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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,610 --> 00:00:05,135 [woman vocalizing] 2 00:00:05,179 --> 00:00:07,485 [dramatic music] 3 00:00:07,529 --> 00:00:10,836 - The story of Jesus is the greatest story ever told. 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:12,708 ♪ 5 00:00:12,751 --> 00:00:14,188 - Get out! 6 00:00:14,231 --> 00:00:15,928 You sinner! 7 00:00:15,972 --> 00:00:17,626 - Where is he? 8 00:00:17,669 --> 00:00:19,671 ♪ 9 00:00:19,715 --> 00:00:22,022 male announcer: For over 2,000 years, 10 00:00:22,065 --> 00:00:24,459 the story of Jesus Christ has touched the lives 11 00:00:24,502 --> 00:00:26,243 of billions around the globe. 12 00:00:26,287 --> 00:00:27,636 [whip cracks] 13 00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:29,246 - [screaming] 14 00:00:29,290 --> 00:00:30,943 - Jesus felt what we felt. 15 00:00:30,987 --> 00:00:32,554 He faced what we face today. 16 00:00:32,597 --> 00:00:38,299 ♪ 17 00:00:38,342 --> 00:00:41,345 - If we want to understand Western history at all, 18 00:00:41,389 --> 00:00:45,088 we must understand the story of Jesus. 19 00:00:45,132 --> 00:00:47,351 announcer: Now, for the first time, 20 00:00:47,395 --> 00:00:50,006 his story is told through the eyes 21 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:51,529 of those who knew him best. 22 00:00:51,573 --> 00:00:54,010 - We are with you. 23 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:56,926 - Mary Magdalene is in many senses the ideal disciple. 24 00:00:56,969 --> 00:01:00,843 - Enlighten us. Tell us what you mean. 25 00:01:00,886 --> 00:01:02,975 - [groaning] [whip cracks] 26 00:01:03,019 --> 00:01:06,588 - She wanted to be there till the very end. 27 00:01:06,631 --> 00:01:10,113 - The was at the crucifixion. 28 00:01:10,157 --> 00:01:11,680 She was at the resurrection. 29 00:01:11,723 --> 00:01:14,335 - I have seen the Lord. 30 00:01:14,378 --> 00:01:16,380 - She is the one that receives the message. 31 00:01:16,424 --> 00:01:19,601 - I am ascending to my father. 32 00:01:19,644 --> 00:01:21,429 - As the first witness to the resurrection... 33 00:01:21,472 --> 00:01:23,518 [dramatic music] 34 00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:26,129 Mary Magdalene is arguably the beginning of Christianity. 35 00:01:26,173 --> 00:01:29,132 ♪ 36 00:01:29,176 --> 00:01:32,048 [dramatic music] 37 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:39,011 ♪ 38 00:01:59,206 --> 00:02:02,470 [indistinct chatter] 39 00:02:02,513 --> 00:02:05,037 - Jesus saved me from myself. 40 00:02:05,081 --> 00:02:06,778 He made this woman. 41 00:02:06,822 --> 00:02:09,868 Who am I without him? 42 00:02:09,912 --> 00:02:12,044 [overlapping chatter] 43 00:02:12,088 --> 00:02:14,612 Some horror is a test 44 00:02:14,656 --> 00:02:16,788 for even the strongest and bravest. 45 00:02:16,832 --> 00:02:18,703 [whip cracks] - [groans] 46 00:02:18,747 --> 00:02:21,010 - I am neither. 47 00:02:21,053 --> 00:02:24,579 And yet... 48 00:02:24,622 --> 00:02:27,059 I thought he was going to save the world. 49 00:02:27,103 --> 00:02:29,671 ♪ 50 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:35,894 - The first time we meet Mary Magdalene in the Gospels, 51 00:02:35,938 --> 00:02:38,506 she's possessed by seven demons. 52 00:02:38,549 --> 00:02:40,421 - [whispering] Mary... 53 00:02:40,464 --> 00:02:42,553 - So to put it in modern terms, 54 00:02:42,597 --> 00:02:45,513 we might think of Mary suffering from schizophrenia 55 00:02:45,556 --> 00:02:47,645 or from bipolar disorder 56 00:02:47,689 --> 00:02:50,344 or maybe even post-traumatic stress disorder. 57 00:02:50,387 --> 00:02:54,435 And she comes to Jesus to be healed. 58 00:02:54,478 --> 00:02:56,437 [indistinct whispering] 59 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,224 [dramatic music] 60 00:03:01,268 --> 00:03:03,313 - Do you hear them? 61 00:03:03,357 --> 00:03:05,663 - Yes, I do. 62 00:03:05,707 --> 00:03:08,144 - I can't bear it. - [raspy whispering] 63 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:10,929 ♪ 64 00:03:10,973 --> 00:03:13,758 - Come out of the woman, you unclean spirits. 65 00:03:13,802 --> 00:03:15,891 [straining] 66 00:03:15,934 --> 00:03:18,154 Be quiet! 67 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:21,026 I command you to come out of her! 68 00:03:21,070 --> 00:03:22,898 Do not enter her again! 69 00:03:22,941 --> 00:03:27,250 [whispering stops] 70 00:03:27,294 --> 00:03:29,948 - In that moment, Jesus freed her 71 00:03:29,992 --> 00:03:32,473 from whatever the demons were in her life. 72 00:03:32,516 --> 00:03:34,823 And Jesus' way of life, 73 00:03:34,866 --> 00:03:36,607 his teachings, his spirit, 74 00:03:36,651 --> 00:03:38,261 the way he interacted with folk, 75 00:03:38,305 --> 00:03:39,654 it set her free. 76 00:03:39,697 --> 00:03:42,483 - What is your name? 77 00:03:42,526 --> 00:03:45,790 - Mary. 78 00:03:45,834 --> 00:03:48,140 - My mother's name. 79 00:03:48,184 --> 00:03:50,839 - That day, I became a student. 80 00:03:50,882 --> 00:03:52,928 Jesus, my teacher. 81 00:03:52,971 --> 00:03:57,585 And everything seemed possible. 82 00:03:57,628 --> 00:03:59,761 - This is a life-changing moment, 83 00:03:59,804 --> 00:04:01,502 no question about it. 84 00:04:01,545 --> 00:04:05,114 She goes from being a deeply troubled person 85 00:04:05,157 --> 00:04:08,509 that would have been seen as a social outcast 86 00:04:08,552 --> 00:04:12,339 to being a person who follows a great teacher and preacher. 87 00:04:12,382 --> 00:04:16,473 ♪ 88 00:04:16,517 --> 00:04:18,954 She, in essence, goes from the outhouse 89 00:04:18,997 --> 00:04:22,914 to the penthouse through a spiritual change. 90 00:04:22,958 --> 00:04:26,353 - Mary Magdalene has her name because she was Mary 91 00:04:26,396 --> 00:04:28,790 from a town in Galilee called Magdala. 92 00:04:28,833 --> 00:04:33,316 - This was not a little, small, hole-in-the-wall town. 93 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,059 It turns out, it was one of the major fishing villages 94 00:04:37,102 --> 00:04:40,192 on the northwest coast of the Sea of Galilee. 95 00:04:40,236 --> 00:04:41,629 [indistinct chatter] 96 00:04:41,672 --> 00:04:44,066 - What's interesting about this is that 97 00:04:44,109 --> 00:04:46,851 it's very unusual for a woman in Biblical times 98 00:04:46,895 --> 00:04:50,072 to be associated with a town, 99 00:04:50,115 --> 00:04:51,900 rather than with her father 100 00:04:51,943 --> 00:04:53,728 or with the name of her husband. 101 00:04:53,771 --> 00:04:56,034 So we think that she was probably unmarried 102 00:04:56,078 --> 00:04:57,993 or maybe she was widowed, 103 00:04:58,036 --> 00:05:00,822 and we think that probably she had some kind of status 104 00:05:00,865 --> 00:05:03,520 in the town of Magdala, such that she was known 105 00:05:03,564 --> 00:05:05,130 as Mary of Magdala. 106 00:05:05,174 --> 00:05:08,090 - Many people still see Mary Magdalene as a sinner. 107 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:11,136 Part of it is because back in 591, 108 00:05:11,180 --> 00:05:14,314 Gregory the Great linked Mary to being a prostitute. 109 00:05:14,357 --> 00:05:16,272 Today, we know differently. 110 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:17,839 [gentle music] 111 00:05:17,882 --> 00:05:19,884 [laughter] 112 00:05:19,928 --> 00:05:24,715 - Luke 8: 1-3 tells us that Mary Magdalene, 113 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:26,891 Joanna, the wife of Chuza, 114 00:05:26,935 --> 00:05:29,329 and Susanna and other women 115 00:05:29,372 --> 00:05:32,636 are following Jesus around Galilee, 116 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,117 like the male disciples are 117 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,902 and providing for the disciples 118 00:05:37,946 --> 00:05:40,296 out of their own resources. 119 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:43,125 - The Jesus would have women disciples 120 00:05:43,168 --> 00:05:45,345 would surprise a lot of people, 121 00:05:45,388 --> 00:05:48,870 because that's not what's taught in Christian tradition. 122 00:05:48,913 --> 00:05:51,960 - We have no other evidence of a Jewish teacher 123 00:05:52,003 --> 00:05:54,702 having women disciples before Jesus. 124 00:05:54,745 --> 00:05:58,706 - A farmer went out to sow his seed. 125 00:05:58,749 --> 00:06:00,795 As he was sowing, 126 00:06:00,838 --> 00:06:03,450 some of the seed fell along the path. 127 00:06:03,493 --> 00:06:06,104 The birds from above devoured it. 128 00:06:06,148 --> 00:06:07,628 - The makeup of Jesus' followers, 129 00:06:07,671 --> 00:06:09,151 as we see through Mary Magdalene, 130 00:06:09,194 --> 00:06:11,066 is incredibly inclusive. 131 00:06:11,109 --> 00:06:13,721 It is welcoming. It brings everyone in. 132 00:06:13,764 --> 00:06:16,288 He's got women that he treats with respect. 133 00:06:16,332 --> 00:06:19,553 He treats them as leaders, as disciples 134 00:06:19,596 --> 00:06:21,293 and as equals. 135 00:06:21,337 --> 00:06:25,341 - Still, other seeds fell on good soil, 136 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:30,433 which sprang up and produced a crop a hundred fold. 137 00:06:30,477 --> 00:06:32,957 - Enlighten us. 138 00:06:33,001 --> 00:06:35,830 Tell us what you mean. 139 00:06:35,873 --> 00:06:38,746 - So there's something about Jesus and his ministry 140 00:06:38,789 --> 00:06:41,488 that leads to both female and male disciples, 141 00:06:41,531 --> 00:06:45,492 which is remarkable. 142 00:06:45,535 --> 00:06:47,755 - In recent years, there's been a lot of discussion 143 00:06:47,798 --> 00:06:51,411 about the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene 144 00:06:51,454 --> 00:06:54,370 and if it was more than just disciple and Lord. 145 00:06:57,112 --> 00:07:01,029 - Part of this story of Jesus and Mary together 146 00:07:01,072 --> 00:07:02,857 extends into the this kind of fantasy 147 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:05,686 that they were secretly married, 148 00:07:05,729 --> 00:07:09,211 but there's nothing in the Bible to substantiate 149 00:07:09,254 --> 00:07:11,561 any of these ideas. 150 00:07:11,605 --> 00:07:14,521 [gentle music] 151 00:07:14,564 --> 00:07:15,913 ♪ 152 00:07:15,957 --> 00:07:19,917 - The seed was the Word of God. 153 00:07:19,961 --> 00:07:21,658 ♪ 154 00:07:21,702 --> 00:07:23,878 - He didn't just free us. 155 00:07:23,921 --> 00:07:28,360 He showed us how to live. 156 00:07:28,404 --> 00:07:30,798 - Blessed are those who are persecuted 157 00:07:30,841 --> 00:07:33,061 for righteousness' sake. 158 00:07:33,104 --> 00:07:35,629 - He showed us forgiveness, compassion, 159 00:07:35,672 --> 00:07:38,196 how to be kind. 160 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,676 [overlapping chatter] 161 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,984 He taught us courage to stand our ground. 162 00:07:43,027 --> 00:07:45,639 - You brood of vipers. 163 00:07:45,682 --> 00:07:47,815 How can you, who are evil? 164 00:07:47,858 --> 00:07:51,471 For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 165 00:07:51,514 --> 00:07:52,602 ♪ 166 00:07:52,646 --> 00:07:55,475 Lazarus, come out. 167 00:07:55,518 --> 00:07:56,998 [all gasp] 168 00:07:57,041 --> 00:07:58,478 [confused chatter] 169 00:07:58,521 --> 00:08:01,698 - He opened our minds. 170 00:08:01,742 --> 00:08:03,352 And we were happy. 171 00:08:03,395 --> 00:08:06,311 [dramatic music] 172 00:08:06,355 --> 00:08:07,617 ♪ 173 00:08:07,661 --> 00:08:10,141 He warned us it wouldn't last. 174 00:08:10,185 --> 00:08:12,013 ♪ 175 00:08:12,056 --> 00:08:16,191 Did he know he'd be betrayed by one of our own? 176 00:08:16,234 --> 00:08:19,150 - In the story, Judas betrays Jesus 177 00:08:19,194 --> 00:08:22,545 to the Jewish authorities. 178 00:08:22,589 --> 00:08:25,374 So then they came. 179 00:08:25,417 --> 00:08:26,680 [whip cracks] - [groans] 180 00:08:26,723 --> 00:08:28,986 - It was all over. 181 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:32,599 - The most important part of the story of Jesus 182 00:08:32,642 --> 00:08:34,557 is the Passion narrative. 183 00:08:34,601 --> 00:08:39,736 Mary really comes to the fore in this story. 184 00:08:39,780 --> 00:08:42,347 - Jesus has been sentenced to death, 185 00:08:42,391 --> 00:08:44,698 is facing crucifixion for the charge 186 00:08:44,741 --> 00:08:46,177 of being King of the Jews. 187 00:08:46,221 --> 00:08:51,792 ♪ 188 00:08:51,835 --> 00:08:54,969 - I need to find him. 189 00:08:55,012 --> 00:08:56,753 - It's too dangerous. 190 00:08:56,797 --> 00:08:59,190 - Not for us. 191 00:08:59,234 --> 00:09:00,844 ♪ 192 00:09:00,888 --> 00:09:02,933 - When Jesus is arrested 193 00:09:02,977 --> 00:09:06,720 with the charge of being some kind of a revolutionary, 194 00:09:06,763 --> 00:09:09,157 the women disciples are this point 195 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,767 have a lot more freedom. 196 00:09:10,811 --> 00:09:12,595 They're not under the cloud of suspicion 197 00:09:12,639 --> 00:09:14,597 in the same way that the men are, 198 00:09:14,641 --> 00:09:17,905 and it's here where they can really kind of move in 199 00:09:17,948 --> 00:09:19,297 and fill the void. 200 00:09:19,341 --> 00:09:21,212 [indistinct chatter] 201 00:09:21,256 --> 00:09:24,825 ♪ 202 00:09:24,868 --> 00:09:27,523 - The women disciples of Jesus come to the forefront 203 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:29,873 during the Passion narrative because the male disciples 204 00:09:29,917 --> 00:09:31,832 are afraid for their lives. 