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(Indistinct)

Nathaniel: I need the sea water for the cement, Leontes

It will take 3 days

You cant stop construction for 3 days

Is it Because Im Jewish?

(Laughs)No Nathaniel. Its not because you're Jewish

Ive telling you and anyone I can get to listen

I even told Tabriq

I need that salt water or the cement wont set to full srength

Seawater is heavy

Hard to move

Understand?

Plans are are hard to draw, bedrock are too weak

Its all hard

But your incompetence is making it harder...

Careful. Hey Im telling it like it is

Three days, Nathaniel.

You're in no position to make demands

You're lucky enough to have th...

Thats why I have to demand what I need, Leontes

Do you know how hard Ive worked to earn a Roman commission?

As a Jew?

You are a child who skipped the line.

The men dont respect you for that

Skipped the line?

Just because I was smart enough to go to school

Instead of carrying mud

20 men show up everyday

Who cares what they think?

I care!

They need to share a vision

They need to each do their jobs

The day laborer, the craftsmen. the foreman and the architect.

Yes, in concert with me

Who do you think you are? I am the foreman here

You think that if everyone would just do it you way

That it will all turn out!

I do

Well, people have their own ideas (Loud Crash)

(People crying out)

(people groaning, coughing)

We need help!

You're ruined. Do you hear me? Its over!

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What do you mean, 2 days worth?

He said to leave enough firewood for the next weary traveler

You heard that John

Uh.. huh

What if there isn't enough?

We used up all the dry stuff

Its good to have some strong bodies around like the sons of thunder here

What... you told him?

Dont worry, he made himself sound just as bad as you did

Hey

Who is that?

Maybe its a scout from...

Probably...

Maybe he is just walking

No one just walks in the Mishan

No one but us Shh...shh

Dont come any closer!

Shalom

He's Jewish

You think?

What do you want?

The Romans to go away?

A pretty wife someday

Ate a fattened goose once

Id love that again

You followers of the Rabbi Jesus of Nazareth?

Dont say anything Could be a spy

Spying for whom?

For what? There are spies

But they are not smart enough to dress like this

Are you Simon...

Son of Jonah?

Who are you?

You're new at this

I get it

Once you follow your Rabbi for long enough,

You wont even blink

When a strange man such as myself walks out of the woods

With a message he can only give to Jesus directly

Yeah, we are pretty new

Doesn't make us dumb

We cant let you see the Rabbi

Without knowing your business

I cant say Without knowing your business

I cant say

If you want to send me away,

Fine

Say hello to my friend Andrew for me though

What do you think?

I don't know

Bring him in, I guess?

Let Jesus figure it out

Somethings not sitting right with Simon

Andrew has friends

(Sniggering)

Phillip!!

Hey

There he is (Laughs)

Wow

You smell terrible - What'd you expect?

Cmon

What are you doing here?

You never mentioned a Philip when we were there

You will find this shocking, but

I have a whole life

That doesnt revolve around you -Whats that about?

Im just asking about this kook

He's not

Kook

Even you could be a little less...

You

All the time

Fair enough

You take it to him

Make nice

What do you think?

hmm

I turned my back 5 mins

Philip

Philip!

You never know when you get to sleep next

We only have green water

Take advantage when you got either one

Thank you

Sounds like you were in a war out there with creepy....

With John The Baptiser

No

War has rules

What did you find?

Nothing suitable

Of course you didnt find any. Where did you look?

In the east, one mile

Thats the ravine

Anything you find there will be -Wet

Yes I discovered that

But there was wood? - It was wet

Thats Matthew. He checks the ravines for wood

Probably fishes in the desert too

(Laughs)

Good work Matthew

Thank you

Who are you?

Im the guy who dries wood

Now if only you had an arsenal of weapons we could do in the manner of Ezekiel

How did Ezekiel dries wood?

No. Its a prophecy against God

And Magog

"And then those who dwell in the cities of Israel"

"Will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them"

(Chorus): "Shields and bucklers"

"Bows and arrows. Clubs and spears"

"And they will make fires of them for seven years

"They will not need to take wood out of the fields"

"Nor cut down any from out of the forests"

"For they will make their fires out of the weapons"

Shall we?

Hey

Keep the fire going

(Door opens)

(Door shuts)

(People talking indistinctly)

Your strongest

And

(whispers) Your cheapest

Is something wrong, friend?

