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i am judge stevens

and this is barnabas we want to meet

with

arius yes yes welcome

did you see that she didn't recognize me

it seems to be true

you wait right here

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grandfather

grandfather they are here to see you

what's the matter marie

why are you so flustered my god it's

unbelievable

there is a man with them who looks

exactly like the man in this portrait

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this this has been destroyed

see more proof what is it doing here

it this wasn't here it didn't look like

this

he is trying to deceive us there was a

garden here

yes this has changed i

said let's go

but many people look unlike my girl

you shouldn't be so shy no it was not a

slight likeness

i recognized him

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this sculpture wasn't here i don't know

what he's saying

wait just wait

your highnesses

yes it's true he looks like that

portrait

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it's hidden

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uh

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didn't i tell you i saw him

didn't i tell you all right all right

father fuhrers

welcome gentlemen please come in please

welcome

who is the owner of this residence

i would appreciate it if you'd answer

any questions he might have arius

i will explain what is going on to you

later

oh god i am the owner what now

how did you come to own this house

i inherited it from my father

and he from his fathers

hmm

so

where did you get this portrait you can

see that it's me

a portrait of you yes

no sir

it's true that it looks like you but

this

is a portrait of one of my ancestors

maximilian

and from what we know he was martyred

during the hadrian era

where was he killed he is one of the

seven

famous martyrs of the terrifying cave

evangelos

yes maximilian the advisor

in deocletian's court

who are you sir i've seen you twice

today

i myself don't know

what is the point of telling you

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who can believe me when i myself don't

know who i am

or where i am

not even certain of my own existence

but dear god

what have you done with us

are you not maximilian what are you

saying father first

i had a dream that he was reborn and

came toward me from a cave

father pharaohs can we judge and decide

based on our dreams

we are trying to determine this man's

identity

will this one portrait and your dream

convince us

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did you say you're not hello no sir i am

marie

and this man is my grandfather if you

are not

helen then where is my helen

helen helen

achmed gallus where are you

help me rescue me from this plight

from this confusion from this dilemma

help me

i don't know whether what i am seeing is

the truth or not

tell me what's happened to me and to you

tell me if what i am seeing is a

horrifying nightmare

or a sweet dream

helen eckmeed

and all you christians who have deserted

me

we sacrificed our lives to save you so

why have you abandoned us

tell me it isn't true

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tell me that i am still sleeping

there they're telling me

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that i lost you hundreds of years ago

why am i still so bereaved after such a

long

time

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i only left you for one night

tell me how one night

three hundred years

helen mcmitt

galooz come back

come back come back and say that the

gods are dead

the gods are dead and so are

the tyrant godlike emperors

come back and see that the one and only

god has prevailed over the idols

and that the oppressed monotheists have

prevailed over the crowned tyrants

come back and see that faith

and love for the creator

are everlasting

come see that god's

promise has been fulfilled and

idle worship

has been eliminated with the light of

faith

is shining everywhere now tell me if i

am to holler at your loss or whether

i am to celebrate the victory

of my fellow believers

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can you hear

what our lord christ said would one day

come true

what i tell you in darkness

you must repeat in daylight

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and what is whispered in your ear you

must shout from the rooftops

that is a verse which has been

underlined in the bible

i have read it many times

but i never fully understood what it

meant

until now it was me who underlined it

and i believe i and my friends were

reborn to understand the meaning of this

verse

and to witness how right prevails over

wrong

how have you seen the bible that is in

my home

who are you sir

come with me arius

you

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there used to be a stone door here

instead of this door

is this true yes how do you know

a light a light a torch this is a secret

passageway

marie bring the torch do whatever he

tells you arios

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come on follow me

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arius did you know that there is a

