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"He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age.

For your daughter-in-law, who loves you

and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth."

- Naomi took the child... - Naomi took the child

in her arms and cared for him.

...and cared for him.

- Women living there said... - Women living there said...

-"Naomi has a son!" -"Naomi has a son!"

And so they called him...

- Obed. - Obed. Are you awake?

Obed. Um...

He was the father of Jesse?

Obed was the father of Jesse,

who was the father of David.

Ma, come away from the window.

He's here.

Our Father in Heaven!

Your name be hallowed.

- Your kingdom come, -Your will be done.

on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins.

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

Do not let us fall into temptation.

- And deliver us from evil. - For Yours is the kingdom,

- the power... - and the glory

forever and ever.

Give us this day our daily bread...

Amen.

Peter.

Let's go.

What is the meaning of this?

Let me explain.

What is the meaning of this?

High Minister.

Grand Sanhedrin.

Before you, we have brought a criminal of the faith.

An incessant lawbreaker who must stand trial immediately!

Are you out of your mind?

Who are you to stumble in here and disrupt the Sanhedrin's assembly

and make demands?

Apologies, ministers.

This man has spoken publicly against our law and holy places

to masses of people in the synagogues.

Enough is enough!

It is for the safety of our faith and Temple

that we demand he is tried immediately.

The answer is no. You have no voice here.

We will not stand for this!

He speaks sacrilegious words

-against Moses... -Do you people not understand

-there is a due process? -...and our God!

They have no ministerial witness. This cannot--

Our faith and our synagogues must not be degraded in this way.

That is the last time you will disrespect me!

I will not be forced to do anything!

Captain!

If you're not stationed at the foyer, chambers now!

I suggest you all think very carefully about your next steps.

You carry on like this and you'll find yourselves on trial.

Guards, take them away!

And release that man.

Wait!

Everybody wait!

Who are the guards on duty out there?!

- Saul of Tarsus? - High Minister...

...forgive me for such an entrance

but what these men have said is true, all of it.

This man they have captured is somebody extremely dangerous to the faith,

and for the safety of our people

should not be released without immediate trial.

I beg your pardon?

Like the other Jesus followers, he too is a heretic!

But this man disregards the faith and the Temple in such a manner

that he deems it "his calling” to break into synagogues

and speak against the Sanhedrin, Moses, and our God.

Not only does he indoctrinate the people in our synagogues,

but he calls for our children to condemn the Temple in the streets!

Ministers, this man is proof of everything I have said

about this cult from the beginning.

And suddenly things are starting to make sense.

I imagine this farce is completely your doing.

You really can't help yourself, can you?

High Minister, with the greatest respect,

might I suggest we quickly remove the incapable Saul of Tarsus

and get his men off the premises.

Need we remind him he is not a member of the Sanhedrin?

No, I'm not.

But I am still a minister.

A minister who today witnessed the crimes of this man.

He's a ministerial witness.

That changes things.

High Minister...

I implore you, for the good of our faith,

let the trial for this man take place immediately.

This has nothing to do with our faith.

It has everything to do with it!

When are we going to wake up?

We've all seen the decline in our synagogues

or heard of how our renowned leaders have deserted

and denounced our way of life.

Elected Ministers, if we are not careful,

future generations will remember our faith as a thing of old.

It will be a distant memory.

I am sorry, but I am no longer prepared to let any more of these criminals

come and diminish what is sacred, what is ours.

I will put my reputation at stake

if it means we fight back and punish this man.

Your reputation holds no weight!

I will stake my life then.

Enough!

The man accused. Let him rise.

The man of danger...

appears to be just a boy.

Ministers...

there's been a mistake.

I know this boy.

I can assure you he is not the man they claim him to be.

High Minister--

Quiet! You've spoken too much.

The boy standing before us, his name is Stephen.

He is the son of a good man,

a man who, years back, before he passed, was prevalent in our synagogues.

You knew his father?

Yes, High Minister, we were friends.

His father, like us, studied the scriptures diligently

and was a devout follower of the law.

His father's righteous way of living

cannot excuse the accusation against the boy.

Elected Ministers, it would be beneath the Sanhedrin

to punish this boy based on accusations for which there is no real evidence.

I saw him.

I vouch for him.

He is not a criminal of the faith.

High Minister...

you need to remove Gamaliel from these chambers.

Preposterous!

In order for this to be a fair trial...

...I ask Gamaliel be removed from the court.

Who do you think you are?

Outrageous! Outrageous!

Ministers...

The reason why Gamaliel will vouch for this criminal...

is because he is a Jesus sympathizer.

Rubbish!

Saul of Tarsus, such an accusation could have dire consequences.