205 00:09:31,875 --> 00:09:33,921 They're afraid that Pontius Pilate, 206 00:09:33,964 --> 00:09:36,184 who had taken Jesus to be executed, 207 00:09:36,227 --> 00:09:38,447 would also round up his followers 208 00:09:38,490 --> 00:09:40,057 and execute them as well. 209 00:09:40,101 --> 00:09:42,538 [indistinct shouting] 210 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:49,545 ♪ 211 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:51,547 - [straining] 212 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:55,507 [dramatic music] 213 00:09:55,551 --> 00:09:58,859 - The main reason that Jesus is being crucified 214 00:09:58,902 --> 00:10:01,035 is that he is an ultimate challenge 215 00:10:01,078 --> 00:10:03,733 to every authority figure in Jerusalem. 216 00:10:03,777 --> 00:10:05,561 - [straining] 217 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:08,085 [crowd shouting] 218 00:10:08,129 --> 00:10:11,132 ♪ 219 00:10:11,175 --> 00:10:12,916 - He's undermined Roman order 220 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,614 and Roman rule, 221 00:10:14,657 --> 00:10:16,528 and this is easily enough 222 00:10:16,572 --> 00:10:18,618 to sentence a man to death. 223 00:10:18,661 --> 00:10:21,185 [dramatic music] 224 00:10:21,229 --> 00:10:23,405 [whip cracks] - [groans] 225 00:10:23,448 --> 00:10:25,668 - On the other hand, he's a challenge 226 00:10:25,712 --> 00:10:28,932 to the Jewish high priests and their religious authority, 227 00:10:28,976 --> 00:10:32,588 because of Jesus' claim to be a king and a son of God. 228 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:34,721 [all shouting] 229 00:10:34,764 --> 00:10:38,681 ♪ 230 00:10:38,725 --> 00:10:42,511 [gentle music] 231 00:10:42,554 --> 00:10:44,034 [whip cracks] 232 00:10:44,078 --> 00:10:47,516 - I had seen what he could do. 233 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,214 He could have stopped this, but he didn't. 234 00:10:50,258 --> 00:10:51,694 Why? 235 00:10:51,738 --> 00:10:52,608 ♪ 236 00:10:55,698 --> 00:11:01,965 ♪ 237 00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:05,577 - To watch Jesus bringing that cross to Golgotha 238 00:11:05,621 --> 00:11:07,057 must have been heartbreaking. 239 00:11:07,101 --> 00:11:09,843 - [straining] 240 00:11:09,886 --> 00:11:12,933 [indistinct chatter] 241 00:11:12,976 --> 00:11:16,110 - The cross is a serious matter. 242 00:11:16,153 --> 00:11:20,244 This is a heavy, heavy piece of wood. 243 00:11:20,288 --> 00:11:22,682 It is between 100 and 300 pounds. 244 00:11:22,725 --> 00:11:25,641 [dramatic music] 245 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:27,425 ♪ 246 00:11:27,469 --> 00:11:30,777 [crowd shouting] 247 00:11:30,820 --> 00:11:33,257 - You, help him. 248 00:11:33,301 --> 00:11:35,477 ♪ 249 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,262 - What? - Help him. 250 00:11:38,306 --> 00:11:41,831 - The Romans get a bystander, Simon of Cyrene, 251 00:11:41,875 --> 00:11:43,920 which is in North Africa, 252 00:11:43,964 --> 00:11:46,793 to help Jesus carry his cross up the hill. 253 00:11:46,836 --> 00:11:48,708 [crowd shouting] 254 00:11:48,751 --> 00:11:51,232 ♪ 255 00:11:51,275 --> 00:11:53,234 - Now Simon was a pilgrim, 256 00:11:53,277 --> 00:11:54,801 like lots of other pilgrims of the day. 257 00:11:54,844 --> 00:11:57,151 He had no idea that this was going to be his task, 258 00:11:57,194 --> 00:12:00,328 and yet now he is written in the history books 259 00:12:00,371 --> 00:12:04,245 for having a very important role in carrying this cross. 260 00:12:04,288 --> 00:12:06,203 ♪ 261 00:12:06,247 --> 00:12:09,119 Scholars believe Jesus and Simon 262 00:12:09,163 --> 00:12:13,515 must have carried the cross between 600 and 750 yards. 263 00:12:13,558 --> 00:12:15,778 It was probably much longer than that, 264 00:12:15,822 --> 00:12:18,694 because they had to go up and down different streets. 265 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:21,044 This was not necessarily a straight shot. 266 00:12:21,088 --> 00:12:22,829 - [groaning] 267 00:12:22,872 --> 00:12:24,439 [crowd shouting] 268 00:12:24,482 --> 00:12:26,354 - We are with you. 269 00:12:26,397 --> 00:12:29,096 - [breathing heavily] 270 00:12:29,139 --> 00:12:33,361 - Then, Jesus speaks directly to the women following him. 271 00:12:33,404 --> 00:12:34,623 ♪ 272 00:12:34,666 --> 00:12:36,407 - Daughters of Jerusalem, 273 00:12:36,451 --> 00:12:39,236 do not weep for me. 274 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,457 Weep for yourselves 275 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:45,460 and for your children. 276 00:12:45,503 --> 00:12:47,723 - And he says, "Daughters of Jerusalem, 277 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:50,465 don't weep for me, weep for yourselves." 278 00:12:50,508 --> 00:12:52,946 - [breathing heavily] 279 00:12:52,989 --> 00:12:54,425 - Hey, come on, move! 280 00:12:54,469 --> 00:12:56,123 [whip cracks] 281 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:59,213 - He's predicting the coming destruction of Jerusalem 282 00:12:59,256 --> 00:13:01,041 and the fact that in the future 283 00:13:01,084 --> 00:13:02,651 there will be much more serious things 284 00:13:02,694 --> 00:13:04,131 for them to lament over. 285 00:13:04,174 --> 00:13:07,787 [crowd shouting] 286 00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:11,486 - So at this point in the crucifixion process, 287 00:13:11,529 --> 00:13:14,968 we meet Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus again. 288 00:13:15,011 --> 00:13:17,405 They are prominent Jews, 289 00:13:17,448 --> 00:13:20,408 they're on the Sanhedrin, on the ruling council, 290 00:13:20,451 --> 00:13:22,758 and maybe they felt terrible guilt 291 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:26,893 for their part in condemning Jesus to death. 292 00:13:26,936 --> 00:13:29,156 - He may have been a part of the council 293 00:13:29,199 --> 00:13:32,507 that ultimately had to approve of Jesus' crucifixion, 294 00:13:32,550 --> 00:13:35,466 and yet they were secret followers. 295 00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:37,729 [crowd shouting] 296 00:13:37,773 --> 00:13:40,645 [dramatic music] 297 00:13:40,689 --> 00:13:47,652 ♪ 298 00:13:48,871 --> 00:13:50,742 [whip cracks] - Move! 299 00:13:50,786 --> 00:13:54,921 ♪ 300 00:13:54,964 --> 00:13:57,140 - When Jesus gets to Golgotha, 301 00:13:57,184 --> 00:14:00,230 it's a place outside the city walls 302 00:14:00,274 --> 00:14:02,885 where people are crucified, 303 00:14:02,929 --> 00:14:05,627 and so when Jesus gets there, 304 00:14:05,670 --> 00:14:08,195 he has to know that his death is imminent. 305 00:14:08,238 --> 00:14:13,722 ♪ 306 00:14:13,765 --> 00:14:17,117 - I waited for the sky the rain fire, 307 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,771 or the sea to sweep us away, 308 00:14:19,815 --> 00:14:23,819 and I wanted to take out a sword and cut them all down. 309 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:26,648 I could not be his warrior, 310 00:14:26,691 --> 00:14:29,912 but I would be his witness. 311 00:14:29,956 --> 00:14:32,088 [gentle music] 312 00:14:32,132 --> 00:14:34,874 - Of all of the people who knew Jesus, 313 00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:37,746 Mary Magdalene has the courage 314 00:14:37,789 --> 00:14:40,314 to see her discipleship through to the end. 315 00:14:40,357 --> 00:14:42,098 Even though it's painful, 316 00:14:42,142 --> 00:14:44,666 she doesn't shirk her responsibilities. 317 00:14:44,709 --> 00:14:48,888 ♪ 318 00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:51,586 - Jesus wasn't the only one crucified that day, 319 00:14:51,629 --> 00:14:52,935 and actually in the Gospels 320 00:14:52,979 --> 00:14:54,937 we hear about two people specifically 321 00:14:54,981 --> 00:14:56,634 who were crucified. 322 00:14:56,678 --> 00:14:58,636 These men are identified in the Gospels 323 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,683 as criminals or as bandits, 324 00:15:01,726 --> 00:15:03,598 and what they seem to have been in fact 325 00:15:03,641 --> 00:15:05,208 were political rebels. 326 00:15:05,252 --> 00:15:08,429 ♪ 327 00:15:08,472 --> 00:15:11,693 - Crucifixion in Rome is used for common criminals 328 00:15:11,736 --> 00:15:13,913 but also for political criminals. 329 00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:15,175 And the Romans didn't invent it. 330 00:15:15,218 --> 00:15:16,959 The Romans got it from the Persians. 331 00:15:17,003 --> 00:15:18,656 rius the Great of Persia 332 00:15:18,700 --> 00:15:20,963 had crucified thousands of rebels. 333 00:15:21,007 --> 00:15:23,270 Alexander the Great practiced it, 334 00:15:23,313 --> 00:15:26,142 and the Romans adopted it. 335 00:15:26,186 --> 00:15:29,102 [dramatic music] 336 00:15:29,145 --> 00:15:33,802 ♪ 337 00:15:33,845 --> 00:15:35,412 - [breathing heavily] 338 00:15:35,456 --> 00:15:37,719 - Mary, don't look. 339 00:15:37,762 --> 00:15:40,591 - The Gospel of John says that Mary, 340 00:15:40,635 --> 00:15:44,813 Jesus' mother, is present at the crucifixion. 341 00:15:44,856 --> 00:15:47,120 - Well, the last time Mary saw Jesus was at Capernaum, 342 00:15:47,163 --> 00:15:49,209 so word must have gotten to her 343 00:15:49,252 --> 00:15:51,167 that he was going on trial, 344 00:15:51,211 --> 00:15:53,387 but she came to be at his side, 345 00:15:53,430 --> 00:15:55,345 because he was actually facing death. 346 00:15:55,389 --> 00:15:58,261 ♪ 347 00:15:58,305 --> 00:16:00,350 - The only male disciple at Golgotha, 348 00:16:00,394 --> 00:16:02,048 among all these women, is John. 349 00:16:02,091 --> 00:16:04,789 ♪ 350 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:09,011 - So above Jesus' head is affixed a small sign, 351 00:16:09,055 --> 00:16:12,406 and it says, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews," 352 00:16:12,449 --> 00:16:16,758 and it says it in Greek, in Latin and in Hebrew. 353 00:16:16,801 --> 00:16:19,021 ♪ 354 00:16:19,065 --> 00:16:20,718 By putting this sign up there, 355 00:16:20,762 --> 00:16:25,114 Pilate is making the ultimate mockery of Jesus. 356 00:16:25,158 --> 00:16:28,378 He's saying, "Ha, this is your king of the Jews? 357 00:16:28,422 --> 00:16:31,816 This is your king? He's hanging on a Roman cross." 358 00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:34,819 And I think by doing it, he's not just mocking Jesus. 359 00:16:34,863 --> 00:16:37,692 He's in fact really mocking the Jewish people. 360 00:16:37,735 --> 00:16:39,824 - [groaning] 361 00:16:39,868 --> 00:16:43,741 ♪ 362 00:16:43,785 --> 00:16:46,527 - I heard her silent screams 363 00:16:46,570 --> 00:16:50,096 and felt her icy pain as though it was my own. 364 00:16:50,139 --> 00:16:52,315 ♪ 365 00:16:52,359 --> 00:16:53,795 - [groaning] 366 00:16:53,838 --> 00:16:57,538 ♪ 367 00:17:00,758 --> 00:17:05,763 ♪ 368 00:17:05,807 --> 00:17:08,114 - Crucifixion was one of the most horrific forms 369 00:17:08,157 --> 00:17:09,376 of punishment. 370 00:17:09,419 --> 00:17:11,204 What you would essentially do 371 00:17:11,247 --> 00:17:13,728 is lay a person out on a crossbeam 372 00:17:13,771 --> 00:17:15,991 and drive nails through their wrists. 373 00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:17,775 - [screaming] 374 00:17:17,819 --> 00:17:19,473 - This would severe the median nerve 375 00:17:19,516 --> 00:17:23,085 and just shoot bolts of pain through the body. 376 00:17:23,129 --> 00:17:24,913 It would feel like you're being struck by lightning. 377 00:17:24,956 --> 00:17:27,568 ♪ 378 00:17:27,611 --> 00:17:31,572 - It was absolutely agonizing. 379 00:17:31,615 --> 00:17:33,530 We all use the word excruciating. 380 00:17:33,574 --> 00:17:35,358 Excruciating is the word for it. 381 00:17:35,402 --> 00:17:37,099 It is in fact the word that means-- 382 00:17:37,143 --> 00:17:39,406 ex crusis, from the cross. 383 00:17:39,449 --> 00:17:42,104 The word itself points to crucifixion. 384 00:17:42,148 --> 00:17:44,063 - [groaning] 385 00:17:44,106 --> 00:17:46,413 ♪ 386 00:17:46,456 --> 00:17:49,372 [dramatic music] 387 00:17:49,416 --> 00:17:56,336 ♪ 388 00:18:01,906 --> 00:18:05,432 - They then raised up onto the cross. 389 00:18:05,475 --> 00:18:07,782 Their feet were supported by a ledge. 390 00:18:07,825 --> 00:18:10,045 Without the ledge, the weight of the body 391 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:12,352 would suffocate the victim instantly, 392 00:18:12,395 --> 00:18:14,180 and one of the key things about crucifixion 393 00:18:14,223 --> 00:18:15,616 was to make it last. 394 00:18:15,659 --> 00:18:21,752 ♪ 395 00:18:21,796 --> 00:18:24,364 - Let them all cry. 396 00:18:24,407 --> 00:18:27,062 I will not break. 397 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:30,761 I will stand strong before my Lord, 398 00:18:30,805 --> 00:18:33,677 Jesus of Nazareth, 399 00:18:33,721 --> 00:18:36,158 the King of the Jews. 400 00:18:36,202 --> 00:18:42,730 ♪ 401 00:18:46,386 --> 00:18:52,174 ♪ 402 00:18:52,218 --> 00:18:56,047 Hours passed. 403 00:18:56,091 --> 00:18:59,399 His breath, never more than a whisper. 404 00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:02,315 ♪ 405 00:19:02,358 --> 00:19:04,665 We waited for silence. 406 00:19:04,708 --> 00:19:07,407 ♪ 407 00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:09,887 The most horrifying sound of all. 408 00:19:09,931 --> 00:19:12,455 ♪ 409 00:19:12,499 --> 00:19:14,414 - The victim could last for a few hours, 410 00:19:14,457 --> 00:19:16,155 for a night, even days. 411 00:19:16,198 --> 00:19:21,464 ♪ 412 00:19:21,508 --> 00:19:24,511 - Please, give me some of your wine. 413 00:19:24,554 --> 00:19:27,296 - If you look at all four Gospel accounts 414 00:19:27,340 --> 00:19:30,647 of the crucifixion of Jesus, 415 00:19:30,691 --> 00:19:35,217 twice over he's offered something to drink. 416 00:19:35,261 --> 00:19:37,480 ♪ 417 00:19:37,524 --> 00:19:41,397 He's offered posca, a thirst-quenching beverage, 418 00:19:41,441 --> 00:19:44,052 which is the ancient equivalent of Gatorade. 