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Up!

Up!

(Grunting)

Come on!

Get him up! Quickly!

Now move!

(Banging on door)

We wish to see the prefect.

This is the High Priest of all Judea.

What can he want at this hour? And of course I have to go see him.

Don't leave me.

I won't be long.

Bring her some wine.

(Groaning)

Forgive us, Prefect. This is a matter of the greatest urgency.

- What is? My wife is sleeping! - This man...

What? You want to have him punished for something?

Crucified.

Crucified?

- Is he a murderer? - A blasphemer.

Blasphemer?

This is a religious matter. Nothing to do with me.

He attacked the moneychangers in the temple.

And are they here, these poor moneychangers?

- Have they complained? - They are not,

but now he's threatening to destroy the temple.

So?

Jesus preaches that we shouldn't pay tax to Rome.

Jesus?

And that he's the new king of Judea.

- What have you got to say? - Prefect...

You understand I have the authority to release you or not?

Do you tell the people such things?

His followers hail him King of Judea.

Talk to his followers.

Jesus came to this city proclaiming himself king.

King against Rome.

If you're a king, where's your crown?

Where are your soldiers?

Hmph.

I deal with rebels, bandits, in there.

I've killers waiting to be crucified.

Look at this man.

He's of no concern to Rome or me.

Let him be.

You can't.

Caiaphas, has Passover gone to your head?

You can't...let him be.

Neither of us can.

Chair!

Wait a moment.

- It's him. The man from my dream. - I don't understand. They want him crucified.

No! No, no! You mustn't!

My dream was telling us, warning us! You mustn't harm this man.

- Caiaphas... - Don't listen to Caiaphas.

He's the High Priest, not some minor elder.

You know Jerusalem. It's like putting your hand into a beehive.

I'm frightened.

There are ways.

There's always a way.

I know what I can do.

- Is there a large crowd outside? - Mm.

Followers of Jesus?

Let them in.

Open up!

You say this man claims to be the new King of Judea.

The kingdom is not about this earth.

A miracle! He speaks.

So you're not a king?

If I was...

do you think I'd let myself be handed over?

Don't you think my followers would fight?

King...is their word.

I have only one purpose.

To reveal the truth.

Truth?

Truth is what men make it.

At Passover it's customary to release a prisoner.

I can decide what prisoner to release...

or I can allow the crowd to choose.

In the cells we have a genuine bandit - Jesus Barabbas,

who killed a man in cold blood.

I can release Jesus Barabbas

or I can release Jesus...

(Whispers) Of Nazareth.

Jesus of Nazareth.

(Crowd murmuring)

Barabbas.

(Crowd) Barabbas!

Barabbas! Barabbas! Barabbas!

(Crowd shouting)

Barabbas! Barabbas!

(Crowd) Barabbas! Barabbas! Barabbas!

Barabbas! Barabbas! Barabbas!

- Barabbas! Barabbas! - (Hush descends)

Stop.

Have him whipped, no more. He's committed no crime.

That's not good enough.

Have you forgotten who you're talking to?

Jesus has followers. I know you didn't believe him an enemy of Rome,

but at this very moment his followers are learning that he's been arrested.

They will riot, suddenly, searching for their leader.

And you will have done nothing to stop them.

Act now -

his followers see their leader broken.

By Rome.

Do nothing...

and they'll riot.

People will say...

you've been no friend to Tiberius.

Release Jesus Barabbas.

Have Jesus of Nazareth crucified.

- Get up! - (Chains jangling)

Get up! This way.

Go on!

You're free to go.

- Get out! - Agh!

Peace be with you...

Jesus Barabbas.

(Cloth ripping)

(Whip cracks)

(Whip cracks)

Tiberius wants peace in Judea? Peace he'll have!

You gave in to him! You could have stopped him!

There's no talking with these people! Don't you see that?

The things they believe! I will not be undermined in Rome!

You want to go home, don't you? Don't you? Your villa!

Yes. Yes.

That little snake!

- Prefect? - What?!

The inscription, the sign on the cross - what should it read?

Put... "Jesus of Nazareth -

"King of Judea."

