Impact: The Passion of the Christ Page #2

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He claims that he is the Messiah....

...the king promised to the Jews..

He has forbidden his followers

to pay tribute to the emperor, Consul!

Bring him here!

Go!

Drink.

Are you the king of the Jews?

Does this question come from you?

Or do you ask me this because others

have told you that is what I am?

Why would I ask you that?

Am I a Jew?

Your high priests, your own people

delivered you up to me.

They want me to have you executed.

Why? What have you done?

Are you a king?

My kingdom is not of this world.

If it were...

...do you think my followers

would have let them hand me over?

Then you are a king?

That is why I was born.

To give testimony to the truth.

All men

who hear the truth hear my voice.

Truth!

What is truth?

I have questioned this prisoner,

and I find no cause in him.

This man is a Galilean, is he not?

He is.

Then he is King Herod's subject.

Let Herod judge him.

- Governor...

- Hand him over.

Jesus of Nazareth!

Where?

Where is he?

This...

...is Jesus of Nazareth?

Is it true

that you restore sight to the blind?

...raise men from the dead?

Where do you get your power?

Are you the one

whose birth was foretold?

Answer me!

Are you a king?

How about me?

Will you work a little miracle for me?

Take this stupid fool out of my sight.

He's not guilty of a crime, he's just crazy.

Give him a fool's homage...

What is truth, Claudia?

Do you hear it,

recognize it when it is spoken?

Yes, I do.

Don't you?

How?

Can you tell me?

If you will not hear the truth,

no one can tell you.

Truth...

Do you want to know what my truth is,

Claudia?

I've been putting down rebellions

in this rotten outpost for eleven years..

If I don't condemn this man,

I know Caiphas will start a rebellion.

If I do condemn him,

then his followers may.

Either way, there will be bloodshed.

Caesar has warned me, Claudia.

Warned me twice.

He swore that the next time

the blood would be mine.

That is my truth!

Herod refuses to condemn the man.

They're bringing him back here.

We're going to need reinforcements.

I don't want to cause an uprising.

There is already an uprising.

King Herod found no cause in this man.

Neither do I.

Men! Attend to the crowd!

Quiet!

Have you no respect

for our Roman procurator?

As you know, every year

I release a criminal back to you.

We are now holding a notorious

murderer...

...Barabbas.

Which of the two men

would you have me release to you?

...the murderer Barabbas?

...or Jesus, called the Messiah?

He is not the Messiah!

He is an imposter! A blasphemer!

Free Barabbas!

Again I ask you:
which of these two men

should I release to you?

Free Barabbas!

Free him.

What would you have me do

with Jesus the Nazarene?

Have him crucified!

No!

I will chastise him...

...but then I will set him free.

See to it that the punishment is severe,

Abenader.

But don't let them kill the man.

My heart is ready, Father...

...my heart is ready.

My son...

...when, where, how...

...will you choose

to be delivered of this?

If the world hates you...

...remember that it has hated me first.

Remember also that no servant

is greater than his master.

If they persecuted me,

they will persecute you.

You must not be afraid.

The Helper will come...

...who reveals the truth about God...

...and who comes from the Father.

Stop!

Enough!

Your orders were to punish this man...

...not to scourge him to death!

Take him away.

Get going!

Get him out of here!

Your majesty...

Take care of it.

A beautiful rose bush.

Look at him... king of the worms!

Hail, wormy king!

A color fit for a king!

We're here to pay our respects.

A leader for our brotherhood!

Behold the man.

Crucify him!

Isn't this enough? Look at him!

Crucify him!

Shall I crucify your king?

We have no king but Caesar!

Speak to me.

I have the power to crucify you,

or else to set you free.

You have no power over me except...

...what is given you from above.

Therefore, it is he who delivered me...

...to you who has the greater sin.

If you free him, Governor...

...you are no friend of Caesar's!

You must crucify him!

It is you who want to crucify him, not I.

Look you to it.

I am innocent of this man's blood.

Abenader...

Do as they wish.

I am your servant, Father. Your servant,

and the son of your handmaid.

Why do you embrace your cross, fool?

All right, your highness, let's move!

Help me get near him.

This way.

This way, Mother.

Mother...

Mother...

I'm here...

I'm here...

See, Mother, I make all things new.

Who is that?

Who?

She's the Galilean's mother.

Let's go..

Come on!

Don't fret, my daughter.

Don't fret.

Are you blind?

Can't you see, he can't go on?

Help him!

You!

Yes, you! Get over here!

What do you want from me?

This criminal can't carry his cross

by himself anymore.

You will help him! Now get going!

I can't do that. It's none of my business.

Get someone else!

Help him! He is a holy man.

Do as I tell you. Now move! Let's go!

All right...

...but I'm an innocent man, forced

to carry the cross of a condemned man.

Stay here. Wait for me.

Permit me, my Lord.

Who do you think you are?

Get away from here.

Impossible people!

Someone stop this!

Stop! Stop!

Leave him alone!

If you don't stop,

I won't carry that cross one more step.

I don't care what you do to me!

All right, all right, let's get moving.

We don't have all day. Let's go!

Let's go...

...Jew!

Almost there.

We're nearly there.

Almost done.

You have heard it said...

...you shall love your neighbor

and hate your enemy.

But I say to you...

...love your enemies and pray for those

who persecute you...

For if you love only

those who love you...

...what reward is there in that?

I am the good shepherd.

I lay down my life for my sheep.

No one takes my life from me...

...but I lay it down of my own accord.

I have power to lay it down...

...and power to take it up again.

This command is from my Father.

Get away now, you're free to go.

Go on! Go on!

You can get up now!

Get up, your majesty.

Can't you get up?

We haven't got all day.

Come on, move! We're ready.

Get up, your highness.

You are my friends.

There is no greater love than for a man

to lay down his life for his friends.

I cannot be with you much longer,

my friends.

You cannot go where I am going.

My commandment to you...

after I am gone is this...

Love one another...

...As I have loved you,

so love one another.

You believe in me.

You know that I am the Way,

the Truth, and the Life.

And no one comes to the Father

but by me.

Further out...

Idiots! Let me show you how to do it.

Like this!

There! No, get in there.

Hold the hand open like this.

Father, forgive them...

Father...

...Father my Father... my God...

They don't know... they don't know...

Stupid mongrels!

Turn the wood over on its face, idiots!

Take this and eat.

This is my body which is given up for you.

Take this and drink....

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