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[grunts]

Hold it!

Stop!

[screams ]

No.

Get out of the way.

Get out.

[bangs]

[ Crashes ]

[shouting]

[grunts]

Move.

It is the tradition at Passover

to set free a prisoner, one chosen by the people.

You, the people of Jerusalem, will decide.

Which of these two condemned men do you wish to see set free,

Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas?

[grunts]

Barabbas.

Barabbas.

Barabbas. Barabbas.

Barabbas.

Barabbas.

[crown chanting]

Barabbas.

Barabbas.

Barabbas.

[chanting continues]

No.

[chanting continues]

No!

[ laughing ]

[ Clapping ]

Sorry, there's no more wine.

[grunts]

I'm sorry.

There's no more wine.

Woman, my time has not yet come.

Come.

Do whatever he tells you.

Fill them with water.

Water.

What are you doing?

I'll give you half.

You can say Barabbas took it all.

I don't betray my master.

Put it back.

[grunts]

Don't kill me.

Don't kill me.

[grunts]

Grapes, grapes, fresh grapes off the vine.

No, I don't think so.

Well, try these then.

[ Chattering ]

Freshest ones here.

We've been here a week.

I hope not.

[ Chattering ]

Tamar.

Tamar!

I dropped my cup.

People don't come here to drink.

Take one of my girls.

Take as many as you like.

How about you kick everybody out?

I wanna be alone.

Choose any girl you wish.

I wanna be alone.

[shrieking ]

Everybody out.

Out. Move.

Get out.

I wanna be alone.

Out. Out.

Get out.

Move.

Everybody out.

You don't even know what that is.

Get out. Get out.

She doesn't understand about me.

What are you doing?

This is a brothel.

You're not even doing anything.

Get out. Out.

[ Pants ]

I wanna be alone.

You are alone, Barabbas.

Alone.

Alone.

Take Sila, you've always liked her.

No, I want the nameless one.

What nameless one?

The one who's frightened of me.

Frightened of you?

Everyone who knows you is--

Frightened of me?

Her, she trembles every time she sees you.

She does-- I want the nameless one.

I am the nameless one.

Why the nameless one?

Because he asked me my name, and I didn't give it.

But she's only a servant.

She doesn't know how to do what you want.

She's less than worthless.

Get out.

What's your name?

Esther.

Pretty.

That's your share.

It's a pittance.

So, next time choose a better house to rob.

[ Horse whinnies]

Barabbas, so he's alive.

They said he was killed in Damascus.

Or in a fight in Sidon or hung by the neck in Tiro.

You can't believe the rumors.

Barabbas always comes back.

Wherever there's a dead body, that where I'll find

you two scavengers.

Welcome back, Barabbas.

Zealots.

So busy looking for the messiah,

they found death instead.

Everyone in Judea is waiting for a messiah.

They'll have to crucify the whole land.

It might happen sooner or later.

Under this Roman governor, zealots are the enemies

of Rome with all this talk of rebellion

and a messiah that's coming to liberate them

with a sword of fire.

Well, these two won't be doing anymore talking,

and that's what talking gets you.

We should just kick the Romans out.

Careful what you say.

Pilate's spies are everywhere.

The Romans control the roads, control the caravans,

control the city, everything there is,

the taxes and the gold, seize the harvests,

and they're making it difficult to steal.

Either you work for the Romans

and break your back for a pittance,

or you end up like them.

What do you two want out of life?

Wine, money and whores.

Same as him, but more whores.

[ laughs I

Well, you follow me, you'll have everything you need.

You follow me, I'll make you rich.

Oh, wine, money and whores and whores and whores and whores...

[ horse whinnies]

Are you the caravan master?

I am the oldest.

We come from Sunem in Galilee.

Well, if you are the master, then the lives

of these people depend on you.

We are all children of the same Father.

You know, I never had the chance to meet him.

But the Lord is with us always,

and we are under His protection.

I don't think so.

