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00:00What is that supposed to mean?
00:30Well, who is and who isn't?
00:41I have earnestly desired to eat this meal with you before I suffer.
00:46This is our last Passover together on this earth before we celebrate it again when all is fulfilled in the new kingdom.
00:57I would ask how long that will be.
01:00But I know the answer.
01:04You will understand.
01:07But first.
01:08Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
01:28Amen.
01:29Normally, this bread is to remember and celebrate our redemption from Egypt into the promised land.
01:51From slavery into freedom.
01:54Tonight, we celebrate your redemption from sin because of me.
02:02Take and eat it.
02:12This is my body, which is given for you.
02:18Do this in remembrance of me.
02:23Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.
02:48Amen.
02:49Amen.
02:50Amen.
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03:22Amen.
03:23of me I am the true vine and my father is the vine dresser every branch in me
03:52that does not bear fruit he takes away and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes that it may
04:01bear more fruit abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides
04:13in the vine neither can you unless you abide in me I am the vine you are the branches whoever abides
04:28in me and I in him he it is that bears much fruit for apart from me you can do nothing
04:38if anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers and the branches are
04:47gathered thrown into the fire and burned if you abide in me and my words in you ask for whatever
05:00wish and it will be done by this my father is glorified that you bear much fruit and so prove
05:11to be my disciples as the father has loved me so I have loved you abide in my love
05:23these things I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you
05:39and that your joy may be full
05:45rabbi what are you smiling at
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06:16it's nothing it's just that
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07:06Truly I say to you
07:12One of you will betray me
07:17Someone at this very table
07:21Someone in this room?
07:27Who?
07:30One of you brothers?
07:33Who?
07:35Tell us who
07:36And we will bind him
07:38And gag him
07:39And throw him in a pit
07:40So he can't do it
07:41The Son of Man goes
07:47As it is written of him
07:48But woe to that man
07:52By whom the Son of Man
07:53Has betrayed
07:53It would have been better for him
07:57If he had never been born
07:58Just say who it is
08:01And we'll make sure
08:04That man wishes
08:06Because he's never been born
08:07I need a moment
08:23What's happening?
08:47What?
08:47Andrew
08:48Oh, child, come on in
09:00Jump in the water
09:02Oh, child, come on in
09:13Jump in the water
09:16Got no trouble
09:17Got no trouble
09:17We'll miss you
09:18Being rock and the water
09:21Rock and the water
09:27Oh, child, come on in
09:31Walk on in the water
09:33I'm not in the water
09:35Oh, child, come on in
09:35Walk on in the water
09:39Got no trouble
09:40Walk on in the water
09:43Walk on in the water
09:43And according to our treasurer report, the additional days needed to complete the columns
10:02in that section of Solomon's Porch will result in a 14% increase over the original cost estimate.
10:08The Temple Renovation Committee unanimously approved the spending, although I'm sure
10:15to the surprise of none of you, Rabban Ozem required some convincing.
10:22All right, all right.
10:23From what I understand, there is no additional business for today.
10:27This meeting is adjourned.
10:32Rabbi Nicodemus, welcome back.
10:36I trust your time was fruitful.
10:39Oh, yes, yes.
10:41Good to be back, Ozem.
10:43Did the students in Bethel show enough appreciation for the teacher of teachers?
10:50Yes, they were lovely, but I'm sure they were glad to be rid of me.
10:56I'll see you in the morning for the committee meeting, yes?
11:00Yes.
11:01Yes, of course.
11:02Yes.
11:02It should be well.
11:08Rabbi Nicodemus, welcome back.
11:12It's good to be back.
11:14I understand congratulations are in order.
11:18I'm sorry I wasn't here to officially welcome you.
11:21It's an honor to be part of it.
11:25Yes, well...
11:26Shalom, shalom.
11:32Shalom, shalom.
11:33I've filled your quarters in less than an hour, Rabbi Nicodemus, so I have to stop by the Education and Labor Committee meeting first.
11:39I'll talk to you soon.
11:40Yes.
11:44And it's good to see you again.
11:45Good to see you.
11:51The vote to approve the Sabbath law adjustment proposal was actually less contentious than I expected.
11:57You would have been surprised at the cooperation of some of our Sadducean friends, even Gadara.
12:03Let me see what else.
12:10Just a highlight, Sepadai?
12:12Understood.
12:14Agricultural and Food Committee are still working on their Jatapata analysis.
