Killing Jesus Page #2

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Hear, O Israel,

the Lord is our God.

May the Lord bless you

and guide you.

May the Lord make his face

shed light upon you...

and be gracious unto you.

With these waters,

cleanse your soul.

- Hosanna! Hosanna!

- Hosanna!

May the Lord bless you

and give you grace.

Let these waters clean away,

wash away her sins.

Hosanna! Hosanna!

- Hosanna!

- May the Lord shine light upon her.

A new dawn is here.

Come. Do not be afraid.

Your new birth awaits.

Come to me.

May our God shine bright

upon your eyes.

Let this water

cleanse your soul.

Are you ready, my son?

Hosanna! Hosanna!

Hosanna!

Welcome.

You are ready for a new dawn.

Jesus.

Listen, everyone. Here is the Lamb of God

who will shine a light on all of you!

Here is the one who will wash

away sin from the world.

Jesus! Jesus!

Cousin.

How could you know me?

How could I not?

My cousin Jesus, it is you.

All this time, I've known of the prophecy,

and now it's come true.

Come.

Hosanna!

People!

The new light is here!

How are you so certain that

what you believe of me is true?

Cousin, in the desert I found

communion with our Lord.

And the voices, they came.

The voices told you I was coming?

Yes.

But I'm only to open the way.

God speaking of me?

Yes.

Cousin, until this day,

while I'm a man

of strong belief,

I've worked a trade...

a carpenter.

Nothing more.

What is prophesied

cannot be denied.

The cup will be raised

to your lips, Jesus.

Baptize me.

And I, too, will go

into the desert...

and listen for the voice of God.

Yes.

I will baptize you.

Though it is you who should baptize me.

You're right.

Come.

Let the Lord shine

his light upon you.

The new dawn, the new light...

is with you, my cousin.

Come. Come.

That boat...

it was my father's.

Maybe his father's before him.

It was made with iron nails.

Nails have value.

Capped with trunnels.

I can chisel them out.

We share.

Half and half.

I must ready my nets.

Fishing nails is easier than netting fish.

For months now,

the hole is near empty.

Do you ask God's blessing?

I know about you,

Jesus of Nazareth.

My brother Andrew

follows the Baptist.

He told how he greeted you.

- Yes, I remember him.

- So like the bug eater, do you preach?

Or just pray

like the rest of us?

Take me with you.

Who refuses a hand on the net?

Shall we pray?

Thank the Lord.

This...

This from a single cast.

I've fished years,

and nothing, nothing like this.

We prayed.

Yes, but...

I'm a simple man,

a sinner,

never, never expecting this.

Follow me, Simon.

I'll make you a fisher of men.

John. John and James are sons of Zebedee.

You must see this.

Is this not a wonder?

A wonder brought to us by Jesus,

the carpenter from Nazareth.

This is nothing... only a sign.

And there will be many.

Follow me.

Look into your hearts,

and you will know

that God wills it.

I denounce all those

that shame this land.

Antipas, the tetrarch,

who in rampant incest

beds his brother's wife...

while suppressing the righteous.

Be gone!

And these...

spies from

the council of Sanhedrin.

Hypocrites.

Hypocrites one and all.

From the grandeur in which they live,

they berate the poor...

Lies! Lies!

Calling you unclean for the food you eat.

They shame you

but with a purpose.

"People, come to the temple,"

they say.

"Come. Buy a lamb,

a white dove,

a bullock for sacrifice.

Redeem your sins only with

the death of an animal...

bought from the farms

of our high priests."

They have made of God's house

a marketplace.

I say to these spies,

tell your generation

of vipers to beware.

Look heavenward. Flee the wrath

that will come from the Lord.

Spies!

Vipers!

Flee from here.

The day of judgment is here.

Arise, people!

Rise up, people. Rise!

Hey!

Arrest the Baptist, a lunatic?

The wilderness crawls with them.

Can you allow more discord

in your domain?

Why me?

He attacks you, the temple.

Along with you

and your wife, Majesty,

with vile accusations of incest.

I must consider the peasants...

who hail him as the coming

of the prophet Elijah.

Your father served Rome

by the strength of his rule,

and thus they made him king.

The Romans trusted him to prevent

invasion from the Parthians.

And to keep order

among the Jews.

For which he was hated.

Some hated David and Solomon.

Some hated Moses.

What's your point?

My point...

achieving a peaceful end

of Roman rule.

The restoration

of a Jewish king,

who gives Romans

the order they demand.

And would Pilate support that which

costs him his place as governor?

Of course.

It works to his favor.

Gaining for Rome a vassal Jewish

kingdom that keeps order,

that keeps Parthia at bay without

the cost of military occupation?

Pontius Pilate would return

to Rome in triumph.

A strong hand

with dangerous fanatics...

would be a step

toward that goal,

leaving you king of the Jews.

Shalom.

You know, it is written...

if your enemy brings you harm...

Tell me, friend,

if your enemy brings you harm,

what is written?

An eye for an eye

and a tooth for a tooth.

Yes. An eye for an eye,

a tooth for a tooth.

But now I say

that if God is love,

then loving is serving God.

And that means

you must love your enemy.

- You preach weakness.

- No, no, strength.

The strength that if one strikes your cheek,

you turn and you let him strike the other.

If he takes your cloak,

you give him your tunic.

Can you do this?

What you ask of us.

I will try... try with each

breath on each and every day.

Feeling that by our effort

will reveal to God...

what is in our hearts.

Knowing that God is love,

and in a kingdom of God,

we will love our enemies.

He's crazy.

You can't love enemies.

Love and forgive them,

that we can be forgiven.

And judge not

so that you not be judged.

The kingdom of God

is within you.

Another of these madmen.

Each of you.

Those who look within

themselves will find it.

They walk away.

He is blessed with something.

I've seen it.

A bountiful catch,

maybe nothing more.

Rabbi?

Rabbi, please help me.

I'm cursed.

Why do you say this?

My son is possessed by demons.

Take me to him.

The demons rest,

but they will awaken.

What's his name?

David.

David, can you hear me?

I'm speaking to you, David.

Not to what evil possesses you,

but to you.

I speak to you, David.

Hear me, David.

Hear me, David.

That's it. Shh. Shh.

Be still.

Be still.

Is he going to see the child?

What's he going to do?

Get back.

Get back, please!

What is he doing?

What is he doing?

He's casting them out.

Demons!

Be still.

David.

David.

Oh, no.

Please, everyone just step back.

Hear me.

The child is dead.

Water.

David.

My son.

I'm thirsty.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Praise be to Jesus!

Praise be to Jesus!

Praise the Lamb of God.

The Baptist, as promised.

Mother, he's the one

who slanders our house?

Salome, this is

not for your eyes.

Take him away.

Let him rot and his

prophecy rot with him.

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