He would not had you meet me, Barabbas.

Barabbas, we are traveling to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices

in the temple.

You know, I never understood these sacrifices.

It is the duty of every child of this land.

How do you make a sacrifice?

One offers the victims to the Lord in order

to obtain his benevolence.

So, you buy animals and sheep and doves,

and you kill them?

And you waste your money on this nonsense?

It is tradition.

Well, we're gonna have a change of plans.

Old man, today, you give your money to me.

But the money for sacrifices is sacred.

Oh, I assure you, the money will be just as sacred with me.

We are all children of God.

Please, leave us in peace.

Drop your knives or sacrifices will be made

right here and now.

[shouting]

You reap what you sow.

Where is the money?

No.

Kill the woman.

[screams ]

Stop.

Stop it. Stop.

It's all here.

[ laughs I

You're very generous.

Choose any girl you wish, even two, three,

as many as you like.

You may have her all night if you wish.

Well, she's mine...

forever.

[ laughs I

A serving girl.

Aren't you afraid of me?

Would it make any difference?

Well, yes.

You are afraid of me.

Everyone is afraid of Barabbas, everyone.

[gasps 1

Why not?

It's a sin.

Yeah. That's why I like it.

It would be against God's will.

God?

Now I've lost all desire.

I don't want you or your god.

I want a drink.

Go to sleep.

As I told you, follow me and I will make you fishers of men.

I am a fisherman, always have been,

but I don't understand what fishers of men means?

[ Chuckles ]

Answer me this: what is easier,

to smile or to offend, to hit someone

or to lend a helping hand?

You can see better from here.

In your opinion, what pleases God more,

to offend or to smile, to hit out

or to come in peace?

Love your neighbor as you would yourself

because your same pain is in the heart

of those close to you as your same hope.

I've never had the courage to hope.

Excuse me. I must go.

[ Marching ]

Do you know what punishment awaits

those who lie to the Roman governor?

I'm not on trial, am I?

That depends.

What am I accused of?

You'd better say that you were mistaken,

that you made it all up.

I can say whatever you would like me to say, my lord.

That's better.

But everyone in

Bethsaida--that is where I was born.

Everyone there knows me.

They know I was born blind.

You faked being blind in order to beg.

No.

These eyes had never seen the light of day.

My world was made up of things I could touch, taste.

Ask anyone in Bethsaida who knows me.

They know how I have lived my life.

Ask Rabbi Elazir.

He is my master at the synagogue.

We won't ask anyone.

You are a treacherous people, plotting our downfall,

everyone of you.

No one can give sight to a man born blind.

You are right, my lord.

No one can do that, but I am the exception.

And how do you think that is possible?

I don't know.

I could hear people talking, shouting.

I moved towards them.

"What's going on?" I said.

"What are you talking about?

Who are you talking about?"

"Jesus," they said.

But many people are called Jesus.

Then they say, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Had you ever heard his name before?

No. Never.

Not as a healer?

As one who drives out demons?

No. Never.

When I came close, someone pointed me out

to him, and then I felt his hands on my eyes.

Enough.

You're repeating yourself.

Throw him in prison without light.

You're used to the dark, aren't you?

[Whimpers]

A leader sent down from heaven,

a messiah to lead the revolt against the emperor.

If the people believe this nonsense,

it will be the end for us.

You don't believe in prophets, do you?

You should rest, Claudia.

When did you last have a good sleep?

You won't answer my question.

Do you know who this child is?

It isn't the child that I can't give you.

Not you, fate.

It was our lot, that's all.

The prophet talks of a child, a child who will

bring light to the world.

You don't believe it, do you?

You don't believe it can happen, that someone can

restore sight to the blind.

Claudia, you must learn to distinguish.

I govern this land on behalf of the Roman emperor.

You close your eyes in order not to see.

You don't want to see.

You are blind and without hope.

I need hope.

I can't live without hope.

I will request a transfer back to Rome soon.