419 00:19:44,095 --> 00:19:46,533 ♪ 420 00:19:46,576 --> 00:19:49,231 He's also offered myrrhed wine... 421 00:19:49,275 --> 00:19:51,886 ♪ 422 00:19:51,929 --> 00:19:54,758 a narcotic, 423 00:19:54,802 --> 00:19:58,327 which he refuses. 424 00:19:58,371 --> 00:20:00,590 - Jesus refuses the myrrh 425 00:20:00,634 --> 00:20:02,201 that he's offered on the cross. 426 00:20:02,244 --> 00:20:05,160 He's saying, "I'm willingly choosing to die." 427 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:08,076 I do not want anything or anyone 428 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:09,991 to take this suffering from me. 429 00:20:10,034 --> 00:20:14,169 This suffering is redemptive. 430 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:17,607 It's the ultimate sign of love. 431 00:20:17,651 --> 00:20:24,614 ♪ 432 00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:34,624 - You, who would destroy the temple 433 00:20:34,668 --> 00:20:36,452 and build it in three days. 434 00:20:36,496 --> 00:20:39,063 Come down from the cross and save yourself. 435 00:20:39,107 --> 00:20:40,761 ♪ 436 00:20:40,804 --> 00:20:44,112 - Vultures, every one. 437 00:20:44,155 --> 00:20:46,288 I wanted to curse them, 438 00:20:46,332 --> 00:20:48,899 but he never would. 439 00:20:48,943 --> 00:20:52,294 ♪ 440 00:20:52,338 --> 00:20:55,123 - Mocking is a regular part of the process 441 00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:57,865 of degrading somebody in public, 442 00:20:57,908 --> 00:21:00,737 and it was an attempt to publicly shame a person 443 00:21:00,781 --> 00:21:04,045 so that their reputation and their family's reputation 444 00:21:04,088 --> 00:21:05,699 could never recover. 445 00:21:05,742 --> 00:21:08,571 [laughter] 446 00:21:08,615 --> 00:21:12,096 [dramatic music] 447 00:21:12,140 --> 00:21:14,360 - Father, forgive them. 448 00:21:14,403 --> 00:21:17,885 ♪ 449 00:21:17,928 --> 00:21:20,496 For they do not know what they do. 450 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:22,063 ♪ 451 00:21:22,106 --> 00:21:24,674 - Jesus' words from the cross, 452 00:21:24,718 --> 00:21:26,676 "Father, forgive them, 453 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,505 for they know not what they do," 454 00:21:29,549 --> 00:21:32,682 are critical as a summary 455 00:21:32,726 --> 00:21:34,336 of one of the main things 456 00:21:34,380 --> 00:21:37,339 that Jesus came to Earth to do in the first place. 457 00:21:37,383 --> 00:21:39,602 - He was talking about Pilate. 458 00:21:39,646 --> 00:21:43,040 He was talking about Judas, who betrayed him, his friend. 459 00:21:43,084 --> 00:21:44,868 He was talking about the soldiers 460 00:21:44,912 --> 00:21:46,087 who were at the foot of the cross 461 00:21:46,130 --> 00:21:48,568 gambling over his clothes. 462 00:21:48,611 --> 00:21:51,222 He was talking about the religious leaders 463 00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:53,486 who turned on him. 464 00:21:53,529 --> 00:21:56,445 - Jesus on the cross is forgiving the people 465 00:21:56,489 --> 00:21:59,056 who are murdering him, who are torturing him. 466 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:02,190 - [groaning] 467 00:22:02,233 --> 00:22:04,061 [wind whistling] 468 00:22:04,105 --> 00:22:10,981 ♪ 469 00:22:11,025 --> 00:22:15,072 - The Gospels tell us that at midday 470 00:22:15,116 --> 00:22:19,729 the whole earth is filled with darkness 471 00:22:19,773 --> 00:22:21,688 and the Gospel writers are saying 472 00:22:21,731 --> 00:22:25,256 this is the darkest moment for humanity, 473 00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:28,782 that the son of God is dying a lonely death 474 00:22:28,825 --> 00:22:31,219 on a Roman cross. 475 00:22:31,262 --> 00:22:33,352 [all screaming] 476 00:22:33,395 --> 00:22:35,266 - Jews, Greeks, Romans all believed 477 00:22:35,310 --> 00:22:37,747 in the power of weather omens, 478 00:22:37,791 --> 00:22:40,228 and almost certainly they viewed this 479 00:22:40,271 --> 00:22:43,405 as a profound sign of divine judgment and disfavor. 480 00:22:43,449 --> 00:22:46,713 [wind whistling] 481 00:22:46,756 --> 00:22:48,410 - A crucified messiah would have been difficult 482 00:22:48,454 --> 00:22:50,369 for the disciples to comprehend 483 00:22:50,412 --> 00:22:52,153 because they were expecting a messiah 484 00:22:52,196 --> 00:22:54,503 that was more triumphalistic. 485 00:22:54,547 --> 00:22:57,767 They were expecting a messiah that was going to usher in 486 00:22:57,811 --> 00:23:01,771 sort of overthrow of their foreign occupier, the Romans. 487 00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:04,426 - If you are the messiah, you are on the route 488 00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:07,473 to becoming a king who rules over everyone. 489 00:23:07,516 --> 00:23:11,520 ♪ 490 00:23:11,564 --> 00:23:14,697 - I wanted his pain to end, 491 00:23:14,741 --> 00:23:16,960 and then he cried out. 492 00:23:17,004 --> 00:23:18,875 - My God... 493 00:23:18,919 --> 00:23:22,009 ♪ 494 00:23:22,052 --> 00:23:26,230 My God, why have you forsaken me? 495 00:23:26,274 --> 00:23:29,364 ♪ 496 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:32,062 - If he had lost faith, what hope had I? 497 00:23:32,106 --> 00:23:33,760 ♪ 498 00:23:33,803 --> 00:23:35,631 - When Jesus says, 499 00:23:35,675 --> 00:23:38,373 "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani," 500 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:42,769 which means, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me," 501 00:23:42,812 --> 00:23:47,687 in Aramaic, he's actually quoting Psalm 22 502 00:23:47,730 --> 00:23:51,865 about somebody who feels abandoned by God 503 00:23:51,908 --> 00:23:54,128 but shouldn't have been abandoned by God 504 00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:57,348 because he's been faithful to God. 505 00:23:57,392 --> 00:24:00,221 [dramatic music] 506 00:24:00,264 --> 00:24:02,789 ♪ 507 00:24:02,832 --> 00:24:05,052 - It is finished. 508 00:24:05,095 --> 00:24:10,144 ♪ 509 00:24:10,187 --> 00:24:12,363 - And then you have a simple, 510 00:24:12,407 --> 00:24:15,366 anonymous Roman centurion 511 00:24:15,410 --> 00:24:17,760 who has this conversion 512 00:24:17,804 --> 00:24:20,284 after the death of Jesus. 513 00:24:20,328 --> 00:24:23,853 ♪ 514 00:24:23,897 --> 00:24:26,552 - Surely this man was the son of God. 515 00:24:26,595 --> 00:24:29,555 ♪ 516 00:24:29,598 --> 00:24:32,514 - Now, there was no way that they could deny 517 00:24:32,558 --> 00:24:35,996 that they saw something very special in that moment. 518 00:24:36,039 --> 00:24:37,519 This was the son of God. 519 00:24:37,563 --> 00:24:44,483 ♪ 520 00:24:47,094 --> 00:24:48,922 - He let go. 521 00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:52,882 And the earth beneath us gave way. 522 00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:55,537 Those who mocked him fell to their knees, 523 00:24:55,581 --> 00:24:57,583 but it was too late. 524 00:24:57,626 --> 00:25:00,281 He'd been killed. 525 00:25:00,324 --> 00:25:03,110 And all hope was lost. 526 00:25:06,374 --> 00:25:12,859 ♪ 527 00:25:12,902 --> 00:25:16,471 - According to the timeline in our Gospels, 528 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:19,648 Jesus died somewhere at about 3:00 in the afternoon, 529 00:25:19,692 --> 00:25:23,783 and the sun's going down at 5:00. 530 00:25:23,826 --> 00:25:26,568 - We need to take the bodies down before the Sabbath. 531 00:25:26,612 --> 00:25:28,091 Please. 532 00:25:28,135 --> 00:25:30,137 End their suffering. 533 00:25:30,180 --> 00:25:34,707 - So we are now in a race to get him off the cross, 534 00:25:34,750 --> 00:25:37,884 wrapped up and into the tomb before sundown, 535 00:25:37,927 --> 00:25:43,237 when Sabbath and also the Passover full bore begins. 536 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:48,024 ♪ 537 00:25:48,068 --> 00:25:50,723 - Since the Jewish people couldn't work on the Sabbath, 538 00:25:50,766 --> 00:25:52,507 including the work of burying a body, 539 00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,030 the body had to come down 540 00:25:54,074 --> 00:25:55,684 and go in the tomb very, very quickly. 541 00:25:55,728 --> 00:26:01,647 ♪ 542 00:26:03,823 --> 00:26:06,477 If Romans were in a particular hurry, 543 00:26:06,521 --> 00:26:08,915 they might come along and break 544 00:26:08,958 --> 00:26:11,700 the condemned prisoners' legs. 545 00:26:11,744 --> 00:26:13,746 That would effectively drop 546 00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:15,312 the body weight of the person on the cross, 547 00:26:15,356 --> 00:26:17,576 dislocate the arms and the shoulders, 548 00:26:17,619 --> 00:26:19,882 make it virtually impossible to breathe, 549 00:26:19,926 --> 00:26:22,015 and at that point the person who was crucified 550 00:26:22,058 --> 00:26:24,495 would die in a matter of minutes, not hours. 551 00:26:24,539 --> 00:26:25,758 - He's dead. 552 00:26:25,801 --> 00:26:28,456 He's dead. 553 00:26:28,499 --> 00:26:31,024 - But in Jesus' case, he's already dead, 554 00:26:31,067 --> 00:26:32,852 and there's no need for the breaking of the legs. 555 00:26:32,895 --> 00:26:39,815 ♪ 556 00:26:49,085 --> 00:26:50,609 - It was also traditional, 557 00:26:50,652 --> 00:26:52,611 once the person appeared to be dead, 558 00:26:52,654 --> 00:26:54,700 for the soldiers to finish them off 559 00:26:54,743 --> 00:26:56,615 with a spear thrust into the side. 560 00:26:56,658 --> 00:27:03,578 ♪ 561 00:27:09,453 --> 00:27:11,325 - One of the surprising elements in the story 562 00:27:11,368 --> 00:27:13,588 of the demise of Jesus 563 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:15,851 is that Joseph of Arimathea 564 00:27:15,895 --> 00:27:18,114 goes to Pilate and requests the body. 565 00:27:18,158 --> 00:27:19,812 ♪ 566 00:27:19,855 --> 00:27:23,293 - Pontius Pilate was the prefect of Judea. 567 00:27:23,337 --> 00:27:25,208 He is the man ultimately responsible 568 00:27:25,252 --> 00:27:28,559 for the death of Jesus. 569 00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:31,345 - When Joseph of Arimathea requests the body, 570 00:27:31,388 --> 00:27:34,609 he's taking a risk with his fellow Jewish leaders. 571 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,611 When he was in the Sanhedrin with them, 572 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:38,526 he condemned this man to death, 573 00:27:38,569 --> 00:27:41,094 and now here he is requesting the body from Pilate. 574 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:44,010 - I am Joseph of Arimathea. 575 00:27:44,053 --> 00:27:46,665 ♪ 576 00:27:46,708 --> 00:27:49,885 I have come to ask for the body 577 00:27:49,929 --> 00:27:54,020 of Jesus of Nazareth to bury. 578 00:27:54,063 --> 00:27:57,327 ♪ 579 00:27:57,371 --> 00:27:59,895 - He's dead? 580 00:27:59,939 --> 00:28:01,854 Already? 581 00:28:01,897 --> 00:28:05,422 ♪ 582 00:28:05,466 --> 00:28:08,861 Is this true? 583 00:28:08,904 --> 00:28:12,734 ♪ 584 00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:16,390 - Crucifixion fields were unbelievably nasty. 585 00:28:16,433 --> 00:28:19,349 People don't ordinarily retrieve bodies from there, 586 00:28:19,393 --> 00:28:22,701 so that request was a very strange one, 587 00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:24,877 and I think for it to have come 588 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,748 from a member of the ruling elite 589 00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:29,055 was probably particularly confusing to Pilate. 590 00:28:29,098 --> 00:28:33,886 ♪ 591 00:28:33,929 --> 00:28:36,105 - I will allow it. 592 00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:39,195 - Pilate had to be wise enough to know 593 00:28:39,239 --> 00:28:43,112 that grave-robbing was an international problem 594 00:28:43,156 --> 00:28:45,724 all over the Roman Empire, 595 00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:48,944 and one of the things he surely did not want 596 00:28:48,988 --> 00:28:52,382 is the body of Jesus to simply disappear, 597 00:28:52,426 --> 00:28:54,994 because if that happened, 598 00:28:55,037 --> 00:28:57,910 some would say he didn't genuinely die. 599 00:28:57,953 --> 00:29:04,830 ♪ 600 00:29:06,396 --> 00:29:08,790 - [breathing heavily] 601 00:29:08,834 --> 00:29:15,710 ♪ 602 00:29:17,233 --> 00:29:19,192 - What do you want? 603 00:29:19,235 --> 00:29:22,238 ♪ 604 00:29:22,282 --> 00:29:24,284 - My name is Nicodemus, 605 00:29:24,327 --> 00:29:27,417 and this is Joseph of Arimathea. 606 00:29:27,461 --> 00:29:31,595 - We have come to give your son an honorable burial. 607 00:29:31,639 --> 00:29:33,772 If you will allow us. 608 00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:35,643 ♪ 609 00:29:35,686 --> 00:29:37,166 - Thank you. 610 00:29:37,210 --> 00:29:43,129 ♪ 611 00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:47,611 - Joseph and Nicodemus came from nowhere. 612 00:29:47,655 --> 00:29:50,179 Their kindness was something to cling to. 613 00:29:50,223 --> 00:29:57,143 ♪ 614 00:30:06,108 --> 00:30:13,028 ♪ 615 00:30:18,207 --> 00:30:21,863 ♪ 616 00:30:21,907 --> 00:30:23,909 - In the Gospels, Joseph of Arimathea 617 00:30:23,952 --> 00:30:28,348 takes the dead body of Jesus down from the cross, 618 00:30:28,391 --> 00:30:32,091 but it's the image of Mary, the mother of Jesus, 619 00:30:32,134 --> 00:30:36,095 with her son that has become iconic. 620 00:30:36,138 --> 00:30:38,445 - We have this image of the pietà 621 00:30:38,488 --> 00:30:39,968 in later Christian art, 622 00:30:40,012 --> 00:30:43,537 of the mother of Jesus gently cradling 623 00:30:43,580 --> 00:30:47,193 the crucified and now dead Jesus in her arms. 624 00:30:47,236 --> 00:30:49,456 ♪ 625 00:30:49,499 --> 00:30:52,807 - Jesus' pain was over. 626 00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:55,984 Ours had just begun. 