See how Caiaphas likes that.

- But isn't that... - Just do it!

Of course.

There are soldiers everywhere clearing the streets.

Jesus is to be crucified at Golgotha.

- When? - Now. They're on their way there.

Just as he said.

In the garden at Gethsemane, did you see Judas kiss him?

There, I told you I saw him kiss Jesus! That was his signal.

- What are we going to do? - Find Judas.

Jesus is dying and we are hiding like children.

(Sighs)

- (Chatter and laughter) - Wine.

Wine! Wine! Wine!

More wine.

There was another Jesus.

They decided to crucify him.

Dirt!

(Coins jangling)

Blood money.

I sold him.

(Sobs)

(Sobs) No...

The one who truly loved me, I sold his life!

(People shouting)

(Women screaming)

(Whips cracking)

Come on, you scum!

Come on!

Up!

Up!

(Whip cracks)

Go on! Away! Away!

Look! The king has no crown.

Hail King of Judea!

(Gasps)

Come on!

Come on!

Move!

Thank you.

Move away, move away!

(Sobbing)

(Water sloshing)

(Rope creaking)

No one came for me!

You kept me out of your council!

You walked out of the last council. You said you wanted nothing to do with this.

You have put an innocent man to death.

No High Priest - no one, not even Annas -

has maintained peace in Jerusalem as long as I have!

For years I have watched every word, every act of mine,

to walk a path between our people and the Romans.

I have kept us safe...

our children, our city.

In one morning, I have destroyed Pilate's trust in me,

I have made an enemy of him.

My own people condemn me

and Roman soldiers patrol the streets.

Do you really believe I would go through all this, risk everything,

if I thought Jesus was innocent?

Jesus came here claiming to be King.

He wanted us to worship him.

Come on.

(Cloth ripping)

Take this.

Take it. Trust me, it's a lot easier when you're drunk.

No.

Everyone takes it.

I haven't come to do this drunk.

You'll be screaming for it later.

Lie down.

Father...

I offer myself to you.

I offer myself to you.

Steady.

(Screams)

(Hammer blows echoing)

All right, lads, after three. One, two, three...

(All grunt)

(Men groaning)

I told you so.

- Son of God! - (Soldier chuckles)

(Groaning and gasping)

Get down!

Go on, save yourself. You're so holy!

Shut up!

King of Judea!

(Laughs)

Jump down! Jump down, then we'll believe you!

I said shut up!

He's innocent!

We're getting what we deserve! What has he done wrong?

Jesus, remember me in your kingdom!

Father...

..f...forgive them.

They don't know what they've done.

They don't know.

Father...

- It's one of the priests. - Another one? What now?

He has a message from Caiaphas, the inscription for Jesus of Nazareth.

- Prefect, you have written "King of Judea". - So?

This man was no one's king. His claim was false.

We all understand that.

What I have written, I have written.

Of course.

As you will.

As I will!

No! Look, in a few hours it'll be quiet.

If we can stay here for Sabbath, after that people will be leaving the city.

- We should go with them. - Where to?

Back to Galilee.

Why not?

We had lives there, some of us.

Families.

We can't abandon Jesus.

He asked us to be his disciples, to spread the gospel of good news.

Good news?

Where's the good news, Matthew?

Follow Jesus and get crucified?

- How dare you talk like that? - Hey, hey, hey.

- How dare you?! - Calm down!

- Get off! - Calm down!

What are you looking at?

You'll be back to work soon enough.

No.

No?

Jesus has shown me a new life.

My...

beautiful...

son.

No!

(Yells)

(Continues yelling)

John?

Will you look after her?

- Like your own mother? - Of course.

Mother...

This is your son.

Love... Love one another.

- We're going to have to break his legs. - What?

He'll never be dead before nightfall.

- It's quicker this way. - Come on, get out.

- Come on. - No!

- (John) Leave her alone! - Get back!

- (John) Leave her alone! - Back!

No more!

- No more. - Stop!

Stop!

Oh God!

Why...

Why have you abandoned me?

No, Jesus.

No.

He's going.

Father...

I give you...my spirit.

I've loved you with all my heart.