We cannot live in this land of rebels and fake prophets.

Isn't it what you always wanted, to return home?

Not now.

I want to see with my own eyes, to hear with my own ears.

Is this about the Rabbi of Nazareth?

He's just one of the many who incite the crowd against us.

Stay close to me.

I need you.

[ Horse whinnies]

You, get over that hill, on the road to Jerusalem.

If you see Romans or Herod's soldiers,

you'll have time to warn me.

And you, after you water the horses,

wait and sit under that tree, on guard.

Do you know how to play one of these?

No.

Well, learn and keep playing until I come out of there.

And if you stop playing, I'll know you asleep.

And if you're asleep, well, I'll know how to wake you.

Yeah.

[ Blows air]

[flute being played]

I brought you something.

Oh, what's the matter?

Aren't you hungry?

I take care of you, don't I?

Let me go.

Where?

To see the man of Nazareth, to hear him speak.

He's got nothing to say.

Then you shouldn't be afraid.

Afraid?

I bought you.

I can do what I want with you.

What if you didn't come back?

Why wouldn't I come back?

What, you mean if someone kills me?

If I die, how could you live?

What have you got there?

What is that?

Must be worth a fortune.

I pretend that my mother left it to me.

Pretend?

I never knew her.

Like me, I didn't know mine either.

A slave merchant raised me, hate and fear.

I asked for bread, he gave me stones.

I asked for water, they whipped me.

How can you believe in God?

How can I not?

You can leave.

Go, leave.

I don't care.

Just remember, without me, you have nothing.

You have no one.

I have God.

God.

I saw how well you were doing with him only.

He wasn't so good to you, was he?

Maybe He sent you to me.

Then he is a cruel God.

[ laughs I

[ Plays flute 1

[ horse whinnies]

[gasps 1

You are cleverer than your friend.

Now, you could be even richer and still alive.

Barabbas!

[grunts]

Stop.

Death is too good for you, Barabbas.

Water to wine, Barabbas.

The Lord revealed His power.

It's almost time for us to take up the sword and fight.

And the messiah will lead us to victory, not you, Barabbas.

All evil and all the filth of the world are burned

in the fires of Gahenna.

Please.

Please, don't run away.

Help me, please.

He's trapped in the fire.

He's burning.

[grunting ]

Help!

Barabbas?

I need help, a little help.

A little help, a few coins.

I need help, just a coin or two for my friend.

He's hurt.

I have no coins with me.

How else can I help you?

I need ointments, medicinal herbs.

You can take this.

This is too much.

Thank you.

Please, let me come with you.

It's better I go in alone.

This is no place for you.

Let me help, please.

Please.

[ Groans ]

[flies buzzing]

Burn. Burn.

Burn all the...

Burn all the evil of the world.

Form up, form up, move!

I never would have dreamed this land

would yield us so much.

Rome is never satisfied.

Today, two of our people were stabbed in the back.

I was told.

They hate us more every day.

I know of an entire village in the south burned

to the ground by your soldiers.

They were hiding zealots, Claudia, the very same people

who would love to kill us.

I don't want you going to the city on your own.

I'll give you an escort.

I don't need an escort.

Do you really believe this Jesus of Nazareth

will protect you or the god you talk

so much about?

Hope.

[flies buzzing]

What are you doing?

Leave, get away from me.

Get away from me.

Move. Move.

Why did you save me?

You're free.

You don't want me anymore?

You make me forget who I am.

You make me weak.

I don't know why.

I can't allow that.

Don't accumulate riches in this world.

Woodworms and rust destroy everything, and thieves

take whatever is left.

It's better to accumulate your riches in heaven.

Thieves don't go there to steal.

Where you find your riches, there you will

also find your heart.

We have dates and plates.

This is not enough.

[grunts]

Stop them!

[grunting ]

[grunts]

Drop your weapons.

Which of you is Barabbas?

That's him.

They killed him.

