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Give up, priest.

Why? God is on my side. Tent maker.

For a very bad reason.

You're just not as strong as me.

You're as old.

When I first came to Jerusalem from Tarsus.

How many times have you won?

Many. Oh, you liar.

My strength is my tenacity. Once I know the goal, I never give up.

Admiral.

Stupid, but admirable.

Why'd you wear that Roman sword? It looks ridiculous.

I'm a captain of the temple guard.

You're a businessman.

Why'd you pretend to be a warrior?

Leave me alone.

A child playing war games.

You're not my priest, Sadducee.

Pharisee.

The priest wins the match, but the tentmaker wins the hearts of the crowd.

Dina, go home and make my supper. The tentmaker rubbed dirt in the face of the

priest, and the crowd loved it.

How'd you know I won?

How'd you know I rubbed dirt in his face?

I was watching.

Watching.

When are you going to marry that girl?

Never. I don't love her.

Yes, you do.

But when her father died, she was put in my care. I took her in. It doesn't mean

I have to marry her.

Of course not. Why would anyone marry a girl who is beautiful, smart, wild, and

in love with you? Wild, yes.

She questions my knowledge of the Torah. I'm a Sadducee priest. I've studied the

Torah every day of my life.

She doesn't question your knowledge of the Torah. She questions your slavery.

You don't understand. You're an ignorant Pharisee.

What I understand is that you want to be high priest of the temple. You're not

sure marrying Dina is best for your ambition.

There are not many men I would allow to talk to me in that way.

There are not many men who know you as well as I do.

Don't move, Hagar!

Don't move!

Don't move, Hagar! No!

Oh, that's most impressive.

I apologize for all of my remarks.

You're a hero to your people.

Hey, Garth. Be quiet, Lubin.

Forgive me. No. I wanted you to kill that man. He was going to kill you.

teaches us to love our enemies. Jesus.

So, you saved the life of a Jesus madman.

Jesus is the Messiah.

Jesus is dead.

Dead? For more than a month now. Get up.

No. No, this can't be true.

It is true, my misguided friend. And if I were you, I'd keep quiet about your

silly belief in that charlatan. Come on, Saul. No, it's not true. Jesus is not

dead. Uh -huh. Crucified.

My name is Barnabas. This is my wife, Agar.

We came to serve her.

I'm Saul.

Find another savior friend.

Here. Here.

It's all I have. I grow.

Fruits and vegetables. Sell them in the market, please.

Please, you've saved our lives.

Pilgrim.

Fear not.

He is alive.

Tonight at sundown, I will come for you.

He said you would be my witness in Jerusalem.

How can we witness when just the mention of his name can get us killed?

We can't be sure, Peter.

They crucified him, John, 40 days ago. Just 40 days ago. What will keep them

from killing us?

You don't need to harm us, Peter. We're not him.

No, we are just his chosen.

Preaching that he is still alive.

Shouting that the Sadducees are teaching lies.

Saying they wanted the Romans to kill him. They feared him.

But us?

It was easy for them to kill him. How much easier do you think it would be to

crucify us?

Followers. Men with no name.

He would have healed them.

If you try, John, and you fail, we will be laughed out of Jerusalem.

Jesus gave us the power to heal.

And if you succeed, if you use the power Jesus gave us and you heal these men,

the Sadducees will arrest you and the Romans will crucify you.

So is his mission dead, Peter?

Do you think I'm a coward?

Do you think I want to be silent?

You want to be crucified? Is that what he wants?

Buy the finest silver in Jerusalem.

I'll give you a very good price.

This is Pentecost, pilgrim. You have to buy the finest to celebrate these days.

I've no money.

I know you.

You were with him. You were with Jesus of Nazareth.

They say he's alive.

Maybe Jesus could use a pot to hold the nails from his hands and feet.

How will we give these people hope?

How we can't even speak out how can we change all this I am a

coward

Help me.

How? How are you blind? Give me food. Give me money. I can't walk.

I have nothing.

Liar. You lie so that you will not have to give me your money.

I can tell you about Jesus.

