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(James) And Jesus said, "This is my
commandment:

Love one another as I have loved you.

There is no greater love than this--

that a man should lay down his life for his friends.

(John) Take home Jesus' love.

And keep it by giving it to others. Amen.

(all) Amen.

Peter...

(PETER) I came as soon as I could.

Here, drink this.

James, you lead us well.

Twelve men, praying in a grotto.

Deceit and betrayal are everywhere.

It's true, then, they've taken Stephen.

They're holding him in prison.

He's to appear before the Sanhedrin.

What harm is Stephen to them?

His mission was to provide food to our poor.

He got into an argument on the Temple steps.

He quoted the prophets to prove that Jesus

was the true Messiah.

There were bitter words.

He was warned by the guards to move on.

Things went against him very fast.

Informants in the crowd reported him to the Council.

He's charged with blasphemy.

They have no right to try a man for a capital charge.

The Romans forbid it.

Rights? Rights no longer matter.

There are reasonable men among the Sanhedrin.

They can't be all of one mind.

The Zealots are in control.

Reasonable men can no longer oppose them.

They see themselves on the brink of destruction

under Roman rule, highways of Jews

being crucified all over Palestine.

John, Who was with him when he was taken?

No one.

No one?

None stood up with him?

Where are our voices?

Keep yours down.

What justifies your words?

To shame us?

No.

No, no, no.

You fulfill your duty.

It seems to be some special providence

that all we can rejoice in is suffering.

God will one day repay us.

I do not believe that was my pact with Jesus!

Stephen goes too far!

And we desert him?

There is nothing any of us can do.

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(HIGH PRIEST) Saul Paulus of Tarsus, it's in your
charge!

(Saul) Witnesses identify yourselves!

Sallum of Alexandria.

Sabhah, the Cyrenian.

Caleb of Cilicia.

Who is ready?

(STEPHEN) Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!

Do not hold this sin against them!

♪ dramatic music ♪

Rabban Gamaliel.

(GAMALIEL) Thank you. Thank you.

You look worn, Saul.

I have felt concern for you.

I have never seen a man being stoned before.

It's something that I will never forget.

But, it was necessary and it was also a moral right

if we are to preserve the Law.

It was considered remarkable that you came to us

with such a fund of knowledge of the Law.

Well, whatever my own feelings are in this matter,

I cannot afford to take account of them.

I've wasted too much time as it is in thinking and I...

Besides, I have my commission from the High Priest.

I have heard of this commission.

A house-to-house search for other followers of Jesus,

is it not?

Yes, Yes I myself asked for the commission

to go to Damascus and to the synagogues there

and to arrest these people and bring them back to
Jerusalem

and there by make them either renounce their faith

of suffer punishment.

You should be of great service.

We are waging a just war!

And They're the ones to be blamed.

Heathen still at heart, this Stephen called us.

Heathen still at heart, And Deaf to the truth!

That we had the law brought to us by angels

and that we are the ones who have not kept it

that was the insult,

that was the monstrous insult!

and to say that Jesus paid for our sins?

That this Jesus paid for our sins

and that we only by accepting Him,

can we be forgiven ours?

Jews and Gentiles alike?

I must go against them!

But against whom?

We are occupied by Rome,

not by followers of Jesus.

Rome, whose force is overwhelming,

who corrupts our leaders, subverts from within,

who throw us into bitter opposition against each other,

until we see threats and act against them

more in passion than reason.

And Jews, in the name of salvation,

turn against Jews.

They would destroy the Temple!

Would they not?

It is against them that I turn.

Not the Jews!

What are they if not Jews?

Rabban Gamaliel.

Saul Paulus.

Be cautious in deciding what you do with these men.

Leave them alone.

If this idea of theirs or its execution is of human origin,

it will collapse.

But if it comes from God,

you will never be able to put them down,

and you risk finding yourself at war with God.

[wind starts to blow hard]

Tell me, Lord, who are you!

I can't see! I'm blind...

(HIGH PRIEST OF DAMASCUS) This man has
important work to do here in Damascus.

He was to be brought to me.

His companions brought him.

To leave him like this? Why?

He will take nothing, no food no water.

He will say nothing.

Keep me notified of his condition.

Save me, God!

I am sinking in the deepest swamp,

there is no foothold;

Worn out with calling,

my throat is aching, My eyes are strained,

looking for my God.

Please, Pull me out of this swamp;

let me sink no further,

Do not let the waves wash over me,

do not let the deep swallow me

or the Pit close it's mouth on me.

In your great kindness, Father, answer me.

Who's there?

My name is Ananias.

Ananias? Why are you here?

I am directed here, by a vision.

vision?

Ananias, it called out to me...