secret room

in this passageway of yours secret

no you don't know no one knows

nobody knows but me and galouse hold

this

please

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so

the latch for the door is behind this

stone

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um

uh

please be a little patient wait here

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are you really maximilian

should i believe that you are my

ancestor

from the moment i awoke

i realized that a very unusual incident

had taken place

but i did not know that incident

would be so bizarre and difficult to

understand

i believe that the story of the prophet

ezra has reoccurred

the prophet who wanted to know how god

brings the dead back to life

god revived him after a 100 year slumber

in order to show him how the dead are

resurrected

you were asleep in that cave for 300

years and you didn't know it yourself

maximilian what do you think the meaning

of this sleep was

we always asked ourselves how god

would make

believers victorious over tyranny

ignorance and idol worship

and how he would overpower

dualism

and now i'm hearing them say that god

has imposed his faith even on

the emperor isn't this what we were

seeking

are you my great ancestor

are you this elderly and white head man

my

son

i don't fully understand what's happened

but i believe you are maximilian

i have seen you many times in my dreams

it's strange

helen used to dream often

my commute my poor helen

i wish you we're here to see how her

dreams have come true

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eric meat

died almost 250 years ago

and helen died 20 years after your

departure

she was buried at the foot

of mount angelo's

at the foot of mount angelos

the grave that is beneath the tree

yes marie planted that tree there

several years ago in her grandmother's

memory

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it's strange

so the very first thing i saw after wake

was helen's grave

i wish we hadn't let maximilian go

i'm worried for him

don't worry it's still not too late

he said that if he did not return by

sunset he would not return at all

he told us to wait until morning what if

they've captured him

if so there is nothing we can do only

god can help him

any news no

friends as soon as maximilian returns

we must leave here i'm sure deocletian

has already spread the word everywhere

so there's no city that's safe for us

instead of all this speculating let's

think about what we're going to do about

our hunger

there is nothing we can do but to

withstand it all

until maximilian returns

apparently theoclition died before helen

passed away

hmm what events took place in the span

of one slumber

maximilian

since the era of hadrian more than

40 emperors have risen and fallen

over 100 years ago emperor constantine

converted to christianity and after that

the date was converted to the christian

calendar

idol worship has been eliminated and the

temples have been destroyed

such great emperors

so simple and so short

in the span of one sleep

god made the dreams of the likes of me

come true while we slept

oh god forgive us

for losing our patience

and for complaining and asking questions

out of ignorance

i must return to the cave my friends are

hungry and are awaiting my return

i must give them news of what has

happened

please be patient maximilian let us

inform theodosius of what is going on

theodosius yes the governor of

philadelphia

there are many things going on in this

city that will be

much affected by your awakening

i tried very hard not to believe his

words

but i couldn't he has a great deal of

proof

and evidence there is no doubt in my

mind that he's telling the truth

also he has shown us irrefutable

evidence

and looks identical to the portrait of

maximilian

what are you saying barnabas if i didn't

know

i would doubt your wisdom

and if i didn't know you i would give

you the kind of response that you

deserve

at my age it does not befit me to

ridicule myself

in both public and private circles

i believe him incredible or not

if true this is undoubtedly a blessing

from god who is providing us

with substantial proof

these are clear signs from the god

almighty

i don't know what's happened to their

common sense

will the ailing hearts of people

like hercules be awakened

i don't believe so

this reviving of the dead is undoubtedly

the miracle that we have been asking god

for

it is an example of the revival and

rebirth of body and soul

this magnificent occurrence will help

eradicate doubt regarding the afterlife

from the hearts of the pure and pious

and this is certainly how god

brings the dead back to life

i hope that this is the case will you

allow

me to present the tablet pertaining to

the martyrs of the cave

i would appreciate it

i cannot tolerate this when will these

superstitions come to an

end where did they find this person

i don't know they will soon make gods

out of them

theodosius will kneel down before them

and will force us to obey those peasants

as well

that will never happen we can't even

know the story of the cave evangelist is

true

they have lost their minds

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so

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you are very quiet maximilian say