Jesus? The fool who was crucified by the Romans?

What can he give me? He's worse off than me. Go away.

It was a dream I played with illusion.

He bought his own end. You can too if you wish. I don't need illusion.

I eat food.

Get away.

Go away.

You see, we can do nothing without the master.

He is with us. Where?

Do you feel him? Do you see his effect anywhere here? Peter. Words.

That is all we have.

Words.

And they're useless.

Peace be with you, Saul.

Greetings, Saul.

I wouldn't argue... Gamaliel, the finest teacher in all of Judea.

Saul, my best student, who has learned the art of flattery. I don't remember

teaching me anything about flattery, Gamaliel.

Solomon spoke of vanity. You have learned that lesson well.

I am hungry, great Saul.

If you have not eaten today, you will.

As taught by the law of Moses, you have learned well.

But what will I do when all the beggars have eaten and I have no more money?

You will beg.

And others who follow the law of the Torah will feed you.

Lord Jesus, you promised us saying.

You will receive power when the Holy Spirit will come upon you.

And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, and to the

the earth.

Please, we beg you, Jesus.

Give us your Holy Spirit, because we can do nothing without you. Give us the

power to carry your name.

Peter.

Oh, Peter. Bring me to God.

The Holy Spirit has been given to us.

Peter, John, the time is now. I must know.

Do we have the power, or is his mission dead?

Let the entire...

is Jesus.

False prophet. False prophet.

He is dead.

He was crucified, but he lives.

The Romans crucified him.

We know that you acted in ignorance.

You are the ignorant one.

But now you must repent and turn to God so that your sins may be forgiven.

Save yourself.

Go back to Navarre.

Is the Messiah.

Then why is he dead?

Jesus is not dead.

I saw him on the cross and he looked dead to me.

He came out of the tomb.

He is alive.

We saw him alive.

You're both drunk.

God raised Jesus, freeing him from death.

No one defeats death. What should we do to receive the Spirit of God?

Repent and be baptized so your sins may be forgiven.

God took my legs.

What else does he want?

Look at

us.

I have no silver or gold.

But what I have?

I give you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Do you want this?

Stand up.

Why do you stare at us?

Do you think we made him walk by our own power?

Jesus has given him this.

In your presence.

This is blasphemy.

Jesus of Nazareth is dead. A false prophet.

This is not a miracle. He walks.

This man has been pretending to be lame all these years just so that he can beg

for money.

Tomorrow he'll be at the gate once again begging.

This is hysteria.

This is God's will.

And now you blaspheme, too.

You stand in the temple, God's house.

You be careful what you say.

Faith in Jesus' name made this man... Arrest this man! You know this man. You

can see for yourself that Jesus has given him strength in his legs once

Help me! Repent!

I didn't save your life to see you die in prison. Be quiet.

The Messiah!

The Messiah!

I am the high priest of the temple.

What are your names?

Simon, known as Peter.

John, son of Zebedee from Capernaum.

By what power or by what name did you commit this act?

This man has been healed by the name of Jesus of Nazareth, whom God has raised

from the dead.

If he is raised from the dead, where is he now?

He ascended into heaven.

He ascended into heaven.

We saw him.

While you watched.

There is salvation in no one else.

For there is no other name under heaven or given amongst mortals by which we

must be saved.

Can you read?

Can you write?

What is your profession?

Fisherman. Fisherman.

You are fisherman from Galilee?

How dare you presume to tell this learned body of scholars what God

Does this man walk?

Did he walk two days ago? Two years ago? Twenty years ago?

Did you save him? Did you save him?

No. Jesus did.

Men have committed a blasphemy against God in the presence of many witnesses.

And those same witnesses watched them heal a lame beggar.

A man we have all seen sit by the temple gates for decades.

You cannot deny it. We cannot allow them to teach this myth of Jesus of

Nazareth. The man is dead. The myth is alive.

Yes.

A myth is like a fire. Confine it and it will die.

If it spreads, it will grow.

Bring them in.

You will not speak of Jesus of Nazareth. You will not preach in his name. You

will not heal in his name ever.