627 00:30:56,028 --> 00:30:59,292 [dramatic music] 628 00:30:59,335 --> 00:31:02,556 - My kind, gentle son. 629 00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:04,514 ♪ 630 00:31:04,558 --> 00:31:06,777 It is done now. 631 00:31:06,821 --> 00:31:12,174 ♪ 632 00:31:12,218 --> 00:31:15,569 - For his mother? 633 00:31:15,612 --> 00:31:18,224 I felt like I would drown in her sorrow. 634 00:31:18,267 --> 00:31:19,747 ♪ 635 00:31:24,012 --> 00:31:26,928 [gentle music] 636 00:31:26,972 --> 00:31:29,148 ♪ 637 00:31:29,191 --> 00:31:31,933 - Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy man, 638 00:31:31,977 --> 00:31:35,458 and he offers his tomb, his family tomb to Jesus. 639 00:31:35,502 --> 00:31:37,460 ♪ 640 00:31:37,504 --> 00:31:39,201 - We know from the Gospels 641 00:31:39,245 --> 00:31:43,466 that Joseph of Arimathea's tomb was close to Golgotha. 642 00:31:43,510 --> 00:31:45,991 The Gospel of John tells us that the tomb 643 00:31:46,034 --> 00:31:50,082 was in a garden outside the city walls 644 00:31:50,125 --> 00:31:52,606 in accordance with Jewish burial practices, 645 00:31:52,649 --> 00:31:55,696 which prohibited burial inside the city. 646 00:31:55,739 --> 00:31:58,525 ♪ 647 00:31:58,568 --> 00:32:00,962 - Jewish burial practices 648 00:32:01,006 --> 00:32:04,357 involved a two-stage process. 649 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,012 There would be, first, the cleaning of the body. 650 00:32:07,055 --> 00:32:09,971 ♪ 651 00:32:10,015 --> 00:32:12,191 Then the family would lovingly and carefully 652 00:32:12,234 --> 00:32:15,934 wrap the body in a winding sheet 653 00:32:15,977 --> 00:32:18,501 in preparation for entombment. 654 00:32:18,545 --> 00:32:21,765 ♪ 655 00:32:21,809 --> 00:32:24,420 - Joseph of Arimathea provides the linen 656 00:32:24,464 --> 00:32:28,468 that is used for Jesus' shroud. 657 00:32:28,511 --> 00:32:30,078 - [weeping] 658 00:32:30,122 --> 00:32:35,910 ♪ 659 00:32:35,954 --> 00:32:39,566 Hundreds of years later, this becomes the basis 660 00:32:39,609 --> 00:32:42,656 for the legend of the Turin Shroud, 661 00:32:42,699 --> 00:32:47,052 the shroud that supposedly wrapped Jesus' body. 662 00:32:47,095 --> 00:32:49,097 - There's more to it than even that, 663 00:32:49,141 --> 00:32:52,405 because the even later legends about the Holy Grail 664 00:32:52,448 --> 00:32:55,190 are connected with Joseph of Arimathea, 665 00:32:55,234 --> 00:32:59,455 the so-called cup that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper. 666 00:32:59,499 --> 00:33:06,201 ♪ 667 00:33:06,245 --> 00:33:10,031 - It was hard to watch her final good-bye. 668 00:33:10,075 --> 00:33:15,428 ♪ 669 00:33:15,471 --> 00:33:18,474 - Jesus is buried, and the tomb was closed. 670 00:33:18,518 --> 00:33:25,394 ♪ 671 00:33:31,096 --> 00:33:35,056 I think the day after Jesus' crucifixion 672 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:37,580 was a painful day for Mary. 673 00:33:37,624 --> 00:33:39,930 It was a day of introspection. 674 00:33:39,974 --> 00:33:42,716 It was a day of commemoration. 675 00:33:42,759 --> 00:33:44,935 ♪ 676 00:33:44,979 --> 00:33:47,938 A day of waiting until she could go to the tomb 677 00:33:47,982 --> 00:33:50,724 to pay her final respects. 678 00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:52,682 ♪ 679 00:33:52,726 --> 00:33:55,511 - Mary Magdalene wants to visit the tomb of Jesus 680 00:33:55,555 --> 00:33:57,731 the day after his death, 681 00:33:57,774 --> 00:34:00,342 but she can't because it's the Sabbath, 682 00:34:00,386 --> 00:34:02,866 and it's impossible to do work on the Sabbath 683 00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:05,173 without breaking the laws of Judaism, 684 00:34:05,217 --> 00:34:08,046 so she has to wait. 685 00:34:08,089 --> 00:34:09,873 - As far as the disciples know, 686 00:34:09,917 --> 00:34:12,485 their leader is dead. 687 00:34:12,528 --> 00:34:14,617 They are in hiding. 688 00:34:14,661 --> 00:34:16,271 Jesus warned them 689 00:34:16,315 --> 00:34:19,231 that his fate was to suffer and die, 690 00:34:19,274 --> 00:34:21,929 but he doesn't say anything to them 691 00:34:21,972 --> 00:34:25,019 about how they're to move forward after this. 692 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:29,110 So you imagine that atmosphere in that room, 693 00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:33,114 the consternation, the sorrow, the confusion. 694 00:34:33,158 --> 00:34:34,855 [indistinct whispering] 695 00:34:34,898 --> 00:34:37,510 - [whispered] Mary. 696 00:34:37,553 --> 00:34:39,903 [voices whispering] 697 00:34:39,947 --> 00:34:46,823 ♪ 698 00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:56,877 - I battle new demons now, 699 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:02,491 and I worry without Jesus the old wounds will return. 700 00:35:02,535 --> 00:35:06,321 He is dead, and I am broken. 701 00:35:06,365 --> 00:35:08,932 Am I already lost? 702 00:35:08,976 --> 00:35:11,805 Maybe. 703 00:35:11,848 --> 00:35:18,420 ♪ 704 00:35:18,464 --> 00:35:20,422 [indistinct chatter] 705 00:35:20,466 --> 00:35:22,685 [ominous music] 706 00:35:22,729 --> 00:35:24,861 - Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb 707 00:35:24,905 --> 00:35:26,428 on Easter Sunday morning 708 00:35:26,472 --> 00:35:28,213 to anoint Jesus' body, 709 00:35:28,256 --> 00:35:29,605 to weep over him, 710 00:35:29,649 --> 00:35:31,999 really to care for him and say good-bye to him. 711 00:35:32,042 --> 00:35:35,524 - I had to leave that house, 712 00:35:35,568 --> 00:35:38,832 to remain close to him. 713 00:35:38,875 --> 00:35:41,791 - Mary wants to go to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body 714 00:35:41,835 --> 00:35:44,446 because it's not been done before. 715 00:35:44,490 --> 00:35:46,927 It is part of her duty, 716 00:35:46,970 --> 00:35:49,059 it is part of, not just a religious duty, 717 00:35:49,103 --> 00:35:53,586 but a familial duty to perform this final service. 718 00:35:53,629 --> 00:35:56,806 - I think when Mary Magdalene was going to the tomb, 719 00:35:56,850 --> 00:35:59,983 she was expecting to find a dead body, 720 00:36:00,027 --> 00:36:01,724 expecting to find the stone still there, 721 00:36:01,768 --> 00:36:04,205 expecting to just be able 722 00:36:04,249 --> 00:36:06,164 to cleanse Jesus' body, put the oils, 723 00:36:06,207 --> 00:36:08,905 anoint it out of respect and out of honor 724 00:36:08,949 --> 00:36:10,124 through the tradition. 725 00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:11,995 ♪ 726 00:36:12,039 --> 00:36:14,955 - When she gets there, the tomb is open. 727 00:36:14,998 --> 00:36:17,175 ♪ 728 00:36:17,218 --> 00:36:20,134 - It's empty, and Jesus is nowhere to be seen. 729 00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:22,005 ♪ 730 00:36:22,049 --> 00:36:25,008 - This was Mary Magdalene's lowest moment. 731 00:36:25,052 --> 00:36:28,098 She goes to see the man that she loved 732 00:36:28,142 --> 00:36:30,318 who had been tortured and killed, 733 00:36:30,362 --> 00:36:33,887 and his body's not even there. 734 00:36:33,930 --> 00:36:35,889 He should be here. Who took it? 735 00:36:35,932 --> 00:36:38,370 ♪ 736 00:36:38,413 --> 00:36:40,894 - She thinks grave robbing has happened. 737 00:36:40,937 --> 00:36:43,636 Unfortunately, an all-too-common practice 738 00:36:43,679 --> 00:36:46,378 in the ancient world. 739 00:36:46,421 --> 00:36:49,468 - First, I couldn't trust me eyes, 740 00:36:49,511 --> 00:36:51,600 but it was real. 741 00:36:51,644 --> 00:36:54,342 My insides twisted. 742 00:36:54,386 --> 00:36:57,084 My mind raced. 743 00:36:57,127 --> 00:37:00,348 I was terrified of what they had done. 744 00:37:00,392 --> 00:37:02,698 They have taken our Lord out of the tomb. 745 00:37:02,742 --> 00:37:03,917 ♪ 746 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:15,145 ♪ 747 00:37:18,323 --> 00:37:19,933 - Mary Magdalene tells the disciples 748 00:37:19,976 --> 00:37:21,717 about the empty tomb, 749 00:37:21,761 --> 00:37:24,024 and Peter and John, the beloved disciple, 750 00:37:24,067 --> 00:37:26,896 run to the tomb to find out for themselves 751 00:37:26,940 --> 00:37:28,768 if this is true. 752 00:37:28,811 --> 00:37:34,208 ♪ 753 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:35,905 And all they see there 754 00:37:35,949 --> 00:37:38,125 are the wrappings from Jesus' body. 755 00:37:38,168 --> 00:37:40,301 - Why? 756 00:37:40,345 --> 00:37:45,524 ♪ 757 00:37:45,567 --> 00:37:47,308 You should come with us. 758 00:37:47,352 --> 00:37:48,918 - It's not safe here, Mary. 759 00:37:48,962 --> 00:37:50,920 - Leave me. 760 00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:57,492 ♪ 761 00:37:58,754 --> 00:38:02,105 They took him, tortured him, 762 00:38:02,149 --> 00:38:05,979 killed him, and now they've stolen him. 763 00:38:06,022 --> 00:38:12,986 ♪ 764 00:38:13,029 --> 00:38:16,032 He is gone. 765 00:38:16,076 --> 00:38:18,557 And who am I without him? 766 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,689 [sobbing] 767 00:38:20,733 --> 00:38:23,344 - Mary's weeping, in deep grief, 768 00:38:23,388 --> 00:38:27,217 and she hears someone call behind her. 769 00:38:27,261 --> 00:38:29,350 - Woman. 770 00:38:29,394 --> 00:38:31,570 ♪ 771 00:38:31,613 --> 00:38:35,008 Why are you weeping? 772 00:38:35,051 --> 00:38:38,838 - She sees two of God's messengers, angels, 773 00:38:38,881 --> 00:38:43,408 like bookends at either end of the stone slab. 774 00:38:43,451 --> 00:38:47,760 The angels ask her, "Woman, why are you crying?" 775 00:38:47,803 --> 00:38:49,457 And whenever you see angels, 776 00:38:49,501 --> 00:38:51,894 you're supposed to think God is at work, 777 00:38:51,938 --> 00:38:54,593 but Mary is so deep in her grief 778 00:38:54,636 --> 00:38:56,943 that even encountering angels 779 00:38:56,986 --> 00:38:58,727 doesn't get her out of her funk. 780 00:38:58,771 --> 00:39:01,382 - They have taken away my Lord, 781 00:39:01,426 --> 00:39:04,951 and I don't know where they have laid him. 782 00:39:04,994 --> 00:39:08,607 ♪ 783 00:39:08,650 --> 00:39:11,131 - So deep in her sadness is she 784 00:39:11,174 --> 00:39:13,220 that even when she turns away from the tomb 785 00:39:13,263 --> 00:39:15,875 and hears a second voice, 786 00:39:15,918 --> 00:39:17,833 she doesn't recognize the voice. 787 00:39:17,877 --> 00:39:19,966 ♪ 788 00:39:20,009 --> 00:39:22,316 - Woman, why are you weeping? 789 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:26,189 Who are you looking for? 790 00:39:26,233 --> 00:39:29,279 - And she sees someone who she mistakes for the gardener, 791 00:39:29,323 --> 00:39:31,499 and she says, "If you have taken away my Lord, 792 00:39:31,543 --> 00:39:33,327 please tell me where you have put him." 793 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:36,243 - Mary. 794 00:39:36,286 --> 00:39:40,029 [dramatic music] 795 00:39:40,073 --> 00:39:42,945 - And it's in that moment that she recognizes him 796 00:39:42,989 --> 00:39:45,121 and realizes that in fact he has risen, 797 00:39:45,165 --> 00:39:47,123 that it's true. 798 00:39:47,167 --> 00:39:49,604 ♪ 799 00:39:49,648 --> 00:39:51,824 - Rabbouni. 800 00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:54,827 [gentle music] 801 00:39:54,870 --> 00:40:02,008 ♪ 802 00:40:02,051 --> 00:40:04,010 - Do not hold onto me. 803 00:40:04,053 --> 00:40:08,449 ♪ 804 00:40:08,493 --> 00:40:12,584 Because I have not yet ascended to the Father. 805 00:40:12,627 --> 00:40:16,370 - Mary simply calls Jesus "rabbouni," 806 00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:18,503 "my teacher." 807 00:40:18,546 --> 00:40:20,896 Not "Lord" with a capital L. 808 00:40:20,940 --> 00:40:23,072 Not "God" with a big G. 809 00:40:23,116 --> 00:40:25,074 "My teacher." 810 00:40:25,118 --> 00:40:28,643 But what she comes to learn is that he is the risen Lord, 811 00:40:28,687 --> 00:40:32,430 that is the person he claimed to be all along. 812 00:40:32,473 --> 00:40:34,040 ♪ 813 00:40:34,083 --> 00:40:36,129 - Some people would say that this moment, 814 00:40:36,172 --> 00:40:38,697 the resurrection appearance is the most important moment 815 00:40:38,740 --> 00:40:41,003 in the entire Gospel. 816 00:40:41,047 --> 00:40:44,267 This is proving the truth of Jesus' being, 817 00:40:44,311 --> 00:40:46,139 that has come back from the dead, 818 00:40:46,182 --> 00:40:50,273 he is fully present and incarnate in the flesh. 819 00:40:50,317 --> 00:40:54,234 - But go to my brothers and say to them 820 00:40:54,277 --> 00:40:58,760 I am ascending to my Father 821 00:40:58,804 --> 00:41:00,980 and your Father, 822 00:41:01,023 --> 00:41:03,286 to my God. 823 00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:04,897 ♪ 824 00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:06,986 And your God. 825 00:41:07,029 --> 00:41:09,336 - It's a beautiful story, 826 00:41:09,379 --> 00:41:11,425 and it's a remarkable story, 827 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,732 and it makes her the very first witness 828 00:41:13,775 --> 00:41:17,736 to the risen Jesus, something that early Christians 829 00:41:17,779 --> 00:41:21,174 would not make up because the witness of women 830 00:41:21,217 --> 00:41:24,482 was not considered as viable as the witness of men. 831 00:41:24,525 --> 00:41:29,312 ♪ 832 00:41:29,356 --> 00:41:31,358 - The fact that Mary was the first person 833 00:41:31,401 --> 00:41:33,795 to see the risen Christ says that is 834 00:41:33,839 --> 00:41:36,102 the person that Jesus trusted most, 835 00:41:36,145 --> 00:41:39,409 that this was intended to be the person to share this news, 836 00:41:39,453 --> 00:41:42,412 and in fact he gave her an apostolic call in that moment, 837 00:41:42,456 --> 00:41:44,632 saying, "Go and tell." 838 00:41:44,676 --> 00:41:47,505 - The fact that Jesus revealed himself first 839 00:41:47,548 --> 00:41:49,811 to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection 840 00:41:49,855 --> 00:41:51,683 makes her the first apostle. 