King of Kings Page #6

Some we could never find.

You should not have killed this man.

You should have saved him

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.

I'll shape the crown myself,

and place it on his brow.

You will stand beside him

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?

I always respect the enemy.

Men like Lucius keep our empire together.

Your tour of duty in Jerusalem

ended years ago, Lucius.

- Why do you stay here?

- Where else would I go?

But Rome is brilliant.

I seem to have a talent

for surviving small wars.

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,

if the world might listen...

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 glory of Judea is dead.

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 preaches against violence.

He can, with a look, rock the foundations

of Herod Antipas' palace...

and bring the walls down

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

his final hours on earth...

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 not desert you.

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!

We'd never desert you.

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...

and the garden called Gethsemane...

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