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There will be no mercy!

My sister's only child
hanging from a cross!

Joseph... We need this to end!

We must govern ourselves

so that we are never again
subjected to Roman justice.

You did nothing of
any worth whatsoever.

Make way for King Antipas.

Your position is reliant
on my endorsement.

John, I'm poor
and sick in my soul.

I'm glad to give you this land.

Barnabas, it's perfect.

God has a purpose for each
of us. I'm meant to preach.

Be patient, Stephen.
The time will come.

And didn't Jesus say, "I will
rebuild this temple in three days,"

before he rose from the
death you condemned him to?

Silence him. Shut him up.

Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

No longer will violence
be heard in your lands,

nor ruin and destruction
within your borders.

Your walls shall
be called salvation,

and your gates, praise.

No longer will the
sun light your days,

nor the moon bright your night.

You will have the Lord
for everlasting light,

and your God for your glory.

My son is dead!

Stephen is dead! Because of you!

You and your politics!

Where is He?

Where is He now,
this Messiah of yours?

Why doesn't he raise him up

or ask the Lord to bring
Stephen back to us?

Is it for us to test Him?

I dreamt last night that Stephen
wouldn't be the last of us to die.

Another hungry soul
that's heard the word.

God be with you.

Have you come to
hear the word of Jesus?

No.

I am Saul.

Scholar, Jew, Roman citizen,

Pharisee, defender of the
Great Temple of Jerusalem.

I have come here to
teach you of the wrath

you will all bring
down upon yourselves

if you do not end
your blasphemy.

If.

The desert and the
parched land will be glad.

The wilderness will
rejoice and blossom.

Like the crocus,

it will burst into bloom.

It will rejoice greatly

and shout for joy.

So, tell us, how are we
so wrong in our belief?

Friend, speak with us.

What's the matter,
have you no tongue?

Or no brain?

Jesus of Nazareth, this peasant
Messiah you love and praise,

is nothing more
than a false prophet.

You dare come here and say that.

I don't say it. The
Sanhedrin says it.

The Psalms of Solomon say it.

The prophecies of Jeremiah,
Isaiah, and Daniel say it.

Who are you to say
otherwise? Who?

Oh.

What's the matter?

Have you no tongue?

No courage?

Be gone, little man.

I don't understand
you, Jonathan.

You saw the slaughter,
the wave of crucifixions,

saw what bloody turmoil
made its home in Jerusalem.

Of course. Father,
I'm not blind.

And you accept that Caiaphas, as
High Priest, stands knee-deep in blood.

Blood spilled by Pilate
wielding the power of Rome.

Yes, I accept Caiaphas
has not handled things well.

So, why can't you accept
that he must be replaced?

Jerusalem needs a man
who will forge a different

relationship with Rome

to take us back to the peaceful
times Caiaphas once stood for.

The Sanhedrin is looking for
a man to challenge Caiaphas.

The Annas family
needs that man to be you.

The whole idea of
your loving family

gathered in our house to give
thanks gives me indigestion.

Well, take a potion.
Clear your head.

Hmm.

Two guests of honor
have invited themselves.

Although a little more
notice wouldn't have hurt.

Antipas and Herodias.

I had no idea the Nazarene
camp was so close to the city.

And so populated.

Why would anyone leave
everything they knew to live like that?

Well, we are honored the festival of
Purim has brought you to our home.

In truth, it was a useful
excuse to come to Jerusalem.

To see if the city
was still standing.

My son and I think,

as Jews, we can talk honestly
about recent dark days.

The people will not soon
forget the blood spilled

in Governor Pilate's
wave of crucifixions.

They shouldn't forget.

But was there ever a time
when the people were content?

If the anger of the
people was fading,

there would be room for
this complacent approach.

Father, we are
hardly complacent.

But the anger is growing,

just as the new city of tents
out in the desert is growing.

You mean the camp?

Hmm. There are
thousands there now.

Yes. We passed
it on our way here.

Where will it stop?

At 5,000 converts? 100,000?

Will everybody please stop
going on about these people?

Tell me, what exactly is
it that you'd have me do.

Hmm?

Have them slaughtered
in their tents?

Antipas, surely the people,
and you, as their ruler,

want to see a High
Priest in control of events.

Not led by them.

Not governed by the
whim of his Roman master.

I do enjoy the
smell of treachery.

Poor old Caiaphas has the look of a
man preparing to face the executioner.

If it was a choice between him
and young Jonathan as High Priest,

I don't know who I'd go for.

Neither.

But I'll have to give my
support to one of them,

and then let Pilate
have the responsibility.

My Lady.

And then there was
Zachary of Beersheba,

a passionate man who tried
to follow the example of Moses

and lead his friends
across the Red Sea.

