The Great Commandment

Synopsis: The Great Commandment is a Christian film directed by Irving Pichel, which portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was co-produced by Rev. James K. Friedrich and released by Cathedral Films in 1939. Its theatrical release was in 1941 by Twentieth Century Fox.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Irving Pichel
Production: Universal Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.6
Year:
1939
78 min
22 Views


1

You

you.

You

you

Blessed be the Lord God of the universe

with giving this bird wisdom

distinguished Dave that's gratitude do a

good deed what's your exactly

This your idea of a joke have you

forgotten what happens Sabbath before

last between here and Jericho 200

zealots crucified for bearing arms 200

crosses against the sky and a few Roman

soldiers with a dagger like this in

their hearts

yes Romans can be killed too like other

men but we won't break the power of Rome

by wearing knives and our sleeves orders

from Jerusalem and to keep our weapons

concealed from now on till we need it

yeah it'll be safer there with mine yeah

you'll be safer too big brother

I'll forget that I'm not talking to you

as your brother now wasn't I chosen

ahead of the zealots in this village yes.

Joel but you had I mean to be obeyed

the lion doesn't bare his fangs until

he's ready to strike

You

come on

please what do you want water to wash it

you know it forbidden for us to speak

yes but a beggar could speak anyway

your lips are like a thread of scarlet

and your mouth is comely

you're altogether beautiful my life you

shouldn't see much from the Song of

Solomon

I know but know this much more I'll say

it all for you.

That is the first thing this morning I'd

like to be working in the fields and

second the fields you the scholar of the

family Scarlett

No.

I found him by the road at dawn he had

bound up his wound and was able to give

me the name of his village which lies

about one lead to the north more than

that he hadn't a straight to say

that's good it's good to be among

friends after the Romans Romans they

arrested me but I couldn't pay the tax a

chain on my wrist that I stumbled and

fell the soldier drew his sword now I

have no hand dogs the filthy heydon't be

warned they are coming why what is this

tax you speak up you haven't heard all.

Judea is being taxed in punishment of

the recent revolt we must drive his

Roman beasts out of our land but what

can we do without a leader to turn to

we're helpless a nation without a king

is a nation lost

nation lost he's right it looks as if we

will need our weapons Corvo zealous

together and we're wise either wait what

for you organize as elves in this

village you preach resistance to Rome

yet now you say we're not ready to

resist Judea was a nation once someday

she will be again I say wait and work

for that day go onto the fields I'll

tell father of this

Shoroma

Now my son will take up your study

incline thine ear alto vista mother I

han't applies thy heart to understanding

I have news important to the village the.

Romans have laid a new tax on our people

when did you hear it just now

well merchants who stopped within our

gates he had with him an escaped

prisoner prison yes this time it seems

they're taking prisoners as well as

money he's Joel this evil is still

distant from us but father when they

come here as they will we can't stop

them not now but we ought to begin to

prepare ourselves and we are prepared is

not the Lord with us always our only

duty is to follow his holy law as you're

a scholar scribe as you will be but we

need a king in Israel is it not written

that someday there will come a messiah

to deliver us someday we need the

Messiah now when the time is right he

will come wearing the crown of David and

with the sword of David in his hand yes

since he created his people the Lord has

not deserted us he has seen us through a

thousand tribulations slavery oppression

poverty the hatred of parents do you

think he will abandon us now I have no

fear this trouble that threatens us now

is only a shadow that will pants sit

down my son yes our time has come to

review your knowledge you'll scout with

the generations of sham the generations

of our Father I could recite those in my

sleep.

Oh see these are the generations of Shem.

Shem was 100 years old to get our facts

in two years after the flood and Shem

lived after he begat Arphaxad five

hundred years and begat sons and

daughters and our facts had lived five

and thirty years and begat Saylor and

our facts had lived after he begat.

Saylor four hundred and three years we

guess

sons and daughters a neighbor lived for

and 30 years and forget come on come hey

bruh

Ava and say they lived after he begat.

Eber four hundred and three years and

get sons and daughters and they ever

lived four and thirty years and forget

Joel father what's the good of learning

all this good is the history of Israel a

sacred heritage says but to me all these

names and dates as dry as the sands of.

Kidron they genuine the carpet merchant

is here to see you I come it's one speck

bring food and wine Leah yes sir the

best wines continue with your studies

Joel did you say it was Jamie oh yes Jim

you're the father

tomate it always has been ah you are

fortunate lemak to have two fine sons.

Zedeck then joel is an excellent young

man which all has possibilities he also

has his faults he's rather irresponsible

visionary and a bit unruly yet I have

great hopes of Joel it's my wish and it

was his mother's before she died someday

our firstborn should go up to study in

Jerusalem hmm I want Joel to follow in

my footsteps as a scribe but of course a

young man must marry and settle down no

matter what his profession is huh yes

you are blessed in your son's eye

unhappily have nothing but daughters it

takes a daughter to make a wife what is

the matter

and you know Tamil my eldest is a

manageable age already I've had several

offers for her hand and I don't wander

not out you have already arranged a

suitable match my mind is still open of

course you would provide your daughter

with a generous dowry oh yes I yes of

course in these hard times I don't well

well shall we say a chess the fine linen

at carpeted the best quality Tamil our

self is weaving it now a yoke of young

oxen and a flock of seven goats seven

goats of the wall you're her my herd has

been diminished lately by by wild dogs

and their seven goats eight look a dozen

goats now as a flock two dozen at dozen

and a half two does two dozen two dozen

ah for the honor of being allied with

your house in marriage scribe two dozen

goats ah

films are those generous know you taught

me a seed in my throat Leah sorry with

the wine what are you doing minding my

own business

you won't have yet you're learning I'm

learning.

Studious young man takes after his

father

takes after someone else if you ask me

I'm studying

want to hear the generations of sham

well Shem was a hundred years old to get

our facts in two years after the flood

tomorrow I've got something I've heard

something and Shem lived up people get

our facts it 500 years bigoted son and

daughter now faxing live five and thirty

years and forget

no one so beautiful as tomorrow

setting your scroll I've got to talk to

you I've got to tell you about about.

Shin know about us there's a women

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