Yes

Did someone die?

Yes

Im sorry for your loss

Was it sudden?

I think

It was a long time coming for him

But it felt sudden

Tell me about him

He was an architect

Thats what he wanted to be his whole life

Sad

He came from nothing

Worked his way up

Loved God

He wanted to build Synagogues eventually

I know thats not very popular around here

One with colonnades that sing

Parapets that practically pray

Vaunted halls that they swore above to God

Thats what God made him for

Or so he thought

To me sounds like an ambitious guy

What did he die of?

Hubris

Its me by the way

Im the dead man in the story

Yeah

Just wanted to be clear

Did you learn to dry wood before or after you started following John?

Whats up with you and Simon?

He doesn't like me

He sees me as his enemy

Why?

I was a tax collector

Uh huh

I was everyone's enemy

That doesn't shock you?

I was something else once too

Once you met the Messiah

I Am is all that matters

Next time he derides you,

Remind him that the people out there

They want to define us by our past

Our sins

Out there, where?

With the sleepers

But we are different

We are awake

I don't understand

Well you haven't felt any relief except with him have you?

Your Rabbi

No

Don't expect to

How did you memorize prophecy?

In Hebrew school

Like all Jewish boys, didn't you?

I started

But then I skipped ahead

Skipped ahead?

Never heard of anyone skipping ahead Why did you do that for?

I was sent to apprentice under a book keeper

Were you that good with numbers or that bad with Torah?

I was proficient in both

No, Im kidding

How old when you skipped ahead?

Eight. -Eight?! How old when you skipped ahead?

Eight. -Eight?!

I showed unusual promise

I bet you did

How come you never circled back to Torah?

I was paraded before the magistrate

Rome offered me higher wages

than the annual income of my father and three of his brothers combines

Bought my first house when I was 13

Why did you need to buy a house?

My father... - Kicked you out.

I don't blame him

I thought you said - He is a man

He acted by man's standards

Everybody in your old life is playing a different game than you now

You get it?

No

Everyone speaks in riddles

I can understand esoteric ideas. They are not beyond me,

Of course not

You probably pick it up faster than the rest of us

I'm sorry man. I don't mean to sound like an oracle here

Its a force of habit

Spend all your time with a rogue preacher

In the wilderness and you get a little

Obtuse

They're simple ideas for complicated people

I just

In your obtuse language

It is a circle

It represents all the people in the world

And all the people that have ever been

And thats me

Thats how I feel

Well said

Good for you

And yes Ive been living outside this circle with John the outcast for

Couple of years so

I can relate

You are fine Matthew

Stick around

You're gonna be alright

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This was done for you

(Sobbing)

Blessed are you

Lord our God

Keeper of the universe

Hear Israel, the Lord is God

Lord is One

Hear my prayer O Lord

(Striking flint)

Let my cry come to You

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress

Incline Your ears to me

Answer me speedily

No?

This was done for you

Do not hide Your face from me

Do you see me?

Do you see me?

(Scraping wood)

Whats that for?

Turns a blade into a razor for logs

Protects your hands

Thank you

Nice

I have never done manual labour before

You must have worked pretty hard to avoid it

But thats behind you now too

Got to lean into it

Let someone teach you within

Laugh at someone's jokes

And then, tell jokes

Do you know any?

Any what?

Jokes

So

Was it difficult to leave it all behind?

No

Should have been

I was comfortable

I had

A dog

I like it

It was a source of amusement for others

My house was bought with blood money

My parents and I havent spoken much in... years

And numbers didn't make the word clear anymore

You gave everything away to keep it

But its uncomfortable when nobody likes me

If this Rabbi Jesus of Nazareth called you

It means you already have everything you need right now

He'll give you the rest in time

I just dont know what he sees in me

He is a religious teacher

And I know very little about religion

What I understand, Jesus doesn't love everything about religion

Matthew

What you think you know

It doesn't matter

Only that Jesus chose you

Thats where your confidence comes from now

I know he knows what he is doing

Just wish I did

Skipped out of Hebrew school at eighth

I think you'll catch on

Hes an easy one

If someone asks you to tell a joke Tell them you have a vegetable joke

But its corny

(Laughs)

We'll work on it

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Shalom

Im glad to see you here

Im Philip

Wait, John told you?

No, I remember your face

You were standing with Andrew the day I was baptized by John

Ahh..