He drowned and so did they.

And then there was Simon from
Perea, brave, well-intentioned Simon.

Well, he believed that
he was sent by God,

but only made a Jew's life...

But only made a Jew's
life harder under Rome.

And there was another
pretender, an imposter from Galilee,

this man Jesus.

You're Peter. I've
heard you preach.

You do it well. A little
soft-hearted, perhaps, but...

I have a case to make
against your false Messiah!

Do you want to hear it,
Peter, or are you afraid

I will unpick your delusions
in front of this gullible crowd?

This man is living in darkness and
doesn't even know his eyes are closed.

He claims such knowledge,

but he's just stumbling in the
dark if he doesn't know this,

no one can come to the
Father except through Jesus.

Jesus is the way and
the truth and the life.

This Jesus of yours

is nothing more than a false
prophet of illiterate fishermen.

He has you all in a net of lies.
- John!

You use words like a
trader selling stones,

but there's no heart
to them, no love.

I have love for those
things you want to destroy,

the Temple in the
heart of Jerusalem.

Centuries of law and tradition
your pathetic little band

can no more replace than a
flea can fill the shoes of a man.

Speak simply.

If there is truth to your
thoughts, you'll be understood.

Here's a simple truth.

If you set yourself
against the Temple,

you will be destroyed
by the Temple.

Simple truth.

Even if I could persuade the
Sanhedrin to trust your family,

who stood by while more and
more of our people were crucified.

There was nothing...
And even if I was

willing to speak
in your defense,

and so gain for you the support
you'll need to unseat Caiaphas,

and heal the wounds
you've caused,

have you no shame that you'd
plot against your own son-in-law?

I have shame,

shame that I didn't act sooner
to save so many from their pain,

those who died, and those, like
you, who lost the ones they loved.

We ask you to
not let that failing

cost more blood and suffering,

not to let the moment pass
when we can act to start afresh.

My son Jonathan
is a man of integrity

who would truly speak
for the people of Jerusalem.

The only man who
can bring both...

There's many
opinions on this subject.

Both change and continuity.

Before you even think of
making the case to Pilate,

you'll need the unreserved
backing of Antipas.

Pilate will want his
approval to maintain order.

If, with your support, we can
unite the Sanhedrin behind us,

we can approach Antipas today.

You won't regret
this, I promise.

This man would have you
believe in a crucified Messiah.

Deuteronomy says,

"For he that is hanged on a tree

"or on a cross is
accursed of God."

But God raised Him up, having
loosed Him from the pains of death

because it was not possible
He should be held by it.

So you claim, but who among you

has seen the resurrection? Who?

You? You? You?
Only your charlatans,

who need you to believe it.

Jesus and the truth of
His message are loved.

By all our people?

Not even by all of Jerusalem.

They love him so
little, they executed him.

And fulfilled Isaiah's prophecy.

The Messiah is a man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief.

This man thinks it's
a mark of success

when those you
love are executed.

He won't be happy
until you're all dead...

Like Stephen.

If you stay here one
moment longer, I swear...

I'm going to tear your head off.

Don't worry. I've heard
enough to see that

reason won't break
you from your delusions.

You will see me again, though.

Be sure of that.

Rabbi Gamaliel,

how can these blasphemers in
the desert want to end all this?

Don't concern
yourself with them.

Go to your own studies.

Improve your
understanding, and then...

Yes, but they just don't see

that this, all of this, is the
heart and soul of Jerusalem.

I tried to tell them, but
they just won't see reason.

Then, Saul, don't spend
more of your energy

trying to correct their mistake.

I see a path for you
from scholar to rabbi,

from rabbi to, perhaps,
a seat on the Sanhedrin.

Who knows?

These men, they do the
same work as the Sanhedrin.

They toil to preserve the
old while making it new.

What this fisherman, Peter,

and the others want
to do, is destroy the old,

replace it with the new.

I have to find a
way to stop them.

I have to.

I think that went well.

For you, an anniversary gift.

After you left our house,
my wife reminded me

that it was at Purim 10
years ago that we first met.

Me as High Priest, you as
Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea,

each trying to
work the other out.

And here we are, still trying.

Please.

So, your father-in-law
and his son

would very much
like to take from you

those fine robes of
office that you wear.

Now,

what are you going to do about
these fanatics in the desert?

The ringleader of the cult, the
man they follow, is from Galilee.

This reflects very badly on me.

They will soon
tire of the hardships

that come from
following their Messiah.

But what happens?
Dissent becomes revolt.

The Roman response
could be devastating.

Solve this problem
for me, Caiaphas.