It's true, High Minister.

In fact, "a Jesus sympathizer" is putting it kindly.

You've gotten out of hand.

Ministers, may I remind you that it was Gamaliel

who fought for the 12 leaders of this man's cult to be released.

And now we see him doing exactly the same thing.

This is not the same as--

Time and time again,

when I have pushed privately we deal with these parasites,

it has been Gamaliel who insisted for me to mind my own business, leave them alone.

High Minister, he's lying!

The one time I refused, I was punished.

-Because you are obsessed. -Cast out. My nomination revoked.

Because you are obsessed!

He meets with them.

He's been seen with a leader who's been tried here twice.

I have a witness.

Is that true?

I would never betray the Temple, High Minister.

He already has.

He's twisting events!

Did you meet with them?

-It-it wasn't-- -Did you privately meet

with their leaders? Yes or no?

Caiaphas...

Answer the question.

We want justice! We want justice! We want justice!

Let the minister through!

Where is he?

My boy! Where is he?

Where?

Move. Move!

High Minister, what is your verdict?

Let the trial commence.

You cannot be here. Those people are out for blood.

I have to help him! We have to help him!

Look at me, Esther.

Look at me!

Now listen carefully.

The Sanhedrin are not allowed to pass capital punishment.

Only the Imperium can.

And Caiaphas does not want the Imperium here.

We need to find the followers, Esther.

They need to come and make enough noise

so everyone is forced to keep things peaceful.

Do you understand?

We need to remind the Sanhedrin of their limitations.

Okay, I tracked one of their leaders to somewhere south of central.

I know where they are. I know. I know how to get there.

That's his mother!

Run! Go to them! Now! Run!

Minister Saul, tell these men to remove themselves.

-But-- -It's fine.

You can go.

I, Caiaphas, High Minister and Royal Priest,

call on the Most High God.

May He be in this place and reveal His will to us,

His committed servants. Amen.

Amen.

Remember, boy, I dealt with your Jesus

and I can easily deal with you too.

You will speak when spoken to, you will tell no lies,

and you will show respect before our God.

Is that understood?

Minister Saul.

What are the accusations against this boy?

Respected Ministers, High Minister...

praise to the Most High.

This man has been invading the Libertine Synagogue

with his heresy for weeks.

Drawing people away from the faith, manipulating our scriptures.

On countless occasions, the Freedmen Members report him saying...

They report him saying his Jesus of Nazareth

will tear down this Holy Place, our Temple,

and change the customs handed down to us from Moses.

Moses.

The very same who God handed the law to,

this man would have us throw it away like it's nothing.

Minister Saul, clear the floor.

To destroy the Temple.

To cast away the customs of Moses.

Are these charges true?

Brothers.

Fathers.

Do you remember the promise?

You keep speaking about Moses and his customs,

but don't you remember how God appeared to Abraham way before?

It was to Abraham, our forefather, God said, "Leave.

Leave everything you've known, everything you are,

and go to the land I will show you."

So he did.

And it was here that God made Abraham the promise.

That Abraham and his descendants would possess this land.

That He would make Abraham a great nation

and that through his people...

our people,

God would bless the entire world.

But look at us.

Our people are oppressed.

The Imperium has taken our land,

and the rest of the world do not know our God.

So what happened?

His word is true, He's not a liar.

What is it then?

You're the teachers.

You meet to discuss Him every day,

you pour through His scriptures, and you teach in His name.

Tell me!

Where is His promise?

Help me!

James! James!

Please help!

Somebody help me!

James!

James! Peter! Please help!

Please! Somebody help my boy!

Which boy?

What happened? Where is he?

-What happened? -They took him. The Freedmen.

They made a public arrest.

- Stephen? - He's on trial now.

The people are demanding they Kill him.

Let's go.

It's okay. It's okay, it's okay. It's okay.

Simon, Andrew, Thad, Phil, Matthew.

Come on! Any of the seven. Come on, let's move out.

-I know where some of them are. Should I-- -Yes. Go, go, go.

James!

-Stephen's been put on trial. -What?

They can't have put him on trial already.

We got no time. Are you coming or not?

Of course, we are. Come on!

Praise God.

I have seen God save our people time and time again.

I know it in my bones, God will show up for Stephen.

Matthew and I will stay here with the house.

-Come on, we've got you. Let's go. -Which way are we going?

-Central intersection. -We won't stop praying.

During the famine, it was through Joseph that our fathers were saved.

Even though they betrayed him, he still loved them.

He saved them.

But when a new Pharaoh came to power,

one that had forgotten all the good Joseph had done,

that Pharaoh enslaved our people for 400 years.