This is Barabbas.

Let the other one go.

He's the one we want.

Our leader wants to see you.

[grunting ]

Watch your enemy's eyes.

That way, you can see if he's afraid

or about to strike.

[grunts]

Your eyes are telling you you're tired.

You must mask your tiredness.

Go.

Do you know who I am?

We need money for the war in Rome.

I took it from Rome.

It's mine.

We need more.

So go get it.

I need men like you.

You don't know who I am.

You are Barabbas.

There are so many stories about you.

You would need a hundred lives.

Who are you really?

I am who I am.

I know what you could become.

I like being Barabbas.

It is your life, but how will you respond

when the messiah summons you to free our land?

Messiah is a fable for the defeated.

I don't believe in fables.

He will believe in you and summon you to his side.

I'll worry about that when and if that day comes.

This is for the money you stole for us.

It is a sign of the Essene, my people.

The Essene?

The Essene don't fight wars.

They don't kill.

They don't seek riches.

They wait.

They wait for a man who brings peace.

That's why I left them.

I believe in a warrior messiah who'll lead us

to ultimate victory.

You know the way to our camp now.

I should kill you.

I'm not afraid to die.

Give him wine and bread and let him go.

You will return.

Maybe not.

[ Chanting ]

[ laughs I

You come back here!

His name is Licinio Tellure.

In just a few years, he has become

one of the richest men in all Syria.

He is the son of a Roman general,

born and raised abroad, and he's a big crook

like his father.

A valued client, I assume.

Huh.

Not even all my girls are enough for him.

He has asked me for others and he pays double.

What's he doing in Jerusalem?

He has just returned from Leptis Magna.

They say that he and the governor have agreed

to share their taxes, a mountain of gold,

which he keeps in his house.

Where is Esther?

You chased her away.

Now you want her back.

Shut up. I bought her.

She's mine.

Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.

She's yours and you don't know what happened to her?

Ha.

She's the maid of some carpenter in Nazareth.

He fools the people with his tricks,

and she, along with other equally crazy women,

serves him hand and foot, cleans everything.

To think I wanted to make her a prostitute.

[ laughs I

You should have seen the look on their faces.

I could not tell you.

Never seen him before in my life.

[ laughing, chattering ]

Come join us if you wish.

Barabbas, I told you you would return.

You said you needed money.

Not for me, for the struggle.

There's a mountain of gold.

The gold of Leptis Magna.

What do you know about it?

It's amazing what you can learn simply by listening.

Meaning what?

Take it. It's yours.

I can't do it alone.

You can't?

It's impossible.

So you need others?

I need you and your men.

We can share it equally.

And then what will you do?

More money, more wealth, more gold?

What about you?

More wars, more weapons, more blood?

I'm preparing the way for he who will come.

The messiah will free us with his sword of fire.

This is my answer.

I don't know if it is what you seek.

Barabbas is not one of us, but we need him as he needs us.

After that, we'll go our separate ways.

This man is a criminal!

His hands are covered in blood.

His life is a sacrilege.

And rather than accept him among us, we should kill him.

The fires of Gahenna didn't work.

You want to try again?

Enough!

Give me the knife.

No one tells me what to do.

You think you're free?

I am free!

You wanna be free?

You are a slave to the violence within you.

It serves me well enough.

That is the way of the animal.

If you know when to stop, then you're a man.

Didn't your father teach you that?

My-- forget it.

It was very easy for you to talk like that.

I never had someone teach me anything.

I never had a father.

Then you have much to learn.

Get some sleep.

Choose the best.

Me?

You know better than I do what we're going up against.

Well, if we wanna to get into Licinio Tellure's villa

to steal his gold, we have to become gladiators.

How many men will it take?

Three, not including us.

That's all?

If this works, the fewer, the better.

And if it doesn't?

We die.

Tell me who you want as if you were the leader.

Well, these two and him, the one that brought me in.

Dan, Gad and Setur.