If you are found publicly speaking of this man, this dead man, you will be

arrested, tried for blasphemy and treason. I speak as high priest of this

temple. Whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you rather than God,

must judge.

For we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard. We will

teach and heal in the name of the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth. Then you

spend the rest of your life in prison.

As God wills.

Send them away!

It is Stephen.

This is John, one of Jesus' close friends.

John, this is Barnabas and his wife Hagar. They're believers.

Welcome.

Please come in.

Mary, I want you to meet two believers.

Barnabas and his wife Hagar. This is Jesus' mother, Mary.

I'm your servant.

Mother of... Jesus. I'm just a person like you.

Don't kneel to me.

You're chosen by God.

We all are chosen for a task by God.

It is our job to find what he needs from us.

Come and eat with us.

And we will tell you all about Jesus.

Jesus said... Take...

Eat, for this is my body.

Do this in remembrance of me.

Barnabas, do you believe in the Lord Jesus, our Christ, our Messiah?

and our Savior, with all my heart and soul.

I baptize you in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

God's promise is to you who believe.

Hagar, wife of Barnabas, Do you believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and our God?

I do.

I believe with all my heart.

I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

You are under arrest by order of the high priest of the temple.

Yesterday. 3 ,000 more were baptized in a matter of hours. We have a new heresy

to deal with.

Heresy?

Are you sure?

Their leader was crucified by the Romans.

So now the Romans decide what is heresy? This morning the Romans issued a formal

complaint. They fear a rebellion if these teachings persist.

So you Pharisees must get control of these people. We Pharisees? Why blame

Roman? Who teaches that the Messiah is coming?

Pharisees!

And now they teach that the Messiah is risen from the dead. This Pharisee

teaching. This fantasy of an afterlife.

You restrain this sect of yours or Rome will make us suffer. Our teaching is

clear. At the end of time, we shall all rise again.

But the Torah does not teach that.

The Torah is the law as given by God to Moses on Sinai. You speak the teachings

of Sadducees.

But to Pharisees, the Torah was given by God to every man.

It is up to each man to decide how to interpret these words for himself.

You delude the people with a promise of resurrection, and this is what you get!

A risen Messiah!

Fellow Israelites, consider carefully what you propose to do to these men.

If their beliefs are of human origin, they will fail.

Remember Teodos.

He had hundreds of followers, and yet they all disappeared.

When he died.

Remember Judas, the Galilean?

Many followers.

But when he died, they all scattered.

But if their teachings are of God. Of God?

What are you, a blasphemer too?

But if their teachings are of God, you will not be able to overthrow them.

Because you'll be fighting against God himself.

I counsel caution.

Bring in the prisoners.

The prisoners?

Yes. The prisoners have escaped.

They are teaching at the temple at this very moment.

Our master Jesus said, in truth, I tell you, whoever does not receive the

kingdom of God... How did you escape from the prison?

God's angel opened your doors for us. The liar!

You bribed the God and now he will die.

Jesus wants his word to be known to Israel. He released us. We gave you

orders not to preach in this man's name.

We must obey God.

Flog them.

Forty lashes!

Minus one.

Rejoice, John, that you're worthy to suffer for our Lord.

For our Lord.

Martyrs are such fools.

Mother, what are you doing here?

I was listening to them, Reuben.

You should not persecute them, son.

Mother, come home.

Let me deal with the politics of God and the Empire.

fun today.

Do you know, there was a flogging in the temple.

Yes, the Jesus followers.

Gamaliel thinks you should be cautious. Then anyone who would become a Pharisee

would understand idiocy, wouldn't they?

Ruben, behave. Oh, be nice to your friend. I promise, Mother.

To her you promise, but me you ignore?

Oh, Sarah is my blessed mother. You are but my... Your wife -to -be.

Perhaps.

You hurt Dina, Ruben. Sometimes I am not.

proud of you, son. Now, you apologize to Dina. I promise. Now.

Dina.

Dina, come back.

That was only teasing.

Why don't you lie down? There's plenty of food here.

She'll be fine.