841 00:41:51,726 --> 00:41:53,598 [indistinct chatter] 842 00:41:53,641 --> 00:41:57,950 ♪ 843 00:41:57,993 --> 00:41:59,995 - Between the time that Mary Magdalene 844 00:42:00,039 --> 00:42:02,868 encounters the risen Christ on Easter Sunday 845 00:42:02,911 --> 00:42:05,174 and the time that she finally proclaims the news 846 00:42:05,218 --> 00:42:07,046 of the resurrection to the disciples, 847 00:42:07,089 --> 00:42:09,788 Mary Magdalene is the church on Earth, 848 00:42:09,831 --> 00:42:13,226 because only Mary Magdalene understood the resurrection. 849 00:42:13,269 --> 00:42:15,315 So therefore she is one of the most important people 850 00:42:15,358 --> 00:42:18,623 in the entire New Testament. 851 00:42:18,666 --> 00:42:21,495 - I have seen the Lord. 852 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:24,193 ♪ 853 00:42:24,237 --> 00:42:28,023 I was lost, and Jesus found me. 854 00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:31,157 I am Mary of Magdala, 855 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,333 and I am his witness. 856 00:42:33,376 --> 00:42:36,423 ♪ 857 00:42:39,818 --> 00:42:43,604 [dramatic music] 858 00:42:43,648 --> 00:42:45,780 ♪ 859 00:42:45,824 --> 00:42:49,436 - The story of Jesus is the greatest story ever told. 860 00:42:49,479 --> 00:42:51,220 [camel bellows] 861 00:42:51,264 --> 00:42:52,700 - Get out! 862 00:42:52,744 --> 00:42:54,484 You sinner! 863 00:42:54,528 --> 00:42:55,616 - Where is He? 864 00:42:55,660 --> 00:42:57,270 [men shouting indistinctly] 865 00:42:57,313 --> 00:42:59,751 male announcer: For over 2,000 years, 866 00:42:59,794 --> 00:43:02,057 the story of Jesus Christ 867 00:43:02,101 --> 00:43:04,799 has touched the lives of billions around the globe. 868 00:43:04,843 --> 00:43:07,541 [whip cracks] - [screams] 869 00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:09,412 - Jesus felt what we felt. 870 00:43:09,456 --> 00:43:10,892 He faced what we face today. 871 00:43:16,681 --> 00:43:19,814 - If we want to understand Western history at all, 872 00:43:19,858 --> 00:43:22,904 we must understand the story of Jesus. 873 00:43:22,948 --> 00:43:27,256 announcer: Now for the first time, His story is told 874 00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:31,434 through the eyes of those who knew Him best. 875 00:43:31,478 --> 00:43:33,088 - [panting] 876 00:43:33,132 --> 00:43:35,787 - Peter is what I would call the "ride or die" disciple. 877 00:43:35,830 --> 00:43:37,223 - Go! - This way! 878 00:43:37,266 --> 00:43:38,659 - Jesus came into his life 879 00:43:38,703 --> 00:43:40,966 and changed it forever. 880 00:43:41,009 --> 00:43:42,489 - I tell you, 881 00:43:42,532 --> 00:43:45,405 you are now Peter, the Rock. 882 00:43:45,448 --> 00:43:48,103 On this rock, I will build my church. 883 00:43:48,147 --> 00:43:50,410 [people clamoring] - Hosanna in the highest! 884 00:43:50,453 --> 00:43:52,542 - Peter really believed that he was 885 00:43:52,586 --> 00:43:55,981 gonna be the faithful disciple, but that's not what happens. 886 00:43:56,024 --> 00:43:57,156 [man grunts, knife slices] 887 00:43:57,199 --> 00:43:58,548 - It's a story of redemption. 888 00:43:58,592 --> 00:44:00,420 ♪ 889 00:44:00,463 --> 00:44:02,248 Peter becomes the foundation stone 890 00:44:02,291 --> 00:44:05,033 on which Christianity is established. 891 00:44:05,077 --> 00:44:08,036 [dramatic music] 892 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:15,000 ♪ 893 00:44:35,063 --> 00:44:38,719 ♪ 894 00:44:38,763 --> 00:44:40,286 - My name is Peter, 895 00:44:40,329 --> 00:44:41,940 and I have been given a second chance 896 00:44:41,983 --> 00:44:45,291 to deliver the message of Jesus. 897 00:44:45,334 --> 00:44:47,423 This time, I won't let Him down-- 898 00:44:47,467 --> 00:44:49,251 not like before, 899 00:44:49,295 --> 00:44:52,167 when I almost threw it all away. 900 00:44:52,211 --> 00:44:55,127 [foreboding music] 901 00:44:55,170 --> 00:45:02,047 ♪ 902 00:45:03,526 --> 00:45:04,963 - I have seen the Lord. 903 00:45:05,006 --> 00:45:07,792 - Mary, you're upset. Sit down. 904 00:45:07,835 --> 00:45:10,882 - You must listen. He is risen from the dead. 905 00:45:10,925 --> 00:45:12,797 I didn't recognize Him at first, 906 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:14,712 but then I saw His face. 907 00:45:16,017 --> 00:45:17,627 It was Jesus. 908 00:45:17,671 --> 00:45:19,064 He told me to come to you, to tell you-- 909 00:45:19,107 --> 00:45:20,674 - No! 910 00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:22,763 All right, you disrespect us with your ravings. 911 00:45:22,807 --> 00:45:24,460 ♪ 912 00:45:24,504 --> 00:45:27,725 Was it that I didn't believe Mary? 913 00:45:27,768 --> 00:45:32,077 Or the opposite--I was afraid she was telling the truth? 914 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:35,254 Because then I would have to look my Lord in the eye 915 00:45:35,297 --> 00:45:39,040 and know that I had failed Him. 916 00:45:39,084 --> 00:45:42,652 Me, Peter, 917 00:45:42,696 --> 00:45:45,394 the one He'd once called the Rock. 918 00:45:45,438 --> 00:45:50,399 ♪ 919 00:45:50,443 --> 00:45:54,055 When I first met Jesus, I had a different name: 920 00:45:54,099 --> 00:45:56,318 Simon. 921 00:45:56,362 --> 00:45:57,667 I was a nobody-- 922 00:45:57,711 --> 00:46:00,714 a humble fisherman from Galilee. 923 00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:03,325 I worked hard and expected little from life. 924 00:46:03,369 --> 00:46:05,675 ♪ 925 00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:10,115 - In the gospels, Peter is the first disciple called by Jesus. 926 00:46:10,158 --> 00:46:11,812 ♪ 927 00:46:11,856 --> 00:46:14,032 - Jesus reached out to Peter, 928 00:46:14,075 --> 00:46:15,990 perhaps because he was a fisherman, 929 00:46:16,034 --> 00:46:18,993 and Jesus knew that these were hard-working people. 930 00:46:19,037 --> 00:46:22,127 They understand, you know, what it means to be hungry 931 00:46:22,170 --> 00:46:24,433 or what it means to struggle, what it means to work hard. 932 00:46:24,477 --> 00:46:26,218 ♪ 933 00:46:26,261 --> 00:46:28,698 - Life in Galilee in the time of Peter 934 00:46:28,742 --> 00:46:31,136 would have been incredibly hard. 935 00:46:31,179 --> 00:46:34,052 You're one bad boat ride away from starvation. 936 00:46:34,095 --> 00:46:35,923 ♪ 937 00:46:35,967 --> 00:46:40,406 - Anything that they catch is going to be taxed by Rome, 938 00:46:40,449 --> 00:46:43,191 and it would not just be taxation coming from Rome. 939 00:46:43,235 --> 00:46:46,020 There was always the double tax of people 940 00:46:46,064 --> 00:46:47,892 who were the local tax collectors, 941 00:46:47,935 --> 00:46:50,198 who would always add something extra 942 00:46:50,242 --> 00:46:52,635 for themselves. 943 00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:55,682 For someone living under the Roman occupation, 944 00:46:55,725 --> 00:46:57,379 day-to-day life is just trying to figure out, 945 00:46:57,423 --> 00:46:59,338 "How do I make ends meet?" 946 00:46:59,381 --> 00:47:03,037 ♪ 947 00:47:03,081 --> 00:47:04,430 - In the Gospel of John, 948 00:47:04,473 --> 00:47:07,346 Andrew, John the Baptist's disciple, 949 00:47:07,389 --> 00:47:10,088 introduces Jesus to his brother, who was Peter. 950 00:47:10,131 --> 00:47:12,307 ♪ 951 00:47:12,351 --> 00:47:14,832 - Brother. 952 00:47:14,875 --> 00:47:16,964 - Andrew. 953 00:47:17,008 --> 00:47:20,576 - So he's been fishing all night, unsuccessfully. 954 00:47:20,620 --> 00:47:23,188 ♪ 955 00:47:23,231 --> 00:47:24,537 - Put out into deep water 956 00:47:24,580 --> 00:47:26,234 and let down your nets for a catch. 957 00:47:26,278 --> 00:47:28,933 - [sighs] 958 00:47:28,976 --> 00:47:30,891 Master, 959 00:47:30,935 --> 00:47:32,023 we've been working all night long 960 00:47:32,066 --> 00:47:34,242 but have caught nothing. 961 00:47:34,286 --> 00:47:38,333 - Jesus tells him to take his boat out again. 962 00:47:38,377 --> 00:47:40,335 Peter, not surprisingly, is reluctant, 963 00:47:40,379 --> 00:47:42,337 and yet he goes out because it's Jesus. 964 00:47:42,381 --> 00:47:45,297 [dramatic music] 965 00:47:45,340 --> 00:47:52,260 ♪ 966 00:48:08,537 --> 00:48:11,149 - [laughing] 967 00:48:18,373 --> 00:48:19,287 [laughs] 968 00:48:21,028 --> 00:48:27,948 ♪ 969 00:48:29,819 --> 00:48:31,299 - Don't be afraid. 970 00:48:31,343 --> 00:48:34,476 ♪ 971 00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:37,784 From now on, you will be catching people. 972 00:48:37,827 --> 00:48:39,699 - For a man like Peter, 973 00:48:39,742 --> 00:48:41,919 who's barely away from starvation, 974 00:48:41,962 --> 00:48:45,705 and here comes this man who promises a new message, 975 00:48:45,748 --> 00:48:49,883 a new salvation, a better world. 976 00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:51,711 - When Jesus told Peter that he was going to 977 00:48:51,754 --> 00:48:53,756 make him a fisher of men, 978 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,934 Peter knew what that meant, because he knew how to fish. 979 00:48:56,977 --> 00:48:59,893 Jesus was letting him know He was going to use him 980 00:48:59,937 --> 00:49:02,330 to bring people into His following. 981 00:49:02,374 --> 00:49:07,640 ♪ 982 00:49:07,683 --> 00:49:09,816 - One of the earliest symbols of early Christianity 983 00:49:09,859 --> 00:49:11,992 is the fish, which actually makes a lot of sense, 984 00:49:12,036 --> 00:49:14,386 because many of Jesus' earliest disciples 985 00:49:14,429 --> 00:49:16,214 are fishermen. 986 00:49:16,257 --> 00:49:19,260 Interestingly enough, given the prevalence of the cross today, 987 00:49:19,304 --> 00:49:22,046 it actually doesn't become a symbol of Christianity 988 00:49:22,089 --> 00:49:24,700 until almost 400 years after Jesus' death. 989 00:49:24,744 --> 00:49:31,664 ♪ 990 00:49:34,667 --> 00:49:38,062 - What did He mean, "catching people"? 991 00:49:38,105 --> 00:49:39,411 I couldn't imagine my life changing. 992 00:49:39,454 --> 00:49:40,412 Why would anyone listen to me? 993 00:49:40,455 --> 00:49:47,375 ♪ 994 00:49:52,119 --> 00:49:54,339 There was much I didn't understand about 995 00:49:54,382 --> 00:49:56,036 Jesus of Nazareth, 996 00:49:56,080 --> 00:50:00,519 but the one thing I knew without a shadow of a doubt 997 00:50:00,562 --> 00:50:03,783 is that I would always be His devoted follower. 998 00:50:03,826 --> 00:50:07,830 ♪ 999 00:50:07,874 --> 00:50:10,964 [wind howling] 1000 00:50:11,008 --> 00:50:14,968 - Some people think that Jesus' recruiting of disciples 1001 00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:19,407 was rather like the Marines looking for a few good men, 1002 00:50:19,451 --> 00:50:22,758 but in fact, that doesn't seem to be the way. 1003 00:50:22,802 --> 00:50:25,718 [indistinct chatter] 1004 00:50:25,761 --> 00:50:28,590 He was looking for those who were willing to come 1005 00:50:28,634 --> 00:50:30,679 and follow Him and listen. 1006 00:50:30,723 --> 00:50:34,379 ♪ 1007 00:50:34,422 --> 00:50:36,076 - Peter seems to have been looking for something, 1008 00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:37,730 or at least Peter was very ready 1009 00:50:37,773 --> 00:50:40,080 to learn when Jesus called him. 1010 00:50:40,124 --> 00:50:44,041 - A farmer went out to sow his seed. 1011 00:50:44,084 --> 00:50:48,349 As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path. 1012 00:50:48,393 --> 00:50:52,875 - Simon Peter is impressed with Jesus and His preaching. 1013 00:50:52,919 --> 00:50:54,486 He's not like the scribes. 1014 00:50:54,529 --> 00:50:57,402 He's not like the local religious authorities. 1015 00:50:57,445 --> 00:50:59,708 And Peter is drawn to this exciting 1016 00:50:59,752 --> 00:51:02,276 new charismatic figure. 1017 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,887 - Will You always talk in riddles, Lord? 1018 00:51:04,931 --> 00:51:06,585 My head is swimming. 1019 00:51:06,628 --> 00:51:07,890 - Too much wine, friend. 1020 00:51:07,934 --> 00:51:09,066 - I barely drank a drop. 1021 00:51:09,109 --> 00:51:10,284 [laughter] 1022 00:51:10,328 --> 00:51:11,677 ♪ 1023 00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:13,722 I-- 1024 00:51:13,766 --> 00:51:17,813 I fear that I'll always be just two steps behind. 1025 00:51:17,857 --> 00:51:20,555 - I would describe Peter as a problem student for Jesus, 1026 00:51:20,599 --> 00:51:23,080 because he asked so many questions. 1027 00:51:23,123 --> 00:51:25,691 He didn't get basic statements, basic teachings. 1028 00:51:25,734 --> 00:51:27,606 ♪ 1029 00:51:27,649 --> 00:51:31,131 But I think Jesus saw in Peter a passion, a spark of passion, 1030 00:51:31,175 --> 00:51:33,307 that is exactly what He needed for His followers. 1031 00:51:33,351 --> 00:51:37,877 ♪ 1032 00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:40,706 - There's a moment in the gospel of Mark 1033 00:51:40,749 --> 00:51:44,492 where Simon Peter and Jesus are on the road together, 1034 00:51:44,536 --> 00:51:46,494 and they're having a little bit of a debate 1035 00:51:46,538 --> 00:51:49,541 about Jesus' identity, 1036 00:51:49,584 --> 00:51:51,630 and Jesus turns and asks the disciples 1037 00:51:51,673 --> 00:51:53,458 who they think He is. 1038 00:51:53,501 --> 00:51:56,548 ♪ 1039 00:51:56,591 --> 00:51:58,854 - Who do people say the Son of Man is? 1040 00:51:58,898 --> 00:52:04,469 ♪ 1041 00:52:04,512 --> 00:52:07,167 What about you? 1042 00:52:07,211 --> 00:52:09,430 Who do you say I am? 1043 00:52:09,474 --> 00:52:16,481 ♪ 1044 00:52:16,524 --> 00:52:19,701 - You're the Messiah. 1045 00:52:19,745 --> 00:52:21,921 You're the Son of the Living God. 1046 00:52:21,964 --> 00:52:23,705 ♪ 1047 00:52:23,749 --> 00:52:26,839 - Blessed are you, Simon, son of John. 1048 00:52:26,882 --> 00:52:31,017 ♪ 1049 00:52:31,060 --> 00:52:32,192 I tell you, 1050 00:52:32,236 --> 00:52:36,196 you are now Peter, the Rock, 1051 00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:39,808 and on this rock, I will build my church. 