This is the house.

This is the temporary arena they're building,

games for his rich friends.

All of the exits, all of the guards are facing outward

to repel an attack from the outside.

But we, as gladiators, will attack from the inside.

So what do you do here?

I wash, clean, prepare the food for him.

And you, why are you here?

I don't know.

I wanted to see you.

Why?

I wanted to make sure you're all right.

Here with them, lots of things happen

that I don't understand.

I hear them talk.

I see the people who go to him.

It all seems so new.

Believe in nothing.

Those who believe in something get hurt more.

[ Rooster crows ]

Will you be back?

I don't know.

What I have to do, I might die.

The gold and--

The gold?

Only fools die for gold.

Only fools live poor.

I'm no fool.

Barabbas, he teaches another way.

There is no other way.

There's only survival.

It's never been different, never will be.

You take as much as you can while you live,

and then it's over and nothing,

except, maybe, love.

[swords clashing ]

[shouting]

[ Grunting, shouting ]

The only thing I truly care about,

the only thing is my reputation.

Ask anyone, from Gaul to Numidia to Asia Minor, they will all say

that the name of Druso Pollione is a guarantee.

My gladiators must be prepared to kill and be killed.

They asked me for five, five worthy of the challenge

for this rich Roman's party.

I don't want to know who you are nor where you come from.

I don't care if you are killers escaped from prison

or valorous soldiers.

But I want you to know that this is your last chance.

20,000 sesterces will go to the winner,

to he who is still standing after fighting

the great gladiators from Rome.

I want to see you in action, so I may choose the very best.

The weapons are blunted.

I want to see viciousness and determination,

but no blood.

Not yet anyway-

[ grunting, shouting ]

[thumping I

[ shouts ]

[grunting ]

Attack.

[grunting ]

[ Groans ]

Stop.

Stop!

It's enough.

I told you, it's enough!

Take him.

Wild animals like you can be useful,

but they must learn to recognize their master.

I am your master.

Three days in the cell, without food and water.

You shouldn't have done that.

He was going to kill you.

You almost ruined all of our plans.

The plan will fail without you.

You're wrong.

No one is indispensable.

Three of us can succeed.

Druso chose me and Dan.

What about Setur?

Setur is out, along with one of the Nubians,

the two Thracians and the Syrian.

I managed to convince Druso that without you,

the party would not live up to its expectations.

You won't get another chance to learn the lesson and to think,

to think before acting.

What if my plan fails?

What then?

Then you die.

Your men need you.

Too late.

The Lord does not abandon his children

in their hour of need.

Tell me what you feel.

Feel? Why?

By the time the sun rises, we all might be dead.

Fear never worked for me.

I believe in force alone.

No one is alone, not if he fights together with others.

You know what I want.

You'll get your gold.

Good.

Nothing else matters.

You're playing blind, Barabbas,

despite having eyes to see with.

[shouting]

[ laughter ]

I just want you with me.

I told you I love you, love you, love you so.

[ laughs I

[ chattering ]

Yeah!

[ Cheering, applause ]

These who are about to die salute you!

Let the games begin!

Go. Go.

Go. Go. Go.

Good luck.

Nothing happens by chance, Barabbas.

Go!

[ Grunting, shouting ]

Kill him!

[ Cheering ]

Kill!

[ Chanting ]

Kill. Kill.

Kill. Kill. Kill.

[ Cheering ]

And now, from Rome, Cams Tufius.

[ cheering ]

And from Jerusalem, Barabbas.

[ Booing, laughing ]

Let's see if you've learned anything.

[grunting ]

[ Cheering ]

[ laughs I

[grunting ]

Don't.

Don't do it.

[ Booing I

No.

He killed him.

I did not signal.

He killed him.

He's an animal, my lord.

Uncontrollable.

He will fight again.

Now, put your last winner against him.

Now.

Yes, my lord.

I will.

You will die for this.

Tonight, you will die.

Kedar.