That, my fathers,

that is when God raised up the Moses

that this man claims I dishonored.

You studied him.

Moses wasn't a normal child.

He was adopted and educated by Egyptian royalty,

but when he saw one of his own people being beaten by an Egyptian guard,

he reacted.

And he thought that people would recognize God

using him to save them, but they didn't.

Instead, they accused him.

They feared him.

So Moses ran.

The angel of the Lord appeared to Moses

in the flames of a burning bush

in the deserts of Mount Sinai.

Not in some sacred halls or majestic building,

but in the wilderness. Don't you get it?

It was in the wilderness that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

said for Moses to take off his sandals for he was standing on Holy Ground.

He sent Moses back to Egypt, used him to free His people,

the very people who had first rejected him.

But he performed wonders.

He led his people out of Egypt

through the Red Sea and into the wilderness.

And it was here

that Moses reminded them of God's promise.

God's promise to Abraham.

-We have to get to the Temple. -You can't all come through together.

Let us in. First of all, there's no need for that.

-We come through here all the time. -There's too many of you.

I'll let a couple of you in through this way,

the rest of you find another route.

-Please, my son is-- - I don't wanna hear it.

What's going on?

I don't know.

I think it's the Jesus people.

Oh, yeah, that's them.

And then...

generations later, out of the wilderness

and in this land of milk and honey,

King David loved our God so much that he wanted to build a house for Him.

A place where all could come and worship.

And it was his son, Solomon,

who first built this.

The Temple.

- Justice! - We want justice!

We want justice!

Caleb. Did the others get through?

-Where's Stevie? -You don't know?

They put him on trial. We're all going to get him.

Okay. Okay. Everyone, listen up.

James, Peter, Simon, you go through first.

We'll get to you as soon as possible.

-Try and get an audience. - I must go with them!

-He can go. I'll... -Okay,

start scanning your identifications.

It needs to be all of us. I know what he said. But if--

Gamaliel said it has to be all of us.

I know. You go and we'll come straight after you.

Go.

Stop that!

-Everyone, out of the way! -Out of the way!

-Let's go! -Go, go, go, go!

The gate! The gate! Let's go!

Go on. Go.

This Temple, where people have worshiped our Lord

generation after generation,

clinging to His promise.

This Temple, which even Solomon said could not contain our God.

This Temple, where only you...

the High Minister, may enter the Holy of Holies,

where you say we must come to be with God.

But the Most High doesn't live in houses made by mere human hands.

It's as the prophet Isaiah wrote:

""Heaven is my throne and the world is my footstool.

What house could you possibly build for me?' says our God.

'Where would you have me live?

Did I not make all these things?“

You're stubborn.

And proud. All of you.

Waiting here for God's promise to be fulfilled,

but you're blind.

You're deaf to His words.

Your hearts are like stone.

You don't even recognize the voice that created you.

You continue to reject the Holy Spirit just like your ancestors did,

time and time again.

Name a prophet that your fathers didn't persecute!

Anyone?

The same prophets that were killed

because they announced the coming of the promise:

the Righteous One.

The King. The Messiah.

Jesus...

...who you betrayed and had murdered.

You, who have the words of life,

who have the law...

but don't even keep it.

You, who sit here so still

and full of yourselves in this house made from human hands...

but can't even tell when God's on the move.

His promise arrived.

And you're missing it.

Look.

Look.

Look!

It's Jesus...

I see.

I see!

I see the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.

Blasphemy!

Take him to the city walls!

Caiaphas! Caiaphas!

Leave him!

Are you going?

What's going on here?

Do you know who I am?

Then leave us to our work.

Northern Checkpoint, Purple Sector Five.

Pilate might wanna hear about this.

Received. Investigate.

All right, come on.

-Where is-- -They meet in the Chamber, it's this way.

Take us to Stephen.

Pete.

Where is he?

He's...

He's at the city walls.

-Okay, okay. City walls. -City walls!

Esther.

Don't go there. Stay here.

I found them. I brought them. I did it.

And I brought them.

I brought them.

I brought them. Please...

Please.

Jesus.

Lord...

receive my Spirit.

Don't hold this sin against them, Lord.

You see me.

I'm ready now.

Bring me home.

Oh, my darling boy.

Okay then...

Okay.

You sleep.

You sleep.

People are sad.

Yeah.

I'm gonna get baptized one day.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I like Jesus,

even though I've never met Him.

Same here.

Jesus lives in Heaven now, right?

Yeah,

but He's coming back one day.

Jesus?

Yeah.

"Cause it's not over, you know?

That's cool.

I can't wait to meet Him.

Neither can I.