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ah

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um

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so

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foreign

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welcome you can go michael

do you want me to stay and do the

accounts

no you can go take a seat

you wanted to see us as a car we were in

class and heard you wanted to see us

right away

we rushed over i've watched the two of

you grow in advance in the temple for

many years now

i will admit i'm worried about you both

has something happened no nothing at all

i just wanted to see you both in person

that's all

are there any problems no

why would there be because it's been

quite a while since you've come here to

receive your monthly payments

i wondered why there's been no need for

it

really but how is that possible what

you're saying is completely irrational

we all need an income to live on this is

universal truth david

we don't need much from this world we

only wish to serve god in a sincere

manner

take a look at me have i not changed

over the years

i know i have my hair is turned white

and i'm getting ever closer to death

this is our destiny the destiny which

god has ordained for every one of us

we should all think about the future

that lies ahead of us

we wouldn't want to have to beg other

people for money not even in our old age

it is unseebly

and not noble for us to beg

so you'll see humans need wealth in

order to preserve their dignity

yes a noble person should never beg you

have explained everything very well as a

car

we wouldn't want to be a burden to

anyone

so don't you think it's best to start

thinking about your old age when you're

still young

i've calculated that in these past few

months

johash you need to be paid three bags of

shekels and you david need to be paid

two bags of shekels

and these coins are your share of the

interest that we gave to the gentiles

take it

take it but is it zechariah says it's

beneath the dignity of rabbis and pious

men

to take any interest from this money

especially while there are still people

living in poverty all around us

listen to me the rabbis preserve their

dignity by following the religion of

moses and keeping god satisfied

but doesn't our religion teach us that

as god's chosen people

we should elevate the power of the

jewish nation by any means necessary to

achieve our ultimate objectives

doesn't it shouldn't we aspire to

achieve greatness and ultimate dominance

we should by any means necessary as a

car

even by buying god's servants you know

perfectly well that trading human lives

has never benefited anyone

you can't sell religion to people you

have to win the hearts of the people

not by their loyalty your two

faces have such youthful features

that i can smell the rotten stench of

zechariah's foul words on your breath

listen isakar your age demands that i

respect you and hear your words

however i cannot tolerate anyone

disrespecting zachariah

making donations to people in order to

silence them and turn them into lackeys

for those in power is utterly

disgraceful

it is certainly not part of the

prophet's tradition

now if you excuse me i'll go well i

should have guessed

i just knew you wouldn't be able to

tolerate a rational discussion based on

logic and reason

you haven't even waited for me to finish

talking before interrupting me

but i ask you to think before you decide

listen to reason don't the followers of

the prophets

usually sit down and hold discussions

with those who oppose them in order to

lead them on to the right path

why don't you go ahead and try that i am

ready

but of course we are anxious to hear you

speak as ever

hear him speak discord amongst people

who will often lead to denial and

disbelief

joe disbelieve

what are you talking about i'll tell you

you have written the torah with your own

pen and change god's words to serve your

own interests

you have belittled the women by buying

and selling them as slaves

you don't speak out against corruption

and prostitution

instead you choose to stand against the

prophet and deny his great miracle

don't you think all the theft murders

crimes and poverty that exist in this

land

are a result of this dangerous mentality

and your perverted interpretation of

religion

do you even care what you're doing to

the people and the land

may you be punished for your deeds and

dishonesty

dear lord send us the messiah let's go

david

they didn't accept it

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no if you had offered a tenth of this

amount to any of the other rabbis

they'd have fallen at your feet they

don't deserve it

yet we must not underestimate them

true this meeting may have cost me

but in the end it will cost joash a

great deal more

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how'd your stomach end up looking as big