Kedar.

Kill him.

[screaming ]

[grunting ]

[screams ]

[ Door opens ]

Wait.

He's gone.

[grunting ]

Stay down.

[grunting ]

[grunts]

[horse neighing]

[dog barking]

[ Neighing ]

[groans] [grunts]

[ Groans ]

The Romans don't even come up here to collect the taxes.

And if they did, only the Lord is privy to man's actions.

[grunting ]

Careful.

[ Groans ]

This is where our paths separate.

I don't know when I'll see you again.

You're a better man than you think, Barabbas.

You do have a destiny.

You must allow yourself to see it.

Go.

[ Panting ]

Barabbas: Dan, do you believe in destiny?

Dan: I believe in God, and I believe that He knows

what He wants from each of us.

If that is destiny, then, yes, I believe.

[screaming ]

[grunting ]

In here?

There is nothing.

We are poor people.

We have nothing to hide.

Commander, I beg you.

We keep the teachings of God in there.

[ Shouts ]

[ Sobs ]

[coughing ]

Blood begets blood.

I believe you have something I want.

[crowd shouting]

You're an adulteress, admit it.

Go on, admit it now!

Yes, but please, have pity on me.

I have a small son.

[shouting]

I have a son.

No, please. Please.

This woman was caught committing adultery.

The law of Moses commands us to stone her.

You say you wish to uphold law to the letter.

Tell us, what must we do?

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Stop.

Wait.

Pilate, you shouldn't be seen with someone like me.

With you, I feel comfortable.

You don't judge me.

I don't mean to be rude, but you don't seem happy.

You're the wife of the governor, you have everything.

He was different when I married him.

He had dreams.

He encouraged me to dream.

Now, he lives off hate and fear.

He's tormented by Rome, by Judea,

by all his responsibilities.

He protects you.

It means he worries about you.

I'm just one of his many worries.

You shouldn't say that.

I'm sure he loves you.

I failed him.

I didn't give him what he wanted most, what I wanted,

a child.

It was Jesus who gave me a reason to hope again.

Thank you.

He frightens me.

Why?

The love he talks of.

It's not the love you feel for another person.

It's a love that I'm afraid to understand.

It's too big.

You're in love, aren't you, Esther?

The man you saved.

I don't know where he is, but I did see him again.

[ laughs I

Tell me.

[swords clashing, grunting ]

This is what I took from you at Cana.

You cannot erase the past.

What happened happened.

How would you restore the lives you took?

Save it for them.

That's my share.

I need nothing.

When you see Kedar, you tell him--

Kedar has been captured.

The Romans have him.

The Romans have captured Kedar.

We need to go.

All right. Mount up.

Come on, get up to you horses. Move.

I call to you, oh, Lord.

Listen to me, listen to my cry for help.

I raise my hands to You and beg You to heed my prayer.

This is no time to pray.

He who has faith will see the power of the messiah.

[crowd shouting]

Oh, Lord, my strength, my rock, my fortress,

my shield, my savior.

[ Screaming, shouting ]

[grunting ]

You will lead us in battle again.

You are our hope.

I leave you my faith in the messiah,

he will come to lead us.

I want you to know that with you,

I've seen what life would've been like

if I'd had a father.

[sighs]

Attacked by overwhelming enemy forces.

Better still: attacked with the complicity

of the local population by overwhelming enemy forces.

I would have preferred to die with my men.

A wonderful sentiment.

Untie me.

He left me alive so that you would know

that zealots will continue the struggle.

And if a leader falls, others will be ready

to take up his sword.

Who?

Barabbas.

His name is Barabbas.

Barabbas, a dead man.

A gladiator?

I was told it was him.

Was he wounded?

I don't know, but it's the law of the arena.

But it isn't God's law.

No, it isn't God's law.

Esther...

They killed him, didn't they?

[sobbing ]

[children singing]

Thank God you're alive.

You're alive.

They saw you fight in the arena.