'Go to the street called Straight

and ask for the man from Tarsus named Saul.'

Are you Saul?

Yes.

I often heard of you

and all the harm you have done my people in
Jerusalem.

That you were sent here to Damascus to arrest anyone

who followed Jesus of Nazareth.

And was it a true vision that came to me.

I too had a vision.

I saw a light shining all around me

and around my companions.

It was a light more brilliant than the sun itself.

We fell to the ground, and then I heard a voice,

saying to me, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me!"

I said, "Lord, Who are you?"

And the Lord replied,

"I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

I have appeared to you for a purpose.

Get up and go into the city

And you will be told what you have to do."

"Go", the Lord told me, and tell this man

that I have chosen him to serve me,

to make my name known to Gentiles and kings

and to the people of Israel.

And I myself will show him

all he must suffer for my sake."

Saul, my brother

may you be filled with the Holy Spirit.

(Saul thinking) And Isaiah replied,

"Listen, now, descendants of King David.

The Lord will give you a sign...

a young woman who is with child,

will have a son and will name him 'Immanuel.'

A child is born to us! A son is given to us!

He will be called 'Eternal Father,'

'Prince of Peace.'

His royal power will continue to grow;

His kingdom will always be at peace.

He will rule as King David's successor,

basing His power on right and justice

From now until the end of time."

And then Jesus addressed the people

and his disciples with these words saying:

'The doctors of the law and the Pharisees

sit in the chair of Moses;

therefore do what they tell you;

pay closely to their words.

But do not always follow their practice;

for they say one thing and yet they do another.

They make heavy packs

and pile them on other men's shoulders

But will not raise a finger to lift the load themselves.

What ever they do is done for show.

Some of these men,

they like to go about with large tassels on their robes;

and have places of honor for feasts

and the chief seats in synagogues,

to be addressed respectfully in the streets,

pay no heath to these men.

They're waiting to kill you at the gates.

We'll wait until nightfall

and then we can arrange your escape.

I won't run. I won't be driven out.

There is suffering in survival.

You'll see.

One of my horses needs attention.

Is the hoof split.

There's a swelling there in the upper part of the front
leg.

Right here? Here?

You don't know much about horses, do you?

I'm a tentmaker.

Not many tents are sold in Jerusalem.

I work where I can find it.

And speak where you will.

No one has spoken the words of Jesus

on the Temple steps since Stephen.

You've done so more than once I heard you.

Who sent you?

I come for myself.

what's your name?

Barnabas, a follower of Jesus.

This is my young cousin, Mark.

Tell me, You have said,

'Faith becomes supreme of all human acts',

tell me, how do you know?

Through whose authority

was the Word of the Lord conveyed to you?

Through Jesus.

The Lord spoke directly to you?

Yes, told me what I am to do.

What are you to do?

I am to take the Word elsewhere.

Then why are you here in Jerusalem and not
elsewhere?

I am here to learn.

What? From whom?

From those people who where with him...

with Jesus and Peter.

You would see Peter?

Yes, that's why I'm here.

It will be difficult.

Well, as I say,

give my horse a good scrubbing, we'll be back.

Come.

We thank you Lord for the blessings

you have bestowed upon this house.

For this house which has been offered to us

for prayer and for fellowship by this good gentle
woman, Mary.

For Barnabas who sustains us with his personal
treasure

for God...

who's rich in mercy even when we are dead in sin.

Who has quickened us together in Christ

by grace we are saved. Amen.

(All) Amen.

Tell them cousin Barnabas, tell them.

All in good time.

Jacob of Beth-horan is still without work.

How is the family for food?

Too proud to ask. But the baby cries.

While we have this and a warm kitchen to sit in?

Mark will take them food in the morning.

The man Saul Paulus of Tarsus preaches

on the Temple steps.

So it is said.

We heard him.

He speaks out openly in the name of Jesus...

A trick, to gain our trust.

We spoke to him. He works in a stable.

He says he has seen the Lord and heard His voice.

And we've heard yours.

Take him.

Enough for now, I think.

Bring your supper.

Mother, I'm not finished.

Good bye, Mark.

You went to him!

Yes.

We decided against it.

We agreed to avoid him!

I would like to hear more from Barnabas.

A knock on the door,

does it always mean a friend?

It could be.

Then you open it, brother of mine.

I say the man is our enemy.

I agree.

I think something different.

It's a trap!

I've met the man.

There's been a change.

That takes my appetite!

He has been beaten for preaching in Damascus.

He barely escaped the city with his life.

It was probably arranged, I still say it's a trap.

Enough, James.

I've heard him speak of things we are meant to do and
do not.

Such things as?

That the Word be taken to all nations.

We have yet to reach beyond Judea.

Peter,

He asks for a meeting with you.

