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King of Kings Page #6
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You should not have killed this man.
for questioning.
Go on!
Make more weapons to kill more people.
That is what I intend.
But while the metal cools, think!
- You saw Jesus, you heard him speak.
- He speaks only of peace!
I am fire. He is water.
How can we ever meet?
The day after the next Sabbath,
Jesus comes here to join his disciples.
- Here, in Jerusalem?
- In Jerusalem.
To preach
at the greatest Temple in all the land!
Such crowds will gather,
the Romans will not dare touch him.
Then, Barabbas, is the time.
Move your men to stand by Jesus,
but keep their swords sheathed.
Let your strength be known, but silent.
Let Jesus speak.
When his message of peace
sweeps the city...
let the people proclaim him King of Judea.
How can he refuse?
If he can free the Jews
without spilling blood...
he deserves the crown.
and place it on his brow.
in the Temple, then?
You will give him time to speak?
Yes.
That will be a day to be remembered.
- It will be remembered.
- Barabbas!
Judas dreams.
And all dreamers are fools!
This is the hour that we have waited for.
Yes!
Jesus comes to the Temple. Let him!
He brings us our audience.
We'll borrow them.
We'll run them through the streets
to the fortress.
This way, and that.
- Your people, Seth, will storm the gates!
- Yes.
- Yours, Enoch, will breach the north wall.
- Right.
I will scale the wall to the south.
Quickly done and over,
we will lend the crowd back to Jesus.
- Is that fair or not?
- Yes, fair!
No one but Barabbas would attempt
such a thing!
You speak of Barabbas with respect?
Men like Lucius keep our empire together.
Your tour of duty in Jerusalem
ended years ago, Lucius.
- Why do you stay here?
But Rome is brilliant.
I seem to have a talent
Politics and brilliant society
would destroy me.
Personally, I suspect you found
our Roman gods too cruel.
Are you also awaiting the coming
of the local Messiah?
To believe in the Messiah,
one must believe in God.
What I've witnessed in my years on earth
is proof enough that there can be no God.
How many followers has he?
Who? God? Jesus? Or Barabbas?
Barabbas.
How many dissatisfied Jews
are there in Jerusalem?
Have you considered the possibility
of Jesus' and Barabbas' followers...
joining forces?
I have.
Where would it happen?
Since we are here, here.
And for many months
Jesus preached through Judea...
and angered the scribes
and the Pharisees...
who thought how they might kill him,
and numbered his days.
Knowing the sum thereof...
Jesus came to spend time
with his mother.
Blessings on this house!
Welcome, Peter, John.
We have done all you asked.
It is time we leave for Jerusalem.
The chair will have to wait until I return.
The chair will never be mended.
I am going with you!
Now the Jewish Passover was near...
and many went from the country
to Jerusalem...
to purify themselves and make holiday.
He's coming!
And Jesus, come from Bethany
and the Mount of Olives...
did enter Jerusalem on that day
to preach in the Temple...
for the Temple was Judea.
His words, spoken here...
would echo in
Tiberias, Samaria and Caesarea.
From here he might speak to the world,
and the waves be still.
As the city prepared
for the Passover killing of the lamb...
the men of Barabbas
planned stranger celebrations...
made ready more terrible sacrifices.
And Jesus went into the Temple.
And the great doors
shut up one multitude...
and within was peace...
while outside
was the sea that would not be stilled.
The tongue which spoke not peace,
but the sword.
Long live Judea!
Judea!
Come.
Get back!
Now!
Come on!
Help me.
We will never rise again.
The Romans were waiting for us.
We had no chance.
So many of us dead, for nothing.
We must escape into the desert and hide.
It was you who told Barabbas
the new rabbi would show us the way.
He does nothing but pray in the Temple.
The Rabbi will help us.
How will he help us?
He has the power of miracles.
He will not use his power,
except to heal the sick.
He can call down hosts
to destroy the fortress of Pilate.
He can, with a look, rock the foundations
of Herod Antipas' palace...
on the tyrant's head.
He has never done these things before.
Why will he change now?
I will force his hand.
Not with us!
I will force his hand.
Once he feels
the Roman sword at his throat...
he will strike them down
with the wave of one arm.
Now came the days of unleavened bread.
And Jesus...
knowing these to be
did send to prepare a Passover feast.
And there, a last time,
stood with and among his disciples.
And gathered them in, all 12.
Blessed are you, O Lord, our God,
King of the Universe...
who bids us eat bitter herbs.
Tonight, one among you will betray me.
What you must do, do quickly.
I will be with you for only a short time.
Where are you going?
Where I go, you cannot go,
but you will follow me afterwards.
We'll follow you to the ends of the earth.
Tonight you will all lose courage
and desert me.
Impossible.
I would go to prison. I would die first.
Believe me, Peter, this night,
before the cock crows twice...
you will deny knowing me three times.
- Never!
- No. Impossible!
Never.
My last wish...
is that you love one another
as I have loved you.
The greatest gift a man can give
is to lay down his life for his friends.
When I am gone you will be grieved.
But your grief will turn into joy.
A woman in childbirth feels pain.
But when her child is born,
she does not remember the pain.
For a child has been born into the world.
And one day I will see you again,
and when I do...
your joy will be such...
that no one can take it from you.
For you have the faith.
And you believe in me
and in Him, from whom I was sent.
Blessed are you, O Lord, our God,
King of the Universe...
who brings forth bread from the earth.
Take!
Eat!
For this is my body.
Do this in remembrance of me.
Blessed are you, O Lord, our God...
King of the Universe...
who creates the fruit of the vine.
Drink!
For this is my blood of the covenant,
which is shed for you...
and for many...
for the remission of sins.
- I wish to see the High Priest Caiaphas.
- It is late.
He will see me.
So Judas Iscariot went his way...
to betray Jesus
to the chief priests and the captains...
to say how Jesus and Barabbas...
were the left and the right hands
of the same body.
Thus Judas thought
to test and prove forever...
the divine power of the Messiah.
Then Jesus went forth
to the Mount of Olives...
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