12:18The Ritual Purity Committee has decided that...
12:22All right, you don't need an update on that.
12:24Let me see.
12:24Oh, I will say, I saw you talking to Shmuel today.
12:31His inauguration day was quite something.
12:34Shmai gave the welcome speech, and you really sang his praises, giving him credit for some of the events leading to the death of the Baptizer from Galilee.
12:43President Shimon raised a ruckus about that whole business.
12:47Death?
12:47Of who?
12:49The Baptizer?
12:49John Barr Zechariah.
12:52You know, the one who Herod had in prison.
12:54Of course I know who he is.
12:55I encountered him directly in Capernaum.
12:58He's dead?
13:00Beheaded by Herod's court.
13:02It was a whole sordid tale.
13:04You hadn't heard?
13:06How did you encounter him?
13:09And did he call you a viper, too?
13:11No, no, not quite.
13:14But he was certainly a character.
13:17I visited him in prison there.
13:20Beheaded?
13:21That was the story.
13:23He had a cousin in Capernaum.
13:26A teacher who was amassing a following, doing signs and wonders?
13:31Yes, Jesus bar Joseph.
13:34You know the name?
13:35Yes, he was the focus of the larger discussion.
13:38Caiaphas ended up giving a whole speech about him.
13:41Caiaphas?
13:42How did this get to Caiaphas?
13:44He's a rabbi all the way in Capernaum.
13:46Your Bethel trip was too long, rabbi.
13:50Jesus has been traveling all over, and these so-called signs and wonders you mentioned have
13:55bedeviled the people.
13:58He's the most popular messiah claimant in a while.
14:00Shmuel had a whole damning report about him.
14:03Caiaphas had to issue an edict empowering district leaders to bring him in for questioning for false prophecy,
14:10blasphemy, a litany of charges.
14:11I can't believe you missed all this.
14:13You met him?
14:13That's all for today, Zebediah.
14:17Thank you for your report.
14:19I'll see you in the morning.
14:22Of course.
14:22Is everything all right?
14:23Yes, yes.
14:24It's just been a long day.
14:30Give Rebecca my regards.
14:33And you the same to Zahara.
14:34We'll have to have dinner, so...
14:36Yes, yes.
14:37I'll have Matthias set it up.
14:39Shalom, shalom.
14:39Shalom, shalom.
14:43Matthias?
14:45Yes, rabbi?
14:46I want you to drop everything you're doing and listen to me carefully.
14:50I have an assignment for you.
14:53Mary of Magdala.
14:56Have you been looking for me?
14:58Yes.
14:58Teacher, it's you.
15:00Please, keep your voice down.
15:03Not everyone in this house is awake.
15:05Why so secretive?
15:07Why didn't your men just tell me they were with you?
15:09I am so sorry, but we had no choice.
15:11I don't know what is in your head at the moment.
15:15How zealous you and the others are, and what you will say, and to whom.
15:19You've not been discreet lately, and I need to be.
15:21Discreet?
15:22You're in the Sanhedrin.
15:24Where is this place?
15:25This is my home, but you don't need to know where.
15:27This city is crawling with spies, agents, and informers.
15:31I don't know why you've been so difficult to reach.
15:33I've really needed your help.
15:35Where have you been?
15:36Mary, it is very dangerous what you are doing.
15:40You were wise not to ask for me by name,
15:42but it was clear to us what you were up to.
15:45Who is us?
15:46You've had spies.
15:47Not spies, just keeping track.
15:50And your behavior could well have accelerated his demise.
15:54Accelerated?
15:55No, no, you're getting bad information.
15:57We've been on the run from the moment we arrived.
16:01Jesus has not passed up a single opportunity to make an enemy.
16:04I'm curious to know why you think that is.
16:07I'm sorry?
16:08Why is he doing this?
16:09Why is he systematically turning allies into enemies?
16:13You know him?
16:14You've seen him challenge authority before?
16:17He won't shrink just because...
16:18Mary, this is something more.
16:20I will read you his own words.
16:23How?
16:23My watchman was observing and taking notes.
16:27This from just two days ago, you know, when he upended the marketplace and the temple.
16:32Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are like whitewashed tombs, who outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and uncleanness.
16:49So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
16:59Does not exactly sound like an invitation to join him, does it?
17:03How long have you been tracking him?
17:06Long enough.
17:07I don't understand.
17:08You've seen us.
17:10You've been watching all of us?