Tomorrow...I'll see him tomorrow. You can tell him
where.

♪ dramatic music ♪

I've heard you want to know of Jesus.

So. Sit there.

It was here that we spent our last night with Him.

All of us, here, together,

before the Passover festival.

He knew that his hour had come.

At supper, He arose and poured water

into a basin and washed our feet.

I objected.

'You Lord, washing my feet?'

He answered,

'So that you will do just as I have done for you.'

'One of you,' He said, 'will betray me.'

'It is the man to whom I give this piece of bread.'

And he took it and dipped it in a dish

and gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot,

who was sitting where you sit now.

'Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted,

who ate of my bread has raised his heel against me...'

I know the prophecies as well as you.

Though I am unaware that Judas, also,

was to rise from the dead.

Are you Judas?

Come.

You asked to know. Then come.

He came with us here that night to this garden to wait.

Three times we slept while He prayed.

And then, near midnight, we awoke to hear Him say,

'The hour has come!

Let us go forward.

The traitor is upon us.'

Judas appeared with a great crowd.

'Hail, Rabbi!' he cried out to Jesus

and kissed Him, which was a signal.

They came forward and held Jesus fast.

I took up a sword and struck off the ear

of a Temple servant.

'Put up your sword,' Jesus cried to me.

'All who live by the sword, die by the sword!

What is it you want?

To do what He has told me to do.

Why should His teachings be entrusted to you?

You have condemned Him, denied Him,

executed one of His followers,

persecuted others!

Yes, didn't any of you doubt his word

when you first heard him?

Didn't you all experience your own conversion?

I would no more deny Him than you, Peter.

They led Him away as we fled, all of us deserting him.

He was brought before the High Priest

and the Sanhedrin.

I was sitting outside.

A serving maid stopped and said,

'You were with Jesus the Galilean.'

I denied it.

'I do not know what you mean,' I said.

'This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth,'

Someone else said.

And again I denied it.

'I do not know the man!, I said.

'Surely, you must be one of them,

the way you speak gives you away,' said someone
else.

And again, I said, 'I do not know the man!'

And when He died?

None of us was there to be with Him.

Save one. And that one was John.

We are not Jesus. We are only men.

But, believe in Him and we are forgiven.

Isn't that the great gift?

In Galilee once, I asked Him,

'Lord, how many times am I to forgive my brother

if he goes on wronging me?

As much as seven times seven?'

Jesus replied,

'I do not say seven times; I say seventy times seven.'

Show me Galilee.

I told Jesus once,

'Master, we've fished all night and taken nothing.'

'Put out into deep water,' He said,

'And let down your nets for a catch!

[laughing as the boat dips] Sit, sit, I have no other boat.

We made so great a haul that night,

our nets began to split,

and we loaded our boats until they almost sank.

'Henceforth, you shall catch men,' He said.

That was his mission to you?

I send you out like sheep among wolves,' He told us.

To heal the sick,

bring to life the dead of spirit,

cleanse the lepers, cast out the devils.'

'Be wary as serpents, yet innocent as doves.'

That is my mission, also.

After His death, He came to us once again

By the Sea of Tiberias.

Quite alone to me, He said,

'Peter, I tell you this in very truth:

When you were young, you fastened your belt around
you

and walked where you chose;

but when you are old,

you will stretch out your arms

and a stranger will bind you fast

and take you where you have no wish to go.'

Can you go there with me?

I'll wait for you there.

James... you honor my house.

There are assassins waiting for you in Jerusalem.

Where did you hear of this?

There was a messenger, from the Temple.

There's an uproar over your preaching against the Law.

Then he'll stay here.

They'll find him here.

We'll hide him.

To what end?

To the end that there will be no end

if we don't stand up against them.

You are thinking with your pride, not your head!

The man steps forward as only one of us has done,

as Stephen did!

And what was that result.

Ahh, is there's something else.

It is clear that Peter has accepted you.

As Barnabas has.

Others are not so certain.

I accuse them of jealousy!

I accuse John of not being forceful!

You, of being timid...!

I am for one thing only--

the survival of the Church.

You didn't build the Church!

Nor were you in Jerusalem with Jesus!

That's true. I wasn't.

But you commissioned me to lead,

you and the others.

I didn't ask for it.

I was asked to assume it when none of you would do
so.

His sacrifice has been greater than any one of us!

His sacrifice is nothing if the Temple

is goaded to violence and the Romans close in!

They'll send chosen troops

And we'll be crushed in the middle!

He cannot remain here.

You must leave Judea!

Home to Tarsus.

I should feel happy, but, I feel nothing.

We'll send for you. Find work for you.

You'll receive letters and instructions.

Messengers will come.

