All language subtitles for [1976] Roberto Rossellini - Il Messia (EN)

(VOICES OF PEOPLE
AND CRIES OF ANIMALS)

[In the XI century B.C., the tribes
of Israel, which had escaped..]

[..slavery in the
land of Egypt,..]

[..after forty years of
wandering in the desert..]

[..under the leadership of Moses
reached the Promised Land..]

[..and established themselves
in the valley of Canaan.]

(SUBDUED VOICES)

(CRIES OF ANIMALS)

Child: No!

(DESPERATE CRIES)

(INDISTINCT VOICES)

My brothers, each father must
give his heart to his children

By giving his heart to his children
he will also give them life,..

..his experience, his
protection, love

To live in harmony with the
Eternal and in peace with Him..

..and with his brothers, the father
must give his heart..

..to his children
and must listen to their worries.

Man 1: We have always lived
and live following this rule

Man 1 : And we have always
punished the transgressor thereof

Man 2: According to this holy rule
we crossed the desert,..

..comforted along the path by
the lead of Moses, our father.

Man 2: We suffered all kinds of
privations, sustained only..

..by the faith of our fathers,
by the rules that make us brothers

..by the promise of reaching the
Promised Land.

Man 3: And we came from the
ancient pact with the Eternal.

Man 3: We raised our tents,
pastured the flocks in peace..

..and brotherhood as ever.
But the Philistines assaulted us,..

..killed our children,
raided our cattle,..

..obstructed our work,
took our defensive weapons..

..and even the stone to sharpen
the plough and the axes for the wood.

They live in their cities,
rich and arrogant,..

..lead by warrior kings.
They have money and embroidered dresses,..

..fat cattle and stone houses.

Man 2: And as always,
we want to give the heart..

.. to our children, but also
serenity, the possibility..

..of working in peace,
the safety of being protected.

Man 4: We want to give them cities
strong with walls and forts,..

..and with stone houses
as those of the Philistines.

Man 4: We want our wandering
to be over.

Man 4: We want to raise
a temple to the Eternal,..

..here, in the land
that He promised to us.

Man 2: We want a king, Samuel,
as all the nations.

A king that may judge us and lead us.

Samuel: My brothers,
there is no king for our people.

And each of us in Israel
may do what seems most right to him.

There is no king that orders
or judgeth, because men's judgement..

..is often untruthful.
There is no king in Israel,..

..but the brother, judging the
brother, judgeth himself..

..and acts for good.
There is no king in Israel..

..because the king of Israel is the
Eternal, Who freed us from slavery.

He alone is perfection and He alone
may judge and order.

As our father Moses did,
I will bow down before Him..

..to ask for counsel and light.

I asked the Eternal and He told
me "Hearken to the voice.."

"of the people in all that
they say to thee. For they.."

"have not rejected thee, but me,
that I should not reign over them".

"According to what they have done from
when I brought them out of Egypt,.."

"as they have forsaken me, and
served strange gods.."

"so do they also unto thee.
Therefore, hearken to their voice:"

"but yet testify to them,
and foretell them"

"the right of the king.."

"that shall reign over
the people of Israel".

This will be the right of the
king that shall reign over you.

He will take your sons
and pit them in his army,..

..to run before his
royal chariot

To be his tribunes, and his
centurions, and to plough his fields..

..and to reap his corn,
and to make him..

..arms and chariots.
Your daughters also he will take..

..to make him ointments,
to anoint his body,..

..to light the fire in
his kitchens,..

..to bake the bread
for his table.

And he will take your fields,
and your vineyards,..

..and your best olive yards

..and give them to his servants.
Moreover he will take the tenth

..of your corn, and of the revenues
of your vineyards..

..and crops to
give to his servants.

Your servants also, and handmaids,
and your goodliest young men,..

and your asses, he will take away,
and put them to his work.

Your flocks also he will tithe,..

..and you shall be his servants.

And you shall cry out in that
day from the face of the king,..

..whom you have chosen to yourselves:
and the Eternal will not hear you in that day,

..nor hearken to your cry.

Man 4: There shall be a king over us
And we also will be..

..like all nations.
This is our will.

Man 4: There shall be a king over us
who shall judge us, and go..

..out before us
and fight our battles for us.

Once again you have
betrayed our Lord.

Then at your expenses
you shall know what meaneth..

..to be subject to a king's will.

[By the will of the tribes of
Israel, Saul was anointed king.]

Saul: Whoever will not exit his
tent and follow..

..to battle his king, Saul, he will
see his cattle treated as such

(BELLOWING)

(shouting) Say it to all!

(shouting) To all!

[So Saul was the first king of Israel.
He was a great king, but like the kings..]

[..of the other nations, he used
his power with arrogance..]

[..and lead the meek shepherds
of Israel to war.]

(CRIES OF WAR)

[From the time of Samuel,
kings succeeded to kings,..]

[..wars to wars,
tears to tears.]

[There were great kings and small kings,
but all sought luxury and power.]

[The kingdom became so big
that king Solomon had..]

[..to divide it among the tribes
and so the tribes of Judas..]

[..took the arms
against the tribes of Israel.]

[For the first time, brothers
killed brothers.]

[And again other kings came and
all, by the power of the crown,..]

[..transgressed, yet their
tombs have no crown..]

[..but dung for a bed and
worms for a litter.]

[Death, destruction, exile,
corruption, war, this is..]

[..what the kings brought.
But for a thousand years, the prophets..]

[..have fostered the hope
among the humble people of Israel,..]

[..of a just king, a Messiah
who will inevitably come..]

[..because the Eternal promised.]

Physician: One moment and I am finished.

(HEROD GROANS)

Physician: Thou wilt feel relief.
They have just arrived today:

..webs from Cuma
soaked in pure honey from Nemi.

(HEROD GROANS)
Herod: And so?

Soldier: The spies have
never lost sight of them.

They were seen in Caesarea
and Jericho, they are wise men,..

..princes, astrologers and say
that mysterious signs lead..

..them to Judea to
find the new king.

Another king in my lands?

Yea, the king of kings, they say,
the Messiah.

Herod: What do Scriptures say
about this Messiah?

Where should he be born?

Secretary: In Bethlehem of Juda.
For so it is written by the prophet:

"And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda
art not the least among the princes

for out of thee shall come forth the
captain that shall rule

..my people, Israel".

Herod: We are honoured by your
presence in Jerusalem.

Herod: What sign have you seen
of the new born king?

Wise Man: We saw a star brighter
than the rest..

..so that the rest disappeared
From this prodigy we understood..

..that a king had been born in Israel
and we came to homage him.

Go and diligently inquire
after the child,

and when you have found him,
bring me word again, that I also..

..may come and adore him.

(HEROD WHISPERS)

Wise King: Gold for thy kingdom,
incense for thy divinity,..

..myrrh, the bitterest herb,
from which an ointment is made..

..to anoint corpses,
for thy suffering.

Angel: Beware of Herod, take the
child and his mother, and fly.

(CRIES OF WOMEN
AND WAILING OF BABIES)

(HEROD GROANS)

He is worsening by the hour.
He cannot sleep anymore.

The pain is insufferable.
We must do something.

Yesterday he cried all night.

We tried any cure,
but he could not endure

..even baths in sulphurous water.
Yesterday he collapsed twice.

There is nothing else to do.
We must continue with foot baths.

..of scalding water and cinder.

(HEROD GASPS)

(HEROD CRIES)

Crowd: Herod is dead!
Come, come!

(UPROARS OF THE CROWD)

(agonising) They wanted my death.
They rejoiced for my death.

But Herod is alive. Alive!

The two heads of the
rebellion shall be burnt alive.

My son, Antipater,
who desired my throne,..

..shall be choked.

(panting) And whoever
took part in the rebellion..

..shall be strangled.

And the high priest shall
be deposed in infamy.

I want all the most
illustrious men of my kingdom

..to be all gathered.

Scholars, priests, teachers,
they shall all be gathered right now.

To be executed
when I die.

I want tears for my death.

(MURMURING OF THE CROWD)

Child (shouting): Herod is dead!

(CONFUSED SHOUTS)

(CRIES OF ANIMALS)

[After the death of Herod the Great,
internal struggles tore Israel.]

[Herod the Great was the last king.
Then, Rome divided the country..]

[into four tetrarchies and kept
direct control over the city..]