17:14Tell me why I shouldn't be very uncomfortable with all of this.
17:16He was only doing what I asked him to do.
17:18I've not seen Jesus since Capernaum, but when news reached Jerusalem that he was claiming to be the Christ, I had to.
17:25You had to, what, spy?
17:27Mary, I brought you here under duress, so I'm trying to be patient with your loose words.
17:34But you need to listen.
17:36I teach Torah and the foundations of our faith to students all over Israel.
17:42Please try to understand the immense responsibility for our people that I feel on my shoulders from Adonai himself.
17:50Every year, from every region, someone comes along claiming to be the Messiah.
17:55And trying to sway our people and mislead them.
17:59Now, most of them are crushed for their false prophecy, and we never even hear of them.
18:04But when someone like Jesus achieves this level of influence over these many people,
18:10performing these kinds of signs and wonders,
18:12all the while claiming to be the Christ and asserting his authority over the law and leaders of our people,
18:19I have a sacred duty to prove him wrong.
18:26What did you see?
18:28What did he report to you?
18:30You met him yourself.
18:31I helped arrange it.
18:32I'm sure you saw who he is as well.
18:37What did he see?
18:42He saw the eyes of the blind opened,
18:44the ears of the deaf unstopped,
18:47the lame man leaping like a deer,
18:53and the tongue of the mutants seeking for joy.
18:56Isaiah.
18:57The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light.
19:02Those that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
19:05upon them a light has shined.
19:08I love that one.
19:09But you, O Bethlehem,
19:11too little to be among the clan of Judah.
19:13From you shall come forth for me,
19:16one who is to be ruler of Israel.
19:19One who is coming forth
19:21is from of old,
19:23from ancient days.
19:24Do you now know he is the one
19:29who fulfills these prophecies?
19:31I prayed he wouldn't.
19:33I needed him to be a fraud.
19:36But I've seen too much.
19:38I know the feeling.
19:40And you saw Lazarus.
19:47So why haven't you told this to the others?
19:50Why have you been absent?
19:51I've been told you've not been seen in Sanhedrin at all lately.
19:55Apart from my present condition,
19:58there is the question of trying to get anything done in the Sanhedrin,
20:02let alone the intricacies of money and politics
20:05and fear that guide most of them
20:08and govern their decisions.
20:09And when it comes to false prophecy,
20:12that is a wall I cannot climb.
20:15I've been looking for you because he needs your help.
20:18Why have you been wanting to talk to me if not to help?
20:22To warn you,
20:23and for you to warn him that he's in danger.
20:27Your message received.
20:30But for whatever reason,
20:32he's clearly not running from that danger.
20:36So now I'm asking you
20:37to help eliminate it.
20:41Your wisdom and strength
20:42led you to pursue Jesus in Capernaum
20:45when your colleagues wouldn't have ever considered it.
20:48I don't know what happened after that.
20:50That's between you and him,
20:51but
20:52I know you know the truth.
20:57And I'm asking you to do anything you can.
21:03Mary,
21:04please try to...
21:06please.
21:10Please.
21:31Nicodemus,
21:31there is something else I wanted to say to you.
21:39For what?
21:42For trying.
21:45That day the Romans brought you to my place
21:47in the Red Quarter.
21:50It must have been very uncomfortable for you.
21:53And scary for anyone.
21:56I'm so grateful you at least made the attempt.
21:59I should have told you that
22:03the day we spoke in the market.
22:06And I know
22:07coming to the Red Quarter
22:08didn't initially turn out the way you had hoped.
22:13But
22:13look
22:15what it led to.
22:18you're welcome.
22:24But I had nothing to do with who you are today.
22:27Your change
22:28is just as convincing as the prophecies
22:31of who he is.
22:35I don't know what else I can do,
22:36but I will search Torah.
22:38Perhaps
22:39the scriptures will reveal to us
22:41what is in store for him.
22:43Nicodemus?
22:58Zohara.
23:00I'm sorry.
23:00I didn't mean to disturb you.
23:02Nico.
23:03You don't have to speak loudly
23:04for me to be stirred by your spirit.
23:07Like I have been for months.
23:09I've been studying in earnest.
23:11There are things about my position that...
23:12Come in here.
23:14Zohara, you don't understand...
23:15Come.
23:26I have been with you for 60 years.
23:29Don't try to educate me on your position
23:31as though I'm the teenager I was when we married.
23:35You can prepare for your lectures in your sleep.