as a woman who's six months pregnant in

such a short time

i'm just as surprised as you are but

zechariah says this is also one of god's

miracles

i know it's been a while since i've come

to see you i do hope you will forgive me

for it

my daughter bake these cookies for you

please accept them from us

these are just a few offerings that we

set aside for the temple

thank you everyone but i really don't

know whether zechariah will accept your

generous gifts or not

you know how strict he is about

accepting such things if you persuade

him he might accept them

well the best gift for me is having you

all here next to me

your kindness to me has left me quite

speechless what are you saying after all

zechariah is god's prophet

we are honored to see that this miracle

has happened among us so that we can

bear witness to it

what is it elizabeth it moved

it moved

the baby is moving in my stomach

it is as if it sensed someone's presence

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who is it

oh mary

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mary

my mary you finally came i can't believe

it

oh god i can't believe it you've come oh

how i wish to see you my sweet daughter

my beautiful and innocent daughter

mary come now and let me have a look at

you

look how you've grown you've turned into

an angel

auntie you smell just like my mother did

my darling

it's mary mary

mary i'm so glad you finally came i've

missed you so much

so that's who mary is mary's come back

it's john yes i can feel his presence

even more than usual with you around

my little baby john

blesses mary please pray that we break

free from this limbo that has been

waiting to see you mary for so long we

seek refuge in you

you're the saint of the temple please

will you pray for us mary

greetings to you all your only hopes

ain't mary

we have many needs mary please pray for

them they're kneeling

over all of our struggles we've waited

so long to see you

saint mary have you come to bless us and

to help us

i have a question mary

will i be able to spend my entire life

worshiping god just like you have

well life is a blessing from god and we

should thank him for it

he will show you the path he has chosen

for you

as for me my path is simply the destiny

that god has chosen

i swear to god that such a miracle is

inconceivable to me

god is always is that karya really going

to have a child

although he's fooling everyone how is it

possible for an old man like him to have

a child

right now and guide the way the whole

thing is making me insane

well he's more insane than anyone else

stand by our beliefs

so zechariah has said let's accept his

advice wholeheartedly

this way we'll be honored before our

lord when the time comes

we must stand firm hello jeroboam and

hello to you nathan

welcome to our gathering

you are zechariah's relatives don't you

think you should end your enmity with

him now we don't have anything against

zachariah

i've even told the women to go and visit

elizabeth so that she won't feel lonely

it's a hard time for her nathan do you

remember

how you disgraced and humiliated prophet

zechariah before the rabbis at the

temple

what have you got to say for yourself

now did you see

how god proved his legitimacy as a

prophet

returned the honor and respect you took

away from him in such a way that no one

will ever forget

no one will ever forget it in the

history of the jewish religion

oh no one but zechariah was in the holy

room at that time

and no one else but him heard the voice

which he claims to have heard

who knows what happened i don't know

maybe his three-day silence was to do

with the devil's possession of his soul

think about it how did he know that the

voice was god's

who took away his ability to speak you

should know you used to be zechariah's

student too nathan

you've forgotten no one but god himself

is able to enter the prophet spirit

you know this name they know very well

that satan has no power

over any of the prophets otherwise they

wouldn't be god's messengers

jehovah himself is the only one who is

able to silence a prophet

what can i say i don't know

i'm confused

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i don't know

prophet prophet what's the matter with

you rabbis

zechariah is nothing but a despicable

man and a liar

i will not believe the deceiving words

of that hypocritical

old man he's just a liar

what are you doing jojo watch your words

old fool

calm down johash please calm down calm

down

please you are the liar if you speak

this way one more time i will cut out

your tongue so you can't speak

you don't have any right to speak that

way about god's prophet

not you nor anyone else you hear me

to me carefully jihosh

you will pay for this with your life do

you understand me

you will pay with your life

as long as i live till my last breath

i won't allow anyone to speak out

against him prophet zechariah

and with these two arms

i will fight whoever insults or disobeys

him

i will fight them you hear me as long as

i live let's go you will not insult him

anymore

stop it now you shouldn't get involved

with them

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dear god

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tell me who is right and who is wrong