[..of Jerusalem, but each year
the faithful would make..]

[..a pilgrimage to the holy
city during the festivities.]

[The chosen people would pray
in the temple of the fathers..]

[..and humbly hope and faithfully
wait for the coming of the Messiah,..]

[..the king promised by the prophets.
That king who would have killed..]

[..the tyrants with his flaming
sword and satisfied..]

[..the thirst for justice of
the nations.]

(MURMURING AND CRIES OF ANIMALS)

(CRIES OF CHILDREN)

Mary: Today it is a very
important day for thee.

Today thou art a man and mayest
enter the house of the Eternal.

Blessed be His name.

For the first time thou wilt
offer a sacrifice to Him.

Take, this is thy tallit.
Knowest thou what a tallit be?

A thousand years ago, our people
were slaves in Egypt,..

..until the day when Moses,
our father, freed them.

And for forty years, under the sun
and the rain, our people..

..walked having only a white
wool shawl as shelter.

Henceforth each man
of Israel hath his tallit

From today thou also art a man
and with thy head covered

by thy garment, thou mayest
speak with doctors and teachers

..who studied holy law.
For from today thou belongest

..to the law, my son.

And the law belongeth to thee.

- Joseph: Shall we go?
- Mary: Yea.

Are those with the red cloak
Caesar's soldiers?

Yea, and we must obey
their orders.

Are they the masters of Jerusalem?

Jerusalem hath no masters.
There are neither masters..

..nor servants here,
only the Eternal is master.

Child: But we give
tithes to the Romans.

Elder: Not only to the Romans.
It is a tribute that is divided..

..between them and the priests.

This is the Court of the Gentiles,
where we shall buy the lamb..

..for the sacrifice.

Joseph: Come. Shall we go?

(BLEATING OF SHEEP)

(RELIGIOUS CHANT)

(BLARING OF TRUMPET)

(CHILDREN SINGING A RHYME)

Man 1 : Blessed be
the blood of the grape.

Man 2: Blessed be
the blood of the grape.

Man 3: Blessed be
the blood of the grape.

Man 4: Blessed be
the blood of the grape.

Man 3: Blessed be
the blood of the grape.

(CHILDREN KEEP
SINGING A RHYME)

Mary: Joseph,
I cannot see the child!

(frightened) Where can he be?
Is he lost?

Ask whether somebody saw him.

Didst thou find him?
No one saw him?

Joseph: No.

- Mary: Did you see our son?
- Man: No.

- Mary: Did you see our son?
- Old woman: No, I did not.

- Joseph: Didst thou see my son?
- No, no.

- Mary: Did you see our son?
- No.

To the temple! Thou wilt see
him there. He must be there.

Doctor: For thus it was
written in holy law.

Moses called all the ancients
of Israel and said to them...

Mary: Joseph!

Doctor:... "Go take a lamb
by your families..."

"and sacrifice the Phase."

"And dip a bunch of hyssop"

"in the blood that is at the door"

Joseph: Excuse me.

Peace to you.

Son, why hast thou done so to us?
We have sought thee everywhere.

How is it that you sought me?

Did you not know that I must be
about my father's business?

Doctor: ...seeing the blood,
your strength will skip...

- Man: Peace.
- Men: Peace to you.

- Woman: Are you pilgrims?
- Youth: Yes.

Whither go you?

By the Jordan. There is a prophet
preaching penance.

- Youth: The time hath come.
- Woman: What time?

What? Knowest thou not?
The Messiah is about to come.

Who is this Messiah?

A king, a great king, the king of kings.
Hast thou some water?

Here.

Youth: Thank thee.

Man: Thus promised the prophets
"From the throne of David.."

"a rod shall rise up out
of his roots".

Thus spoke Isaias:
"He shall judge the poor...

"with justice, and shall reprove with
equity the meek of the earth".

"and he shall strike the earth with the
rod of his mouth, and with the breath"

"of his lips he shall slay the wicked."
And all the peoples will be brothers.

The wings of love
will shelter all men.

(angry) Ye brood of vipers!

Who hath shewed you to flee
from the wrath to come?

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy
of penance: and do not begin to say,

We have Abraham for our father.
For I say unto you that God is able..

..of these stones, to raise
up children to Abraham.

For now the axe is laid to the root
of the trees.

Every tree therefore that bringeth not forth
good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire.

Man 1 : What then shall we do?

He that hath two coats, let him
give to him that hath none;

and he that hath meat,
let him do in like manner.

Man 2: Master, what shall we do?

Baptist: You, publicans,
tax collectors,..

Do nothing more than that
which is appointed you.

Soldier: And what shall we
soldiers do?

Do violence to no man,
neither calumniate any man;

and be content with your pay.

Man 3: Yea, wash us from
our impurities.

We merchants have
been greedy and grasping.

We have seen our people cry
in poverty while we..

..have kept growing richer.

Man 1 : Cleanse us with baptism.

Man 2: Hear us, O Lord, cleanse
us from our iniquities..

..for we took advantage of the
authority given from the law.

..to exact taxes larger than
due and grow fat..

..on our brothers. .

Baptist: Come and wash
your sins.

Soldier: John, wash our
souls with this water..

..for we betrayed the
innocent for money.

Baptist: I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

I ought to be baptized by thee,..

..and comest thou to me?

Suffer it to be so now. For so
it becometh us to fulfil all justice.

Baptist: I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

I baptize thee in
water unto penance.

- It is he!
- He who?

I tell thee it is he, John
said it, I heard him.

He said: "Behold the Lamb of God
who taketh away the sin of the world".

This is he of whom I said.

It is he, Simon, he is the Messiah!

I am Andrew. Rememberest me thou?
We met yesterday.

And the other day.
I too heard the Baptist.

Thou art Simon the son of Jona.
Thou shalt be called Peter.

How long did it take you?

Andrew: Yea, we are late,
but look, look.

If we ought to arrive to Jerusalem
the road is long..

..and we are many who ought to eat.

'Tis well. I understood.

Philip: We have found him.
The Baptist shewed him to us.

And who would this Messiah be?

His name is Jesus, the son
of Joseph of Nazareth.

Of Nazareth? Can any thing of
good come from Nazareth?

..from that miserable
pile of hovels?

Come and see.

Behold an Israelite indeed,
in whom there is no guile.

Whence knowest thou me?

Before that Philip called
thee, when thou wast..

under the fig tree,
I saw thee.

Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God.
Thou art the King of Israel.

Because I said unto thee, I saw
thee under the fig tree, thou believest?

(CROWD NOISES)

It is written, "My house shall
be called the house of prayer.."

"..to all nations,"
but you have made it..

a den of thieves!

(CROWD UPROARS)

Apostle (angry): Profane people,
out of the house of the Lord!

Apostles: Go, go away!
Out from hence, out!

Give me to drink.

How dost thou, being a
Jew; ask of me to drink, who am..

..a Samaritan woman?

If thou didst know the gift of God and who
he is that saith to thee: Give me to drink;

thou perhaps wouldst have asked of
him, and he would have given thee

living water.

Thou hast nothing wherein to draw,
and the well is deep.

From whence then hast thou living water?

Jesus: Whosoever drinketh of this water
shall thirst again.

but he that shall drink of the water that
I will give him shall not thirst for ever.

Give me this water, that I may not
thirst..

nor come hither to draw.

Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

I have no husband.

Thou hast said well: I have no husband.
For thou hast had five husbands.

And he whom thou now hast is not
thy husband.

Jesus: This, thou hast said truly.

But thou art a master,
a seer, a prophet.

We Samaritans say that the holy
place is on this mountain,..

..and you Jews say that at
Jerusalem is the holy place.

Who is right?

Woman, believe me that the hour
cometh, when you shall neither

nor in Jerusalem, adore the Father.

But the hour cometh and now is,
when the true adorers..

..shall adore the Father in
spirit and in truth.

God is a spirit: and they that adore
him must adore him in spirit and in truth.

I know that the Messiah cometh
who will tell us all things.

I am he, who am speaking with thee.

Samaritan woman: Come, and see a man who
has told me all things whatsoever I have done.

Run!

Wait, he is sleeping.

What is it? Speak.

Man: Jesus of Nazareth too
baptizes and his train

..is more numerous of what....

You yourselves do bear me witness
that I said that I am not the Messiah

but that I am sent before him.

- Man: Yes, Rabbi.
- Baptist: Then you understand not?