How is my old cousin

I shouldn't call him old

We're the same age

His reputation with Rome is down but, his sprits are up.

Sounds about right

He sends me with a message

Hmm

Wants me to tell you something

On my behalf

Thats good because I have something to say to you too

Its a very short message

Only 2 words

Mine is also short

Follow me - I will

So John thinks you are ready?

Yes

He spoke with someone

Shall we?

John spoke to someone the last time he was in prison

Someone?

A Pharisee

He had been troubled by a miracle he witnessed in the red quarters in Capernaum

Ah.. yes

I know this man

You know him? Yes

Might even call him a friend

John told me to expect anything

To expect nothing

But

I think he will be troubled to know you are friends with a Pharisee

He'll get over it

Then we received word in what you did in Canaan

That was all John needed to hear

He sends his love

And you?

Meagre offering

Hardly meagre

You will be the most experienced of all my followers

John is hardly standard procedure

Even better

(Laughs)

If I may be so bold

What are your intensions here in Mishan?

Just passing through

Through Caesarea to Philippi?

Caesarea for one night, and then we'll continue north into Syria

Syria?

Thats right

I heard you were just in Samaria, now Syria

You and John are really cut from the same cloth

If I didnt know any better, Id say you each had a death wish

I wouldn't exact;y call it a 'wish'

But a what?

A death what?

Its nothing

Im still thinking through how to talk about it

Thats why I was gone for a couple of days

A lot on my mind

Yes

I can imagine

In Syria

We'll go to Damascus, Antioch?

Not to the big cities, no

To the smaller places

Ill wake him later

You should get some sleep Philip. We got a long road ahead of us tomorrow

I'll tend to the fire

Yes Rabbi

Rabbi, One last thing

Yes?

If theres time

I have a friend in Caesarea who

I haven't seen in quite some time

Your friend lives in a Roman city?

He is an architect

Aah

If theres time, I'd love to.... Of course, Of course

Only if theres time

Listen if we dont make time for friends, we wont have any

Goodnight

Goodnight Philip

(Fire crackles)

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Shalom

Morning

(Faint)Just stay there

Morning

Good morning

Did I sleep late?

The sun is hardly up

Oof, my back

It gets easier

A little

You get used to it

Are you packing?

I am. I pack every morning now

I never know if it'll be somewhere for a night or a week

That sounds hard

I didn't think about how this would really work

I think everyone is struggling with that

In someway

How about you?

Mary

Wasn't it exciting yesterday when the men began reciting the prophecy?

And a little intimidating

Yes. We need to catch up

Ok

How?

I can't read

I'll teach you how to read and write

Where would we get materials?

Leave it to me. I know who to ask

I am thankful before you

Living and enduring King

For you have mercifully restored my soul within me

Great is your faithfulness

Its more than two days worth

Aah, its wet

No, its damp

Good morning

Good morning boys

That stuff will smoke something terrible if you light if now, but

But nightfall. You did well

I didnt do it

Not then who?

Our young smart friend

Thomas?

No, Matthew

Who's Thomas?

Aah

Im sorry Thomas

Im still learning everyones names

That reminds me of a time with John

Simon calls him 'Creepy John'

(Laughs)

Thats good, I like that

So, the flock was evading Roman patrols

Moving up and down the Jordan

You were on the run? One day...

John started addressing us by name

Zacharias, Tobias, Mica

We all start looking around at each other like Who is he talking to?

And then we realize, we dont know each others names

We've been out there for months

And we only knew each others nicknames or aliases

How is John?

Same old John. He is proud of you Can tell you that much. Like a father

hmm

I think its nap time

Wake me if there is work to do boys

And Thank Matthew if you see him

John remembers me.

Ah. I thought that might be what you are doing. Hiding

No, writing

Are you hiding?

Philip says I dont have to do that anymore

New guy

I like him already

Everybody does

He is like Simon, but not Like Simon

What you writing?

Just taking notes on what I see

This

Im used to writing daily now

Began as a chore but

Its become a habit

I did prayers like that. At first anyway

And the way Rabbi taught me

Now I love it

In the short time that I have followed,

People have quarreled over things Jesus said

Remembered things differently and disputed his meaning

I think its best we have a written record to refer back to

Everything he says and does?