I wont' be idle.

I'll cast my net into deeper waters.

He spoke to me,

and I with him.

We spoke of many things.

What did you talk about?

We talked about you.

Ah, you never did.

For fifteen days that he was here I felt...renewed.

Do you know what I mean?

Tell me.

As though a ceiling were lifted and there was fresh air.

He's really affected you.

Afflicted me.

With all that's gone before

and we committed to do and do not.

Words.

I am afflicted with words.

Words are what the Master gave you.

To act upon. I do not act.

'You are my rock,' He said to me.

James leads.

James...I honor James, he does not lead!

He prays...

Behind closed doors and shuttered windows.

Only one, this one, this Saul, stands fast in the open,

and we send him away!

I fear... it could end in words.

Just words... behind closed doors.

[remembering Jesus' words]

'I send you out innocent as sheep among wolves,' He
said.

'For men will flog you for my sake...

all will hate you for your allegiance to me;

but the man who holds on to the end will be saved...'

A better place for tents than Jerusalem.

Saul, it's me.

Along while, hey?

Yes, eight years.

As long as that.

Well, they were eight difficult years I can tell you.

Not once have I heard from Jerusalem--

by letter, by messenger or by word of mouth, not once.

I've been abandoned.

Yes, I've been abandoned, Barnabas.

You will understand, therefore,

if I am not overjoyed by your visit.

But, I am.

Besides, I don't come from Jerusalem.

Why are you here?

For the fish.

So, you continue to preach declaring your new views?

Yes.

In synagogues?

Yes, until I was driven out.

And then...

I spoke where I could, in the streets.

This is your birth place, isn't it?

What of your father?

He mourns me as if I were dead.

Tell me, who are they

who listen to you in the streets?

Greeks. It's a Greek city, Tarsus.

Greeks? But, they are Gentiles, heathens.

Yes, with a concept of religion.

Based on ignorance and superstition.

Jesus said, 'Make my name known to Gentiles and
Kings...'

You're testing me, Barnabas.

Of course I am as I test myself all the time, believe me.

Now listen...

I'd heard what you've been doing.

That's why I'm here.

Now, In Antioch, you see, some Greek-speaking Jews,

such as myself,

have started to preach directly to the Greeks, like you.

And we need help. I thought of you.

Will you come?

Where, to Antioch?

Yes, we could leave in a few days.

We could leave tonight if you'd like.

Oh, good.

What's happening in Jerusalem, where's Peter?

You haven't heard?

No.

I thought you knew.

What?

Jerusalem is starving.

The first order of business in Antioch

will be to raise some money for our people there.

Yes, Jerusalem is starving.

[people screaming]

Your esteem...

Save your reverence.

I was almost set upon coming out of the Temple.

the situation is desperate...

You understand it wonderfully well.

Starvation is upon the city...

Starvation is upon world!

You answer for Jerusalem.

You rule Judea.

I am King, not High Priest.

You rule the house of God, not I.

Is this not a Godly choice?

I am for myself and these good men,

certainly not the object of God's wrath.

We uphold and protect the Law.

Our lives are given over to the Law.

We are creatures of Rome, you and I.

We rule so long as Rome is satisfied.

My King, we are Jews...!

Yes, we are Jews!

But not as they are Jews.

[people screaming]

There is something in their character which awes me.

They are for Israel

with a passion for independence,

even as they break apart from each other--

Sadducees, Essenes, Pharisees.

In time enough, they'll unite against the Caesars...

but not in my time.

The Law... meanwhile.

The Law controls them,

as long as there is control.

We are holy men, My King.

We can do nothing but conform to the Law...

Then give them someone other than ourselves

to cry out against.

Listen to them!

Might not the fault lie with this Jesus sect...

Yes, they rebel and reject

and thereby bring God's wrath on all of us!

Is it not written in the Psalms:

'See how the eye of God is on those who rely on His
love...'

'...To rescue their souls from death

and keep them alive in famine.'

'As for the wicked...

they shall perish, these enemies of God.'

So it is written.

James!

This one's for tomorrow.

Keep him upright. These people like to kneel.

♪ dramatic music ♪

Put it with the rest, We'll store it later.

How'd you get it past the guards?

They are starving, too.

That's the last of it.

[knocking at the door]

Ask who it is.

[knocking at the door]

Who is there?

(outside door) Peter.

It's Peter.

The girl's mad, he's in prison.

Of course, lets hide the food.

[rapid knocking at the door]

Peter, Peter... how did you escape?

The Lord delivered me... it's true.

But listen, you must leave quickly.

I'll give you water.

No, there's no time.

A house-to-house search is certain.

Where will you go?

To Galilee. There will be refugees.

I'll join you.

I'll go, too!