23:38You don't need this level of research.
23:39You haven't finished a meal in weeks
23:42without abandoning the table.
23:44And me.
23:45For these scrolls.
23:47You're losing weight.
23:49You can barely hold yourself up
23:51since Matthias burst in a week ago
23:53whispering frantically.
23:55I am not deaf and blind, Nico.
24:01We have to talk.
24:04We will.
24:04I...
24:05I...
24:05I just...
24:08can't...
24:10yet.
24:13I'm sorry.
24:20Please, sit down.
24:22Can we serve you something to do?
24:24We are not the same.
24:25I don't know what Shmuel has told you, but you should know now
24:30that you and I are not the same.
24:33That's certainly the case.
24:34I'm the anointed high priest of Israel
24:36who represents the nation before God,
24:40the only human on earth allowed to enter the Holy of Holies.
24:44and you, on the other hand, are...
24:47Helping to save your people.
24:51I assure you,
24:52I've not been brought here under false pretenses.
24:55I can deliver him to you.
24:58But you must know something.
25:01I do believe that Jesus is most likely the Messiah.
25:04Why?
25:06Why what?
25:09Why do you believe that?
25:14I've seen too much.
25:15Then why are you doing this?
25:21I suppose I have not seen enough.
25:24Ah.
25:25Hence the...
25:26most likely.
25:28Hopefully, we'll get to see it this week.
25:30If, when you take him into custody,
25:33he effortlessly destroys his captors,
25:36leads us to victory over Rome,
25:38and takes his rightful place on the throne of David,
25:41then I'll be celebrating with the rest of our people.
25:45You are...
25:47utterly out of your depth.
25:50I disagree.
25:51Marcus, Shmuel,
25:53will you give us the room?
25:54I do not appreciate being spoken to in such a manner, young man.
26:07Well, if you change your mind about needing his whereabouts,
26:09just let me know.
26:11Sit down!
26:12We are not finished.
26:15This isn't complicated, Your Honor.
26:27You need information.
26:29And I'm the only one capable and willing to give it to you.
26:39All we have to agree on is a price.
26:4020 pieces of silver.
26:53Don't insult me.
26:5640.
26:5725.
26:5838.
27:0330 pieces of silver.
27:07Final offer.
27:08And a slave is about what Jesus is worth to me now.
27:33You have no leverage, Judas.
27:35I'm your only buyer.
27:38And I'm your only seller.
27:41The Temple Guard have sophisticated methods of extracting information.
27:48If you'd like.
27:51Or you can just take the money.
28:00I have one condition.
28:02I'm listening.
28:03I will provide an opportunity for you to arrest him only in the absence of a crowd.
28:10He is more powerful than you, and you know it.
28:14The people will riot.
28:16If we do this stealthily,
28:17we can avoid an uprising,
28:21retribution from Rome,
28:22and a ruined Passover holiday.
28:24I thought you said if he's arrested,
28:27he'll use his divine powers to strike down his adversaries.
28:32Could be the best Passover of all, wouldn't it?
28:35If he is who he says he is.
28:38If he's not.
28:39Thirty pieces of silver will be of no use to me when Pilate brutalizes us for disturbing the peace
28:49and inciting a revolt.
28:51I have a condition as well.
28:59You have 24 hours to deliver him over to us.
29:04Time is of the essence.
29:10Deal.
29:1124 hours.
29:17You're an only son.
29:20I'm sorry?
29:21You're an only son of an only son, and he's passed away.
29:27I was given all your information, Judas.
29:29You're the last of the Iscariots.
29:32Yes.
29:35Yes.
29:36Unless you survive all this and have a son,
29:40this could be your best chance for your family name to be remembered.
29:46Don't look so downtrodden.
29:48This is an opportunity.
29:52Now, go.
29:54Deliver on your promise.
30:02You have no right to hold me here without explanation.
30:23What crimes have I committed?
30:25I have the right to speak to my legal representative.
30:27My friend, those rights are granted to citizens of the Roman Empire,
30:32of which you decidedly are not.
30:37Who are you?
30:39The one asking the questions.
30:54You arrived from the north three days ago.
30:57Bringing with you a small militia of malcontents.
31:03You have since grown in numbers, amassed weapons,
31:08sharpened resentments,
31:10and convened a veritable serpent's den of aggressors
31:13who remind me of zealots,
31:15but lack sophistication and training.
31:19The zealots, you know, they're a pain.