1052 00:52:39,852 --> 00:52:46,337 ♪ 1053 00:52:46,380 --> 00:52:49,514 - Jesus gives Simon an Aramaic nickname, 1054 00:52:49,557 --> 00:52:52,473 Kephas--Cephas-- 1055 00:52:52,517 --> 00:52:55,084 which means "rock" or "rocky." 1056 00:52:55,128 --> 00:52:58,305 - This has significant symbolism, 1057 00:52:58,349 --> 00:53:01,787 because Peter will now become the foundation stone 1058 00:53:01,830 --> 00:53:02,744 of the Christian movement. 1059 00:53:02,788 --> 00:53:05,225 - [chuckles] 1060 00:53:05,269 --> 00:53:11,840 - Peter is a surprising choice to be Jesus' right-hand man. 1061 00:53:11,884 --> 00:53:13,842 He's, after all, just a fisherman. 1062 00:53:13,886 --> 00:53:17,629 We don't have evidence that he's well-educated. 1063 00:53:17,672 --> 00:53:21,502 We don't have evidence that he's really multilingual. 1064 00:53:21,546 --> 00:53:23,504 In fact, the later tradition from Papias 1065 00:53:23,548 --> 00:53:27,204 says that he spoke and preached in Aramaic, 1066 00:53:27,247 --> 00:53:30,250 and that Mark had to translate his sayings into Greek. 1067 00:53:30,294 --> 00:53:33,949 ♪ 1068 00:53:33,993 --> 00:53:37,431 But Jesus' concern is to pick someone 1069 00:53:37,475 --> 00:53:39,390 that has the character, 1070 00:53:39,433 --> 00:53:41,783 and the chutzpah, if you will, 1071 00:53:41,827 --> 00:53:45,787 the deep courage to be a follower of Jesus, 1072 00:53:45,831 --> 00:53:48,964 even if it could cost one their life. 1073 00:53:49,008 --> 00:53:50,183 - [panting] 1074 00:53:50,227 --> 00:53:54,883 [people clamoring] 1075 00:53:54,927 --> 00:53:57,712 - I wasn't just Simon from Galilee anymore. 1076 00:53:57,756 --> 00:53:59,714 I was Peter, the Rock. 1077 00:53:59,758 --> 00:54:01,281 - Go! - This way! 1078 00:54:01,325 --> 00:54:02,326 - And over the coming months, 1079 00:54:02,369 --> 00:54:04,328 I was right there by His side. 1080 00:54:04,371 --> 00:54:05,633 - Go, go, go! 1081 00:54:05,677 --> 00:54:07,853 - Go. Go. - Oh! 1082 00:54:07,896 --> 00:54:10,943 - People laughed and spat in His face. 1083 00:54:10,986 --> 00:54:14,120 [people clamoring] 1084 00:54:14,163 --> 00:54:18,167 I shielded Him when they threw punches and hurled stones. 1085 00:54:18,211 --> 00:54:19,908 [crowd cheering] 1086 00:54:19,952 --> 00:54:21,693 He has healed him. Do you see? 1087 00:54:21,736 --> 00:54:25,174 And I was there when they started to listen. 1088 00:54:25,218 --> 00:54:28,482 ♪ 1089 00:54:28,526 --> 00:54:30,919 So when He told me we would enter Jerusalem 1090 00:54:30,963 --> 00:54:32,573 once more, I was worried. 1091 00:54:32,617 --> 00:54:37,056 ♪ 1092 00:54:44,803 --> 00:54:46,457 - Although we don't know for sure, 1093 00:54:46,500 --> 00:54:48,459 most scholars believe that Jesus and Peter 1094 00:54:48,502 --> 00:54:52,550 entered Jerusalem somewhere between 30 and 33 AD 1095 00:54:52,593 --> 00:54:54,900 during the spring festival of Passover. 1096 00:54:54,943 --> 00:54:57,903 It's the celebration of not only God's promise, 1097 00:54:57,946 --> 00:54:59,948 but the culmination of the Exodus story. 1098 00:54:59,992 --> 00:55:02,081 [indistinct chatter] 1099 00:55:02,124 --> 00:55:03,517 We're talking about a festival 1100 00:55:03,561 --> 00:55:05,563 where the whole point is about 1101 00:55:05,606 --> 00:55:08,653 God freeing the people from slavery, 1102 00:55:08,696 --> 00:55:12,265 freeing the Jews from servitudby a foreign power. 1103 00:55:12,309 --> 00:55:14,485 And now, who's running Judea? 1104 00:55:14,528 --> 00:55:15,486 The Romans are. 1105 00:55:15,529 --> 00:55:17,836 [indistinct chatter] 1106 00:55:17,879 --> 00:55:21,187 And so it's an extremely dangerous place to be. 1107 00:55:21,230 --> 00:55:23,320 [people clamoring] 1108 00:55:23,363 --> 00:55:25,800 - Hosannah in the highest! 1109 00:55:25,844 --> 00:55:28,629 - Jesus' message is dangerous, 1110 00:55:28,673 --> 00:55:31,719 but for Jesus, Jerusalem is the only place 1111 00:55:31,763 --> 00:55:33,286 that He can possibly go. 1112 00:55:33,330 --> 00:55:34,896 It's not only the political, 1113 00:55:34,940 --> 00:55:37,899 but it's also the religious center of Jewish life. 1114 00:55:37,943 --> 00:55:39,684 - This is the One who comes in the name of the Lord. 1115 00:55:39,727 --> 00:55:44,863 - The symbolism of Jesus riding a donkey into Jerusalem 1116 00:55:44,906 --> 00:55:47,213 should not be lost. 1117 00:55:47,256 --> 00:55:50,999 This isn't just a guy taking a ride on a donkey. 1118 00:55:51,043 --> 00:55:53,393 [people clamoring] 1119 00:55:53,437 --> 00:55:57,745 This is a reenactment of the Jewish coronation 1120 00:55:57,789 --> 00:55:59,878 of the king of Israel. 1121 00:55:59,921 --> 00:56:02,446 - I don't see you hailing our new king. 1122 00:56:02,489 --> 00:56:05,405 - Blessed is the coming kingdom! 1123 00:56:05,449 --> 00:56:09,017 - Peter's vision of a messiah is someone who's going to help 1124 00:56:09,061 --> 00:56:11,106 overthrow foreign rule-- 1125 00:56:11,150 --> 00:56:12,804 in this case, Roman rule-- 1126 00:56:12,847 --> 00:56:16,024 and re-establish a Jewish kingdom. 1127 00:56:16,068 --> 00:56:18,984 [people clamoring] 1128 00:56:19,027 --> 00:56:21,726 - I think even Peter at that point might have seen 1129 00:56:21,769 --> 00:56:24,990 the threat and the danger that Jesus was generating. 1130 00:56:25,033 --> 00:56:29,429 ♪ 1131 00:56:29,473 --> 00:56:33,781 [indistinct chatter] 1132 00:56:33,825 --> 00:56:36,262 - They're heading for the temple. 1133 00:56:36,305 --> 00:56:38,003 Send reinforcements there now. 1134 00:56:38,046 --> 00:56:40,266 ♪ 1135 00:56:40,309 --> 00:56:45,271 [people clamoring] 1136 00:56:45,314 --> 00:56:47,969 - It is everything we've been waiting for-- 1137 00:56:48,013 --> 00:56:49,971 the fulfillment of the divine destiny, 1138 00:56:50,015 --> 00:56:51,930 the start of a glorious new kingdom. 1139 00:56:51,973 --> 00:56:55,412 [people clamoring] 1140 00:56:55,455 --> 00:56:57,501 ♪ 1141 00:56:57,544 --> 00:56:59,241 But how quickly it all changed. 1142 00:56:59,285 --> 00:57:03,898 ♪ 1143 00:57:03,942 --> 00:57:06,466 - The Last Supper rolls around, 1144 00:57:06,510 --> 00:57:11,036 and Peter does not have the exuberance that he had before. 1145 00:57:11,079 --> 00:57:14,126 [indistinct chatter] 1146 00:57:14,169 --> 00:57:18,304 There is a slow and impending weight 1147 00:57:18,347 --> 00:57:21,612 that is upon him and the other disciples. 1148 00:57:21,655 --> 00:57:23,614 ♪ 1149 00:57:23,657 --> 00:57:26,573 - Come. Let me. 1150 00:57:26,617 --> 00:57:30,621 - Lord, are you gonna wash my feet? 1151 00:57:30,664 --> 00:57:32,187 No. You'll never wash my feet. 1152 00:57:32,231 --> 00:57:36,365 ♪ 1153 00:57:36,409 --> 00:57:38,019 - Peter is horrified by the idea 1154 00:57:38,063 --> 00:57:39,630 of Jesus washing their feet, 1155 00:57:39,673 --> 00:57:40,935 because He's their leader, 1156 00:57:40,979 --> 00:57:42,589 and this is something that a slave would do. 1157 00:57:42,633 --> 00:57:47,028 ♪ 1158 00:57:47,072 --> 00:57:51,990 - No servant is greater than his master, 1159 00:57:52,033 --> 00:57:54,166 nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 1160 00:57:54,209 --> 00:57:57,082 ♪ 1161 00:57:57,125 --> 00:57:59,693 - When Jesus is washing the disciples' feet, 1162 00:57:59,737 --> 00:58:03,131 He's saying that He has not come 1163 00:58:03,175 --> 00:58:05,830 as a kind of royal military king. 1164 00:58:05,873 --> 00:58:08,267 He's come as a suffering figure, 1165 00:58:08,310 --> 00:58:12,619 and He's enacting that role of servant with His disciples. 1166 00:58:12,663 --> 00:58:19,670 ♪ 1167 00:58:19,713 --> 00:58:22,934 - This is My body, 1168 00:58:22,977 --> 00:58:25,327 which is given for you. 1169 00:58:25,371 --> 00:58:29,418 ♪ 1170 00:58:29,462 --> 00:58:30,942 Do this in memory of Me. 1171 00:58:30,985 --> 00:58:33,074 ♪ 1172 00:58:33,118 --> 00:58:36,817 Take it and eat it. 1173 00:58:36,861 --> 00:58:40,517 - When Jesus brought His ministry into Jerusalem, 1174 00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:42,867 He knows that His death is imminent. 1175 00:58:42,910 --> 00:58:48,525 ♪ 1176 00:58:48,568 --> 00:58:51,484 - This is the blood of My covenant, 1177 00:58:51,528 --> 00:58:53,355 which is poured out for many. 1178 00:58:53,399 --> 00:58:56,837 ♪ 1179 00:58:56,881 --> 00:58:59,797 - The breaking of the bread and the drinking of the wine 1180 00:58:59,840 --> 00:59:01,189 comes to represent 1181 00:59:01,233 --> 00:59:03,670 Christ's body and Christ's blood. 1182 00:59:03,714 --> 00:59:07,761 The Last Supper becomes the origin of the Eucharist 1183 00:59:07,805 --> 00:59:09,981 or the Holy Communion to Christians. 1184 00:59:10,024 --> 00:59:12,592 ♪ 1185 00:59:12,636 --> 00:59:15,900 - Hearing the Messiah speaking about death, 1186 00:59:15,943 --> 00:59:19,860 and yet he had already witnessed His power. 1187 00:59:19,904 --> 00:59:21,688 Peter's confused. 1188 00:59:21,732 --> 00:59:26,127 How is this possible, and how is this a revolution? 1189 00:59:26,171 --> 00:59:30,131 Peter doesn't quite get it. 1190 00:59:30,175 --> 00:59:35,397 ♪ 1191 00:59:35,441 --> 00:59:38,575 - Ask Him what He means. 1192 00:59:38,618 --> 00:59:41,752 It is difficult to hear Him talk that night. 1193 00:59:41,795 --> 00:59:43,667 Why would we need to eat and drink 1194 00:59:43,710 --> 00:59:45,538 in remembrance of Him? 1195 00:59:45,582 --> 00:59:47,758 It chilled me even to think of it. 1196 00:59:47,801 --> 00:59:50,891 ♪ 1197 00:59:50,935 --> 00:59:53,633 - I don't think Peter expected Jesus to be 1198 00:59:53,677 --> 00:59:56,767 a messiah who would start a movement so powerful 1199 00:59:56,810 --> 00:59:58,638 that it would get Him killed. 1200 00:59:58,682 --> 01:00:01,772 I think he expected Jesus to raise up the oppressed. 1201 01:00:01,815 --> 01:00:04,818 But to push it to the point where e Roman government 1202 01:00:04,862 --> 01:00:06,864 was so threatened by Him that He had to be crucified, 1203 01:00:06,907 --> 01:00:08,430 I don't think he saw that coming. 1204 01:00:08,474 --> 01:00:13,914 ♪ 1205 01:00:13,958 --> 01:00:17,135 - I have prayed for you, 1206 01:00:17,178 --> 01:00:19,964 that your faith may not fail you. 1207 01:00:20,007 --> 01:00:23,097 - Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and death. 1208 01:00:23,141 --> 01:00:25,186 ♪ 1209 01:00:25,230 --> 01:00:29,669 - Truly, I tell you, this very night, 1210 01:00:29,713 --> 01:00:31,279 before the rooster crows, 1211 01:00:31,323 --> 01:00:34,587 you'll deny me three times. 1212 01:00:34,631 --> 01:00:36,197 ♪ 1213 01:00:36,241 --> 01:00:37,155 - I had no doubt in my mind. 1214 01:00:37,198 --> 01:00:39,070 I had never denied Jesus. 1215 01:00:39,113 --> 01:00:42,203 I would defend Him to the death with sword, 1216 01:00:42,247 --> 01:00:44,902 with word, with deed. 1217 01:00:44,945 --> 01:00:48,427 - I think that Peter really believed that he was 1218 01:00:48,470 --> 01:00:51,473 gonna be the faithful disciple, but that's not what happens. 1219 01:00:59,264 --> 01:01:01,005 - After the Last Supper, 1220 01:01:01,048 --> 01:01:04,704 Jesus leaves the security of the walls of Jerusalem 1221 01:01:04,748 --> 01:01:08,882 and goes across to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray, 1222 01:01:08,926 --> 01:01:10,754 and Peter follows Him. 1223 01:01:10,797 --> 01:01:14,192 ♪ 1224 01:01:14,235 --> 01:01:15,976 - Jesus is restless. 1225 01:01:16,020 --> 01:01:18,457 I was worried. His words had disturbed me, 1226 01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:20,459 and I knew that our arrival in Jerusalem 1227 01:01:20,502 --> 01:01:24,942 would alert the authorities, but He was insistent. 1228 01:01:24,985 --> 01:01:26,987 ♪ 1229 01:01:27,031 --> 01:01:30,425 - We have to remember, early Jews were not looking 1230 01:01:30,469 --> 01:01:33,428 for a crucified Messiah. 1231 01:01:33,472 --> 01:01:37,737 We have literature, like the Psalms of Solomon 18 and 19, 1232 01:01:37,781 --> 01:01:39,652 that has this militaristic, 1233 01:01:39,696 --> 01:01:41,436 Davidic, messianic figure 1234 01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:42,611 that's gonna come 1235 01:01:42,655 --> 01:01:43,787 and retake the land. 1236 01:01:43,830 --> 01:01:46,398 Jesus was very different. 1237 01:01:46,441 --> 01:01:48,835 - My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow, 1238 01:01:48,879 --> 01:01:50,315 to the point of death. 1239 01:01:50,358 --> 01:01:53,579 ♪ 1240 01:01:53,622 --> 01:01:55,450 Stay here. 1241 01:01:55,494 --> 01:01:58,976 Keep watch. 1242 01:01:59,019 --> 01:02:00,760 ♪ 1243 01:02:00,804 --> 01:02:02,327 - Yes, of course, Master. 1244 01:02:02,370 --> 01:02:05,069 ♪ 1245 01:02:05,112 --> 01:02:08,028 - Jesus tells Peter to watch with Him, 1246 01:02:08,072 --> 01:02:11,815 to stay awake with Him. 1247 01:02:11,858 --> 01:02:13,730 Jesus sees what is coming, 1248 01:02:13,773 --> 01:02:17,124 and He is traumatized by the possibility of this 1249 01:02:17,168 --> 01:02:19,039 impending suffering and death. 1250 01:02:19,083 --> 01:02:24,218 ♪ 1251 01:02:24,262 --> 01:02:26,220 - Peter doesn't want to participate in Jesus' 1252 01:02:26,264 --> 01:02:28,745 great moment of anguish, because, like all of us, 1253 01:02:28,788 --> 01:02:30,921 he shrinks from these moments of suffering, 1254 01:02:30,964 --> 01:02:33,750 and to see the leader who he has entrusted his whole life 1255 01:02:33,793 --> 01:02:36,100 to now doubt and suffer 1256 01:02:36,143 --> 01:02:37,928 is probably too much for him to bear. 1257 01:02:37,971 --> 01:02:41,888 ♪ 1258 01:02:41,932 --> 01:02:43,803 - I didn't believe that God could let His Son suffer. 1259 01:02:43,847 --> 01:02:49,200 Surely we'd all be saved. 1260 01:02:49,243 --> 01:02:52,333 Why couldn't I keep even a simple promise? 1261 01:02:52,377 --> 01:02:55,032 I didn't heed His predictions. 