show me the right path lord

show me what i'm supposed to do help me

please help me

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so

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ah

hello father

hello antipater

my loving son and the heir to my throne

and kingdom

tell me why are you in chains before me

i suppose they've arrested me for

devising a plot against you

which i'm sure is not true is it son

after all you are innocent and pure

and you love your father don't you no

i no longer feel any real love for you

the whole town of jerusalem is speaking

about a miracle

i wanted to use this opportunity to rise

up against you

and take control of the kingdom i wanted

to have the throne for myself

my only mistake was that i trusted a few

of your aides only to find out that they

prefer

having you on the throne over me and now

as you can see i am in chains well this

is the first time i've seen a traitor

confess so openly

especially to treat there is no

treachery involved

isn't it a tradition for the kings to

conquer the throne by overpowering their

father brother or any family members who

are in line for the throne

did you yourself not kill antigonus this

way you can't deny it can you

did you not ruthlessly kill your own

beloved wife because you doubted her

you even handed your sister deborah over

to the executioner

and got rid of many noble men who stood

in your way

well i followed in your footsteps and

tried my luck

if jehovah had helped me to succeed i

would have put

you on trial and these people here would

have to obey me

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do forgive me for laughing father i just

remembered that i

was supposed to prop myself up on the

king's throne with these hands

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hahahahahaha

you be quiet and tippeter or i will give

them the order

oh what order to kill me i beg you

father do it

please just get it over with just

kill me father free me from this

disgraceful life

is it easier to kill your own child or

your own father

i don't think i will ever be able to

solve this mystery in my life

and where are you now my beautiful loyal

wife

miriam

and my dearest father my beloved

relatives

why don't you help me now

why doesn't anyone understand the misery

that i've gone through

all these years all that wretchedness

because of those who were close to me

i will never forget the face of that old

carpenter who spoke to us on that day if

only we had paid more attention to him

if we had just listened to him when he

spoke to us

we probably wouldn't be caught up in

this terrible state

if we had just listened to him things

might be very different from what they

are today

prophet of god zachariah these people

have all gathered to hear your sermons

we all regret what happened in the past

we want you to lead us again

hi zechariah this miracle has opened our

eyes

don't turn away from us preach to us now

please we beg you zachariah

please can't you lead us zechariah

greetings to everyone greetings my dear

neighbors

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it surprises me that people always begin