I was afraid I'd never see you again.

I'm here now.

And then one day he said to me,

"You will bear witness to me."

What does bear witness to me mean?

I don't know.

Ask him.

I've seen how you follow him around.

I've seen how you look at him.

You're jealous.

I don't know the meaning of the word jealous.

What do I have to be jealous of?

You owe me nothing.

I owe you more than you can imagine.

You do?

Good.

What does that mean?

I'm with child.

Child?

Our child.

Our child.

Esther...

this is no time for children.

I ask you nothing.

How can a man without a home, a criminal bound

for a cross raise a child?

I will return to Jerusalem and find somewhere to live.

You will come to me when you can.

I don't want him to know his father.

That is why I'm here.

The zealots need men that are willing to fight.

I will let you talk to the men.

Thank you.

The word of the prophet Isaiah.

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me.

He has chosen me to take His message to the poor.

He sent me to proclaim the release of the prisoners,

to restore sight to the blind, to free the oppressed,

to announce the time in which the laws will be favorable.

Today, for you who've heard me, this prophecy will come true.

What are you saying, that you are the messiah?

Blasphemy.

[ Clamoring ]

Take him away!

It's an outrage!

Throw him out.

He's a liar.

Lord, if you had been here, my brother would still be alive.

Where did you bury him?

[wailing]

Lord.

You have come. You have come.

Rabbi.

Remove the stone.

Lord?

He's been in there for four days.

His body will have started to decompose.

Remove the stone.

[ Groaning, coughing ]

Lazarus, come out.

[gasping ]

It's Lazarus.

[ Chattering ]

He's alive.

It's a miracle.

[ Chattering ]

[gasps 1

From the dead, Pontius, from the dead.

Raised from the dead.

What do you want me to do, write to the emperor?

I will write to say that there is a man here in Palestine

capable of raising the dead.

Is that what you want?

That Pilate becomes the laughing stock of Rome?

That he's gone mad because of his failure

to maintain law and order.

That's all that bothers you.

It must bother me.

Too often, you forget that I am the governor

of these lands.

Sometimes I'd rather not talk to the governor.

Sometimes I wish I could talk to the man who took me

at 16 years of age from my father's house

and who swore to love me.

I've never stopped loving you.

In spite of everything, is that what you mean?

In spite of a fact that I am no longer the woman I was?

And now you think I've gone mad.

I wholly believe that we all need strong motives to survive,

and you need to believe in that man's miracles.

But what this Jesus of Nazareth does, what he says,

true or false, it's a fire consuming

everything in its path.

And we must stop him, before he consumes us, too.

Do you really love me?

Yes, I do.

Then promise me you'll do nothing to harm him.

I will do as you wish.

I've been expecting you.

They will never go out.

More will come tomorrow and the days after.

They will light more and more to keep the memory alive.

Memory of what?

What exactly happened here, Esther?

Jesus called for Lazarus to come out of the tomb,

and he came back from the dead.

Then he was not dead.

I heard Jesus ask Martha, that's Lazarus' sister,

"Who do you think I am?"

And she answered, "I believe you are the messiah,

you're the son of God who has come into the world."

Keep it.

Oh, thanks.

Are you Jesus of Nazareth?

And who are you?

I'm Barabbas of Jerusalem.

So are you also traveling to Jerusalem?

Is that where you going?

Well, don't, there's danger.

What danger?

The priests of the temple say that, because of Lazarus,

the people believe in you and they would

follow you anywhere.

How did you hear of this?

Our people are everywhere.

The zealots?

They say you want to be crowned king of Israel.

And what do you think, Barabbas?

I think if that is true, then everyone in this land

is ready to fight for you.

To fight.

Yes, fight, led by a messiah with a sword of fire.

Do you believe in the messiah?

I believe in a leader who will come

to liberate his people.

And this messiah is a warrior?

All over this land, there are thousands of fires

of rebellion.

The people are just waiting for a sign.