No Mark!

I won't be left behind!

He'll come with me, to Antioch.

Tell them all I'm safe.

Yes, there was a time when you were dead.

There was a time when you were dead

to your sins and to your wickedness,

when you followed the evil ways.

Now, I say to you,

Remember that former condition-- you, Gentiles,

You, 'the uncircumcised,'

so called by those who are called 'the circumcised'

remember your former condition.

Barnabas, it's good to see you.

Barnabas has just returned from Jerusalem.

Yes, remember your former condition.

Because at that time you were separate from God.

Your world was a world without hope.

But now in blessed union with Christ Jesus...

both Gentile and Jews, he has made the two one.

The God of peace be with you all. Thank you.

The God of peace be with you all.

Barnabas...

it's good to see you back. Welcome back.

It's good to see you.

Who is this?

Mark.

Mark? not the little Mark I met eight years ago...

...eight years.

It's good to see you...Mark.

Yes, you're right.

These Greeks they do think and they do stimulate
argument

and they provoke debate... thinking.

It's good to see you. He grew up.

Ah, yes, we have a new word

by which to describe ourselves-Christians-

meaning partisans of Christ.

It's a word the Romans use in jest.

So be it. Christians.

What's wrong?

We do nothing in Jerusalem!

We hide and then run!

There was no choice left to us.

It was all we could do.

Then my teachers are not what they've educated me to
be!

When do you stand up to someone?

When it's too late?

You're wrong.

I'm right, you know I'm right.

You're wrong.

He's right, of course.

and he's been through a terrible time.

We all have.

John's brother, James, has been killed.

How?

Executed by Herod Agrippa, beheaded.

Where's Peter!

No, no. He had fled Jerusalem for Galilee.

They have all fled they had to.

to avoid persecution.

I can tell you,

our church of Jesus Christ is in disarray.

Cry for Jerusalem.

When you took food and money

to them in Jerusalem, Barnabas,

I gloated over it.

Yes, I wanted revenge on those who left me

unsummoned in Tarsus all those years.

Peter and James and...

yes, I wanted revenge.

Eight years I waited... eight years.

I know it was wrong

and everyday I ask God's forgiveness.

God has his plan.

I would not be here now, would I

if I had done God's bidding, would I?

You say that our church in Jerusalem is in disarray?

It is.

It seems to be dying, Barnabas.

It seems to be dying.

He has no wish to see our church perish

I'm sure of that.

Who?

God.

But, it is perishing.

It is perishing in our hands it is perishing.

He said, "bring my name before the nations and their
kings,"

that what he said.

Which nations, what kings?

I mean... our church... where would you go with it?

Where would I go with it? To the West.

Out of Judea?

Why yes, Antioch is out of Judea, isn't it.

Antioch has been approved by Jerusalem,

coming here to Antioch was a mission close to home.

Yes, well, now the mission must become a movement,
Barnabas.

It must become a movement.

It has to become a living, movement, Barnabas.

Otherwise, believe me, it will surely die.

well, yes, I suppose we could go to Cyprus.

Cyprus, yes...

Yes, I know it well, it is my home.

I started training there.

Yes.

We'd land at Salamis on the east coast

and travel across the islands to the synagogues of Soli.

Yes, Cyprus first.

You'd go further?

Well, yes, not just stop in Cyprus.

Where?

Where? I don't know...

I don't know...

To Pamphylia, Pisidia, Asia, yes, Asia.

Yes, yes, I see, I see...

A mission to preach to the whole heathen world, is that
it?

Yes, yes!

He said bring my names before the Gentiles

and before their kings.

Do you remember?

Yes... yes... well,

I'll write to James and ask what he thinks.

If you need James' permission,

you better write James then.

I have my commission. It comes from no man.

I know...and Paul we will do it.

We will penetrate the Greek cities one after the other.

Mark will come with us.

Yes, well, I'm not so sure about Mark.

Oh, oh... I ask forgiveness for his rudeness.

It's not his rudeness that disturbs me.

There'll be hardship

and they'll be danger, Barnabas, when we do it.

Yes, I know, he's become a man, don't forget.And he
knows no fear.

(Mark)...Then one of the lawyers,

who had been listening to these discussions,

came forward and asked Him,

'Which commandment is first of all?'

[people laughing]

'The first is,' Jesus answered...

[people laughing]

'Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God...the Lord is one.

'...Love the Lord your God with all your heart,

with all your mind and all your soul...'

'...with all your strength...'

[people murmuring and hurrying about]

Pisidian bandits attacked us, six hours out...

We fought as we could. It was useless.

They killed six of us,

they took the young men to be sold as slaves.

[squeaking noise]

What's that?!

Animal...

I heard nothing...

What kind of animal?