Come on, Saul.

Saul, you're an educated man.

You can't believe in angels.

With all my heart.

Oh, Pharisees. Saul, you're a born leader. You're a man of culture.

Do you know Saul is a Roman citizen?

My father purchased citizenship, nothing more. He blackmailed the Roman generals

to give him citizenship because they needed his tents for their army. He paid

500 drachmae. Two years' wages?

Ah, not for Saul's father.

No, Saul's father was rich, just like Saul is rich.

Then perhaps I should marry Saul.

But you don't love Saul.

I don't love anybody.

You love me.

You see, if I had your gifts, I'd be ruling this city. But you told me you

the city, Reuben. Now I'm only a priest. The city is ruled by commerce these

days. And smart deal -makers like Saul.

Oh, what smart deals have you made, Saul? You jest.

Saul has made the best deal ever. Listen to this.

There are lambs slaughtered every day of every year in the temple.

Sacrifices, yes. And on Perth, there are 20 ,000 slaughtered in one day.

Yes? Well, where do you think the hides of all those lambs go?

Does it make sense?

Yep. For the Roman army, for the temple guard, for Herod's army, and it's Saul,

the tent maker.

Bravo!

These Saul's young women these days are more impressed by commerce than humble

priests.

Humble? I love you, humble priest.

Now, as part of Saul's deal for the lambskins, he blackmailed the high

make him captain in the temple guard.

Reuben. So that he can wear that double -edged Roman sword and ride around the

city with a troop of sweating guards behind him.

With the blessing of Gamaliel.

Gamaliel is a great teacher.

He's a Pharisee!

me. I'm a priest.

I can't call on blasphemers.

They're scared of me. They won't come.

Take me to the temple.

She hasn't gone long.

She can't ask this of me.

But she has.

The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus as our leader and savior that he might

give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

We are witnesses of these things.

Are you here to arrest me again?

My mother.

Do you believe God can help us?

She died at peace.

You let her die.

You killed her! No, Reuben, he gave her comfort. He said, what if... She's dead!

Not this way, Reuben.

You filthy imposter!

Imposter!

Don't touch me.

What are you doing holding me?

It's all who's siding you on. These traitors on the side of God's law.

You priests let this happen time and again. When you can't control your own

people, you come to me.

King Herod is the ruler of us all. I'm not even a Jew.

I hold this position at the pleasure of Rome, just as you do, high priest.

You come to me as your ruler when you need my help. Otherwise, you fight me on

every front.

Never. My king, they question the law.

They preach the destruction of the temple. They tell people to eat what

want to eat, that nothing is unclean.

They promise a life after death.

They say the Messiah is here and that Jesus rose from the dead.

Jesus was crucified. Yes, of course, my lord. Don't pander to me, priest.

Now we have thousands following this carpenter from Nazareth. What have you

priests done to let this happen?

They are fanatics.

A threat to Israel.

The Lord of Moses is the Lord of Israel. Without the law, Israel is in chaos.

Ah, speaking of the law, here it is.

But not your ancient law of Moses, priest, no.

The Tribune and General Gaius bring us the law of the Roman sword.

Welcome, gentlemen.

Rome demands peace.

If you cannot control your people, the Empire will. Is that true, Tribune? Will

Rome crush Judea if we allow these Jesus fanatics to continue?

I would prefer diplomacy.

King Herod. But there are many, like General Gaius here, who'd welcome an

to exercise the swords of their men.

He is a cruel man, in charge of an army of cruel men.

If there is a rebellion from these bad Jews, Rome will crush it, and you along

with it.

That's all.

Peter, there is word on the street.

King Herod has ordered your death, you and John.

God taught us

that if we are to follow in his footsteps, we must sell everything and

him.

You're going to need this now.

We sold everything.

Our house, our farm.

We want to follow Jesus.

Are you sure?

Yes, we're sure.

Hagar.

Why do you think they do it?

Money? Power?

They believe it. Even worse.

Have you heard them talk?

Have you?

Yes.

When? Your mother took me.

Don't ever speak of my mother again.