And if this attempt to
overthrow you reaches Pilate,

you will have my support.

We know you're conspiring
with my father and brother.

Should I know what
you're talking about?

The three of you
won't win this fight.

My husband will remain
in office as High Priest,

and you will suffer
for your betrayal.

Tide is turning
against your husband,

and I can't stand
in the way of it.

If you don't recognize that,
you'll both drown in the flood.

The High Priest has
more to deal with today

than you can even imagine,

and you think that I should
bring him out here to talk to you?

Yes.

Come back in three days.

The answer will
still be the same,

but at least it'll give
me chance to forget you.

Three days, the danger to
the Temple could be doubled.

What danger to the Temple?

Forgive me.

I was merely talking about the
followers of the false Messiah

gathering in the desert.

Come with me.

You wanted to see me?
Thank you for your good grace.

Having read much in
the Temple archives

of your family's great history,

I hope that, with respect...

Could we perhaps
have a little less respect?

Time kills us all. Of course.

I believe we share
a common interest,

a common desire to
rid Jerusalem of a pest,

the fishermen
and their followers

growing in numbers
and confidence

outside the city walls.

And what is it that fuels
your desire to see them gone?

They offend me with their
actions to undermine the Temple.

Their defiance offends me.

Their defiance of the Sanhedrin,

who could not have
been more definitive

in their verdict
when they said...

What exactly do you want?

The authority to

act on your behalf
and solve this problem,

to remove these
blasphemers so completely

that not even the stain of
their memory is left behind.

I just can't stop
thinking about Stephen.

Stop being such a man.

What?

You see the women
at the funeral?

They weep, and they wail,
and they scream out their pain

so the whole world
knows about it.

And while all this
open-hearted grieving goes on,

the men look at their feet,

and put on their sad face.

Don't bottle it up.
Let out that pain.

Honor Stephen by
leading us, Peter.

What I need is for you
to give me the authority

you would give the least
promoted of your Temple Guard.

Authority to use how?

And 20 men from that guard.

Their strength
is their popularity.

I want to take that from them.

You have questions.

You say, "Why did
He call me His rock?"

You ask, "Am I the foundation?

"Is this where His
church will be built?"

There is only one foundation
stone, and His name is Jesus Christ!

And His church is not here. It's
not in those tents or these walls.

It's you, all of you.

You are His church.

And like those we ask to believe

even though they
didn't see Him rise again,

we must push away our fear

even as we recognize
the persecution we face.

We have to go to Jerusalem

and preach the word
to build His church!

Recruit your own men.

I'll pay.

Forgive me,

but wouldn't it benefit your authority
to be seen as the hand at work?

We need to claim back
the true message of our faith

from the families of the Temple
and their masters from Rome.

They crucified the
man who said to you,

"I am the light of the world.

"Whoever follows me
won't walk in darkness."

And with my own eyes, I saw him.

We just buried a man,

a good man and a friend,

stoned to death because
he dared speak the truth.

He was a young man, like you.

He shed blood and
felt pain, just like you.

His mother wept tears for
him, just as yours would.

But he had a burning need to
speak the truth of the word of God.

With the authority of
High Priest Caiaphas,

I, Saul of Tarsus, hereby accuse

all the people here of
supporting blasphemy!

Do you see this? These friends
of Rome standing against us?

Is this your answer? Violence?

You underestimate me.

You will all be taken away and
your name added to a list of offenders!

These people have done nothing.

Any further offense and you
will all face the Sanhedrin court!

Then take us. Take our names.

We're the ones to arrest.

No.

You two can go.

These people will soon learn
the danger of your company.

You and your men are no match

for the fire of the
Holy Spirit that fills us.

Really?

Well, let's see whose fire
burns brightest, shall we?

Take them!

I've weakened these
fanatics by isolating them,

by turning their
supporters against them.

By terrorizing these
citizens of Jerusalem?

Well, there was a problem
nobody seemed able to solve.

Neither have you.

They know you'll persecute them if
they listen to the preachers in Jerusalem,

so they're leaving the city to
hear what they have to say.

Did you really
think this man Saul

would stand in the
way of our mission?

The Temple won't stand for this,

and they won't let it
go on much longer.

It's not safe in the city!

It looks like your hero, Saul,

couldn't solve the problem
of the Nazarene camp.

Where are the other
two conspirators?

I didn't come to bicker.

I came to ask you
to show some dignity,

to recognize that the will of the
Sanhedrin is turning against you,

and ask you, for the good
of this family, to stand down.

For the good of this family?

For the good of this family,
you, who in his day as High Priest,

hadn't the wits to walk
in step with Rome?

You, who left a mess behind
him that I had to clear up.

You plot against me?