searching

for something which they have lost and

yet people do not even bother to search

within their very selves do they

david received a revelation

in which he was told by god to clean his

home in order for god to enter it

and so he asked dear lord what home is

worthy of hosting your magnificence and

glory

god said the heart of a true believer

he asked how should i cleanse my heart

god said set your heart a light and burn

everything in it which is not associated

with me

from then on if you see anyone searching

for me tell them

god resides in the hearts of those who

are pure

is it not a miracle a woman whom we know

is barren is burying a child

from an old man what would you call it

the people of galilea and everyone we

know will mock us when they see that

zechariah and elizabeth's relatives why

don't you say

something anything issachar

can you not see how that turning the

people against us with this pregnancy of

theirs

and they're even using this so-called

miracle to influence the women living

in our own homes i will not stand for

this i tell you

you just wait till we get home later i

will teach you a real lesson

a lesson you will never forget do you

hear

esther how far along is elizabeth now

it looks like five or six months how

strange

it's only been two months since they

began announcing their miracle

i wish god would kill me and free me

from this anguish and uncertainty

zacharias is god puts everyone to the

test

and the people say that we rabbis have

failed god's test utterly and shamefully

till now we've refuted his claims about

imran's prophethood

and deny that mary had been born in

place of jesus

is god trying to prove us wrong by

showing us this miracle of his

a miracle that a miracle that

proves he is god's prophet a prophet

whom

we must obey without question

a prophet whose words we must adhere to

tell us he is not god's prophet

tell us that he's just a crazy old man

tell us that it's all a big lie and that

we are right

but if he really is god's messenger on

earth

then i will be the one who will be

scorched by hellfire in the end

silence enough nathan

be quiet i swear to god if you don't be

quiet

i will silence you myself with my own

two hands

didn't i tell you isaka didn't i already

say

that your silence will cause others to

go astray

if you leave these miserable souls to

their own devices they will only change

their minds a thousand times a day

and with each passing day they'll

stumble from faith towards disbelief

all this trouble we're experiencing

is because you think god sends his

people miracles all the time

alas after the time of moses and solomon

has anyone ever seen one

who has seen a miracle from god with

their own two eyes

no the great lord

has chosen the jewish nation above all

other nations

this is so jewish people can build the

world and teach other nations on this

planet

therefore the jewish nation must thrive

and control the followers of all other

nations and religions on this earth

in order for creation to make any sense

at all

therefore god doesn't need to send us

any more miracles to see

this kind of talk is just confusing me

even more extinguish the fire now

is a car for it has burned my robe with

its flame

and it won't be very long before it

scorches my body and soul with regret

come now calm down and just for a moment

put yourself in zechariah's place

he is an elderly man one who dearly

wishes to become god's own prophet

over many years

he has devised many plots to become one

but to no avail no success

until suddenly one day his barren wife

bears a child in their old age

and then he suddenly remembers the old

story of abraham and sarah's great

miracle

just like them they couldn't have any

children

until god blessed them with their

miracle child isaac

and so zechariah schemes he keeps his

wife's surprise pregnancy a secret from

everyone for a few months

on the day of the ceremony he comes out

of the temple in shock

he doesn't speak and gestures to make

everyone believe that he's heard an

extraordinary sound

something from the very heavens above us

everyone now believes that god has made

him incapable of speaking it all

then his poor baron wife elizabeth's

stomach starts to swell

and the people start speaking of a

divine miracle pregnancy from god

himself

it's that simple

and so the deceitful old man zechariah

turns into a great prophet

because of his wife's pregnancy and old

age

so you see it was all a big lie ah so

that's what it was

you see didn't i tell you they had a

trick up their sleeve

thank god the truth has been revealed to

us

oh my dear issachar

every time you speak and tell us your

reasoning your words push away the dark

clouds of doubt

around us you've exposed their lies

their deceit izaka so

it was a miracle hmm how was i supposed

to know

it was the people's fault for saying all

you should know better learn not to

repeat

nonsense spreading the lies people tell

you and so daringly in front of your own

husband

and in front of issachar as well beg

forgiveness

yes please forgive me as a car

i'm a foolish woman for believing such

lies oh

i know that they took advantage of your

naivety and sincerity to turn you

against us

but what surprises me even more is that

my intelligent brother-in-law nathan

went astray so easily

and barely questioned it i made a

mistake sir

i made a mistake i beg you to please

forgive me for my foolishness

i was so easily deceived by their lies i

don't have the ability to analyze this

you came to my rescue once again from

this moment on i give you full authority

over my soul and i will obey your

command even if it means

i have to kill liars like zechariah and

cut them into little pieces

what you should do is go and repent to

god nathan

you must inform the people of this great

falsehood and help them see the truth

oh hello joseph hello is zachariah here

go in hello hello

greetings zechariah hello oh

hello my dear friends oppai

zachariah we don't want to disturb you

we've come here to talk to you about an

important matter

we want you to save us from confusion

and doubt we need your advice and

guidance regarding certain questions

go ahead it is a time of strife now

every single rabbi is propagating

different beliefs among the people

many of the believers are confused and

those who are god's enemies

by people with money and power and then

try to incite hatred and fear towards

you zechariah

and so we have come here today to tell

you this and seek your approval

to ensure that we're on the right path

with regards to our religion

what you just said shows me better than

anything that you're on the right path

try to remain steadfast

prophet of god we will continue to stand

firmly beside you and do what we can

a series of events will soon take place

so you must be prepared to deal with

them

please please pray for us

may god keep you steadfast in this world

and in the hereafter

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you're leaving sit next to me for a