Yes

Its not a good idea

Why? We have enemies

There are people trying to trap Jesus in his words

They could twist something he said to defame him

Have you thought about that? They will find it easier to twist

Something he is reported to have said than if it is confirmed in writing

Thats not how the world works

People can twist words however they want

But its clearly written. Yeah but its clear the last time I saw you writing

In your journal. Spying on me for the Romans

And to think I came here to thank you

People out there want to define all of us by our pasts

But we do things differently because of Him

For the record, its a bad idea. Write that down

We head out in an hour

He's not wrong

Just be careful

Thaddeus

Is my brother slowing you down back here?

Always

Hey

(Laughs)

You watch Simon and me in a footrace

Would settle this once and for all

Race is upto the front

Big James is asking for a relief on that cart

Already?

Thought we called him big for a reason

Yeah thats why his shift is the longest

You're up

Ill be up next Andrew

No no, You dont need to

I want to

You shouldn't

Let me tell you something. Somedays, I miss manual labor

Fewer questions, less speculation

Honest sweat

Time to get honest, Andrew

Shalom. Shalom Shalom, Shalom

You know whats funny?

Who would have thought that the keeper of the shifts would have been Matthews job not yours.

Why is that?

He thinks in divisions, calculation, order

No mistake

Speaking of Matthew, I wanted to tell you

He is writing down everything you do

Of course he is

And thats fine with you?

It is

Why?

Good to know. - You strike me as someone who acts on instinct

Feeling

But I do think

I think all the time

That's what I was hoping to talk to you about

You were

Ive been thinking

The group is going up everyday

With greater numbers come more Opinions

Perspectives - Sure

We are all unified behind you

You're all unified?

We all agree on you

But sometimes you're away and

During those times we don't have your authority to defer to

You have my instructions

We have a goal or instruction or someplace to go, but how we get there

How we achieve it

Sometimes theres a lot of noise

So what are you suggesting?

Im suggesting we form Eliza's structure

For what?

For how decisions are made

How plans are formed and

What is the process for raising objections To those plans

When and how they are vocalized and

To whom

Such as how you sent James and John ahead to Syria

To prepare. We can schedule that in advance

For instance maybe all

Contrary ideas are

Rooted through Big James

Philip and then brought to me for consideration

Just thinking out loud here

Simon I love how you are trying to make things better for the whole group

You could stand to be a little nicer sometimes, but you're a leader

You always have been and always will be

I cherish that in you and I will need it

I will need it in time

Every one of these people I have called for a reason

Each of them brings something unique and important to the whole

I want every voice heard and none silenced

Everyone can learn from each other

Yes

But some people are troubled with timings and may slow us down

I wont ask who you mean by that

But I will say

If someone is thinking about things you feel slow everyone down

Then you need to slow down

One day Simon, there will need to be more structure

And I see you paying a big part in it

Out of all humility Rabbi

Why not now?

Why not more structure today?

Because Im still here

Yes of course you're still here

Are you saying one day you wont be? c

Its a conversation for another time

But you will talk about it?

I think so

Soon?

Aah.. there's that word - soon

Its the most imprecise thing in the world

What is soon?

A few hours?

A few days?

Years? A hundred years? A thousand years?

Ask my Father in Heaven

How long a thousand years is

Then talk to me about soon

Where you going?

To relieve Andrew of the cart

But its not your time

(Laughs)

Its what I tried to tell my mother in Cana How much good did it do?

(Sighs)

Mary... Ramah

Something wrong? - Nothing wrong

I want to ask you a favor

Of course

Can I borrow a tablet?

Did Simon put you up to this?

No

Im going to teach Ramah how to read - We're going to study Torah

That's what I want to do

Well they don't allow women... how can I get to the scrolls

I could copy them for you

That would be really long

Maybe we could ask Philip what is the most important part?

Im pretty sure its all important

We dont even know where to start

Ill ask Philip

Why Philip?

He's kind to me. Thaddeus too

Sorry there be exception Matthew

I'll talk to Philip

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Everything good out here? - Yes

We're going to study Torah

Who? You and Mary? - And Matthew

(Laughs)

Matthew doesn't know anything about Torah

How do you know what Matthew knows that's the point

You don't read

I wasn't sent to Hebrew school like you, so that's what I'll learn from Mary first

Its not like we are trying to be teachers or anything. We just want to learn more

Have you taken your shifts with the cart yet?