Your mother thought they were saints.

Reuben!

Are you insane? Look what's happening!

Even she's defending these madmen!

Wake up, Pharisee.

Do you care about your God? Yes. Do you care about your country? Yes. Then act!

Crush them now before the Romans crush us.

Romans? The Romans are going to stand by and let a revolution begin. They'll

destroy us, our temple, our way of life, everything. And they'll laugh while

they do it.

They'd just love to do it.

Judea is the most troublesome province in the empire. They're just waiting for

an excuse to destroy our religion.

A solemn pact to destroy these lies once and for all time. We will exterminate

them, every last one of them. Rupert, no. Saul, don't do this. If you defend

these blasphemers once more in my house, you will not be allowed to live here.

Please, Saul.

To destroy false teachings.

To Israel.

It's safe.

together and listen to Stephen as he tells you the words of Jesus.

Jesus, our master, said love one another as I have loved you.

Follow this example.

He uses the name of Jesus. We have forbidden this. Arrest him.

No. Wait.

There is another way.

Believe in what he says. He can save your lives. All of your lives.

I shall be your friend.

So you come to listen to these imposters, hmm?

Good.

You stay and learn.

Bring me Saul of Tarsus and Gamaliel. They're in the second courtyard. And

quickly.

Who was Jesus?

The Son of God.

So was he man or God?

God sent to us in the form of man. God himself?

Divine? Yes.

Ah. So, you believe in two gods.

One god. The god of our forefathers.

God the father and God the son.

So, Jesus was not God.

God's son.

Divine.

Now, is that true? He meant the temple of his body. No, no, no, no, no, no.

Jesus said he'd tear down the temple, destroy our holy of holies, change the

we've lived for centuries.

Jesus was a destroyer. No, Jesus is our savior.

Jesus is our savior.

The savior, the savior.

Gamaliel, is that what the Pharisees teach?

A man, God?

You know it's not.

Can your God be condemned by man and crucified by Romans? Of course not.

God is alive.

Jesus is alive.

fall down on my knees and worship you if you show yourself, Jesus.

Jesus!

Kamalil!

Will you stand behind anything that this Jesus follower has said here today?

He will not!

Will Saul!

Stay out of this.

Saul will not!

This man, he pretends to save you with a gift of some food. and clever words,

but it's price.

It's a betrayal of your laws.

Laws given to you by Abraham and Moses.

Jesus taught us the law of love.

This is not against Moses.

Brothers, brothers, listen to me.

I am a faithful Jew, true to our history and our customs, and so is this man,

Stephen. Your God is his God. He teaches of at least two gods.

The destruction of the temple and the resurrection having come and gone.

Blessed be.

Take him away.

That's right.

No. Take him away now.

It is forbidden to speak of Jesus. It is forbidden to preach in Jesus' name.

John, are you with me?

If these teachings are not of God, they will die without violence.

Go away or you'll be hurt. No, don't do this. In the name of God, don't do this.

Don't do this. No.

Ruben, don't do this. You haven't learned anything yet.

Follow along and watch him die. No.

Now he dies.

The penalty for blasphemy is...

words of this Jesus and you will die.

I love you, Dina.

You love... Hear me?

I love you.

But you will have to make a choice.

If you help me, I'll help you.

I can tell you where the leader is.

Where?

Risen.

You believe in the resurrection, don't you?

The true resurrection.

And what will you say to Stephen on Judgment Day?

I only held their coats.

You are corrupting Jerusalem.

How?

By preaching against the law of the Torah.

I listened to Stephen. I listened to Peter. The law holds this country

You didn't listen to Stephen or Peter.

Your heart was closed.

Doesn't matter. You're too late anyway.

Meaning what?

It's not just Jerusalem, Nelson.

Peter and John have left.

They're going to all the cities of Israel.

Spreading the words of Jesus to every Jew in the land.

I thought you were a hero.

You're a fool.

Just a fool.

Doing Ruben's...

Jesus taught us to turn the other cheek.

Gamaliel is wrong.

By any means necessary.

My oath is good, Reuben.

I love my country and my God.

