC STOPS] 1205 01:35:30,400 --> 01:35:32,038 Away! 1206 01:35:37,480 --> 01:35:39,152 My mother. 1207 01:35:41,720 --> 01:35:45,474 That I should be of your flesh and blood. 1208 01:35:48,080 --> 01:35:50,878 I never want to look upon your face again. 1209 01:35:53,880 --> 01:35:56,314 [CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 1210 01:35:58,080 --> 01:36:00,116 [CLAMOURING IN DISTANCE] 1211 01:36:01,560 --> 01:36:03,915 Listen. Do you hear? 1212 01:36:04,960 --> 01:36:07,758 I can open the gates and let the populace tear you apart. 1213 01:36:08,200 --> 01:36:10,430 I could run my sword through both of you. 1214 01:36:10,640 --> 01:36:12,631 But that would make too quick an end. No. 1215 01:36:12,840 --> 01:36:15,877 Live. Live in torture. 1216 01:36:16,240 --> 01:36:20,836 May the blood of the man you murdered rise in your throats to choke you. 1217 01:36:21,040 --> 01:36:23,998 [CHUCKLING] 1218 01:36:25,120 --> 01:36:26,633 Ezra. 1219 01:36:29,440 --> 01:36:31,954 Ezra! 1220 01:36:39,800 --> 01:36:41,119 Give with us... Ezra. Ezra. 1221 01:36:41,320 --> 01:36:44,232 God upon us have mercy with us. 1222 01:36:46,320 --> 01:36:49,118 [ 1223 01:36:54,960 --> 01:36:57,076 JESUS: Love your enemies. 1224 01:36:57,280 --> 01:36:59,635 Bless them that curse you. 1225 01:36:59,840 --> 01:37:02,434 Do good to them that hate you. 1226 01:37:02,640 --> 01:37:05,438 And pray for them which despitefully use you 1227 01:37:05,640 --> 01:37:07,278 and persecute you. 1228 01:37:07,480 --> 01:37:11,632 That ye may be the children of your father which is in heaven. 1229 01:37:12,920 --> 01:37:17,789 For he maketh his son to rise on the evil and on the good. 1230 01:37:18,000 --> 01:37:22,278 And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 1231 01:37:22,480 --> 01:37:24,436 Blessed are the poor in spirit, 1232 01:37:24,640 --> 01:37:27,393 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 1233 01:37:27,600 --> 01:37:31,718 Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. 1234 01:37:32,280 --> 01:37:34,999 Blessed are they who mourn, 1235 01:37:35,200 --> 01:37:37,919 for they shall be comforted. 1236 01:37:38,560 --> 01:37:41,711 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, 1237 01:37:41,920 --> 01:37:44,309 for they shall be satisfied. 1238 01:37:44,880 --> 01:37:47,155 Blessed are the merciful, 1239 01:37:47,360 --> 01:37:50,079 for they shall obtain mercy. 1240 01:37:50,840 --> 01:37:53,752 Blessed are the pure of heart, 1241 01:37:53,960 --> 01:37:56,633 for they shall see God. 1242 01:37:57,000 --> 01:37:59,560 Blessed are the peacemakers, 1243 01:37:59,760 --> 01:38:02,274 for they shall be called 1244 01:38:02,480 --> 01:38:04,710 children of God. 1245 01:38:05,280 --> 01:38:09,990 Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice's sake, 1246 01:38:10,600 --> 01:38:14,229 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 1247 01:38:14,440 --> 01:38:16,908 [