31:21But they have a precision and a clarity of purpose
31:26that makes them in some ways predictable.
31:29They at least know what they're doing,
31:31and therefore so do we.
31:34But you are not precise.
31:36You are reckless and messy and disorganized.
31:40It was all too easy to find you out
31:43to get in here and put you in that chair.
31:45So, it's my understanding
31:47the Jews have made a pilgrimage to this city
31:50to observe a solemn holiday of remembrance.
31:55Hmm?
31:56I might be getting that wrong.
31:59But from what I can tell,
32:00there's only one person acting up around here this week.
32:04Someone about whom so many people
32:08have such intense feelings and opinions,
32:11both good and bad.
32:13He's the only figure at the moment
32:15toward whom a man like you
32:19could stir up so much animosity.
32:23Tell me something, Kaffney.
32:26Hi, you.
32:29Everybody's got an opinion about Jesus.
32:30So, what about yours led to all this?
32:38You're not a holy man.
32:43Achus be praised.
32:45You own land and wine country.
32:50He killed my daughter.
32:52If Jesus the Nazarene had committed murder,
32:55believe me, I'd know about it.
32:57How?
32:59You're not God.
33:00Let's leave God out of this.
33:02Honestly, I find the topic exhausting.
33:04What more do you want to know?
33:09All right.
33:11I'll bite.
33:11Fine.
33:12How'd he kill your daughter?
33:13He seduced her.
33:14He really doesn't strike me as the romantic type.
33:16Not romantically.
33:18Spiritually.
33:18For the God's sake,
33:19what did I just say about God?
33:22He performed a magic trick at a wedding
33:26that made her so grateful and awed and entranced
33:31that she became more loyal to him than me.
33:34Hades and Styx.
33:36That's the pettiest thing I've ever heard.
33:37She left a promising career as a wine vintner
33:40to join his pathetic roving band
33:43wayfaring around the upper Galilee
33:46whipping crowds into frenzies over his teachings and sorceries.
33:51until one of those crowds
34:00devolved into a stampede
34:03and she was run through with a sword.
34:05By whom?
34:06The Roman Praetor of Capernaum.
34:13Uh-huh.
34:15So a Roman Praetor killed your daughter, not Jesus.
34:18You are dissembling, Kaphne.
34:19She would never have been near Capernaum
34:22or anything resembling that situation
34:23if not for him.
34:25And he has not been held accountable.
34:27She had free will, didn't she?
34:29No one was forcing her to travel around with this Jesus, were they?
34:32One of Jesus' other followers.
34:33A former employee of mine.
34:36Beguiled her with his youthful charm
34:39and lured her into the notion of marriage without my consent.
34:42I thought it didn't work that way with you people.
34:43There are loopholes.
34:46The law is complicated.
34:47Did your daughter ever say anything to you
34:49about avenging her death if something were to happen to her?
34:52It's what any father would do.
34:53Why haven't you attempted vengeance against the Roman Praetor?
34:55He was fired and sent away.
34:58Hanged for all I know.
35:04Why are you looking at me like that?
35:06Oh, I don't know.
35:07Seems like you're under the impression
35:09that you could have done something more to prevent this.
35:12To protect your daughter, to save her.
35:15And instead of facing your guilt like a man
35:18or dealing with your grief,
35:21you've decided to look for someone to blame.
35:23You don't know me.
35:25You don't know what's in my heart.
35:26You can't get directly to the Praetor who did the deed.
35:28So now you've moved on to...
35:31Frankly, an easy target.
35:35He's not an easy target.
35:37Let's find out.
35:38What?
35:39I don't have any children.
35:40But the way you've decided to make your daughter's untimely death
35:44all about yourself repulses me.
35:48However,
35:49your murderous commitment to alleviating your guilty conscience
35:54may prove useful to my purposes.
35:58What purposes?
36:03I have a proposal for you, Kofni.
36:06Instead of arresting you
36:07for unlawful assembly,
36:10possession of illegal weapons,
36:12incitement to violence,
36:13conspiracy to commit murder,
36:15and possibly insurrection,
36:16to name only a few,
36:17I will supply you with information
36:19regarding Jesus' whereabouts.
36:24What has he done to you?
36:25Pay attention, please.
36:27The only thing that's required
36:29to keep you out of jail,
36:30or worse,
36:32is that you continue to spread your venom
36:34to anyone who listen.
36:37Let me explain this to you
36:38in a way you might understand.