An animal.

I know we haven't done well here, but...

We're not discouraged, are we?

What are we then?

In difficulty, perhaps.

But not in despair.

We're sick, and tired, and hungry...

But we're never deserted.

You say that sitting there with fever...

We rejoice in our sufferings...

Rejoice...?

...Knowing that suffering produces endurance,

and endurance brings proof that we have stood the
test,

and that is ground for hope.

He's raving! We failed here.

No one listens to us...

Mark, we are deputies of Christ.

We are shipwrecked here,

the Word of Christ is shipwrecked

on the coast of Pamphylia.

Then we shall take his word to Pisidia.

Through the hills? Into those mountains?

That is no journey for a sick man.

The roads are thick with bandits.

They kill the old men and sell the young ones into
slavery.

We leave tomorrow.

You go, not me!

Mark!

Three men alone?

Your duty is obedience.

To this madman?

You are needed, have courage, don't despair.

I want to go home!

Then go home, we have no pact with each other.

Go home.

Are you well? I know...

[baby crying]

Hey, don't worry my little friend,

we'll soon have you home... in Jerusalem.

There are plenty. It was a good catch.

Peter...

Two weeks and nothing from you. We almost said
kaddish.

What news from Jerusalem?

Herod Agrippa is dead.

When?

A month ago.

Good news.

Eaten by worms, they say.....

Better news.

Mark was there. He's with me.

He brings news that Saul and Barnabas have left
Antioch.

They've gone into Asia, making for Greece.

The last I saw

Barnabas and Paul walking into the hills.

Barnabas and Paul?

He no longer calls himself Saul.

He refers to himself by his Roman name.

What of Saul?

He threw off his Hebrew inheritance?

Let him sever what ties he will!

Who has directed him to go to the Gentiles?

Directed him? He's to come to us?

He owes us nothing!

You wish to see him humbled?

I wish see him humble.

God has a plan.

Paul is confident of that.

The facts are these he is where we should be and are
not!

With the Gentiles?!

You think Jesus meant salvation for the Jews alone?

Jesus meant salvation for all men...

In time!

What is the man saying?

That we are cornered by our own success.

Our Jerusalem Church...

Is made of Jews, not Gentiles!

You agreed salvation is for all men.

In time, Peter, in time!

The time is now.

Paul's seen to that.

My brothers, you who come of the stock of Abraham,

and others among you who revere our God,

we are the people to whom the message

of this salvation has been entrusted.

But, the people of Jerusalem and their rulers

did not recognize Him or did not understand

the words of the prophets which are read Sabbath by
Sabbath.

Indeed, they fulfilled them by rejecting Him.

And when they carried out all the Scriptures said about
Him,

they cut Him down from the gibbet and laid Him in a
tomb!

But,God raised Him from the dead,

and there was a period of many days

when He appeared to them

to those same people who would come up with Him

from Galilee to Jerusalem.

Those same men who now bear witness

before our people before our nation...

And we, my good friend Barnabas and I,

come to bring you the good news

that god who had made the promise to the fathers

has fulfilled the promise to the children

by raising Jesus from the dead.

And this stands as written in the second Psalms.

This man...

This man who rose up from the dead!

I would like to see this man!

Open your heart and you will see Him!

The Messiah?

The Jews have a parable about that.

They say if you are planting a tree,

and someone comes and says,

'Quick, come running, see the Messiah,'

you're suppose to first finish planting the tree.

[people laughing]

There's also another saying of the Jews.

A proclamation of their own prophets:

'See this man, you scoffers, and begone;

for I am doing a deed in your days,

a deed which you will never believe

when you are told of it.'

This man is a forger!

He counterfeits this Jesus!

It is written if a man is put to death for some crime

and his body is hung on a post

he brings God's curse on the land!'

It was necessary that the Word of God

should first be declared to the Jews.

And it was providence that I found you here in Pisidia.

But since you do not accept it...

We turn to the Gentiles.

For these are our instructions from the Lord:

'I have appointed you to be a light

for the Gentiles and a means of salvation

to earth's farthest bounds!

Our men marrying heathen women?

What of your daughters?

Where do they find husbands when Jewish men marry
elsewhere?

[people yelling]

Our food is low,

we are run out of one city after another

stones thrown at us...

you seem to like those stones, I don't.

We could get down to the sea

and make passage back to Antioch.

Yes, yes, that is on my mind.

I know Jesus said,

'If you are persecuted in one town, take refuge in
another.'

But what can it be for us but the same in the next town.

Please, don't lets go on to Lystra.

It's time to go home.

Hmm?

Oh well, let's pray tonight the stones are softer in
Lystra.

The scripture says

that everyone who believes in him

will be saved from shame... everyone.