Vengeance is mine, says the Lord.

Yes.

Oh,

Lord, hear our prayer.

Let it be the peace of...

Take them away.

There are believers all through Judea and Samaria. Speaking out, unafraid.

Glory to God.

Congregations everywhere we went.

John.

As far as we can tell, the movement has stopped here in Jerusalem.

Well done.

From what I've been told, these Jesus followers are terrified of you, Saul of

Tarsus. Thank you, my king.

But the threat is still alive.

It has sprung up in other towns.

Yes, Damascus in particular. Oh, what a pity. What do you suggest?

Give me letters of introduction and designation of power to the synagogues

Damascus, and I will go there, and finding any members of the sect, bring

back, bound, to Jerusalem.

Agreed. Give him an escort, our finest men.

This is outrageous.

But you go before the king and the high priest without first consulting me.

Speed is of the essence. We must get there before anyone knows we're coming.

Surprise is our best weapon. Surprise is your middle name lately, isn't it, Sue?

I don't know what you're talking about.

You've filled the prisons.

You're so proud of yourself, you're about to burst.

I told you, once I know the goal, I never give up until it is seized.

What you've done to these people is despicable.

No one asked for your opinion. Keep quiet.

Don't let your anger out on her. Don't tell me how to talk to my wife.

Wife? When?

If you speak again tonight, it will never happen.

You're a vicious man, Reuben.

You are an ambitious fool.

I'm leaving in the morning.

Good. I'll have your horse saddled next to mine.

You're coming? Right by your side.

Ah. I'm coming too.

It's a military expedition.

Perfect. I'll have an escort. I forbid it. Is this the way you let other men

talk to your wife? He's not your husband, and I'm in charge here.

How dare you talk to my wife like that? Have you both gone mad? This is my

house, Reuben. And I will not have you talk to her like that in my house. Get

your hands off me. You upstart little Pharisee.

Get your hands off me! Stop!

I'm not without power in this country.

Good.

Then maybe you can get us some decent horses in the morning.

Are you going?

I have no choice.

Then so am I.

You are not going to Damascus.

And when I return...

We will be married.

Peter and I have to warn the believers in Damascus.

It's my fault, Peter.

I'm the one who told Saul the word was spreading. The two of you can't go. They

must be warned. Then I'll warn them. No, you cannot go. It's too dangerous.

Peter and John are the two men Saul would most like to arrest or even kill.

Finding the two of you will make him very powerful. You cannot go!

To speak to you like that.

I apologize.

You are speaking out of love, Barnabas. John and I know this.

But we cannot let you take this risk. The head of the synagogue in Damascus is

Ananias. A new believer.

He knows us. He will trust our warning. No.

No, you cannot go. That's all there is to it. I will go. I will find Ananias

I will warn him.

Barnabas.

You don't demand much respect from your future wife, do you?

You know nothing of my future wife, except that you desire her.

If I wanted her, I would have her.

You're a disgusting excuse of a man. Actually, I know more about her than you

do.

For instance, I know where she is right now.

What are you talking about?

She's right there.

ordered you not to follow us. Yes, you say many things, Ruben. You also said

were going to marry me. Go home at once.

Alone? Across the wasteland? She got here alone.

So now you wanted to risk it again.

So, I want to know, are you going to marry her?

You two are destroying each other.

Good friends make great enemies, don't they?

Saul, why are you doing this?

Reuben is a pompous fool.

Not that.

Chasing after these people because they believe differently than you.

That's what God wants. How do you know?

They're teaching lies.

Their Messiah is dead.

They're taking advantage of our countrymen.

The law preserves Israel.

It must be followed at all cost.

People risk their lives by believing in Jesus. No one is being taken advantage

of. It is a play for power by a sect who lost their leader. Now they don't want

to lose their position. They're making up lies.

They do miracles in his name. But that's a positive sign of false teaching.

Only God can perform miracles.

They say Jesus is God. There's only one God.

What if you're wrong?

There's blood on my hands.

There's no going back.

This way, this way.

Saul.

Saul.