36:40Keep doing what you're doing.
36:44Try to turn the tide of public opinion
36:46against Jesus,
36:48and quid pro quo.
36:54Right.
36:55In exchange,
36:56I'll keep holes out of your hands and feet.
37:01Holes.
37:05We're finished here.
37:08So what now?
37:10Now,
37:11we wait.
37:14For what?
37:16For the light of day.
37:19For the light of day.
37:46We wait.
37:51The people who walked in darkness...
38:21...have seen the great light...
38:27...those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death...
38:34...upon them a light has shined.
38:42Thank you for that.
38:51Tova begins in eight hours.
39:05One last thorough search.
39:07There cannot be even a single speck of leaven anywhere in the house.
39:12Tova, I want you to boil water and fire up the ovens to heat the surfaces of the kitchen...
39:17...and kill any remaining hametz.
39:19Yes, Marcus.
39:20Then, Shechem Hala, I want you to look for crumbs under every cushion.
39:24Search every pocket of every robe in the closet.
39:27Pour boiling water over every platter, cup, utensil, dish, or a knife...
39:32...that has even come close to a piece of bread in the last year.
39:36Governor, can I help you, sir?
39:40What do you intend to do with Jesus of Nazareth?
39:45The hugs a mare to you too, Pantius.
39:48I don't observe this holiday.
39:49No kidding.
39:50I am maintaining my side of this arrangement, Caiaphas.
39:53I've made plans to make an example of a zealot.
39:56Now tell me what you're doing to maintain yours.
39:58Oh, zealots are wonderful.
40:00That should be well received on both sides because both your people and our people hate zealots.
40:07They bring down your wrath on the common people.
40:10They make things worse for everyone.
40:13Don't change the subject.
40:14Your people hate zealots and they don't hate Jesus.
40:17I won't argue with that.
40:20But this city has a messianic fever and I need to bring the temperature down.
40:26Well, we agree there in the broadest sense we always have.
40:30I too want a lower temperature.
40:32Yeah.
40:33Well, there are some families of massacred Jews who might take issue with that.
40:39And neither of us wants a repeat.
40:41I want peace just like you.
40:44I just don't like what I'm hearing about your methods.
40:47What have you heard?
40:49Don't insult me.
40:50So you've been spying on us.
40:52You're not Roman citizens.
40:54You have no right to privacy.
40:56Exactly.
40:58You're not one of us.
40:59You don't believe in our God.
41:01Therefore, you cannot begin to know what's best for us.
41:06There are layers to this.
41:08You do not comprehend.
41:11Thousands of years of theology, tradition, and law.
41:16If you know what's best for the Jewish people, then why does Jerusalem have a fever?
41:20You asked me what I plan to do to maintain my side of our arrangement,
41:25and yet you already know.
41:28Why the intrusion?
41:30You just wanted to hear me say it out loud?
41:33Wipe that smug look off your face.
41:38You've grown too comfortable with our arrangement.
41:42So much so that you think you deserve the special treatment the Empire has come to give you over the years.
41:48My God's chosen people, why should we expect anything less?
41:51It's galling and confounding to everyone I know in Rome.
41:57Even our Stoic philosopher Seneca has wondered aloud, to my humiliation,
42:02how in Jerusalem the vanquished have given laws to the victors.
42:07Well, not anymore!
42:08Let me say to you plain and simple, Caiaphas.
42:19If you go through with this, and tensions rise as a result, our alliance is over.
42:28Shut up!
42:45This is oppression.
42:47We are devout men, yes, but we work hard, and we pay our tribute.
42:53This is an outrage!
42:55Sorry about the mix-up.
42:56How shall it?
42:57It was our mistake.
42:58Shalom, shalom.
42:59Move out!
43:00Shalom!
43:01Swords.
43:02Keep going.
43:03Yes.
43:04Up!
43:05Up!
43:06Swords.
43:07Keep going.
43:08Up!
43:09Up!
43:11Up!
43:12Up!
43:13Up!
43:14Up!
43:15Up!
43:16Up!
43:17Up!
43:18Up!
43:19Up!
43:20Up!
43:21Up!
43:22Up!
43:23Up!
43:24Up!
43:25Up!
43:26Up!
43:27Up!
43:28Up!
43:54The Lord bestows favor and honor.
44:00No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
44:09Adonai has blessed and anointed our cause.
44:15And as David wrote, when he feigned madness to evade the king of Gath,
44:19when the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all of their trouble.