while auntie

tell me about my mother ever since

that fateful day when zechariah took you

with him to the temple

your mother hannah would just sit in a

corner and gaze at the door

i had to insist for her to come out into

the courtyard

i even took her out for walks in the

streets whenever i could but it seemed

as though she couldn't see anyone

no one seemed to exist for her anymore

after you left

whenever she spoke and smiled at me i

saw the grief in her

eyes being away from you only brought

her great misery and despair

i finaster why don't you go and see mary

go and see your sweet daughter and you

love more than life itself

to which she only replied how can i go

i've already offered her entire being to

god

how can i possibly claim a piece of her

existence for myself anymore

i finally convinced her to go and see

you secretly in the temple one day

and for a moment she saw you from a

distance

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your mother made me promise to give this

necklace to you when you grow up and

come back

it's the only memory i have of her

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i heard she's supposed to be here

hello mary hello mary hello mary

it's mary greetings to you all

will you please stay and pray with us

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mary

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save yourself

goodbye everyone and bless you

goodbye auntie my name is mary too and i

don't have a mother either

my father passed away as well

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here this necklace was handed down to me

by the person i loved the most

the great lord looks after all the

orphans and children so don't worry

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you're our only hope mary help us in

this time of need mary please pray for

us

hello mary i took the advice which you

gave me

i am zechariah's student now too

it's hard to believe that she grew up in

this house and in this neighborhood do

you remember when she was six years old

well it was obvious that she was the

same even at that age

people say she's the most

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it was so nice to visit yes we'd better

get going now

good afternoon hello

i think we'd better hurry along now

thank the lord for this wonderful

blessing

i knew she would return down this path

she's coming this way look seraphina

let's turn back and just forget about it

seraphina you're not even sure if she

can

if she can help us no please pericles

you promise me remember

for our daughter's sake

very well

stop there wait you're mary right

mary imran's daughter i want to speak

with you for a moment

i am pericles the commander of the roman

army in judea understand

you must have heard of me

and that's my wife there seraphina

we came here so we could see you in

private

we have a request of you mary if you

would if you would heal our daughter

i will give you 10 sacks of gold 10

sacks full of roman gold

do you understand what i am offering you

right now mary

10 sacks of roman gold do you understand

what i'm offering you

pericles will you be quiet

how can you speak to her in that way

what a beautiful girl

she has a fever

she's been sick ever since the day she

was born

even the roman doctors couldn't do

anything for her

and now that we have come here and are

far away from our families

she is the only thing we look forward to

her illness gets worse each passing day

just worse and worse

how can i say this if she isn't healed

and passes away

i will lose all will to live anymore

mary imran's daughter please heal her

seraphina heard the rumors about you and

insisted we come and see you

you are our only hope to save our child

mary no one else can heal her illness

will you help our daughter

however it's out of my hands

i'm sorry

didn't i tell you seraphina they

consider us in pure and see us as

idolaters

they consider themselves to be god's

chosen people and the rest of the people

are worthless to them

they don't care about the pain and

suffering that other people go through

in their lives or what happens to them

they don't even care about us us romans

who own half of the world

like i predicted our request was useless

please pericles

help us i beg of you do something

listen young girl if you can heal my

daughter of the illness she has

i will give you more than i just

promised you i will give you everything

i have

have mercy on us just this one time

for once have mercy have mercy on a

non-jewish family

listen to me i really can't do anything

for you

whatever may happen to your daughter is

god's will

the health and well-being of every

person rests in his hands

i can only pray for your child and her

health

i'm afraid that is all i can do for you

and your daughter at this time

she'll pray for her and she'll pray for

her

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the cure for all illnesses lies in his

hands

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the lord has always been your protector

i pray that he heals your child from her

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illness

the strength of your love for your wife

and child will help you in life

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so

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ah

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am

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oh

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oh

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oh