But there is no distinction between Greek and Jew...

there is no distinction.

The same Lord is the Lord of all.

And he has abundance of riches

to give to anyone who invokes him.

For we are his offspring, we are his children.

So mark my words.

I, Paul, say to you

that faith becomes supreme of all human acts!

Faith in Jesus Christ,

whose death has brought redemption

from sin in all aspects for those who believe!

Who among you believes in him?

Who has faith enough to believe?

Anyone who has faith... raise your hand.

Yes you.. you've raised your hand.

Yes.

Can you stand?

Do you have magical powers?

[people laugh]

Then why are you not standing, huh?

Can you stand?

No, your faith alone can heal you.

Stand.

Take only my hand.

Now stand.

[people murmuring]

What do they say?

They say we are Hermes and Zeus-gods from
Olympus!

What are you doing? What are you doing?

We are only men we're not God.

[people screaming]

Paul listen... Paul they want us to stay.

They know we're only men, not Gods.

But, they want us to stay. They want us to stay.

Say nothing...

say nothing and be still...

Let them pass...

They are centurians...

Romans trash...

[people murmuring]

Cousin Barnabas.

Mark! Well, You look fit.

I am. What about you?

Where did you come from?

From Paul. In Antioch.

Antioch?

How's your mother?

Well.

And the others?

Returned to Jerusalem with the end of the purges...

But this...

There's great unrest and growing worse.

Rome's done with Jews ruling Jews.

It's going to end badly.

Well... I'll go along to your mother's.

See you later, I imagine.

I should have stayed with you in Perga,

we should have stayed together.

I let you down, did you great harm.

How stupid of my innocence,

Paul knew what I was...

filled with self-righteousness, and too frightened to go
along.

I wanted to escape, I ran away.

Forgive me. I was wrong.

Thank you, my boy. Where is James?

I'll take you to him.

We have great news. Success in Galatia!

I must discuss it with James and the Council at once.
Galatia is won!

( music)

Where's Barnabas? His ship is anchored, isn't it.

He has arrived.

Yes, I know he has arrived. Where is he?

We're waiting to greet him.

He will not come.

What?

Well, did James receive you?

Yes. Open-heartedly.

There were some others I had never seen before

and didn't care for too much, but, yes, he received me.

What do they say about our accomplishments?

They say we flood our Church with pagans.

That our Gentile Christians are uncircumcised,

unparticular about the foods they eat,

they do not understand the Law nor the ceremony,

that's what they say.

And they reject your concept of salvation through faith
alone.

They call it a boast.

A boast?...

I don't boast of anything but the cross of Christ!

I did protest, I battled...

So they grant the Greeks nothing, is that it?

Nothing?

I understand.

So, I'll shall go to Jerusalem myself.

It was their final word.

[screaming] It is not final nothing is final...

I reject their word!

Barnabas!

Barnabas I'm going to Jerusalem.

I promise to be reasonable, I shall be so reasonable.

But, I'm going to Jerusalem.

[people murmuring]

Welcome!

[people murmuring louder]

I thank you for letting me appear before you.

First, I would like to make my companions known to
you.

This is Titus.

He is the Galatian from the western end of the Empire.

Most of you know my good friend, Barnabas.

I have come to Jerusalem from Antioch

to lay before you the Gospel

which I am accustomed to preach to the Gentiles,

and to make sure that the race I have run,

and am running, should not be in vain.

Christian faith stands on its own

and should not require dependence on the law.

And I have come to this after agonizing experience.

But, our success in winning over Greeks out in the
Roman west

is clearly evidenced by the case of Titus,

who has been redeemed by faith in Christ.

There was a time, yes, there was a time...

I grant you, there was a time

when the law was a kind of tutor in charge of us

until Christ should come;

but now that the tutor charge is at an end!

[people screaming]

Please, please, let him finish here and speak...

You would require no circumcision of these heathens?

To require circumcision of the Greeks will of itself

make our movement just another sect of Judaism!

How can you say that?

Because you want to keep it for yourselves!

But, Jesus said,

"extend it freely to others-give it away."

We are the chosen people!

[people cheering]

Clear the hall! Clear the hall!

We'll meet with them in private.

We stay!

It is our right.

[people murmuring]

I have promised this man that he could plead his case.

Let him plead it. We remain!

The two of you?

Silas as well.

Agreed.

Continue...

Why is he here?

He is to be circumcised if he is to mix with those of us

that live by the law!

Don't you understand yet that when one receives
Christ...

They must first become Jews!

We have no more right or privilege in this religion

than Greeks or barbarians!

Do any of you believe this man?

'Go and make disciples of all nations,' Christ said.

No nation's people have advantage or priority in it.

It is for men and women.