44:25It's a sign!
44:25From the prophet Jeremiah,
44:28Great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds.
44:33Your eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man,
44:38rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
44:46Job, at his lowest, cried out to Adonai,
44:50I know that you can do all things and that no purpose of yours shall be thwarted.
44:57You make a deal with the enemies of our people and our God and call it divine purpose?
45:16If you'll excuse me, brothers, for just a moment.
45:28What are you doing?
45:29I am leaving, Hophni.
45:30Why?
45:31Because it is the right thing to do.
45:34Leaving Jerusalem hours before Passover?
45:37Using the holy scriptures to delude and justify yourself? It's pathetic.
45:41You will not speak to me in that tone.
45:42Or what?
45:44Nothing more can hurt me.
45:47My daughter is dead.
45:50My husband is a shadow.
45:52And we are in league with Rome.
45:54It was a Roman blade.
45:56Yes.
45:57But she was only there.
45:59Follow her, Rabbi.
46:00He bewitched her.
46:01Love is not a spell, Hophni.
46:04Her love for her rabbi and for her future husband were real.
46:11Thomas was never worthy.
46:12That is rich coming from you at this moment.
46:15You're not leaving.
46:17I can't have Jesus taking both my daughter and my wife from me.
46:22If you think that this may soften my resolve, you are mistaken.
46:27I love you, Hophni.
46:32And I serve God and his laws.
46:34Which is why I pray that he will forgive me that I cannot stand by and watch what hate and guilt have turned you into.
46:42I love you, Hophni.
47:12Hello, Simon.
47:21We're not doing another chase and evade.
47:23Good?
47:24Let's talk now.
47:25Man to man?
47:29You know what this building is?
47:31A prison.
47:32What was that back there?
47:35I know, Hophni.
47:37It wasn't your mistake detaining him.
47:39So tell me what's going on.
47:40I am well aware of what it cost you to leave your old order and to follow Jesus.
47:44That level of dedication could have gotten you killed.
47:47It may yet.
47:47I hear no lies.
47:50Jesus is in real danger.
47:51I don't have to tell you that.
47:55No jail could hold the Messiah.
47:59No prison bars or shackles could contain him.
48:02Oh, you think I came here as some sort of a stunt?
48:08Have a little chat with you about the seriousness of your situation?
48:11Come on, Zee.
48:13That'd be a big old waste of my time.
48:14I came here to question a zealot.
48:16Yeah, a murderer.
48:19Who is being transferred into this prison right about...
48:22Kronos be praised.
48:26Kronos be praised.
48:27Right on time.
48:29Oh, you know him?
48:49Old friend?
48:51Well, your pal is scheduled for execution in about 28 hours, give or take.
49:02A day and then some.
49:04Barabbas came to find me when I left the order.
49:07And you both survived?
49:09Somebody didn't do his job.
49:10We spoke.
49:11That's not what they sent him to do.
49:12He saw things.
49:13Things that should have compelled him to leave the order and believe.
49:19You think you could have saved him?
49:20I didn't say that.
49:21He could have saved himself.
49:23If only he'd opened his eyes and heart.
49:25Well, he did not open his eyes.
49:27Don't know about his heart.
49:28Don't care.
49:28Because now he's got to pay up consequences.
49:32Simon, I think you're about to find that out.
49:35I said no jail could contain him.
49:40Touchy?
49:42Fine.
49:43So maybe your messiah won't be jailed.
49:46But what about your friends?
49:48Hmm?
49:49One of them has already died.
49:59You know what?
49:59I'm just going to leave those there.
50:01In case you think you need to be ready.
50:09Luck happens.
50:10When preparation meets opportunity.
50:14When preparation meets opportunity.
50:18Buona fortuna.
50:21Simon Z.
50:22Today, the spirit of the Lord is upon me.
50:52He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
50:58Today, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.
51:02I and the father are one.
51:07I and the father are one.
51:12Ah.
51:13He was despised and rejected of men.
51:16A man of sorrow, acquainted with grief.
51:21Ha!
51:22Do not think I come to abolish the law or the prophets.
51:27I do not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
51:34Rabbi, I'm not going to miss.
51:35Oh.
51:37Yosef.
51:38I'm sorry to disturb you.
51:39Scripture has already disturbed me.
51:43With all respect, I bring news that might make it worse.
51:47What?
51:49The facts are not fully confirmed, but my confidants are not given to exaggeration or inference without solid evidence.
