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ah

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um

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so

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foreign

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enjoying yourself

give us privacy

king herod has finally come to a

decision

you have been sentenced to death miriam

i would like to speak to him

no it's too late for that because your

future is sealed

he'll be handed over to the executioner

how could you you finally got to use

your venom

that's right yes a venom that's been

building up waiting to be used for an

extremely long time

it's over

but right now miriam if you beg on your

knees

show a bit of regret do anything to show

how remorseful you are

and i would be inclined to release you

from your dark cell

and give you back your precious freedom

again

but you must beg me

i'll die before i ever beg

come now miriam why must you be so

arrogant

because i am just

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so

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oh

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i haven't seen you around here before

are you strangers we have come from

bethlehem

from bethlehem that's so far you've come

to visit someone

no we don't know anybody here

we were removed from our homes on

charges of inciting rebellion

we cannot go back to bethlehem ever

again it was king herod soldiers

they set fire to all our homes we don't

know what happened to our sons and

husbands

we came here in hopes of finding any

clues to their whereabouts

you must be hungry come with me i'll

feed you

come on

please come on in we'll just wait here

we should be going soon

okay i'll be back then

what are you doing out here we're

waiting here for the lady of the house

elizabeth are you relatives

so then have you heard about her

she's barrett she can't have children of

her own

everybody around town talks about

elizabeth

she only helps others so that people

will forget that she can't have a child

her husband zachariah claims to be a

prophet but if

hello you have guessed i won't disturb

you

this is for you god bless you're too

kind

goodbye take care now thank you

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huh

tom esther

esther

where are you esther

ah good i brought you some help

put them to good use i'm quite sure that

it's been an extremely long time since

these two women have eaten well in this

slave market

give them food and while you're at it

give them some clean clothes to wear

and make sure you teach them the rules

of the house correctly

take these women inside

come here

why do you torment me like this

is this how you repay me for living by

your side

do you think i was a bad wife to you

did i not help bring prosperity to your

home

didn't i stand faithfully by you through

the good and the bad times

why then do you subject me to such

cruelty

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if they plan to attack us they'll come

directly from the eastern border

our soldiers have everything out of

control from within these lands and

ah i don't understand what you're saying

you're saying words but they mean

nothing it's all gibberish

please leave me alone

father come here i have no idea what to

say

just relax

your highness balaam requests an

audience

alum who on earth is that he's your own

special officer king herod

the one you assigned a special mission

to

uh well very good tell him to come in

yes sire

father i think you should get some rest

herod the great i present this

what is this it's your sister's ring

my sister's ring that's correct

how did you come to have this ring

the mission you assigned great herod

i sent you on a mission

my sister's ring

so then you finally killed that terrible

woman

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someone my dear miriam so that she can

see i got a revenge

pardon me but lady miriam is no longer

alive

father have you forgotten that your wife

was executed for treason

executed yes

but how did she get executed

was innocent wasn't she

so you murdered her did you yes it was

your sister who ordered me

and you killed my sister too because you

ordered me too sire

because of me

yes

i'm very forgetful yes yeah

time passes by so quickly

so now below you've dipped your hands in

the blood

of my dear wife and sister

well haven't you yes i have

with this sword is that right

so i suppose that you either slashed her

throat like this

or else you used heavy blows to hack her

to pieces

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what a shame

you know i wish i'd been there

to see the look on my sister's face as

you delivered her to that terrible

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end

lately i've become so agitated and

forgetful

the death of my beloved miriam is still

distressing me

words of wisdom i suggest that you keep

away from me for the time being

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come here and take this ring

it's your reward

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so

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gather some soldiers and go follow him

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don't let that murderer live forgive him

father

he is a loyal and obedient servant yes

but now he's gotten far too used to

spilling the blood of members of the

royal family

remember this people such as bellam

should not be left alive

we're back yes elizabeth

what's the matter

i just returned from a funeral a

neighbor's daughter

yes her fair little body couldn't handle

anymore

may god bless her

her born mother is so starved that she

couldn't even bring tears to her eyes

so many people are stuck with poverty

and starvation

and there's no one to help the orphans

widows and children in their desperate

time of need

just how long will this oppression and

hardship go on for

many people have migrated from galileo

to other towns because of poverty

but what can i do

is there anything of value left in the

house that we can sell

i feel so ashamed you suffered such

hardship in my house

if your sister hannah was alive things

would be better

our relatives they have all abandoned us

haven't they

you have become lonely

you're the only person in the world who

supports me

elizabeth takes great pride in being the

prophet zechariah's wife

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my dear lord beloved god

you are pure and allow only the pure to

get close to you

you are endlessly kind towards all of

your servants

you love them all so much

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i want to purify myself completely