It is for slaves and free men,

Greeks and Jews alike!

The Law is the full expression of God's will!

Don't you see that you are trying to effect

a monopoly of the grace of God

so that men will have to come to you to obtain it!

And, I say to you, "who are you?"

or any of us here to sit in judgment?

Could we not find some compromise?

Yes, I say preserve the laws

but do not impose them on the Gentiles.

Our traditions are binding.

Indeed, and they make it totally impossible

for Jews to mix with Gentiles.

And, further, I suggest that any person who tries

to impose these rituals, laws on the Gentiles

is acting falsely and perhaps has no business

being in our church.

We heard enough.

God made no difference between the Gentiles and us.

It is by the grace of Lord Jesus alone that we are saved

And so they are.

Why do you now provoke God

by laying on the shoulders of these converts a yoke

which they should not be made to bear?

We have sat with the Greek in violation of our customs.

Let him be circumcised in recognition.

It is a small concession.

No!

Then you are no part of this!

I disagree!

He has earned his part in this!

It is my judgment, therefore,

that we impose no restrictions on these Gentiles

who are turning to God.

I...

Thirteen years...

Since we said farewell.

I said then...

I promised I wouldn't be idle.

You return now to Antioch?

Yes.

To your Greeks.

To my Greeks.

What are they like, these Greeks?

Noble and tranquil.

'The fair and immortal children of the mind,' thus said
Plato.

Noble and tranquil...

I should like to meet such people.

Well, come back with me.

You showed me your Christian heritage.

I'll show you my Greeks.

To Antioch?

Yes.

Why not?

The good Lord knows I could use some tranquillity.

♪ music ♪

This food is a thief -it'll steal two nights sleep from me.

Eat.

How can you see such suffering.

Resign yourself.

We'll take care of your widow.

It's a miracle.

Their table is your table, enjoy!

I embrace you all my brothers!

[all cheer]

Peter, would you let us use your name?

My name? Why my name?

This summer, if it is possible

will you return with me to Galatia?

Why me?

You? You're Peter, you were with Jesus.

Don't you know what you mean to these people?

I am a poor replacement.

Now look, not only the Galatians

but we could win the whole of Asia with your name.

The thought of such a journey...

I have a taste for it.

Why shouldn't I?

You will? Good!

Paul! Brothers have arrived from Jerusalem.

There is a message from James.

'It is the decision of the Holy Spirit,

and our decision, that our Greek believers

must avoid what has been sacrificed to idols,

avoid tasting the blood and meat of animals

that have been strangled, and immorality.

If kept free of such violations,

they will be acceptable to the Church.

This is from James?

He's totally contradicted himself!

Rethought himself.

His pledge to me was that there should be

no requirement of these people, only faith.

It is his command...

There are ten commandments

and I don't recall one of them being James'!

Silas, as a respected man, a prophet and a teacher,

tell me, why does James send this?

The letter was devised upon much prayer...

Prayer...prayer did not change him, they did!

James, not you,

have been entrusted with the care of souls.

You see they bend James to their will!

The name in my heart is with these Gentiles.

Good, then let's end this conversation here and now.

On the other hand,

we cannot throw off all that's gone before in our lives

anymore than we can shed our own skin.

What?

We've pledged to these Greeks full standing in the
Church,

without rules, without laws...

What has James asked that you find so
unreasonable...

that they accept some few requirements.

A few requirements?

Any requirement betrays a conviction

that faith is not enough!

You are not the center of the Church, Jerusalem is!

I will not go against James!

Peter,

not long ago, you said that no yoke should be laid upon

the shoulders of these converts...

In your own words!

You're like a straw blowing in the wind!

Would you end our friendship over this?

Can't there be compromise on some basis?

No, listen... listen to me.

Before these people came from James,

you ate with the heathen, you ate what they ate.

Now you're drawing back.

I mean can't you see your own conduct condemns you.

That you are like...

Is that your answer.

[screaming] Yes, that's my answer!

You're like a straw blowing in the wind...like a straw...

You're like a straw...

Paul, I... Yes...

I know what you've been through

and what you have achieved.

But...

We should return to Galatia as soon as possible.

Galatia?

Yes, as soon as possible.

Very well...

I think I'll ask Mark to join us, we will...

no, I remember his last performance.

We'll give him another chance.

No!

Paul, be reasonable.

Barnabas, he's unreliable, he's not to be trusted!

No! No! No!

Perhaps it's better then

that I revisit our churches in Cyprus with Mark.

Good!

You can go on to Galatia without me.

Excellent plan. God speed.

I'll shall miss you.

What do you want?

Consider me for your journey.

You're one of James' messengers.

That mission is accomplished.

If you will have me on yours, I want to come.