1262 01:02:55,075 --> 01:02:57,251 [somber music] 1263 01:02:57,295 --> 01:02:58,209 - [scoffs] 1264 01:02:58,252 --> 01:03:05,216 ♪ 1265 01:03:09,002 --> 01:03:11,004 Simon, are you asleep? 1266 01:03:11,048 --> 01:03:13,354 Could you not keep watch for one hour? 1267 01:03:13,398 --> 01:03:14,747 Watch and pray? 1268 01:03:14,791 --> 01:03:18,098 The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. 1269 01:03:18,142 --> 01:03:19,708 - So sorry. I'm sorry, Lord. 1270 01:03:19,752 --> 01:03:22,102 - Peter fails this test. 1271 01:03:22,146 --> 01:03:26,193 He falls asleep when Jesus needs him. 1272 01:03:26,237 --> 01:03:28,892 And it's not the last time that Peter is gonna fail either. 1273 01:03:28,935 --> 01:03:31,198 [hooves clopping] 1274 01:03:31,242 --> 01:03:33,810 The authorities send a large crowd 1275 01:03:33,853 --> 01:03:36,421 armed with clubs and swords to arrest Jesus. 1276 01:03:36,464 --> 01:03:37,422 ♪ 1277 01:03:37,465 --> 01:03:39,554 - Judas. 1278 01:03:39,598 --> 01:03:40,642 - It is Judas 1279 01:03:40,686 --> 01:03:42,122 who betrays Jesus. 1280 01:03:42,166 --> 01:03:48,868 ♪ 1281 01:03:48,912 --> 01:03:49,869 - Arrest them. 1282 01:03:49,913 --> 01:03:51,044 - You treacherous... 1283 01:03:51,088 --> 01:03:52,437 [grunts, knife slices] 1284 01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:54,482 - Put your sword back in its place, 1285 01:03:54,526 --> 01:03:56,310 for all who draw the sword will die by it. 1286 01:03:56,354 --> 01:03:59,226 [dramatic music] 1287 01:03:59,270 --> 01:04:04,449 ♪ 1288 01:04:04,492 --> 01:04:08,148 - Peter just cuts off the ear. Blood is everywhere. 1289 01:04:08,192 --> 01:04:13,675 But Jesus heals the person who wants to arrest Him. 1290 01:04:13,719 --> 01:04:14,938 ♪ 1291 01:04:14,981 --> 01:04:16,504 - I thought I was proving myself; 1292 01:04:16,548 --> 01:04:18,332 I was being loyal. 1293 01:04:18,376 --> 01:04:20,291 This man that had come to arrest Jesus, 1294 01:04:20,334 --> 01:04:21,858 and instead of fight, 1295 01:04:21,901 --> 01:04:24,991 He healed His enemy and surrendered? 1296 01:04:25,035 --> 01:04:26,645 It made no sense to me. 1297 01:04:26,688 --> 01:04:29,300 ♪ 1298 01:04:29,343 --> 01:04:30,867 - Jesus was teaching him how 1299 01:04:30,910 --> 01:04:32,912 to be a nonviolent revolutionary. 1300 01:04:32,956 --> 01:04:33,957 ♪ 1301 01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:35,088 - Take them all. 1302 01:04:35,132 --> 01:04:38,309 [ominous music] 1303 01:04:38,352 --> 01:04:45,359 ♪ 1304 01:04:45,403 --> 01:04:48,188 - My mind's racing. 1305 01:04:48,232 --> 01:04:49,711 Judas betrayed Jesus. 1306 01:04:49,755 --> 01:04:51,713 Everything's happening so fast. 1307 01:04:51,757 --> 01:04:54,499 The only thing I was sure of was that I was not like Judas. 1308 01:04:54,542 --> 01:04:55,674 I would not deny Him. 1309 01:04:55,717 --> 01:04:56,936 [sobbing] 1310 01:04:56,980 --> 01:05:04,074 ♪ 1311 01:05:04,117 --> 01:05:06,076 - When Jesus is arrested, 1312 01:05:06,119 --> 01:05:08,513 Peter follows Jesus 1313 01:05:08,556 --> 01:05:10,863 to the house of the Jewish high priest Caiaphas, 1314 01:05:10,907 --> 01:05:14,562 'cause he wants to see what's going to happen to his master. 1315 01:05:14,606 --> 01:05:18,175 ♪ 1316 01:05:18,218 --> 01:05:20,481 - Entering Caiaphas' courtyard is a lot 1317 01:05:20,525 --> 01:05:23,876 like entering the lion's den. If Peter is recognized, 1318 01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:26,879 there's nothing to say that he won't also be arrested. 1319 01:05:26,923 --> 01:05:30,535 [indistinct chatter] 1320 01:05:30,578 --> 01:05:34,017 - I felt fear that night in a way I have never known. 1321 01:05:34,060 --> 01:05:36,976 [ominous music] 1322 01:05:37,020 --> 01:05:42,982 ♪ 1323 01:05:43,026 --> 01:05:44,027 - Peter's moving into 1324 01:05:44,070 --> 01:05:46,464 incredibly dangerous territory... 1325 01:05:46,507 --> 01:05:49,162 ♪ 1326 01:05:49,206 --> 01:05:51,556 Because he is fiercely 1327 01:05:51,599 --> 01:05:54,472 loyal to Jesus. 1328 01:05:54,515 --> 01:05:57,170 He's what I would call the "ride or die" disciple. 1329 01:05:57,214 --> 01:05:58,867 ♪ 1330 01:05:58,911 --> 01:06:02,175 But the depths that we will go to protect ourselves 1331 01:06:02,219 --> 01:06:05,135 is absolutely extraordinary. 1332 01:06:05,178 --> 01:06:07,702 ♪ 1333 01:06:07,746 --> 01:06:09,574 - People recognize Peter, 1334 01:06:09,617 --> 01:06:11,097 and they say, "Hold on a minute. 1335 01:06:11,141 --> 01:06:13,143 Aren't you with Jesus of Nazareth?" 1336 01:06:13,186 --> 01:06:14,535 - This man was with Him! 1337 01:06:14,579 --> 01:06:16,494 - No, woman. I don't know Him. 1338 01:06:16,537 --> 01:06:17,756 - And then somebody else says, 1339 01:06:17,799 --> 01:06:19,192 "Are you one of Jesus' disciples?" 1340 01:06:19,236 --> 01:06:20,498 - You're also one of them. 1341 01:06:20,541 --> 01:06:21,934 - I am not. 1342 01:06:21,978 --> 01:06:24,415 - Three times, Peter denies knowing Jesus. 1343 01:06:24,458 --> 01:06:26,286 - Certainly this fellow's with Him. 1344 01:06:26,330 --> 01:06:28,723 He is a Galilean. 1345 01:06:28,767 --> 01:06:30,943 - I don't know what you're talking about. 1346 01:06:30,987 --> 01:06:33,728 [rooster crows] 1347 01:06:33,772 --> 01:06:34,860 - And at the moment 1348 01:06:34,903 --> 01:06:36,122 of that third denial, 1349 01:06:36,166 --> 01:06:39,038 the cock crows, fulfilling something that 1350 01:06:39,082 --> 01:06:42,433 Jesus Himself had prophesied at the Last Supper. 1351 01:06:42,476 --> 01:06:45,653 - He's done the very thing that he told Jesus 1352 01:06:45,697 --> 01:06:47,525 he would never do: 1353 01:06:47,568 --> 01:06:50,267 deny and desert Jesus. 1354 01:06:50,310 --> 01:06:53,357 ♪ 1355 01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:54,967 - Their eyes lock, 1356 01:06:55,011 --> 01:06:57,926 and Jesus looks directly into Peter's soul. 1357 01:06:57,970 --> 01:07:00,712 ♪ 1358 01:07:00,755 --> 01:07:05,282 This is the last moment where Peter ever sees Jesus alive. 1359 01:07:05,325 --> 01:07:08,241 [dramatic music] 1360 01:07:08,285 --> 01:07:13,290 ♪ 1361 01:07:16,162 --> 01:07:23,213 ♪ 1362 01:07:23,256 --> 01:07:25,693 - Jesus has been sentenced to death. 1363 01:07:25,737 --> 01:07:28,435 He's facing crucifixion for the charge 1364 01:07:28,479 --> 01:07:30,916 of trying to lead a rebellion against the Romans. 1365 01:07:30,959 --> 01:07:34,789 ♪ 1366 01:07:34,833 --> 01:07:36,617 - We know that for 300 years or more, 1367 01:07:36,661 --> 01:07:38,358 until the Roman emperor Constantine 1368 01:07:38,402 --> 01:07:39,794 banned crucifixion, 1369 01:07:39,838 --> 01:07:42,319 it was the most common form of execution 1370 01:07:42,362 --> 01:07:45,365 for public criminals, revolutionaries, and slaves. 1371 01:07:45,409 --> 01:07:47,933 ♪ 1372 01:07:47,976 --> 01:07:49,891 - Come. We're in danger. 1373 01:07:49,935 --> 01:07:51,241 We must hide. 1374 01:07:51,284 --> 01:07:53,460 ♪ 1375 01:07:53,504 --> 01:07:56,637 - When the leader of a rebellion is crucified, 1376 01:07:56,681 --> 01:07:58,857 there is precedent that the Roman Empire 1377 01:07:58,900 --> 01:08:01,207 then hunts out the followers as well. 1378 01:08:01,251 --> 01:08:07,300 ♪ 1379 01:08:07,344 --> 01:08:09,694 - And so Peter has to go into hiding, 1380 01:08:09,737 --> 01:08:13,263 because he was affiliated with someone 1381 01:08:13,306 --> 01:08:16,962 who was an enemy of Roman authority. 1382 01:08:17,005 --> 01:08:19,269 ♪ 1383 01:08:19,312 --> 01:08:21,401 - Was I as bad as Judas? 1384 01:08:21,445 --> 01:08:23,273 Why did I deny Him? 1385 01:08:23,316 --> 01:08:25,884 This fear, this cowardice-- 1386 01:08:25,927 --> 01:08:27,146 everything that I thought 1387 01:08:27,190 --> 01:08:30,106 I knew about myself was wrong. 1388 01:08:30,149 --> 01:08:32,151 - I think we should be incredibly sympathetic 1389 01:08:32,195 --> 01:08:33,848 towards Peter in his denial. 1390 01:08:33,892 --> 01:08:35,285 Yes, he denied Jesus. 1391 01:08:35,328 --> 01:08:36,590 On the other hand, 1392 01:08:36,634 --> 01:08:38,940 he did it because he was profoundly scared, 1393 01:08:38,984 --> 01:08:41,378 and I think this denial is one of those moments 1394 01:08:41,421 --> 01:08:44,598 that comes out as really, really human. 1395 01:08:44,642 --> 01:08:46,861 All of us can relate to a time when we fell short 1396 01:08:46,905 --> 01:08:50,169 because we were scared, and this is Peter's moment. 1397 01:08:50,213 --> 01:08:52,519 [dramatic music] 1398 01:08:52,563 --> 01:08:54,695 [whip cracks, Jesus grunts] 1399 01:08:54,739 --> 01:08:58,395 ♪ 1400 01:08:58,438 --> 01:08:59,657 - [grunts] 1401 01:08:59,700 --> 01:09:03,487 ♪ 1402 01:09:03,530 --> 01:09:05,750 - We waited. 1403 01:09:05,793 --> 01:09:09,928 We did nothing while Jesus suffered. 1404 01:09:09,971 --> 01:09:12,757 [dramatic music] 1405 01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:15,368 ♪ 1406 01:09:15,412 --> 01:09:17,805 [whip cracks, man shouts] 1407 01:09:17,849 --> 01:09:24,595 ♪ 1408 01:09:24,638 --> 01:09:25,857 [whip cracks] - Move. 1409 01:09:25,900 --> 01:09:28,207 - [grunting] 1410 01:09:28,251 --> 01:09:29,426 [whip cracks] 1411 01:09:29,469 --> 01:09:32,385 [Jesus gasping and panting] 1412 01:09:32,429 --> 01:09:34,605 [dramatic music] 1413 01:09:34,648 --> 01:09:39,827 ♪ 1414 01:09:39,871 --> 01:09:41,786 - Don't look. - [gasps] 1415 01:09:41,829 --> 01:09:44,745 [dramatic music] 1416 01:09:44,789 --> 01:09:51,709 ♪ 1417 01:09:57,280 --> 01:09:58,368 - Mary. 1418 01:09:58,411 --> 01:10:01,327 [ominous music] 1419 01:10:01,371 --> 01:10:08,291 ♪ 1420 01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:14,297 - He's dead. 1421 01:10:14,340 --> 01:10:15,863 - [gasps, sighs] 1422 01:10:15,907 --> 01:10:18,301 ♪ 1423 01:10:18,344 --> 01:10:23,262 [distant chatter] 1424 01:10:23,306 --> 01:10:26,091 - After several days, Mary Magdalene 1425 01:10:26,134 --> 01:10:28,876 is the first person to see the risen Lord. 1426 01:10:28,920 --> 01:10:32,402 ♪ 1427 01:10:32,445 --> 01:10:34,665 - Those days are a blur, 1428 01:10:34,708 --> 01:10:38,103 and then Mary returned with her news, and I... 1429 01:10:38,146 --> 01:10:40,410 - He has risen from the dead. 1430 01:10:40,453 --> 01:10:41,976 I have seen the Lord. 1431 01:10:42,020 --> 01:10:44,588 ♪ 1432 01:10:44,631 --> 01:10:46,546 I went to the tomb. 1433 01:10:46,590 --> 01:10:48,069 A man spoke to me. 1434 01:10:48,113 --> 01:10:49,680 It was Jesus. 1435 01:10:49,723 --> 01:10:51,029 He told me to come to you, to tell you. 1436 01:10:51,072 --> 01:10:52,509 - No! 1437 01:10:52,552 --> 01:10:55,381 All right, you disrespect us with your ravings. 1438 01:10:55,425 --> 01:10:56,426 Is it not bad enough 1439 01:10:56,469 --> 01:10:57,427 we must mourn for Him 1440 01:10:57,470 --> 01:10:58,863 without being taunted too? 1441 01:10:58,906 --> 01:11:00,821 - I know what I saw. 1442 01:11:00,865 --> 01:11:03,650 I spoke to Him, and I believe in Him. 1443 01:11:03,694 --> 01:11:05,957 ♪ 1444 01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:07,698 - I can't listen to this anymore. 1445 01:11:07,741 --> 01:11:10,222 ♪ 1446 01:11:10,266 --> 01:11:13,051 - Peter doesn't believe Mary Magdalene when she says 1447 01:11:13,094 --> 01:11:14,835 that she's seen the resurrected Lord. 1448 01:11:14,879 --> 01:11:15,967 Why not? 1449 01:11:16,010 --> 01:11:17,664 Well, Peter's a man of his time, 1450 01:11:17,708 --> 01:11:20,276 and in 1st century Jewish Palestine, 1451 01:11:20,319 --> 01:11:22,321 women were not considered reliable witnesses. 1452 01:11:22,365 --> 01:11:25,106 ♪ 1453 01:11:25,150 --> 01:11:26,630 - Why was I so cruel? 1454 01:11:26,673 --> 01:11:29,807 Why did I doubt her? 1455 01:11:29,850 --> 01:11:31,374 This shame. 1456 01:11:31,417 --> 01:11:33,550 It was shame. 1457 01:11:33,593 --> 01:11:34,986 ♪ 1458 01:11:35,029 --> 01:11:37,728 I was lost. 1459 01:11:37,771 --> 01:11:41,906 ♪ 1460 01:11:41,949 --> 01:11:43,908 Could she have been telling the truth, 1461 01:11:43,951 --> 01:11:47,041 you know, or had they taken His body? 1462 01:11:47,085 --> 01:11:48,521 I didn't know what to believe. 1463 01:11:48,565 --> 01:11:52,003 ♪ 1464 01:11:52,046 --> 01:11:55,267 - You need to remember that from a Jewish point of view, 1465 01:11:55,311 --> 01:11:57,965 resurrection doesn't involve visions. 1466 01:11:58,009 --> 01:12:01,273 It involves a bodily raising of somebody 1467 01:12:01,317 --> 01:12:03,275 back into a physical form. 1468 01:12:03,319 --> 01:12:05,799 But that's not the end of the story. 1469 01:12:05,843 --> 01:12:12,328 ♪ 1470 01:12:12,371 --> 01:12:13,807 - Peace be with you. 1471 01:12:13,851 --> 01:12:16,767 [dramatic music] 1472 01:12:16,810 --> 01:12:23,426 ♪ 1473 01:12:23,469 --> 01:12:24,775 Why are you troubled? 1474 01:12:24,818 --> 01:12:27,430 ♪ 1475 01:12:27,473 --> 01:12:29,562 Why do doubts rise in your minds? 1476 01:12:29,606 --> 01:12:36,787 ♪ 1477 01:12:36,830 --> 01:12:39,224 Look at my hands and my feet. 1478 01:12:39,267 --> 01:12:40,268 ♪ 1479 01:12:40,312 --> 01:12:43,402 It is I myself. 1480 01:12:43,446 --> 01:12:47,101 - In the first century, it's not unusual to imagine 1481 01:12:47,145 --> 01:12:49,365 that you saw the ghost 1482 01:12:49,408 --> 01:12:51,584 of someone that you knew and loved. 1483 01:12:51,628 --> 01:12:53,760 ♪ 1484 01:12:53,804 --> 01:12:56,720 - When Peter saw the risen Jesus, 1485 01:12:56,763 --> 01:13:00,245 he knew he was seeing something unprecedented. 1486 01:13:00,288 --> 01:13:05,468 This was not a hallucination or some spiritual, 1487 01:13:05,511 --> 01:13:06,860 ghostlike being. 1488 01:13:06,904 --> 01:13:08,514 ♪ 1489 01:13:08,558 --> 01:13:11,865 This was a transformed, glorified body 1490 01:13:11,909 --> 01:13:15,782 that could be touched, 1491 01:13:15,826 --> 01:13:19,307 but also could enter locked rooms. 