My joy is fulfilled. He must
increase: but I must decrease.

Baptist: Not to me, but to our
brothers poorer than me.

Woman: Thou shalt give them, Rabbi.
Thou knowest what is right.

Baptist: Thank thee.

(TINKLING OF BELLS)

Soldier: Give way! Canst thou
see?

I see the shame of our land.
Shall I give way to it?

Soldier: Thou art a mad man!
Catch him!

Out of the way, beggar!
Step aside to Herodias,..

..wife of Herod Antipas,
our sovereign.

Baptist (shouting): No,
not wife. Concubine!

Soldier (angry): Take him away!

She is your sovereign's
concubine.

Soldier: Quiet!
Take him away!

Baptist: It is a sin!
The king of the Jews..

..lies with his brother's
wife!

Soldier: Take him away!

Baptist: Herod put away his
wife and violated..

..all laws! Shame,
corruption, and uncleanness..

..have made their nest in
the king's court!

A calamity shall fall upon
the children of Israel.

Cleanse yourselves from your sins,
do penance!

Blot out the abomination
from the court of Herod!

People of Israel,
wash your sins!

King of Israel,
cover thy head with ashes..

..and do penance!

Man: Herod Antipas,
the captain of the guards is here.

So?

Captain: He was shouting in the streets
violent accusations against thee..

..and against Herodias, at the
very gate of the fortress.

People had assembled.
We tried to stop him.

..but he was shouting ever louder
and we were compelled to arrest him.

But why did he do that?
No man dared to speak.

Neither the Council,
nor the High Priest..

..nor the doctors of the law,
nor the Pharisees.

Why he?

What is it to him?
What doth it profit him?

John the Baptist.

His fame came to me.
A teacher, they say, a prophet.

What didst thou do it?
Who sent thee?

Wash thyself of thy sins.

I am thy king, I have no sins.
A king hath no sins.

My king is in the heavens.
He is the only king.

Thou art a man and a sinner.

And hast thou the courage
to speak to me so?

I only say the truth. It takes
no courage to speak the truth.

What thou didst can make thee
die. Knowest thou this?

Why didst thou do it?

To live, to live in the truth.

"It is good to give praise to the Lord:
and to sing to thy name,"

"O most High."

"To shew forth thy mercy in the morning,
and thy truth in the night."

"Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the
psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp."

"For thou hast given me, O Lord,
a delight in thy doings:"

"and in the works of thy
hands I shall rejoice."

Woman: Mary!

Mary! Thy son is back! He is
in the synagogue for the prayer.

They say he was in desert
praying, he is thin,..

..Sun burnt, he resembles
a prophet.

Thou shalt see how changed he is!

- Is he in the Synagogue?
- For the Sabbath prayer.

They say wonders of him.
Quick, let us go.

Priest: Blessed be the
Eternal, worthy of praise.

Faithful: Blessed be the Eternal,
worthy of praises for ever.

"The spirit of the Lord is upon me"

"Wherefore he hath anointed me"

"to preach the gospel to the poor"

"To preach deliverance to the
captives and sight to the blind"

"to set at liberty them
that are bruised,"

"to preach the acceptable year of
the Lord and the day of reward."

Jesus: This day is fulfilled
this scripture in your ears.

(THE FAITHFUL RUMBLE)

What happens to thy son? Didst thou
know thou wast a prophet's mother?

Jesus: Doubtless you will say to me this
similitude: Physician, heal thyself.

No prophet is accepted in his
own country, among his kindreds.

In truth I say to You, there were
many widows in the days of Elias..

..when heaven was shut up
three years and six months..

..when there was a great famine
And to none of them was..

..Elias sent, but to a poor widow
woman near Sidon.

And there were many lepers in Israel
in the time of Eliseus the prophet:

and none of them was cleansed
but Naaman the Syrian.

Faithful (shouting): He blasphemeth!
Out of this place!

Woman: He is a heretic!

Man: He compared himself
to Elias, to Eliseus!

Man: Come back no more!
This is not thy village any more!

All (shouting and angry):
Shame! Away, away! Go away!

All: Go away!

He is here. He hath come to look
for us to continue the preaching..

of the Baptist who is in prison.
He wants us to follow him.

His mother is here with him too.

I have decided. I shall go with him

"Come ye after me", he said, "and I
will make you to be fishers of men"

And who will provide for my family?
Mine live of my labour.

Who will take care of my family?

God, if thou have faith.

Launch out into the deep and
let down your nets for a draught.

Master, we have laboured all the
night and have taken nothing.

Andrew, James, John!

Andrew: Come, all together.

(THE DISCIPLES TOIL)

Bring the baskets!

Man: Come and see how much fish!
What a wonderful catch!

Come on!

Quick! Quick!

Publican: Mark that heap.

Publican: Come, will you?

Come on with those baskets, quick.

Andrew: It is vile. It is so
that they starve the poor.

Indeed, taxes are frightening.
And they, the publicans,..

..people of our people,
Jews by blood and religion,..

..take advantage from the power
that the Romans give them..

..to impose higher taxes.

To fatten behind those who
dare not defend themselves.

All prefer to keep them quiet
and not to risk a complaint.

Vipers!

Man: Move, move!

Andrew: I never met one who
was honest.

Andrew: They are the shame of...

Judge not: and you shall
not be judged. Condemn not:

..and you shall not be condemned.
Forgive: and you shall be forgiven.

Give: and it shall be given to you:
good measure and pressed down

and running over shall
they give into your bosom.

For with the same measure that you shall
mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.

Not every one that saith to me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter

into the kingdom of heaven: but he
that doth the will of my Father

Every one therefore that
heareth these my words,

and doth them, shall be likened
to a wise man

that built his house upon a rock,

And the rain fell, and the floods came,

and the winds blew, and they beat
upon that house, and it fell not,

for it was founded on a rock.
And every one that heareth these my words

and doth them not,
shall be like a foolish man..

..that built his house upon the sand,
And the rain fell, and the floods came,

and the winds blew, and
they beat upon that house, and it fell,

..and great was the fall thereof.

He is still there, preaching
to the people of the land!

To the people whence he came.
He speaks like a tiller.

He claims to be a teacher of the
sacred by talking of sheep,..

..of trees, of vineyards, of
how to bake bread, of how..

..they build houses.

- Child 1: Thank thee.
- Child 2: Thank thee.

Publican: Enough for now,
we shall meet after dinner.

Hail.

Jesus: Follow me.

What? What didst thou say?

Follow me, come with us.

Yea, but dinner is ready
and if thou and thy friends..

..accepted to..

He evidently ignoreth
the simplest rules.

Even children know that
their office is shameful.

A publican cannot even
bear witness in judgment.

An honest father of a family
would never give his daughter..

..in marriage to one of them.

A prophet doth not embrace
the dung.

Pharisee: Why dost thou eat and
drink with publicans and sinners?

They that are in health need not a
physician, but they that are ill.

For I came not to call the
just,..

..but sinners.

Pharisee: If thou wilt them do
penance, why eatest thou with them?

I will have mercy and not sacrifice.

Pharisee: Why do we Pharisees fast?
Why do John's disciples..

..fast? Why do you not follow
their example too?

Can the children of the bridegroom mourn,
as long as the bridegroom is with them?

But the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken away from them,

..and then they shall fast.

But religion is not made
of new things!

And no man drinking old wine hath
presently a mind to new:

for he saith: The old is better.

- Priest: Baruch.
- Faithful: Baruch.

(WHISPERING)

Man: When can we speak to him?
There he is.

Man: Peace be with thee, Master.
Blessed be the name of the Eternal.

Man: We come in the name
of John the Baptist..

..from the fortress of Machaerus.
We could speak with him.

They spoke to him, they saw him.
They come from Machaerus,..

..they saw the Baptist.

John?

Yes, they also spoke to him.
It is he who sent them.

Man: He sent us to ask you
this, for many rumours..

..about thee come to him.
And some crieth scandal.

Therefore, in his name, we ask thee:
"Art thou he that art to come,.."

"or look we for another?"

Go and relate to John what
you have heard and seen.

The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers...

The poor have the gospel preached to
them. And blessed is he that..

..shall not be scandalized in me.

Here, for your long journey.
It is all we have.

Thank you, brothers.

- Good bye.
- Good bye.

All: Good bye.