by calling upon you every day and night

but if you do not bestow your grace upon

me

my soul won't be cleansed give me the

strength my lord

to show kindness

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the people's love and dedication for her

has grown to extreme proportions

do you believe it a 16 year old girl

zechariah supports her he constantly

defends her at every turn

well the first thing we must do is

undermine zechariah's authority

if we make zechariah look pitiful in the

eyes of the people

only then can we devise a plot against

young mary

here go divide that amongst the rabbis

people of jerusalem galileo bethlehem

they must be turned against zachariah

tell the rabbis that they must begin to

work on people's minds

take it

nathan uh zechariah must not even be

allowed to have peace in his own home

he's a soft-hearted man who loves his

wife dearly

send the women to use their skills to

put some pressure on elizabeth

for she is his weakness go and do as i

have said

hello how are you i'm so pleased you're

here it's been a long time since i've

seen you

i thought you had forgotten me oh trust

me we've missed you too elizabeth

i hope we can set aside our past

arguments

of course tell me about jerusalem

i haven't been there in years now how is

dear mary doing

do you see her

mary why don't you ask your husband

zachariah sees her and looks after her

like she was his own daughter

perhaps it's because he's upset at not

having any children of his very own

it's heartbreaking not having children

oh yes i'm sure elizabeth is upset right

elizabeth although you've never even had

a child or experienced motherhood

it must be very hard for zachariah maybe

that explains why he likes mary so much

you should have at least allowed another

woman to bear him a child instead of you

you know how much he loves kids

the problem might lie with zachariah

himself you can never be sure

esther quiet golda prophet zechariah

can't have flaws

because if he did god wouldn't have

chosen him the problem is elizabeth's

did you see how pale she was

zechariah hello zechariah

hello elizabeth

hello

elizabeth what is wrong

tell me

are you hurt

no nothing happened nothing

so why is it you're crying

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did those women say something no

nothing i haven't heard they were

scorning me as always

they scored me because i'm barren and

i'm unable to give you the child that

you want

for years i've longed for a child that

would brighten my life

but these cruel people don't stop

tormenting me i wish we had a child so

the people would stop ridiculing me with

their harsh words

i i don't know if i can take their

torment i've done nothing wrong but yet

i feel so

guilty oh zechariah

forgot to say zechariah let us leave

this town and be gone with its

ungrateful people who disrespect the

prophet and his wife

let us go somewhere where no one will

know us or chastise us for not having a

child i beg you zachariah

i can't take any more of this

i'll deal with it no please don't go

these people are all wicked nothing will

stop them from punishing us

should just sleep down and be done with

these awful people

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that's ten gold coins for jeroboam

and then there is six gold coins for

michael

and write down two gold coins for

tell me why you do it

you are a part of my family you're my

own flesh and blood

why are you tormenting me like this what

have i ever done to you

i feel sorry for you my cousins you

distance yourself from god more and more

every passing year

you've wasted the better years of your

short life by invoking sedition in this

holiest of places

smell it smell it my cousins

you can smell the stench of satan in

here your plotting seems to be boundless

not too long ago you broke the heart of

mary's mother hannah with such

wickedness

you've made life totally unbearable for

both myself and my beautiful wife

elizabeth with your endless conniving

do we deserve it we have done nothing

except be grateful for all that god

gives us

look zechariah no no don't interrupt me

cousin listen to me carefully

from this day forward our family ties

will be forever broken you understand

i am fearful of how you will behave

towards my family after i die

and i will complain about you before my

lord

ugh

wait zechariah

you come here and say whatever you like

so we're satan worshipers now

we're the ones who broke hannah's heart

i know we don't deserve to be your

relatives

your old age has damaged your faculty

zachariah

weren't you the one who insisted on

bringing mary into the temple

it was you who caused her mother to die

of grief

aren't you the one who is constantly

ridiculed in this town and in this

temple

and what exactly does that say about

your worth as a man

so tell me why didn't you ever have a

child

your family line will end soon

everybody knows everybody knows that you

don't have

anyone to keep the light burning in your

home after you die

zachariah you're all alone

try and tell me that i am wrong

you're lonely and disabled old man

you don't have much longer to live look

at all that white hair

death cannot be too far away for you

quickly

say what you need to

time's running out zechariah

you're almost done

hang on johash nathan do you hear

yourself

have some respect for your old teacher

a zechariah supporters rushing to his

defense

well then if i am lying and zachariah

does indeed have a descendant

tell me so we can all laugh

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uh

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i've remained silent on many occasions

and i've tolerated their wicked tongues

as long as possible

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but i'm running out of patience i cannot

bear all this mockery

lord i beg you to send me a sign that

might soothe the pain in my aching heart

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hello mary

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mary how exactly did you

come to have that bowl of fruit

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did someone bring these here for you