Why are you persecuting me, Saul?

Who are you?

I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

Get up.

Enter the city of Damascus.

You will be told what you are.

Stand up!

It's been three days.

He won't drink or eat. I'm afraid he's going to die.

He's a weak man. He couldn't take the pressure.

I know you came to warn us Saul is our enemy, but now... What is it? What is

Ananias?

I had a vision.

Vision?

In my sleep, God spoke to me.

God?

He said I must find Saul and cure him of his blindness. God told you to go find

Saul?

Yes.

God? God.

It was God.

Ananias.

Ananias in the first place. If you find Saul, he'll arrest you or kill you.

Second, he isn't blind.

Wish that he were.

And third, you don't know where he is.

On the street called Straight.

At the house of Judah of Damascus.

Where he prays and waits for me to bring him back his sight.

God told you where to find Saul?

told me to do this.

Ananias!

Saul,

a man is here to see you.

My name is Ananias. Yes.

You know this man?

Yes.

I had a vision.

A man named Ananias came into this room.

He laid his hands on me.

And I could see again.

Jesus sent him.

Jesus? You have been chosen.

Chosen?

told me that you are the instrument he has chosen to bring his name before the

Gentiles. Can you let me see again?

The Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here, has sent me so

that you might regain your sight.

How's it falling from my eyes?

Thank you.

One more message.

Tell me.

God said, I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my

name. Suffer?

For the sake of his name.

Ananias, the believers, they get sanctified with water.

Baptized. Baptize me.

I am not qualified. I'm so new to this belief.

You just spoke directly to God. Who could be more qualified?

Who?

of the Father.

That's all. I don't think you'll need that inside.

This is a perfect time.

What shall I say?

Just tell them your story.

Will that be enough?

I think it will be plenty.

These people are all believers.

Brothers, I wish to introduce a friend of mine who has something he wants to

say.

My name is Saul of Tarsus.

Who dare you bring him here?

The high priest of the temple

in Jerusalem gave me the power to arrest all followers of Jesus who are in

Damascus. Here are the orders.

That was before Jesus appeared to me.

On the road coming here.

Before I understood that he is the Son of God.

Before I believed that he is the Messiah.

Before I knew that he was raised from the dead and ascended into heaven.

Before I was baptized.

Before I became a follower of Jesus.

I have no use for this now.

The word of Jesus is my sword.

The word of Jesus is my fire.

lower than a man who betrays his friends, his beliefs, his mission, his

He was blind and then he could see.

Speak to me of miracles.

There is only one God and his name is not Jesus. I know what I saw.

The one.

Saul, come out and die.

Out of the way.

Beware, Reuben. I don't think he would come out with that invitation.

Where is he?

I don't know.

You tell me, or you will die tonight.

I don't want to die.

I don't know where he is. Then it won't matter if I kill you or not. It won't

matter to me.

Reuben, Reuben, he's in the synagogue. He's in the synagogue.

Eden. You're lying. You're just trying to save this filth.

Reuben, I'm sorry. I've been confused. I'm sorry.

I love you.

How do you know where Saul is?

He trusts me. I just left him there.

Quiet, girl.

Traitor.

I love you, Reuben.

Come with me.

How do you know I lied?

You don't know where Saul is.

And you don't love Reuben.

No.

I loved him once.

There's no going back now.

I know.

Jesus is a hard taskmaster.

I know the sacrifices his followers have to make.

But Jesus is also... so full of love.

I think that is why...

Because I can feel Jesus' love, even in these times.

We call that faith.

Come.

Come. Come, they'll be back. We have to find Saul.

His hands smell like a donkey. Be quiet.

We must hide.

No, we must get Saul out of Damascus.

There are soldiers everywhere.

You can't go out the gate.

I'll jump from the wall. You'll break your legs. It's too high.

Much too high. We'll go back. Find another way. Go, go, go, go, go, go.

Go.

Basket. Shh.

Do you think you can hold me? With God's help.

With God's help.

Get in.

Get in. Get in.

Then go that way and follow the wall. You go straight down there. You, come

me. Master.

Master.