There is a corn field,
let us go plucking!

Let us go!

Lord, how can John the Baptist
doubt of thee?

He, who said of thee:
"Behold the lamb of God"?

What went ye out into the
desert to see?

A reed shaken with the wind?

A man clothed in soft garments?
No? But what went you out to see?

A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and
more than a prophet.

This is he of whom it is written:
"Behold I send my angel..

"..before thy face, who shall
prepare thy way before thee."

For I say to you:

Amongst those that are born of men, there
is not a greater prophet than John.

But he that is the lesser
in the kingdom of God..

..is greater than he.

They did doubt him also and
now he is shut in..

..as if he were a thief.

Whereunto then shall I liken
the men of this generation?

They are like to children sitting
in the marketplace and speaking..

.one to another and saying:
We have piped to you,

and you have not danced:
we have mourned,

and you have not wept.
For John the Baptist came..

neither eating bread nor
drinking wine. And you say:..

he is mad. I am come eating
and drinking,..

..and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton
and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans

and sinners.

Man: Shame! Doing work on the
Sabbath!

Andrew: What? Doing Work?

Man: Were not you plucking corn
in the field?

Andrew: Yes.

Behold thy disciples do that which is
not lawful to do on the sabbath days.

Have you not read what David did when he
was hungry, and they that were with him?

How he entered into the house of God,
and did eat the loaves of proposition

which was not lawful to
eat but for the priests?

And if you knew what this meaneth:
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice

you would never have
condemned the innocent.

The sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the sabbath.

Therefore the Son of man
is Lord of the sabbath also.

It is time to stop this.
It hath overflowed.

This man standeth for a
perpetual insult to the law.

He breaketh every rule.

The most serious thing is
that he confoundeth the people.

The people is with him.

It is easy to confound them
pretending to be with them

But not so the law is respected.

From time immemorial, since when
Moses did ratify the Covenant..

..between the Eternal and His
People, the priests have made..

..the people respect the law
and he mocketh the sacred law..

..by telling the people to
judge by themselves and us..

..priest not to judge.

It is night, the Sabbath is over.
We may eat.

Yea, in a while. We must
ensnare him..

..and inform Herod's guard
and the Great Council.

This scandal must stop.

Blessed be the night that alloweth
men and animals to rest.

Blessed be the Eternal
Who did the Covenant with Moses.

Blessed be the name of the Eternal
always worthy of praises.

Blessed be the praises
that rise towards the Eternal,..

..Who gave us the grace to
interpret holy law.

He who you call Master doth not
seem to approve the works

..of the law and us Pharisees,
yet he claims to be..

..a respecter of the law.
How can he respect the law..

..and not those to whom
the Eternal untrusted it?

My Master saith: "The disciple
is not above the master".

Thus he sheweth that he respecteth
priests, scribes, and Pharisees.

But my Master also saith:
"Every disciple shall be perfect.."

"if he be as his master."

And with this he sheweth
respect for all mankind.

As our father Moses
taught us,..

..blessed be his name for ever.

But some say he suggests
he is the son of God.

And that would be blasphemy.

Thou knowest Scripture
better than I do.

But is it not in Psalm 86 that the
Eternal says "I have said: You are gods"?

And is it not true that, in the
name of God, we are all brothers..

..for we are all children
of one Father?

(WOMAN CRYING)

Woman: Put the children away.

Girl: Away, away!

This man, if he were if a prophet,
would know surely who and..

..what manner of woman this is that
toucheth him, that she is a sinner.

Jesus: I have somewhat to say
to thee.

Pharisee: Say it.

A certain creditor had two debtors:

The one owed five hundred
pence and the other fifty.

And whereas they had not wherewith
to pay, he forgave them both.

Which therefore of the two loveth him most?

He to whom he forgave most.

Rightly. Dost thou see this
woman? I entered into thy house:

..thou gavest me no water for my feet.
But she..

..with tears hath washed my feet;
and with her hairs hath wiped them.

Jesus: My head with oil thou
didst not anoint.

..But she with ointment
hath anointed my feet.

Wherefore many sins are forgiven her,
because she hath loved much.

Wilt thou have some?

How canst thou boast
to be happier than I?

Behold thee. Thou art in prison,
fasting, in fetters.

Thou hast lost freedom.

Behold me. I am rich. I like
this fruit and I eat it.

I like a woman and I take her.

Thou insultest me and I put
thee in prison.

What sayest thou?

Yea, thou art powerful,
but not free thereby.

Of us two thou art the slave.

Thou art mad.

Only a madman can say that he
is free with chains at his wrists.

And only a madman can say he is
free with a crown on his head.

- Thou shalt not dare to speak so.
- Why?

No one hath the liberty
to speak to me like that.

I do. Because I am free.

Reflect a little.
What canst thou do to punish me?

Taking my life away?

I have no fear for the
Kingdom of Heaven awaits for me.

Keeping me prisoner?

What matters that I be in chains,
if my spirit is free?

No, Tetrarch, I shall be
free, not thou.

Thou hast a crown and obeyest
the orders it gives to thee.

Is that my crown ordering me
to speak to thee?

No, perhaps it is the
man under the crown.

In fact, we do not talk often.

We talk all the times I
and my crown want to.

No, we talk all the
times I want to.

If I did not want to answer thee,
I would not answer thee.

Then why dost thou answer me?

I already told thee.

Because thou art also a man and
I answer the man, as man to man.

Because all men are brothers,
all equal. Dost thou understand?

There are no differences.

Mary: Here, take.

Mary: Good, do so, come!

The kingdom of heaven is
likened to a man that sowed..

..good seed in his field. But while
men were asleep, his enemy came..

..and oversowed cockle
among the wheat and went his way.

And when the blade was sprung up,
and had brought forth fruit,..

..then appeared also the cockle. And the
servants of the good man of the house

coming said to him. Sir, didst thou
not sow good seed in thy field?

Whence then hath it cockle?
And he said to them: An enemy hath done this.

And the servants said to him:
Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?

And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the
cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.

Suffer both to grow until the harvest,

and in the time of the harvest I will
say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle,

and bind it into bundles to burn,
but the wheat gather ye

into my barn.

Again, to what shall we liken
the kingdom of God?

The kingdom of heaven is like
to leaven,

which a woman took and hid
in three measures of meal,

until the whole was leavened.

And when was it leavened?

- The woman hid it....
- Look, a small boat.

How beautiful is that small boat!

...She put it into the oven and it
became a big, beautiful, fragrant loaf.

And where is the kingdom of heaven?

It is on this earth, my love.
Take more!

It is here, but not all know,
because men..

..have forgotten how
to be good.

For example, they study the Lord's
law, as thou dost..

..who art a little man,
but adults forget.

When all have remembered
to be good..

..and wish well one another, then
there will be the kingdom of heaven.

And how will the
kingdom of heaven be?

It will be beautiful. Each vineyard
shall have a thousand shoots..

..and each shoot
a thousand clusters.

And each cluster shall have
a thousand grapes.

If thou sowest a seed,
in the same day..

..a beautiful golden ear will spring up
and on each day that..

..a child is born, his mother will not
cry bringing him forth.

The stars, the Moon, and the Sun
will shine all together.

Then most sweet rivers of
milk and honey will flow.

Here, on this earth?

Yes, remember always this
most important secret.

It is enough that all
really love one another.

that there be no enemies.
And then...

Mary and child: And then
most sweet rivers..

..of milk and honey will flow.

Jesus: The kingdom of heaven
is like to a net.

Andrew: The kingdom of heaven
is like to a net.

Peter: The kingdom of heaven
is like to a net.

The kingdom of heaven
is like to a net..

..cast into the sea, and gathering
together of all kinds of fishes.

..Which, when it was filled, they drew out,
and sitting by the shore, they chose out..

..the good into vessels,
but the bad they cast forth.

So shall it be at the end of the world.

Apostles: So shall it be at the
end of the world.

(SALOME SINGS)

Of all the gifts I received
today, thy homage was..

..the most unexpected and appreciated.
Ask me whatsoever thou wilt.

And I shall give it to thee.

Gold, jewels, silk,
whatever thou wilt.

What shall I ask?
I want nothing.

Thou must ask something.
Thou oughtest not to offend Herod.

What?

Ask not something expensive,
lest thou seem greedy.

Ask something that may
be a favour also for him.