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the fruit came from the lord the lord

gives blessing and abundance

to whomever he pleases

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hey

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oh

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blessings in abundance

blessings

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why did it take me so long to get it

and somehow you managed to teach me this

in my old age through mary

it was so utterly senseless of me not to

call upon your vast ocean of mercy

earlier my lord

abundance abundance

dear lord i wish from the bottom of my

heart that i was blessed with a pure

child like imran's mary

i regret not asking such a thing from

you before now

forgive me please somehow forgive me

hello hello is zechariah back yet

no he hasn't come i haven't heard from

him since yesterday

an important ceremony will take place in

the temple today

after many years it's zechariah's turn

to enter the holy room

it's so important that he be there

your excellencies unfortunately we

cannot wait any longer for the ceremony

to begin

my time is too valuable and so i propose

that

issachar begin the ceremony yes fine

good idea

wait look who's arrived

finally it's about time

hello zachariah why is he so disheveled

and dirty

so

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so

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and so prophet zechariah stood at prayer

in the temple and said my dear lord

i have great fear of the conduct of my

cousins after me but i know

that you bestow your grace

upon whoever you wish

so then grant me a child

in your wisdom that will be heir to the

house of

jacob and make him

one with whom you are pleased

so the angels called upon him

saying zechariah zechariah

we give you good news you will indeed

soon

receive a son called john

that name has never

been given to any other person before

him

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and this young child will soon confirm

every word that god has given

that's his destiny

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zechariah said but my dear lord

how is it possible that i will have a

son

i am old and my wife is barren

surely it isn't possible

but then the angel said

it will happen by god's will

it is easy for god he created you all

when there was nothing to begin with

we give you good news of a great son

who will be very compassionate

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god will give him wisdom when he is only

a child

and he will become a righteous prophet

because this is god's will

your son will lead his family well

you will be blessed in abundance

so go now and prepare for his arrival

zachariah said dear lord

is it too much for me to ask you to show

a sign

anything my lord

he was told this is your sign zechariah

try as you might you cannot speak

for three days

why doesn't he come out from there

he fainted or maybe something worse has

happened in there

what's going on

he did look unwell

i think zechariah is coming out

what's going on

why doesn't he speaks

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hey hey listen people of nazareth

listen people of death

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something has happened people a miracle

from god

zechariah says that the lord has given

him the good news that he's having a son

like when god gave abraham a son

even though he was extremely odd yes

the lord even told zachariah his son's

name is a movie

these two sisters were barren and

couldn't have children

but god blessed imran with mary and now

zechariah

yes why don't the rabbis officially

announce this news that we can go and

see zechariah

it really is a miracle did you notice

how god's promise to him proved to be

true

they said he was god's prophet so why

did the rabbis constantly ridicule

it is without doubt the child that god

has told him about

for three days he would open his mouth

but not a sound could be heard

finally after three days of this silence

he spoke to us and told us he was

planning on naming the child after his

father

at first but since zechariah couldn't

speak a word

he asked for a tablet and then he wrote

the name

john suddenly we heard him speak and he

started praising the lord

nobody was more surprised than i was but

we feel extremely blessed

it really is a miracle the name

is strange for us nobody's been called

john

out of all the israelites

so this name truly is a gift from our

lord

it's john a name which is strange

among israelites

go to their house and find out if

elizabeth is truly pregnant will you

you want me to go we didn't part too

well last time i was there how can i go

there again

go there and tell them that you want to

renew the family ties

the times dictate we do so i ask you to

listen to me my dear people of israel

heard yourself now of all that is evil

our savior will be here soon abstain

from hypocrisy and refrain from taking

those things which belong

to the orphans because the coming of

john

is surely a sign a sign directly from

the messiah himself

he'll confirm god's word and christ will

appear

with love

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you