51:55Don't withhold, young man.
51:57Say it.
51:58Caiaphas is making plans to arrest Jesus.
52:02Oh, impossible.
52:04He doesn't have the authority.
52:07And according to my reconnaissance, no one is certain where to find Jesus.
52:11There is talk of a collaborator.
52:14A traitor?
52:15From within the ranks of his own followers.
52:18Who among them could be capable of such a thing?
52:20I don't know what Matthias has told you, but not all of the followers are in agreement on how they view Jesus.
52:27I have witnessed dissent between them at the house of Lazarus.
52:30Even if one of them betrayed his whereabouts at this very moment, the Sanhedrin would still have to convene for a trial.
52:37And it is illegal for a capital offense to be tried on the day of preparation for the High Holy Day.
52:44Passover is in less than seven hours.
52:47Caiaphas' hands are tied.
52:49I assure you, they're not.
52:50Or rather, they are, to his father-in-law.
52:55Annos.
52:58He's been deposed before.
52:59We can depose him again.
53:00If he's the one behind all of this, which I suppose he is.
53:05We?
53:05It's a naked violation of the law and tradition.
53:10Most of the judges don't even like Annos.
53:12You said we.
53:14Will you join me and Shimon and the centrist in denouncing Caiaphas' brazen infractions?
53:19Where would I even do that?
53:21Most of the administrative meeting spaces in the temple are closed for Passover.
53:25Nicodemus, you know Caiaphas has no scruples.
53:29My informers say they will call an emergency meeting overnight.
53:31Tonight.
53:32Citing an obscure loophole authorization from the Sefer Hamakabin during times of national crisis.
53:40He is, insofar as they rightly perceive him, to be a threat to this current corrupt Israeli hierarchy, which he's poised to dismantle.
53:52They're not all corrupt, but they are all scared.
53:54Of course they are.
53:55If I may be so bold.
53:57You are too harsh on your brethren, Rabban.
54:00They are mostly good men.
54:02Me.
54:02Dedicated to their faith.
54:03Devoted to preserving our traditions and Torah.
54:06They just weren't ready for Jesus.
54:09I don't think anyone was.
54:12Present company included.
54:13Me or you?
54:17Both.
54:20Sunset to sunset has not passed, and somehow, I've twice been accused of misunderstanding Jesus of Nazareth.
54:26So you do?
54:28Do what?
54:29Understand Jesus.
54:31I'm getting there.
54:35So what's next?
54:36How can we solve this?
54:37What do you and Mary need to understand?
54:39The die is cast.
54:42My status is irrelevant.
54:44This requires a level of dexterity that neither of you have been forced to implement.
54:49It's not something I can solve with stern words and backroom somewhere.
54:54If you and I disclose our allegiance, now or ever, we will be shut out of all discussions altogether.
55:03Mary?
55:04His follower?
55:05I sent for her.
55:06She was searching for me, but recklessly.
55:08She could have quickened the disaster that is so rapidly unfolding.
55:12She was looking for help anywhere she can find it.
55:14I said recklessly.
55:15And you cared enough about that to bring her in.
55:17Why?
55:18If you're so resigned to the fate of Jesus.
55:20To save her and the others.
55:21From what?
55:22From what could happen next?
55:24I can't stop the Sanhedrin's attempts, but I can at least warn Jesus and his followers.
55:30Rabbi Nicodemus, please hear me.
55:34You are right.
55:37Neither I nor Mary have the wisdom or experience you have.
55:43But we are willing to do anything.
55:47You say we will be shut out of all discussions if we reveal ourselves.
55:52I will follow your lead on that.
55:55But surely, we can be part of the discussion tonight.
55:59I am studying the scriptures and Jesus' statements for clues as to what can happen next.
56:07Or what he has in store.
56:09It's a mystery.
56:10It's a mystery.
56:12I have no idea what might happen tonight.
56:17Let's find out.
56:18Sometimes I can't find out.
56:20I am listening to the сказ into the scriptures.
56:27I can't find out.
56:28I have no idea what does everyone has to do.
56:30Just watch the scriptures.
56:31I can tell you what is going forward and wrap it up.
56:32Let's see.
56:33I can tell you what does somebody do or something to the man.
56:36What we see or some kind of a thing.
56:38Why?
56:39I have no idea what does anybody ask that you know.
56:42What does do if you understand?
56:43I can tell you what I want.
56:44I can tell you what fires you have.