- Ask for the head of the Baptist.
- The head of the Baptist?

The head of the Baptist,
my lord.

Man 1: Thou didst promise, Herod.
Man 2: Thou gavest thy word.

Man 3: Let us kill the fast
in a feast day.

He offended thee, my lord.
He offended thy crown.

He offended us.
It is a shame that he is still alive.

Thus doest thou
pay homage to thy king?

Blessed be the King of kings,
the Most High, the Eternal.

Kneel before thy king!

(CRIES OF WOMEN)

(SALOME CRIES)

(angry) Everyone out! Stop!

Mary: Blessed be the name
of God, now and forever.

That a great peace from heaven
and life be upon us all..

..and upon all Israel.
Say: ''Amen''.

All: Amen.

Mary: My help is from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

He Who maketh peace on high,
may He give peace also to us.

Mary: And say: "Amen".
All: Amen.

Man 1: Thus it happened.

Man 2: They beheaded him
during the banquet.

It was Herod's birthday,
but they say it was not..

..by the Tetrarch's will,
but that Herodias's daughter,..

..demanded the Baptist's
head, ever blessed be..

..his name.

Man 3: And they give it to
her on a silver dish.

We gave him burial,
then we came to you.

Man 3: You ought to know it. If they
killed him, perhaps you also..

..are in danger.

Woman: What will be of us?
What will be of him?

Woman: Soldiers will come
to take us, they will persecute us.

Man 4: We must tell the people.
Let them choose what to do.

Mary: Perhaps it is dangerous
to remain here all together.

Mary: The people must know.

(INDISTINCT VOICES)

Man 1 : I am afraid.
I shall take my family away.

Man 1 : I dare not to follow him.

Man 2: What will you do who
have been the closest to him?

Man 3: What are Peter, John,
and Judas doing?

Man 3: Andrew, James of Zebedee,
Peter, Matthew, Philip, Judas,..

..Nathanael, Simon the Cananean,
Thomas, Thaddeus, James of Alpheus

Woman: We will go far away,
because the children...

Do not think that I am come to
destroy the law, or the prophets.

I am not come to destroy,
but to fulfil.

For unless your justice abound more
than that of the scribes..

..and Pharisees, you shall not enter
into the kingdom of heaven.

You have heard that it
was said to them of old?

Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill,
shall be in danger of the judgment.

Whosoever is angry with his brother, shall
be in danger..

..of the judgment. And whosoever
shall say to his brother,

Raca, shall be in danger of the council.
And whosoever shall say, Thou fool,

shall be in danger of hell fire.

If therefore thou offer thy gift at
the altar, and there thou remember

that thy brother hath anything against thee;
leave there thy offering

.. before the altar, and go first to be
reconciled to him.

And then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.
If thy brother sin,..

..reprove him: and if he do penance,
forgive him. And if he sin against thee

..seven times in a day, and seven times in a
day be converted unto thee, saying: I repent

..forgive him.

Apostle: How often shall my
brother offend against me,..

..and I forgive him? till seven times?

I say not to thee, till seven times; but
till seventy times seven times.

(FIRE CRACKLING
AND WIND GUSTS)

You have heard that it was said to them of old,
thou shalt not forswear thyself:

..but thou shalt perform
thy oaths to the Lord.

But I say to you not to swear at all,
But let your speech be..

..yea, yea: no, no.

and that which is over
and above these, is of evil.

You know the other commandment
of the Father:

Thou shalt not commit adultery.
But I say to you, that whosoever

shall look on a woman to lust
after her, hath already committed adultery

with her in his heart.

And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put
away his wife, let him give her

a bill of divorce. But I say
to you, that whosoever

shall put away his wife,
excepting the cause,

..maketh her to commit adultery: and
he that shall marry her..

..that is put away for sinning,
committeth adultery.

Again you have heard that it hath
been said: An eye for an eye,

and a tooth for a tooth. But I say
to you not to resist evil

But if one strike thee on
thy right cheek, turn to him..

..also the other:

And if he will contend with thee in
judgment, and take away thy coat,

let go thy cloak also unto him.
Give to him that asketh of thee

..and from him that would borrow
of thee turn not away.

All things therefore whatsoever you would
that men should do to you, do you also to them.

For this is the law and the prophets.

You have heard that it hath been said,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour,

and hate thy enemy. But I say to you,
Love your enemies:

do good to them that hate you:
Bless them that curse you

and pray for them that calumniate you.
For if you love them that love you

what reward shall you have?
do not even the publicans this?

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

- Will you also go away?
- To whom shall we go?

Thou hast the words of eternal life.
And we all believe..

..that thou art the Holy One of God.

If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself,

..and take up his cross, and follow me.

Take up my yoke upon you,
and learn of me,

And you shall find rest to your souls.
For my yoke is sweet..

..and my burden light.

Jesus: Blessed are the poor,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are the meek:
for they shall possess the land.

Blessed are they that mourn:
for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after justice:

..for they shall have their fill.

Blessed are the merciful:
for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the clean of heart:
they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they
shall be called the children of God.

Blessed are they that suffer
persecution for justice' sake:

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye when they shall revile you,

and persecute you, and
speak all that is evil against you, untruly

..for my sake: be glad and rejoice
for your reward

..is very great in heaven.

For so they persecuted the
prophets that were before you.

Jesus: Behold I send you as sheep
in the midst of wolves.

Shall we separate, Lord?

The harvest indeed is great, but
the labourers are few.

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
harvest, that he send forth labourers.

Master, shall we be able to
fulfil the mandate thou gavest to us?

We shall repeat thy words,
broadcast the seed among the peoples,

..as thou hast done with us,
but what givest thou to us..

..to relieve us along the way?

Take nothing for your journey,
neither staff,

..nor scrip, nor bread, nor money;

Behold the birds of the air,
for they neither sow,

..nor gather into barns: and
your heavenly Father feedeth them.

Consider the lilies of the field.
They labour not, neither do they spin.

But not even Solomon in all his glory..

..was arrayed as one of these.

God loveth the poor and theirs
will be the kingdom of heaven.

There was a certain rich man
who was clothed in purple

and feasted sumptuously every day.
A certain beggar, named Lazarus,

..who lay at his
gate, full of sores,..

..Desiring to be filled with the crumbs
that fell from the rich man's table.

Peter: He was so full of sores
that even the dogs came..

..and licked his sores.
But not even once, the rich man..

..had mercy of him. And it came
to pass that poor Lazarus died.

Peter: He was carried by the
angels into Abraham's bosom.

And the rich man also died:
and he was buried in hell

And lifting up his eyes
when he was in torments,

he saw our father Abraham
afar off and Lazarus in his bosom:

And he cried: Father Abraham,
have mercy on me and send Lazarus,

that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water to cool my tongue:

for I am tormented in this flame.

And Abraham said to him: Son,
remember that thou didst receive

good things in thy lifetime,
and likewise Lazarus evil things:

but now, according to justice,
he is comforted

and thou art tormented.

Andrew: One day, while we were
following the Master in Galilee,

..to him cometh a rich young man.

He appeared rich from his luxurious
clothes, his costly sandals,..

..his perfumed hair. He was
moved and certainly..

..had heard the teachings of
our Master.

He cometh before Jesus and kneeling
kisseth the fringes of his garment.

Good Master, he said to him, what shall
I do to possess life everlasting?

And the Master said to him: Why
dost thou call me good? None is good

but God alone Who is in heaven.
But if thou wilt enter

into life, keep the commandments.
Thou knowest the commandments:

Thou shalt not kill

Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false
witness: Honour thy father and mother.

Thou shalt not do wrong.

Just so. The young man saith to
my Master:

All these have I kept from my youth,
what is yet wanting to me?

Jesus looketh into his eyes:
"If thou wilt be perfect,"

He saith, "go sell what thou
hast, and give to the poor"

"thou shalt have treasure in
heaven: and come, follow me."

Do you know what happened?
That good young man,

hearing those words, he was
saddened, he looked at the Master,

tears almost came to his eyes,
then he turned his back..

..and went away, do you know why?
Because he was very rich..

..and had many things.

A rich man shall hardly enter
into the kingdom of heaven.

The good shepherd giveth
his life for his sheep.

But the hireling and he
that is not the shepherd,

whose own the sheep are not, seeth
the wolf coming flieth:

And letteth the wolf cast and scatter
the sheep.