And now I must listen to the
rantings of a failed and bitter old man

for the good of this
family? Get out of my house,

before I forget
you're my wife's father

and put a blade
between your ribs.

We'll take this to Pilate.

You must favor Caiaphas
over his brother-in-law.

Must I?

Don't tell me what to do.

A 10-year-old alliance shouldn't
be tossed aside without good cause.

Is it Caiaphas you
approve of, or his wife?

I hear the two of you are
becoming the best of friends.

Minerva, goddess of wisdom.

Minerva, which of these
men shall be High Priest,

and which one shall be
left to rot in the desert?

Nothing.

Very disappointing.

There is a rumor you knew of the
plot against my life and did nothing.

Is that true? No,
that's ridiculous.

And a rumor you have
a spy here in my palace.

And another that you visit the
Nazarene's camp each night

and pray with them.

All of which, it's
been suggested,

makes you unfit
to continue in office.

Is any of this true? None of it.

Lies are being spread by
those who wish to undermine me.

You undermine yourself
by failing to get a grip on...

Enough!

I will not waste my time
separating truth from fiction,

like a mother with
squabbling children.

Tiberius shall decide.

I met a Greek, once,

who made every decision
with the toss of a coin.

Emperor's head
or the divine Livia?

Shall I commend
you for your ambition?

Or do I condemn you for
spreading baseless rumors?

Heads, I condemn.

Livia, I commend.

Heads.

Then I condemn you for making
such a poor job of your treachery.

These fishermen and their
followers, are they being dealt with?

They are, firmly and finally.

Unless he wants
to be loved by all,

the High Priest's
job is not a hard one.

He must deliver what's expected
of the province of Judea by Rome

and resist the many, often
irrational, demands of his people.

There are girls in the
kitchen who can do that.

Dogs in the street.

Even a donkey.

Heads, you stay.

Livia,

I'll replace you with a donkey.

Get that, will you, Caiaphas?

Head. Excellent.

You both may go. I need to
speak with your High Priest.

And the lesson is, don't play
politics unless you're good at it.

This coin,

it has two heads.

It does, doesn't it?

We shall see.

By order of Caiaphas,

who remains High Priest, you
are removed from the Sanhedrin.

Even though it was your own father
and brother who hatched this plot?

And you will leave Jerusalem, or
find yourself arrested for treason.

This all began with the
murder of the Nazarene, Jesus.

All your interfering,
your scheming.

It will bring you
down, eventually.

I tried to reason with them,
but they just wouldn't listen.

I tried to come between
them and their supporters,

but it would appear they would prefer
the idiotic doctrine of the Nazarene.

This gives you my full
authority to rid me of them.

Permanently.

Do whatever is necessary.

Whatever is necessary.

Let me tell you
about these people.

These people want to
bring down the Temple,

the Temple,

the guiding hand
in yours and my life,

the well of wisdom.

And they think nobody,

nobody will stand in their way.

They disregard the
ruling of the Sanhedrin,

who called them blasphemers.

The very next day, one of them
walked into the Temple itself

proclaiming his profanity.

And although...

And although the people of
Jerusalem delivered their justice,

and they stoned him to death,

they continue recruiting

the gullible and the
weak-minded to their cause.

Do we say "enough"?

Enough!

Will we break their heads?

Yes!

With swords and
clubs and bare fists,

we will say,

"Leave this land,

"or you will leave this
Earth in a shroud of blood!"

Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah!

Grab weapons!

Grab armor!

Follow me!

Get out!

Pay heed to this
and spread the word.

These people are
being arrested for aiding,

sheltering, and feeding the
followers of the false Messiah.

They will be...

They will be imprisoned.

Anyone else who does likewise
will also pay with their freedom.

And don't think of
scurrying off to the desert

for help from your friends.

It's their turn next.

He's coming!

Saul's coming back!

He's bringing men with swords.

Take what you can!

Get everyone out of here.

This way. Go with them!

We should go
back to Galilee. No.

We have to stay together.

We gather again in Jerusalem.

We have to go now.

No. I'll stay.

I will not be cowed by
this man and his threats.

I won't leave you
to face him alone.

He won't be alone.

This was my land. I'm staying.

And me.

There's more than one
way to welcome a visitor.

See you in Jerusalem.

Please, hurry! Run!

Mix it carefully.

Too much and it won't work.

Go! Move faster. Faster!

Take my hand.

James, go.

Pull it all down.

Burn it.

I want nothing left to show
that they were ever here.

Now!

He's leaving it too late.

No. He knows what he's doing.

Over there! Over there!

There!

Take him!

Let's see whose fire
burns brightest now!

No!

No!

I will crush you!

You will try!

You will try!