something

i'm too ashamed to speak

i feel so ashamed for not being able to

give thanks

for all of these divine blessings which

blessings maximilian

the blessing of being released from my

prison

time has stopped for me and can no

longer prevent me

from seeing and thinking properly i can

now fully understand

these historical events

but understanding the truth

is difficult for you

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so

who are these people i don't know it's

best we attend the meeting so we can

find out what's going on

i agree let's go let's go

so arius and his guests have arrived

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your highness

welcome

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please have a seat please

sir you're the divine blessing that

god's bestowed on us

he is not alone six of his companions

are in the cave

you mean your companions are awake they

have also been reborn

yes everyone's awake

but this is impossible

nothing is impossible when it comes to

divine power

sir hercules unless you do not believe

in god

which is harder to believe

how god created hercules

from a clot of concealed blood or a

sleep lasting several centuries

so hercules what's wrong why are you so

quiet answer the question

greetings your highnesses

maximilian would you please repeat the

names of your friends

johannes sudinanus de nacios

yes

please notice that it has been inscribed

here

these are the names of maximilian's

companions

it's strange how

is this possible

how have you survived so long without

food

how is it possible that your bodies have

not decayed against the rocks in over

300 years

i don't know only he who watched over us

knows perhaps they died and

god protected their bodies and brought

them

the back to life like ezra the prophet

instead of all these maybes

let's tell the people about the miracle

that has occurred this is a miracle

that will put an end to the skepticism

and arguments pertaining to the

afterlife

if people could be humbled by miracles

such as this no one would ever have

doubted the prophets

what you're saying is right about those

who are biased

but the truth seekers are not few in

number you are unaware of how bold the

deniers of resurrection

are and how they browbeat the believers

with their unfounded arguments

your story will silence

skeptics wouldn't it be better if we

bring your friends into the city and

show the people that

the men of the cave have been reborn

why should we bring them to the city

let the people go to the cave and see

for themselves how

god brings the dead back to life let

them witness the end of the terrifying

cave story

have beheld announced that we will be

heading to the cave in the morning

is it not better that we send a

messenger to rome to inform the

pope about what has happened

yes that must be done you take care of

this

yes sir come with me

i must return to the cave tonight if

your highness theodosius will allow me

why is that my friends

are both hungry and are worried about me

and they have no idea what has taken

place

and if they see the crowds gathering

they might be frightened

and try to flee flee

why would they flee why are they afraid

of the people

it seems you have forgotten that we are

fugitives

we are on the run from hadrian and

diocletian

if necessary i will send several guards

with you thank you very much

marie and i will travel with him also

yes yes

tonight sleep will evade the people

of the city you go ahead

and we will meet you very early in the

morning

at mount angelos thank you johannes

let's go

hearken all you must know and be aware

that the martyrs of the cave of angelos

have been reborn

the martyrs of the cave of angelos have

been reborn

the martyrs of the cave of rakhim have

been reborn

hearken all you must know

the martyrs have been reborn the martyrs

of the cave of

angelos have been reborn his highness

theodosius will go to the cave early in

the morning

whoever would like to join him must be

prepared

to travel at dawn the martyrs have been

reborn the martyrs of the cave of rakhim

have been reborn his highness theodosius

will travel to the cave early in the

morning

i hope nothing bad will happen to him

god willing

if he is captured i'm sure he'll be

stoned to death

if you pray to god for his good health

he will surely return safely

i have forgotten my hunger

i wish he had not gone i don't know how

much we slept last night

but we don't seem at all in need of

sleep

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tell me about her tell me about my

grandmother helen

helen she was truly a model for piety i

didn't understand

what she was saying then but i

understand it all now

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she dreamt that i was reborn

she saw you in her dream as well

what are you thinking about father

i'm thinking about who i truly am

it's true that i've not died

but the people of my era have all died

i have come to a period that is not mine

helen my loyal and kind wife

is dead

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my young son acme died 250 years ago