I am the good shepherd:
and I know mine

..and mine know me.
As the Father knoweth me,

and I know the Father:

and I lay down
my life for my sheep.

And other sheep I have
that are not of this fold:

them also I must bring.

Woman 1 : Juda and John
returned last night.

They were so tired that
they did not even eat.

Woman 2: They arrived
at Cana of Galilee.

Woman 3: Yes, I know. It was
there that for the first time

..I heard of the Master.

Woman 4: Mary, hath
thy son returned?

Mary: No, not yet.

Child: Welcome, Rabbi, we
were waiting for thee.

Master.

Master.

James, I am glad to see thee.

So am I.

Child: Rabbuni!

Scribe: I am a doctor of
the law and since childhood

..I dedicated myself to the study
of our holy writ.

I heard thee speaking many times
and thy word caused me to trust.

Therefore I ask thee one question
only, simple and difficult.

what must I do to possess
eternal life?

Which is the great commandment
in the law?

What is written in the law?

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with thy whole heart

and with thy whole soul and
with all thy strength

and with all thy mind:

and thy neighbour as thyself.

There is no other commandment
greater than these.

This do: and thou shalt live.

Another question:
who is my neighbour?

Listen, a certain man went
down from Jerusalem..

..to Jericho and fell among robbers,
who having wounded him went away,

..leaving him half dead.
And it chanced, that a certain priest

..went down the same way:
but passed by.

Jesus: In like manner also a Levite
saw him and passed by.

But a certain Samaritan, being
on his journey, seeing him,

was moved with compassion.
And going up to him, bound up..

.. his wounds, pouring
in oil and wine:

and setting him upon his
own beast, brought him

..to an inn and
took care of him.

And the next day he took out two
pence and gave to the host and said:

Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt
spend over and above, I will repay thee.

Which of these three, in thy
opinion, was neighbour

to him that
fell among the robbers?

He that shewed mercy to him.

Go, and do thou in like manner.

(INDISTINCT VOICES)

Jesus: If any man will come after
me, let him deny himself.

I am come to cast fire on the earth.

And what will I, but that
it be kindled?

Think ye, that I am come
to give peace on earth?

I tell you, no;
but separation.

For there shall be from henceforth
five in one house divided:

Three against two,
and two against three.

The father shall be divided against
the son and the son against his father:

The daughter against her mother and
the mother against the daughter.

The daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law
and the servants against the master.

What king, about to go to make
war against another king,

doth not first sit down and
think whether he be able

with ten thousand, to meet him that, with
twenty thousand, cometh against him?

So likewise every one of
you that doth not renounce..

..all that he possesseth
cannot be my disciple.

Wide is the gate
that leadeth to destruction,

..and many there are who go in
thereat. How narrow is the gate,

that leadeth to life: and few
there are that find it!

(RELIGIOUS SONG)

- Man: Master!
- Child: Rabbi! - Man: Rabbi!

Priest: Through the fruits of
the earth, the Eternal sheweth.

..His good will towards
the chosen people, o Israel.

Faithful (in chorus): Sing, O Israel,
the praises of the Eternal.

Priest: Green of shoots is
the vineyard, heavy with juice,..

..rich clusters hang from
the bowers.

Priest: Let us raise tents
of branches like our fathers..

..and thank the Eternal.

Faithful (in chorus): Blessed
be the name of the Eternal forever.

Priest: Into the city on the feast
day, let us go, O Israel,..

..let the trumpets sound,
let Hosanna rise high.

Let the joy for the gifts of
the Lord break into our breasts.

Faithful (in chorus): Blessed
be the name of the Eternal forever.

Priest: Pure is the water
from the fountain of Siloe.

Pure spring water, as pure
is our heart.

With pure water, we shall
sprinkle the altar of the Lord,..

..singing His praises.

Faithful (in choir): May the Eternal
be always blessed,..

..worthy of praises forever.

Faithful: Blessed be
the name of the Eternal.

Faithful: Blessed be
the name of the Eternal.

If any man thirst,
let him come to me and drink.

Rivers of living water shall flow
for him that believeth in me.

How dares he to speak of the law,
as if he knew letters?

Yet all know that
he never learned.

It should not be difficult
to shut his mouth.

What I say of the Eternal
is not mine,..

..but his that sent me.
If any man will do the will of him

..he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God,

..or whether I speak of myself.

He that speaketh of himself
seeketh his own glory:

but he that seeketh the
glory of him that sent him,..

..he is true and must be believed.
Did not Moses give you the law,

..and yet none of you keepeth the law?
Judge not according to the appearance:

but judge just judgment.

Prithee, Master. Thou sayest:
"None of you keepeth the law."

While here there is none who
did not come quite out

..respect and observance
of the law. There is none,..

..I am certain, that doth not pray
in the temple according to the law.

None that doth not do the ritual
washings or doth not pay the tithe.

Yet thou sayest that none of
us keepeth the law.

Woe to you, Pharisees, because
you tithe mint and rue..

and rue and every herb and pass
over judgment and the charity of God.

Now these things you ought to have done,
and not to leave the other undone.

Woe to you, because you love the
uppermost seats in the synagogues

..and salutations in the marketplace.

Woe to you, because you are as
sepulchres that appear not:

and men that walk over are not aware.

In saying these things, thou
reproachest us lawyers also.

Jesus: Woe to you lawyers also,
because you load men with burdens

which they cannot bear and you yourselves
touch not the packs with one of your fingers.

Woe to you who build the
monuments of the prophets:

and your
fathers killed them.

Truly you bear witness that
you consent to their doings.

For they indeed killed them:
and you build their sepulchres.

For this cause also the wisdom of God
said: I will send to them prophets

and apostles: and some of them
they will kill and persecute.

That the blood of all the prophets which
was shed from the foundation of the world

may be required of this generation.

Woe to you lawyers, for you have
taken away the key of knowledge.

Jesus: You yourselves have not entered in:
and those that were entering in,

you have hindered.

There was too much people, arresting
him would have risen a tumult.

And many would have defended him.

High Priest: From what
you say, that man..

..insulteth the law and
the watchers of the law.

Man: He hath never been accused of anything,
no man hath brought witness against him.

Man: And I with what authority..

(angry) Have you gone mad too?

No man in the great council and no man
of the Pharisees believeth in him.

But only the people of the land!

Who do not know the law
and are accursed!

Doth our law condemn a man
without hearing him first?

And without examining his works?

Comest thou from Galilee too?

Art thou his follower?
Art thou from his village?

Examine Scripture and
open well thy eyes.

No prophet cometh out
of Galilee.

High Priest: Enough!
This thing must stop.

And I believe that also
the Romans will not tolerate...

(irate) He is a false teacher!
He stirreth up the people.

He must be ensnared.

Man (shouting): Stand aside!
Touch her not!

Man: This woman is impure,
infected, and unclean

..because of her sins.

All (shouting): Shame!

Man: She is infected, infected!

(ADULTEROUS WOMAN CRYING)

Master, this woman was even
now taken in adultery.

Moses, blessed be forever,
commanded us to stone..

such a one. But what
sayest thou?

(ADULTEROUS WOMAN CRYING)

Master, here is the woman's husband,
here are the witnesses,..

..here are we who are called
by the Eternal to judge,..

..but we propose the case to thee.

What must our
judgement be?

He that is without sin among you,
let him first cast a stone at her.

(ADULTEROUS WOMAN CRYING)

Woman, where are they that accused
thee? Hath no man condemned thee?

No man, Lord.

Neither will I condemn thee.

Jesus: Go, and now sin no more.

- Thou sayest thou wert blind.
- Yea.

How cometh thou seest now?

That man that is called Jesus
made clay and anointed my eyes

..and send me to the pool of Siloe
to wash them.

I went and I washed.

- And then?
- Then what?

Before I did not see and now I see.

What sayest thou of
him that hath opened thy eyes?

What shall I say?
He is a holy man, a prophet.

Hear, you two.

Is this boy, who you say
was born blind, your son?

- Yea, certainly.
- He is our son, yea.

How then doth he now see?

We know that this is our son
and that he was born blind.

But how he now seeth..

Then?

we know not: or who hath opened
his eyes, we know not.

Father: Ask himself.
He knoweth.

He knoweth. He is of age.

Knowest thou that he whom thou
callest a prophet is a sinner?

Yea, he is a sinner, I tell thee.