1492 01:13:19,351 --> 01:13:22,441 Peter must have been in utter awe. 1493 01:13:22,485 --> 01:13:24,182 ♪ 1494 01:13:24,225 --> 01:13:27,054 - Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me 1495 01:13:27,098 --> 01:13:28,969 in the law of Moses, 1496 01:13:29,013 --> 01:13:32,146 the prophets, and the psalms. 1497 01:13:32,190 --> 01:13:33,757 ♪ 1498 01:13:33,800 --> 01:13:35,846 - There's nothing more important in Christianity 1499 01:13:35,889 --> 01:13:38,544 than the resurrection of Jesus. 1500 01:13:38,588 --> 01:13:39,980 - Sit with me now. 1501 01:13:40,024 --> 01:13:43,897 - Jesus defeats death, so He defeats sin, 1502 01:13:43,941 --> 01:13:48,162 and being raised to new life is about a promise to Christians 1503 01:13:48,206 --> 01:13:50,817 that they too will be raised on the last day. 1504 01:13:50,861 --> 01:13:53,690 ♪ 1505 01:13:53,733 --> 01:13:57,389 - And repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 1506 01:13:57,433 --> 01:14:04,396 ♪ 1507 01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:05,919 - I couldn't bear to look at Him. 1508 01:14:05,963 --> 01:14:09,053 I feared I'd see disappointment in His eyes. 1509 01:14:09,096 --> 01:14:13,231 ♪ 1510 01:14:13,274 --> 01:14:15,581 He only appeared to us that night. 1511 01:14:15,625 --> 01:14:17,496 I'd lost my chance to ask for forgiveness. 1512 01:14:17,540 --> 01:14:22,675 ♪ 1513 01:14:22,719 --> 01:14:26,026 I went back to Galilee to my life as a fisherman. 1514 01:14:26,070 --> 01:14:31,031 ♪ 1515 01:14:31,075 --> 01:14:33,033 Peter the Rock had failed. 1516 01:14:33,077 --> 01:14:34,687 What else could I do? 1517 01:14:34,731 --> 01:14:36,341 ♪ 1518 01:14:45,655 --> 01:14:47,526 - Peter goes back to the fishing life 1519 01:14:47,570 --> 01:14:52,575 because that's what he knows. That's what is familiar. 1520 01:14:52,618 --> 01:14:54,751 But this is not the same person 1521 01:14:54,794 --> 01:14:58,668 that we met early on in the Gospel. 1522 01:14:58,711 --> 01:15:01,018 - In the ancient world, there is no bank account, 1523 01:15:01,061 --> 01:15:02,802 there is no 401[k], 1524 01:15:02,846 --> 01:15:06,414 there is no way to secure any of your possessions, 1525 01:15:06,458 --> 01:15:10,462 except through the constancy of your work. 1526 01:15:10,506 --> 01:15:12,943 So without Jesus, Peter has nothing. 1527 01:15:12,986 --> 01:15:19,427 ♪ 1528 01:15:19,471 --> 01:15:21,212 - I thought that I could go back to the man 1529 01:15:21,255 --> 01:15:22,996 I was before I met Jesus 1530 01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:25,433 and forget everything. 1531 01:15:25,477 --> 01:15:28,306 It wasn't that simple. 1532 01:15:28,349 --> 01:15:30,961 - Peter thinks it's all over. 1533 01:15:31,004 --> 01:15:35,052 There is no sense that that longed-for messiah 1534 01:15:35,095 --> 01:15:38,359 has fulfilled the destiny that Peter was hoping for him. 1535 01:15:38,403 --> 01:15:41,275 - [sighs] 1536 01:15:41,319 --> 01:15:44,583 - He thinks very carefully back to what has happened. 1537 01:15:44,627 --> 01:15:48,544 ♪ 1538 01:15:48,587 --> 01:15:50,981 - No servant is greater than his master. 1539 01:15:51,024 --> 01:15:57,640 ♪ 1540 01:15:57,683 --> 01:15:58,597 This is my body. 1541 01:15:58,641 --> 01:16:02,166 ♪ 1542 01:16:02,209 --> 01:16:04,385 Take it and eat it. 1543 01:16:04,429 --> 01:16:09,216 ♪ 1544 01:16:09,260 --> 01:16:13,612 - Peter had to go through a period of doubt. 1545 01:16:13,656 --> 01:16:16,702 Did this lead him to have doubts about Jesus? 1546 01:16:16,746 --> 01:16:19,357 Perhaps most of all, 1547 01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:21,881 it led him to have doubts about himself. 1548 01:16:21,925 --> 01:16:25,189 ♪ 1549 01:16:25,232 --> 01:16:27,147 - He needs to be forgiven 1550 01:16:27,191 --> 01:16:29,889 for the role that he failed to play 1551 01:16:29,933 --> 01:16:31,369 in the crucifixion. 1552 01:16:31,412 --> 01:16:34,633 ♪ 1553 01:16:34,677 --> 01:16:37,593 - [panting and gasping] 1554 01:16:37,636 --> 01:16:44,556 ♪ 1555 01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:45,644 No! 1556 01:16:45,688 --> 01:16:46,602 [hammer bangs] 1557 01:16:46,645 --> 01:16:48,299 No! 1558 01:16:48,342 --> 01:16:49,256 [hammer bangs] 1559 01:16:49,300 --> 01:16:51,476 [groaning] 1560 01:16:51,519 --> 01:16:54,871 [hammer banging] 1561 01:16:54,914 --> 01:16:55,959 No, no, no! 1562 01:16:56,002 --> 01:17:00,441 [gasping and panting] 1563 01:17:00,485 --> 01:17:04,620 - The problem is that Peter is still struggling 1564 01:17:04,663 --> 01:17:08,493 with the fact that he denied Jesus. 1565 01:17:08,536 --> 01:17:10,538 ♪ 1566 01:17:10,582 --> 01:17:13,716 Judas betrayed, 1567 01:17:13,759 --> 01:17:17,154 but Peter betrayed in a different way. 1568 01:17:17,197 --> 01:17:19,330 ♪ 1569 01:17:19,373 --> 01:17:20,984 - I couldn't forget. 1570 01:17:21,027 --> 01:17:23,290 I couldn't go back. 1571 01:17:23,334 --> 01:17:26,467 I was a different man now. 1572 01:17:26,511 --> 01:17:33,431 ♪ 1573 01:17:40,046 --> 01:17:41,352 - So one day, 1574 01:17:41,395 --> 01:17:43,397 Peter is there, and he's fishing, 1575 01:17:43,441 --> 01:17:45,878 and he looks to the beach... 1576 01:17:45,922 --> 01:17:48,838 [delicate music] 1577 01:17:48,881 --> 01:17:55,496 ♪ 1578 01:17:55,540 --> 01:17:56,584 - It's the Lord. 1579 01:17:56,628 --> 01:18:03,548 ♪ 1580 01:18:06,769 --> 01:18:07,900 - In that moment, 1581 01:18:07,944 --> 01:18:09,989 Peter's life completely changed. 1582 01:18:10,033 --> 01:18:16,953 ♪ 1583 01:18:18,824 --> 01:18:21,044 Jesus comes back in full force 1584 01:18:21,087 --> 01:18:22,654 and full strength and glory. 1585 01:18:22,698 --> 01:18:25,962 ♪ 1586 01:18:26,005 --> 01:18:29,008 - He had come for me, and I felt free... 1587 01:18:29,052 --> 01:18:30,270 [laughs] 1588 01:18:30,314 --> 01:18:32,969 Like the chains in my mind 1589 01:18:33,012 --> 01:18:34,405 were finally coming loose. 1590 01:18:34,448 --> 01:18:36,929 ♪ 1591 01:18:36,973 --> 01:18:38,452 - In the Gospel of John, 1592 01:18:38,496 --> 01:18:41,107 Jesus and Peter speak at this time. 1593 01:18:41,151 --> 01:18:43,370 Jesus gives him a direct commission. 1594 01:18:43,414 --> 01:18:46,983 ♪ 1595 01:18:47,026 --> 01:18:50,769 And He asks him three things. He says... 1596 01:18:50,813 --> 01:18:55,948 - Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these? 1597 01:18:55,992 --> 01:18:59,343 - Lord, You know that I love You. 1598 01:18:59,386 --> 01:19:01,258 - And He asks him again, "Peter, do you love Me?" 1599 01:19:01,301 --> 01:19:02,389 ♪ 1600 01:19:02,433 --> 01:19:03,956 - Feed my lambs. 1601 01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:07,003 ♪ 1602 01:19:07,046 --> 01:19:08,918 Do you love Me? 1603 01:19:08,961 --> 01:19:11,094 - And again, Peter says, "Yes, Lord. I love You." 1604 01:19:11,137 --> 01:19:13,139 - Tend to My sheep. 1605 01:19:13,183 --> 01:19:16,447 ♪ 1606 01:19:16,490 --> 01:19:21,365 Simon, son of John, 1607 01:19:21,408 --> 01:19:22,932 do you love Me? 1608 01:19:22,975 --> 01:19:24,803 ♪ 1609 01:19:24,847 --> 01:19:26,196 - And what He's saying is, 1610 01:19:26,239 --> 01:19:28,241 "Declare it, 1611 01:19:28,285 --> 01:19:31,810 because you couldn't say it after I was arrested. 1612 01:19:31,854 --> 01:19:34,508 You couldn't say it when we locked eyes. 1613 01:19:34,552 --> 01:19:37,424 You could not say it then. 1614 01:19:37,468 --> 01:19:38,948 Say it now." 1615 01:19:38,991 --> 01:19:41,689 - Lord, You know all things. 1616 01:19:41,733 --> 01:19:43,474 You know that I love You. 1617 01:19:43,517 --> 01:19:44,475 ♪ 1618 01:19:44,518 --> 01:19:47,260 - Feed My sheep. 1619 01:19:47,304 --> 01:19:48,348 - [chuckles] 1620 01:19:48,392 --> 01:19:50,742 - And with those statements-- 1621 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:52,918 "Feed My lambs, 1622 01:19:52,962 --> 01:19:55,355 tend My sheep, feed My sheep"-- 1623 01:19:55,399 --> 01:19:57,357 a threefold recommissioning, 1624 01:19:57,401 --> 01:20:00,839 just as there'd been a threefold denial, 1625 01:20:00,883 --> 01:20:06,105 and Peter is restored to being the leader of the disciples. 1626 01:20:06,149 --> 01:20:09,195 - From that moment, I knew I would be able to do 1627 01:20:09,239 --> 01:20:12,720 whatever Jesus commanded of me. 1628 01:20:12,764 --> 01:20:14,984 I'd been given a second chance. 1629 01:20:15,027 --> 01:20:16,550 ♪ 1630 01:20:28,345 --> 01:20:29,694 - I'd been given a second chance. 1631 01:20:29,737 --> 01:20:36,657 ♪ 1632 01:20:43,360 --> 01:20:46,189 - Jesus' great commission, as it's called, 1633 01:20:46,232 --> 01:20:50,497 is sort of a Big Bang moment for Christianity, 1634 01:20:50,541 --> 01:20:53,152 because it's the moment where it takes off. 1635 01:20:53,196 --> 01:20:54,284 ♪ 1636 01:20:54,327 --> 01:20:56,373 Jesus is telling His disciples 1637 01:20:56,416 --> 01:20:59,985 that they need to spread the word. 1638 01:21:00,029 --> 01:21:01,900 - All authority in heaven 1639 01:21:01,944 --> 01:21:06,731 and on earth has been given to me. 1640 01:21:06,774 --> 01:21:10,866 So make disciples for all nations, 1641 01:21:10,909 --> 01:21:14,130 baptizing them in the name of the Father 1642 01:21:14,173 --> 01:21:18,177 and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 1643 01:21:18,221 --> 01:21:20,049 ♪ 1644 01:21:20,092 --> 01:21:22,007 - This is the first missionary movement 1645 01:21:22,051 --> 01:21:23,922 in religious history. 1646 01:21:23,966 --> 01:21:26,533 This is the first time anybody says, 1647 01:21:26,577 --> 01:21:29,667 "Go out and recruit people en masse." 1648 01:21:29,710 --> 01:21:31,669 ♪ 1649 01:21:31,712 --> 01:21:34,106 - And surely I am with you always, 1650 01:21:34,150 --> 01:21:37,022 to the very end of the age. 1651 01:21:37,066 --> 01:21:39,938 ♪ 1652 01:21:39,982 --> 01:21:43,681 - I knew Jesus as my teacher, 1653 01:21:43,724 --> 01:21:47,598 as my friend, and as the Son of God. 1654 01:21:47,641 --> 01:21:49,948 Because of Him, I am restored. 1655 01:21:49,992 --> 01:21:53,734 I have regained my purpose. 1656 01:21:53,778 --> 01:22:00,698 ♪ 1657 01:22:05,398 --> 01:22:08,097 - We see Peter a transformed man. 1658 01:22:08,140 --> 01:22:11,013 He has finally gotten it. 1659 01:22:11,056 --> 01:22:15,060 He comes out renewed, more confident, 1660 01:22:15,104 --> 01:22:16,888 ready to go forward, 1661 01:22:16,932 --> 01:22:19,151 and in fact, he does go forward. 1662 01:22:19,195 --> 01:22:20,457 - Is that all you're taking? 1663 01:22:20,500 --> 01:22:22,981 - Peter understood that his task 1664 01:22:23,025 --> 01:22:25,723 was to reclaim various people 1665 01:22:25,766 --> 01:22:27,246 for the following of Jesus 1666 01:22:27,290 --> 01:22:29,248 and to go throughout the empire to do this. 1667 01:22:29,292 --> 01:22:33,644 ♪ 1668 01:22:33,687 --> 01:22:37,039 - Christianity spreads rapidly throughout the Roman Empire. 1669 01:22:37,082 --> 01:22:39,737 Less than a decade after the death of Jesus, 1670 01:22:39,780 --> 01:22:42,000 there were probably 10,000 Christians. 1671 01:22:42,044 --> 01:22:45,395 200 years after Jesus' death, 1672 01:22:45,438 --> 01:22:48,485 there might be close to a million Christians. 1673 01:22:48,528 --> 01:22:51,140 - This movement has gone from a group of followers 1674 01:22:51,183 --> 01:22:53,055 in rural Palestine 1675 01:22:53,098 --> 01:22:56,623 to some of the largest cities in the empire. 1676 01:22:56,667 --> 01:22:59,626 - And 300 years after the death of Jesus, 1677 01:22:59,670 --> 01:23:01,672 the Roman emperor himself, 1678 01:23:01,715 --> 01:23:04,588 Constantine, converts to Christianity. 1679 01:23:04,631 --> 01:23:08,722 ♪ 1680 01:23:08,766 --> 01:23:10,986 [music crescendos] 1681 01:23:11,029 --> 01:23:13,814 ♪ 1682 01:23:13,858 --> 01:23:16,817 - In Catholic tradition, Peter goes to Rome 1683 01:23:16,861 --> 01:23:19,124 and establishes the first Roman Catholic church 1684 01:23:19,168 --> 01:23:21,213 there, becoming the first Pope. 1685 01:23:21,257 --> 01:23:22,867 But is this historical? 1686 01:23:22,910 --> 01:23:24,651 ♪ 1687 01:23:24,695 --> 01:23:26,610 - If you read Paul's letter to the Romans 1688 01:23:26,653 --> 01:23:29,874 written sometime in the late 50s AD, 1689 01:23:29,917 --> 01:23:33,225 there are a huge number of followers of Jesus 1690 01:23:33,269 --> 01:23:34,705 already in Rome, 1691 01:23:34,748 --> 01:23:36,576 and Peter's nowhere to be found. 1692 01:23:36,620 --> 01:23:40,493 ♪ 1693 01:23:40,537 --> 01:23:43,931 - Despite this, the church at Rome, 1694 01:23:43,975 --> 01:23:46,108 St. Peter, is still named after him. 1695 01:23:46,151 --> 01:23:49,415 If you enter into St. Peter's at the Vatican City, 1696 01:23:49,459 --> 01:23:53,506 you will go and see the words that Jesus speaks to Peter 1697 01:23:53,550 --> 01:23:56,814 there written around the bottom of the cupola. 1698 01:23:56,857 --> 01:23:59,686 - You are now Peter, the Rock, 1699 01:23:59,730 --> 01:24:03,299 and on this rock, I will build my church. 1700 01:24:03,342 --> 01:24:04,517 ♪ 1701 01:24:04,561 --> 01:24:05,692 - Peter's story ends, 1702 01:24:05,736 --> 01:24:08,217 according to tradition, 1703 01:24:08,260 --> 01:24:12,786 with him being crucified in Rome upside down, 1704 01:24:12,830 --> 01:24:15,485 because he insists that he's not worthy 1705 01:24:15,528 --> 01:24:20,272 to be crucified the same way as his Lord. 1706 01:24:20,316 --> 01:24:23,536 - Peter's story, in a sense, is all of our stories. 1707 01:24:23,580 --> 01:24:24,624 We make mistakes. 1708 01:24:24,668 --> 01:24:26,365 We have flaws and weaknesses, 1709 01:24:26,409 --> 01:24:28,715 but like Peter, we can receive forgiveness 1710 01:24:28,759 --> 01:24:30,239 and get back up again. 1711 01:24:30,282 --> 01:24:34,939 ♪ 1712 01:24:34,982 --> 01:24:38,464 - I am Peter, the Rock, 1713 01:24:38,508 --> 01:24:41,293 and I will go forth and build His church. 1714 01:24:41,337 --> 01:24:44,253 [dramatic music] 1715 01:24:44,296 --> 01:24:51,216 ♪ 110349

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