Anything you need to know, you can always ask me

I'll be happy to answer any questions

You know that, right?

Of course

Good

My turn with the cart

A passage to memorize

Anything that would get me started

To make up for lost time

No Matthew, you didn't lose any time

You just got rearranged

Gaining it all back now

But in the meantime I I want to understand the same things you do

And eveyone else

It doesn't happen overnight

Look, there it is!

Aah, Caesarea Philippi

My namesake - Really?!

No

Phillip the Tetrarch

Brother of Herod Antipas

Family that does not take kindly to my former Rabbi

Why?

Well John criticizes them for things like killing their own sons

And marrying their own nieces, thing like this

I suppose he should

Welcome to the empire

Of course you should know more about this than any of us

No offence

Im going to go up ahead

Passage to memorize. I'll work on this

(Knocking)

Nathaniel

Hey Nathaniel, It's me, Philip!

Nathaniel

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Nathaniel

Nathaniel

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Hey! Hey!

Are you sick?

Whats going on?

Yeah, Why are you in bed?

What happened my friend? Are you ok?

Sure

We need to get you some water

I am truly sorry my friend

No one was killed

It could have been worse, I could be in prison

Still proud of you

I've lived through you at times, you know that?

Through me?

Yes

Im living through you man

I mean it

What part?

Going to classes endlessly?

Dealing with bureaucrats, day in, day out

Skip that part

I mean the part about

building something

with your own hands

I had a calling

I dont regret it

But while you were in the city being validated

By top professionals,

I was in the wilderness

For a lot of yelling

I don't deny occasionally being jealous that

You had actual physical evidence to show for your efforts

A pile of rubble

You don't know what your impact was, or will be

No I have a good idea what it'll be

They'll call... before they hire another jew

I though I knew where God was putting me to

Yeah

So what are you doing here?

i thought you were out making enemies all over the place

Im about to make a whole lot more enemies all over the place

John sent me to someone new

Well, you sure know how to pick em

He is not just anyone

Thats what you said about the baptiser

And I was right

But this is...

More

This, is what the baptizer has been preparing us for

Nathaniel

He is The One

The one?

The One Moses foretold in the prophecy with God

The One?

The One

Jesus of Nazareth. Son of Joseph

Nazareth?

(Laughs)

Can anything good come out of Nazareth?

Come and see

Little dump on a craggy hilltop

Serious

No pave roads

No public buildings, They barely have a synagogue

Can't. You really can't

Hey Im just telling it like it is. Why can't I do that?

Cause you are mean

Illiterate day labourers and peasants by the way

Sleep under the same roof as their livestock

Listen to me

Honestly Philip, saying The One is a Nazarene is

Practically heresy - Just

Come and see

What?

You're gonna be late for work?

Wow

Thats dark

So dark

Your whole life

You've wanted to serve God

To meet the son of God, the King of Israel

I promise, you will not regret it

And if you do,

I'll refund your misery

And I know you

You don't mess around

You will want to join him

He's like no Rabbi who has ever been, or will be y

Ive never seen you talk like this

Im still hung up on the Nazareth of it all

Come and see

Rabbi

Well

This is a good night

Do you know who stands beside you there?

This is my friend

Nathaniel

Yes, the truth teller

Im sorry?

Man is often deceitful

And Israel began

With Jacob the deceiver, yes?

Yes

But one of the great things about you

Is that you are a true Israelite

In whom there is no deceit

What did you say about me?

What is

How do you know me?

I have known you long before Philip called you to come and see

Dont look at him. Look at me

When you were in your lowest moment

And you were alone

I did not turn my face from you

I saw you

Under the fig tree

Rabbi

There it is

You are the son of God

The king of Israel

I knew it

Well that didnt take long

He doesnt mess around

Because I said I saw you under the fig tree you believe?

(Laughs)

You are going to see many greater things than that

Like Jacob,, you are going to see heaven open

And angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man

Thats me, by the way

(Laughs)

I got that

Good. I know you like to be clear

Rabbi!

Sorry to Interrupt, but John just arrived with message from Syria

He came back? - Yeah

He said people are already gathering to meet you

Many with afflictions to be healed

Your fame is spreading

The good kind

You should rest Rabbi. We should leave early

Thank you boys

So

You wanted to help build something that would cause prayer and songs?

Something to bring souls closer to God yes?

Can you start tomorrow?

♪ Music