If he be a sinner, I know not. One thing I
know, that whereas I was blind, now I see.

Now thou mayest go, but remember
that that man is a sinner.

We are the disciples of Moses,
we know that God spoke to Moses

..and for that we are his
disciples, but as to this man,

..we know not
from whence he is.

And he hath opened my eyes!

Come, come.

What were you saying now?

We were... discussing. We asked ourselves
who would be the greatest..

..in the kingdom of heaven.

Whosoever will be first in
the kingdom of God..

..shall be the last of all,
shall be the servant of the others.

Andrew: Teach us to pray.

When you are praying, speak
not much, as the heathens.

For they think that in their
much speaking they may be heard.

Be not you therefore like to them for your
Father knoweth what is needful for you,

before you ask him.

Peter: teach us to
pray, as John the Baptist..

..also taught his disciples.

Our Father who art in heaven...

Apostle: Our Father who
art in heaven...

...hallowed be thy name, thy
kingdom come,..

..thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.

Apostles:...hallowed be thy
name,..

..thy kingdom come,..

..thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.

Jesus: Give us this day our daily
bread and forgive us

..our debts, as we also
forgive our debtors.

Apostles: Give us this
day our daily bread..

..and forgive us our debts,
as we also forgive..

..our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

Apostles: And lead us not
into temptation,..

..but deliver us from evil.

Do you understand whither we have come?
They say he raised a dead man.

Lazarus of Bethany.

If people begin to believe
news like that,..

..this man will gain
such power that he will

..be able to ask whatsoever
of the people.

Even if he will not ask
anything,..

..his preaching is dangerous.
It can raise a tumult.

The people, especially those of the land,
feel to be entitled,..

..for he giveth them the right
to judge by themselves what

..be right and what not.

All this cannot
be pleasing to the Romans.

Above all he can kindle
the souls and make the people,..

..encouraged by him, raise
tumults and rebellions.

Lazarus of Bethany, you said?

But Bethany is one step from
Jerusalem and is he there?

Will he perhaps come to the
city for the Holy Pasch?

Blessed be the name of Moses.

I heard that he and
his are afraid.

I do not believe that they
will come to the city.

All know that in this time
it is full of Roman soldiers.

The garrison is full.

However, yea, if he dared...

if he dared, we should
think and decide.

It is expedient that one man should die
and that the whole nation perish not.

- Apostle 1: Will it be wise?
- Apostle 2: Why will he go?

They all say that they have
accused him and want to kill him.

The order to arrest him hath
been given by the High Priest.

- Apostle 3: Lord, let us not go.
- Apostle 4: What will happen?

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem;
and all things shall be accomplished..

..which were written by the prophets
concerning the Son of man.

For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles
and shall be mocked and insulted..

and spit upon. And after they have
scourged him, they will put him to death.

Jesus: Andrew, Thomas!
There you shall find an ass..

tied and a colt with her.
Loose them and bring them to me.

And if any man shall say anything to you,
say ye that Jesus hath need of them.

And forthwith he will let them go.

Man 1 : Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord!

(VOICES OF CHILDREN)

Boy 1 : Hosanna!

Woman: King of the poor.

Man 2: Blessed!

Old man: Deliverer of the hungry!

Old man: Hosanna, son of David!

(VOICES OF THE CROWD)

Man 3: Hosanna!

Man 4: Blessed be the kingdom
that cometh from our father David!

Boy 2: Blessed!

Man 5: Right father!

All (with enthusiasm):
Hosanna! Blessed!

(ALL SAY HOSANNA TO JESUS)

Boy 3: Rabbuni! Rabbuni!

Boy 3: Rabbi! Rabbi!

Boy 3: King of Israel!

Pharisee 1 : Make them hold their peace!
Have you become mad?

Pharisee 1: Stop these blasphemies!

Pharisee 2: Shout not!
Will you ruin us? Make them hold their peace!

Peace? If we could make them
hold their peace, the stones..

..will cry out his glory.

(CROWD CONTINUES TO CRY)

He hath come.

I saw him. The people
cheer him as a king.

They are all with him! I have seen.

Come, Susanna!

Is he well? Whither is he going now?
And the Roman soldiers?

I saw them not.
He is going to the temple.

Come, come!

This thing must be stopped.

The people will make him king!

It is true. Even they call him king.

The Romans are always vigilant.
A repression could break out.

Blood would flow through the streets
of the holy city yet another time.

We must arrest and make him be silent.

Yea, we must arrest him.

But not during the feast, nor before
the people, or a tumult will arise.

Behold him.

Pharisee: Art not thou of those
of Jesus of Nazareth?

- Yea.
- Where is he now?

In the temple, as always,
teaching the gospel.

Hast thou followed him a long time?

We know thou knowest the law.
We want to speak with thee.

- Peter: Thank thee.
- Seller: Thank you.

- John: Judas will come and pay thee.
- Seller: 'Tis well.

I took the lamb, the bread,
the herbs, and the fruit.

- Judas: Well.
- Mark: We can go.

- Hail, John.
- Hail, Mark.

- Where shall I put the blessed bread?
- There.

Behold them, come.

(VOICES FROM THE CROWD OUTSIDE)

Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

What I do, thou knowest not now;
but thou shalt know hereafter.

Thou shalt never wash my feet

If I wash thee not, thou
shalt have no part with me.

Lord!

Know you what I have done to
you?

You call me Master and Lord.
If then I being your Lord and Master,

have washed your feet; you
also ought to wash..

..one another's feet.

For I have given you an example, that
as I have done to you, so you do also.

Amen, amen, I say to you: The servant
is not greater than his lord:

Neither is the apostle greater
than he that sent him.

If you know these things, you
shall be blessed if you do them.

- One of you shall betray me.
- Lord, who is it?

He it is to whom I shall
reach bread dipped.

That which thou dost, do quickly.

Take ye and eat. This is my
body, which is given for you.

Take and drink ye all of this.
It is the chalice of the New Testament.

It is my blood, which shall be shed
for many unto remission of sins.

Do this for a commemoration of me.

Little children, yet a
little while I am with you.

You shall seek me.
And as I said to the Jews:

Whither I go you cannot come; so I
say to you now.

A new commandment I give unto you:
That you love one another,

as I have loved you, that
you also love one another.

By this shall all men know
that you are my disciples.

Lord, we know not whither thou goest.
And how can we know the way?

I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
My peace I give unto you.

Not as the world giveth, do I give unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled:

You have heard that I said to you:
I go away, and I come unto you.

As the Father hath loved me, I also
have loved you. Abide in my heart.

If you keep my commandments,
you shall abide in my love.

As I also have kept
my Father's commandments..

and do abide in his love.
This is my commandment!

That you love one another, as I have
loved you.

Greater love than this no man hath, that
a man lay down his life for his friends.

You are my friends, if you
do the things that I command you.

I will not now call you servants: for the
servant knoweth not what his lord doth.

But I have called you friends. Because
all things, whatsoever I have heard

of my Father, I have made known to you.
I command you that you love one another.

If the world hate you, know ye
that it hath hated me before you.

If you had been of the world,
the world would love its own.

You are not of the world, but I have
chosen you because of love.

Therefore the world hateth you.

Remember my word that I said to you:
The servant is not greater than his master.

If they have persecuted me,
they will also persecute you.

If they have kept my word,
they will keep yours also.

These things have I spoken to you
that you may not be scandalized.

The hour cometh that they will put
you out of the synagogues.

Yea, whosoever killeth you will
think that he doth a service to God.

What is this that he saith to us:
A little while, and you shall not see me:

and again a little while,
and you shall see me?

and, Because I go to the
Father?

Jesus: You shall be made sorrowful,
but your sorrow..

..shall be turned into joy.
A woman, when she is in labour,

hath sorrow, because her hour is come;
but when she hath brought forth the child

she remembereth no more the anguish, for
joy that a man is born into the world.

I came forth from the Father
and am come into the world.

Again I leave the world
and I go to the Father.

These things I have spoken to you,
that in me you may have peace.

In the world you shall have distress. But
have confidence. I have overcome the world.

When I sent you without purse
and scrip and shoes,

did you want anything?

Nothing, Lord.

But now he that
hath a purse, let him take it,

and likewise a scrip:
and he that hath not,

let him sell his coat and buy a sword.

Lord, behold, here are two swords.

It is enough.