all of my friends and foes are dead

adrian diocletian

julius wow

how effortlessly time took their lives

and we slept through it

the heavy carriage of time has passed

with thundering hooves

all of that stress and worry the love

and hatred

the friendships and enemies the torture

and imprisonment all of those armies and

palaces and those

gods and emperors

are ridiculous everything is gone

all i can see is defeat all of them have

been subdued by the might of the one and

only

no one has the power to resist or oppose

him

if we look at all those who beat the

drums of war against god

and pronounced themselves gods on earth

they are nothing but ridiculous clowns

and poor imbeciles who are controlled by

god despite all their antics and

opposition

but they are unaware of it themselves

these were the things we dreamt of

witnessing

i understand what did you dream of

witnessing then

we asked god to show us the

defeat of those people in power who

fought against god's everlasting might

and he showed it to us so beautifully

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we slept for so long

it's morning you haven't slept at all

i i only just woke up from sleep

i just woke up

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of the disadvantages of a long life

is that you will have to witness the

death

of your loved ones

initially it was me who was prepared for

death

and i never thought you would leave

before me i know

that i have come too late but it was not

my fault i only lay my head down for a

night's sleep and all else

was the will of god

a night which lasted 300 years

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it makes no difference to god whether it

was a day

a month a year a century

or a thousand years helen

all these 300 years were just one night

for god

and with his permission it became one

night for me as well

a night for you which destroyed the

idols of the era

when i woke up

everything had changed everything but

you

marie looks exactly like you

i feel as if you have lived these 300

years too

so you could witness all these changes

with me do you remember helen

there was a time when even speaking the

name of the one and only god was a crime

but now speaking the name of the gods of

rome is a crime

our fellow believers lived through such

hardship and turmoil

today they are free and at peace

and one of the advantages of a long life

is that you can bear witness to the

victory of good

and the defeat of evil now that i can

look back at the events over a longer

period of time

i can see clearly how god's promise of

victory is fulfilled

maximilian your friends

are worried about you

i know

but leaving helen is difficult

i don't know how i will go on living

without her

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without doubt god will continue to

bestow his blessings upon you

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let's go

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oh

what is it kidnapped

the guards the highnesses the guards

what is it guards careful

the mountain hasn't been surrounded

thankfully there are only a few guards

we can escape from the other side so

what happened to maximilian

he's there he's climbing up

so why didn't they arrest him maximilian

it's you what's happened

are you all right don't worry

nothing has happened the guards the

guards

they're behind you have you seen them

they're on our side don't worry

all right one of you come here and help

us that's very strange

i will go

johannes what's the meaning of this i

hope they're not

using him as bait maybe they're on our

side we were worried about you your

highness

i was worried as well your highness

what's happened what took you so long

many things have happened wait until we

arrive with our friends

help us climbing is difficult for his

highness arius

of course no no no work

give me a moment i'm very tired

let's go

ah i must rest a little

i know i know you have a lot of

questions and i have

many answers that you'll find incredible

but what are those

guards at the foot of the mountain doing

they are friends of ours

our friends they are here to see us

what did you say friends of ours friends

of

ours yes friends of yours you have many

friends that you do not know about

greetings lady helen what are you doing

here

you couldn't bear to stay behind so you

decided to join the fugitives

you look younger lady helen it seems as

if you have

been experiencing joy since yesterday

not pain

come grandfather this is the last step

all right sit down

well done you're the last to arrive

climbing a mountain like this at your

age requires great determination which

is commendable

greetings my tears greetings to you

greetings to you

saints may god

bless you when you say saints are you

referring to us

it's strange yes it's you

the men of god even you are unaware of

that

else maximilian what is lady helen

saying

she knows very well what she's saying

it's you who do not

why are you speaking in rhymes and

riddles

what's going on

let's go inside so i can tell you first

you must eat some food

antonius you go inside as well

all right you wait here

it's best that we be left alone for a

while

how will maximilian tell them what's

happened

i don't know

you