What I say, what I do, is there

for all to hear and see.

Well, say the word and you will be king of Israel.

No, my kingdom is not of this earth.

Did you not say that with you,

all the prophecies would be fulfilled?

I heard you.

My kingdom is not of this earth.

What are you saying?

It is here on earth where we need a messiah

who will fight for our freedom.

Do you not understand that?

Did you not say that you were the son of the almighty?

My kingdom is not of this earth.

Charlatan.

You are not the messiah.

You do not have a kingdom.

-- Master, we have to go. -- You have nothing.

Politician.

You are a politician.

Those who believe will wake up sooner or later.

[ Chanting ]

[ laughing ]

Do you hear that?

They acclaim him as the king of Israel.

It's none of my business.

He doesn't threaten the interest of Rome.

To proclaim oneself the son of God

is an intolerable sacrilege.

According to your laws perhaps, not ours.

You're wrong.

I know Rome better than you.

I fear it will mean certain rebellion

in every village in Israel.

I have enough man to crush any rebellion.

No one will stop them if they believe

the messiah has come.

I see no armies ready to follow him.

Your wife was seen among those who listen to him.

We wouldn't be masters of the world if we didn't take

an interest in everything.

We will all pay for your mistake.

Meaning?

This evil must be stopped.

You go talk to Herod.

Sort it out amongst yourselves.

My lord, I have information for you.

Who are you?

What do you want?

There's going to be an insurrection.

An insurrection against Rome?

Yes, during Passover.

Are you sure?

Yes, I've overheard Barabbas speak of it.

Barabbas.

It's madness to believe anything that criminal says.

Which is why I'm here, my lord.

Barabbas believes in nothing.

He will lead everyone to their death.

Do you know where I can find him?

Here in the city, my lord.

Right now, in front of the sanhedrin,

with the crowd waiting to hear if Jesus of Nazareth

will be acquitted or condemned.

And then Caiaphas approached the Nazarene and said,

"In the name of the living God, I entreat you

to tell us if you are the messiah,

the Christ, the son of God."

And he answered, "Your words, not mine."

Get him.

Get him he's up there.

After him.

Get him.

Out of the way.

Barabbas, come.

Here, in there.

[ Door crashes open ]

No, there's no one.

[screams ]

Esther!

[ Shouting, grunting ]

Esther!

Run.

[ Groans ]

If you are the messiah,

why not bring these prison walls down around you?

Why not?

Messiah, why not?

Why not bring these prison walls down around you?

Messiah.

Messiah.

Why not?

Esther?

Esther?

Esther?

[gasps 1

Esther.

Esther.

My baby.

My baby.

[shouting]

Move.

It's is the tradition at Passover

to set free a prisoner, one chosen by the people.

You, the people of Jerusalem, will decide.

Which of these two condemned men

do you wish to see set free, Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas?

[grunts]

Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas?

Barabbas.

Barabbas.

Barabbas.

[crowd chanting]

Barabbas.

No. Please.

No!

My lord, please.

[ Chanting, shouting ]

[grunts]

Move!

Please, stop them.

I can't.

Jesus is innocent.

It doesn't depend on me.

Then who?

Who if not you?

Who's in charge here, who?

The law.

The people had to decide, and they decided.

They're afraid, Pontius.

Don't you understand?

They still have no idea who he is.

If they had believed in him, they would have saved him.

You shouldn't have let it happen.

I followed the law, Claudia.

No stupid law will ever be enough

to justify your allowing this to happen.

Don't let her out of your sight.

[ Shouts ]

What has any of this achieved?

What's the point of not taking up the sword and fighting

for what you believe in?

You want to go back to jail?

Get out of here before someone realizes

a mistake has been made.

[grunts]

[crowd shouting]

You'll get what's coming to you.

[grunts]

[spits]

Messiah?

I heard you speak. Your a fraud!

[ laughs I

You fake.

No. No water.

[grunts]

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