Choir leader: If the Lord had
fed us the manna,

..and had not given us the sabbath.
- All (in choir): Dayenu.

If He had given us the Sabbath
and had not brought us..

..before Mount Sinai
- All: Dayenu.

If He had brought us
before Mount Sinai,

and had not given us the law.
- All: Dayenu.

If He had given us the law
and had not brought us

..into the land of Israel..
- All: Dayenu.

If He had brought us
into the land of Israel

..and not built for us the Holy Temple
- All: Dayenu.

How much we must be thankful
to the Lord..

..for the favours he granted to us!
- All: Dayenu.

Jesus: Sit you here.

My soul is sorrowful
even unto death.

Stay you here and watch with me.

My Father, if it be possible,
let this chalice pass from me.

Nevertheless, not as
I will but as thou wilt.

It is enough. The hour is come:
he that will betray me is at hand.

Judas: Master.

Judas: Friend, whereto art thou come?
Whom seek ye?

Man: Jesus of Nazareth.

Jesus: I am he. Whom seek ye?

Pharisee: Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus: I have told you that I am he.

Jesus: If therefore you
seek me, let these go their way,

- Soldier 1: Take them all!
- Soldier 2: No, him alone

Jesus: You are come out, as it were to
a robber, with swords

I sat daily in the temple:
and you laid not hands on me.

Soldiers: Back off! Away, away!
Go away!

Apostles: Let him go! Master!
Lord!

Soldiers: Back off!

Apostles: Lord!

Soldiers: Back off!

It happened at the oil mill on
Mount Olivet, did not it?

Mark: They were many,
having swords, lances, staves.

- Knowest whither they brought him?
- Did they catch him alone?

Mark: Yea, him alone. I believe that
John hath gone behind him.

Mark: He was certain that they
would bring him to the Great Council.

Mark: And he went thither.
We were all afraid.

Mark: We fled. And then he said
"Take me alone,.."

"..let the others go".

I have always spoken where
all might hear me.

I have spoken openly to the world. I have
always taught in the synagogue and in the temple,

and in secret I have spoken nothing.

Why askest thou me? Ask them who have
heard what I have spoken unto them.

Behold they know what things I have said.

Soldier: Answerest thou the
high priest so?

If I have spoken false,
give testimony of the false;

but if truth, why strikest thou me?

The witnesses.

(SOLDIER WHISPER)

Soldier: I found no man.

High Priest: What have ye to say
of the prisoner, Jesus of Nazareth?

Witness 1 : He said,
"I will destroy this temple"

"..made with hands and
within three days I will build another.."

"..not made with hands."

Witness 2: He said that he could destroy
the temple and rebuild it.

Witness 3: He said that
he was the son of God.

High Priest: Answerest thou nothing to
the things that are laid to thy charge?

Art thou the Christ then?
I adjure thee by God,

..that thou tell us if thou be
the Christ the Son of God.

Thou hast said it.

He hath blasphemed!

What further need have
we of witnesses?

Behold, now you have heard
the blasphemy. What think you?

(PHARISEE SPITS)

Pharisee (angry): He is guilty of death!

Thank thee.

He hath been questioned by the
Great Council. I was able..

..to enter the court because
I know people.

They let Peter in also,
but we have had few news.

I know that at one moment
they were very busy.

They were looking for witnesses.
For no man may be condemned..

..without at least two witnesses,
but they found not..

..many and it seemeth that the
few whom they found

. .did not agree.
Then the situation..

..must have fallen. It is certain
that they are carrying him to Pilate.

To the Antonia Fortress.

Priest 1: He must listen to us.
Priest 2: It is his interest.

(BLARE OF TRUMPET)

Priest: Behold,
the legate from Rome is coming.

Pilate: I want a concrete
accusation against this man.

Pilate: It is not enough for
me that he blasphemed..

..against your religion.

Rome hath not care if somebody
breaketh the law of your fathers.

Not only this maketh him guilty.
We bring him to thee to shew..

..our friendship.
We caught him inciting

..our people to rebellion
against thy government.

He was inviting the people
not to pay the tribute to Caesar.

And he was claiming to be the king and Messiah.

Hast thou heard what
they say against thee?

Art thou the king of the Jews?

Sayest thou this thing of thyself,
or have others told it thee of me?

They came to me.

Thy own nation delivered thee
into my hands that I may judge..

..whether thou be guilty or innocent.

I have nothing to accuse thee.

Thy people, of thy blood and
religion, delivered thee up to me.

What do I know?

Am I a Jew?

Thy nation delivered thee
into my hands.

What hast thou done?
Wilt thou truly be king?

My kingdom is not of this world.

If my kingdom were of this world,
my servants would certainly strive..

that I should not be delivered.

But my kingdom is not of this world.

Then thou art not a king.

Thou sayest that I am a king.
For this was I born and grown..

.. in the world; that I should
give testimony to the truth.

Every one that is of
the truth heareth my voice.

(ironic voice) The truth.
What is truth?

I find no cause in this man.

You brought him to be judged.
Certainly you collected proofs.

Pilate: True accusations.

And certainly you examined
his offences.

As far as it regardeth me
personally and as far as..

..it regardeth my authority
and legal power,..

..You have presented unto
me this man

..one that perverteth the people.
And behold I,

having examined him before you,
find no cause in this man,

find no cause in this man, in
those things wherein you accuse him.

Behold, by the law of Rome,
nothing worthy..

..of death is done to him.

I will chastise him
therefore and release him.

Priest: Thou dost not understand
for what danger he standeth.

He stirreth up the people,
teaching throughout all Judea,

.. beginning from Galilee
to this place.

He hath mad proselytes.

They worship him as a holy man
because his spread a rumour..

..that he worketh miracles, healing
the sick and raising the dead.

Pharisee: The people
tried to make him king.

Priest: When he entered into
Jerusalem, a few days ago,..

..they tributed to him
a true triumph.

In truth, it was his disciples who
framed the business, nevertheless..

And then, there is the affair of the tributes
This man hath stirred the people..

..not to pay the tribute to Rome.

Pharisee (whispering): We must
call the people.

(INDISTINCT VOICES)

Pharisee: Crucify him! He must die!

Pharisee: He hath blasphemed.
He hath raised a tumult!

Pharisee 1 : He is an enemy of Rome!
He insulteth the authority of Caesar!

Pharisee 2: Let justice be done! He is a
false teacher! He stirreth up the people!

Pharisee 3: He is a mad man.

(CROWD UPROARS)

Thou must convince thyself. Behold,
how many witnesses. Thou must understand.

Pilate: Behold the Man.

Pilate: Behold the Man.

Is not enough what he hath
already suffered?

All (shouting): No! Crucify him!
Let justice be done! He must die!

Whence art thou?

Speakest thou not to me? Knowest
thou not that I have power to crucify thee,

..and I have power to release thee?

Thou shouldest not have any
power against me, unless..

.. it were given thee from above.
Therefore, he that hath delivered me..

..to thee hath the greater sin.

As it is your custom that a a
prisoner be released upon the Pasch,..

..Whom will you that I release to You:
Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?

All (shouting): Barabbas!

What evil hath this man done?

All: Crucify him!

But Barabbas is a murderer!

(ALL SHOUT TOGETHER)

Man: We want Barabbas free!

I am innocent of this blood.

Look you to it.

His blood be upon us and
upon our children.

Behold your king.

All (shouting): Death to him!

If thou release this man, thou art not
Caesar's friend. For whosoever

..maketh himself a king
speaketh against Caesar.

Shall I crucify your king?

We have no king but Caesar.

(MURMURING)

Crucified, like a Roman slave?
Why? Tell me why.

They know not what they do.
They do not understand.

Mark: They carried him away.
They went out of the other door.

Mark: They want to crucify him.
There are two robbers with him.

Whither did they carry him?

Mark: Outside the city,
outside the walls, to Golgotha.

Quick, let us go.

Mary: No!

Mary: Ah!

(CHILDREN SINGING A RHYME)

(MAGDALEN CRIES)

Woman: Look not! Away!

I obtained permission, but we must
haste to the sepulchre.

Tomorrow is the sabbath and
we shall not be able to bury him.

The sepulchre will be sealed
tonight and will be presided..

..by Roman soldiers.

- This too!
- What has this to do?

What has this to do with him?

Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do.

We must haste.

Magdalen, the linen cloths.

(MAGDALENE CRIES)